1977 School Magazine

1977 S.R.C. REPOR.T This year has gone amazin$y quickly while all our antici- pated projects have taken great lengths of time to be achieved. We started off the year slowly with the reform- ing of the constitution and re-election of this year's office bearers. For the first time ever in elections, nominees had to give an election speech on assembly. Aithough we had problems in finding time for these, it is a good idea for involving the whole school more in the S.R.C. activities. When all the election business was over we settled down to discussing and planning projects we would like to undertake. The first and major task we undertook was the painting of the cottages. This was achieved over several weekends in June. Special thanks to all those who sacrificed their precious weekend time to help us. Another project which took considerable time to otguize and complete was the printing of student identification cards. Each girl in the school who paid her voluntary levy was entitled to one. The cards are not only proof of girls being students, but also give a list of a few stores which have generously provided discounts to B.G.G.S. students. Unfortunately we weren't able to get the cards out nearly as early as we would have liked, but as the saying goes - "better late than never". Continued requests for soft drinks to be sold in the schools led to us looking into the possibility of obtaining a drink machine. It has been a lengthy procedure but the outcome will be worthwhile. On the behalf of the S.R.C., I would like to thank Miss Collinson for all her help throughout the year and the girls who have continually attended meetings and given good support to our projects.

B.G.G.S. INTERACT CLUB 1977 This year was most successful for our club. After the annual Christmas Party held at the Children's Hospital, new office- bearers began their work with a donation to OPAL and a change in club structure, with the introduction of a publicity department and financial group to come up with new pro- jects to help the club's monetary position. In the three avenues .of service: school, community and international, our club has been most active. On the school scene, a raffle to help furnish the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme with knapsacks for camps was organized, and another quite successful swim-a-thon was held in early April. Our thanks must go to staff who remembered to turn up and the Rota- rians who came at absolutely ridiculous hours of the morn- ing just to make sure we did keep swimming and nobody drowned! On the community level, a'park'between the two Grammar Schools is being landscaped. We also helped the Blue Nurses and Keep Australia Beautiful Campaign in their appeals. Perhaps our most difficult yet active service was evident in the International arena. We conesponded with an overseas Interact Club; acted as host club to an American exchange student, Kathy McNamara from Con- necticut, who left us in mid-July; and also had seven mem- bers of our club awarded Rotary Exchange Scholarships to Canada (Tracey Ward, Loryn Farmer), U.S.A., (Laura Nolan, Jane Semple, Diane Kelly) and Japan (Angela Hom, Louella wilby). For School Day this yeat, a wide variety of activities were arranged. The usual Food Hamper raffle was boosted by a second prize of a smaller hamper, while the Child-minding Centre was again in operation. In addition to this a potted plants stall was held and.the Windsor Rotary Caravan sold Dagwood Dogs. A1l were greatly successful. On that note, I would like to wish next year's committee good luck and a good year; congratulations and good luck to the Rotary Exchange Students; and thanks to the sup- porting staff, especially Miss Forster who stepped in ably as the staff member for the club, and Mrs. Hancock for her support, and finally thanks to the Windsor Rotary Club and especially Mr. Logan who again helped us continually. dur- ing the entire year.

GLENYS SCHUNTNER, President.

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ROZ. WAGNER

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