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Saturday 19th May 2012
We share our May Reunion with the School's 'Friends and Families Day'. We do hope that as many Old Scholars as possible will be able to attend this event. As has become the pattern of late, we will be trying to get as many Old Scholars back as possible, especially for the evening dinner where we are hoping to attract those who are turning 50 and 60, ie Year Groups 1980 and 1970. Richard Haw (richardahaw@gmail.com) and Nigel McTear (nigel@ifps.co.uk) have agreed to co-ordinate the 1980 Year Group. Do contact them if you might be interested in this reunion. The following from the 1980 YG have already indicated that they will be at this reunion: Richard Haw, Nigel Mctear, Andrew Mctear, Simon Bryan, Tom Plant, Anne Breeze (anne.e.glenn@googlemail.com) and Steve Willson (steve.willson@ntlworld.com) have kindly offered to co-ordinate the 1970 Year Group. Do email Anne or Steve if you might be interested in this reunion or have contact details of others in your year group. In addition Caroline Longstreet (caroline.longstreet@tiscali.co.uk) is hoping to attract back those in the 1975 YG who are turning 55. To date 23 have said they will be there including: Caroline Longstreet (Cannon), Adrian Drummond, Lucy McKay (Sutton), Amanda Cooper (Dixon), Sally Wright (Godfrey), Chris Hickling, Chris Lyons, Kate Davies +1, Aubrey Bufton, Mark Steele, James Gaussen, Caroline Taylor (Casson), Claire Fulleylove (Copeland-Watts), Deirdre Mansbridge (Kyle), Mike Mowatt, Rosemary Hugall (Catterall), Nigel Bradley, Gaia Shaw, Richard Hughes, Annamarie Critchard, Gary Weston, Claire Evans. So if you want to join them, email Caroline but also book your meal directly- see below. The meal which includes wine will cost £25 a head. See below for menu and how to obtain tickets. Do check out the list of your classmates at www.oldscholars.com/classes.htm See below for the programme for the day.
From the President Dear Old Scholars, I am writing to invite you to attend our annual reunion at School, which this year is on Saturday 19th May. As in previous years this coincides with the School’s Friends and Families Day, and is an excellent opportunity to see the School in action. This year you will be able to view the School’s new Junior School as it nears its final completion. You are most welcome to come along at any time during the day and the programme of activities is attached. Our main meeting point will be the Library, so please remember to sign in and wear your badge. School events, to which you are invited, finish at around 4pm. There will then be tea on the front lawn until the drinks reception at 6pm. We have a delicious menu planned for the reunion dinner and the cost at £25 per head includes wine. Tickets for the dinner must be ordered before 8th May – see enclosed menu and order form. Please apply early as places are strictly limited and the dining hall can only accommodate 100 people. We very much look forward to having as many Old Scholars as possible back from the 1970, 1975 and 1980 year groups, ie those turning 60, 55 and 50! If you are in these year groups please get in touch with your old school friends and help us make it a night to remember. See the website for more information. Please do read the information on our website www.oldscholars.com about changes to the subscription arrangements and how we can continue to support the Association and the School through donations. Both need our continuing support. I very much hope to see you at School on the 19th May. Regards, Richard Haw February 2012 Click here to download a copy of Richard's letter.
Click here to see the page on Whole School Photos.
We do hope that as many Old Scholars as possible will be able to attend these events. 10.00 Meeting for Worship in the Assembly Hall. The Library will be available as a meeting area for Old Scholars throughout the day. Please sign the visitors' book here and pick up a badge. 10.30 Tea and coffee available in the marquee on the front lawn 11.00 Assembly in the Sports Hall including an address by Old Scholar Kate Davies, who teaches environmental science and is faculty at the ‘Center for Creative Change’ at Antioch University Seattle. There will also be music, speeches and presentation of awards. See below for Kate's biog. 12.30 Lunch. Bring a picnic to have on the field, or in the dining hall and sports hall if wet. There will also be a light BBQ on the field. Alternatively, a wide range of food is available in local pubs and restaurants. Sandwiches are available from Tesco and Waitrose supermarkets as well as from a number of sandwich bars in the town. 1.30 to 2.30 Activities and Displays in Departments and in the Junior School. 1.15
to 1.45 Tours of the boarding houses. (This will be the only time when it
will be possible to see around the boarding houses) 4.00 to 6.00 Old Scholars’ tea on the front lawn. Please remember that the whole of the School Campus is a no smoking site. This information will also be mailed to Old Scholar members in April together with this year's OS Magazine. Click here to download a copy of the above programme for the day.
Old Scholars' Dinner 6.00 for 6.30pm Saturday 19th May 2012 Click here to download a menu and order form. Please print and return completed slip with a cheque to the school by 8th May.
As has become the pattern of late, we will be trying to get as many Old Scholars back as possible, especially for the evening dinner where we are hoping to attract those who are turning 50 and 60, ie Year Groups 1980 and 1970. Richard Haw (richardahaw@gmail.com) and Nigel McTear (nigel@ifps.co.uk) have agreed to co-ordinate the 1980 Year Group. Do contact them if you might be interested in this reunion. Anne Breeze (anne.e.glenn@googlemail.com) and Steve Willson (steve.willson@ntlworld.com) have kindly offered to co-ordinate the 1970 Year Group. Do email Anne or Steve if you might be interested in this reunion or have contact details of others in your year group. In addition Caroline Longstreet (caroline.longstreet@tiscali.co.uk) is hoping to attract back those in the 1975 YG who are turning 55. 15 in this year group have already said they will attend so if you want to join them email Caroline. The meal which includes wine will cost £25 a head. Click here for menu and how to obtain tickets. Do check out the list of your classmates at www.oldscholars.com/classes.htm
Our Speaker: Kate Davies, MA, DPhil
We are extremely honoured that Kate Davies, an Old Scholar from the 1975 Year Group, will be flying all the way from Seattle to be with us on Friends and Families Day, and to talk about sustainability and green issues. Kate Davies is core faculty in the Center for Creative Change at Antioch University Seattle. She has a doctorate in biochemistry from Oxford University (1981) and an MA in cultural anthropology and social change from the California Institute for Integral Studies (2002).Kate has worked on environmental quality, health and sustainability for all of her career. In the 1980s, she set up and managed the City of Toronto’s Environmental Protection Office – the first local government environmental office in Canada – and in the 1990s she established and directed a successful environmental policy consulting company which provided services to the Canadian federal government and international agencies. In 2002, Kate accepted a faculty position at Antioch University Seattle in the graduate program in Environment & Community. In 2007, she became director of its Center for Creative Change and served in this role until 2010. She has also served on the boards or advisory groups of several environmental organizations, including the Collaborative for Health and Environment Washington, the Institute for Children’s Environmental Health, Washington Citizens for Resource Conservation and Washington Toxics Coalition. Kate has received service and academic awards for her work and has taught at universities in Canada and the UK, as well as the US. She speaks regularly at local, regional and national conferences and is widely published in newspapers, magazines and journals. In 2009, she wrote the final chapter in a book called The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy (UK: Green Books). Her first book will be published in 2012. Kate was a pupil at Friends’ School from 1968 to 1975 and readily admits that her successful career was inspired by the biological education she received whilst at Friends’ School.
Date for your Diary: Next Year's Old Scholars' Reunion/Friends and Families Day will be on Saturday 11th May 2013.
Last Year's Friends and Families Day - 14th May 2011 Click here to find out more about the school by accessing the Friends and Families Day page on the school website, which has transcripts of the speeches made and a downloadable booklet about what has been happening in school over the past year.
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