2001 School Magazine

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Although the Boarders are small in number, and we are rapidly approaching the time when the House will be known as the Administration Block I believe that we still retain some of the resilient spirit of past years, and definitely up hold the traditional House sense of humour. All stories must come to an end, as will my time as a Grammar girl, and Grammar^ role as a Boarding school:but the story has been woven with such friendship and vibrancy, that I cannot help but miss the story that all the hundreds of Boarders have created. I hope that everyone who has ever known a Boarder, or walked through our House, will markthe conclusion of our story, and remember it

dining hall in raucous pandemonium, we now occupyjust two tables, and know every Boarder's name, likes, dislikes and bad habits by heart Friendships across the two grades have grown - no longer is Boarding a matter of intergrade warfare and suspicion, but of genteel conversation and genuine friendship. Although the traditional Boarders events of the past have given way in the face of necessary pragmatism, we have still found time for some occasions to lighten up a little:for example, our high

We have welcomed many new girls and staff into what is now a tiny, very close community of girls. Vicki Fleming, Amanda Goldsmith, Amanda Mackay, RO Dademaide, Caitlin Stephenson and Michelle Miles have all tasted the richness of Boarding House cuisine over short and long stays. We've sung Auld Long Syne to long-time Boarders, Petrina 0'0empsey and Caroline Hendry, and also Galy and Chiis, members of the House kitchen staff. Many of us were also saddened to hear of the loss of Beau Palsons, the character-filled corgi who succumbed to a long illness in in IdJuly. An unfortunate incident on the Sacred Stairs led to a prolonged break for Resident Supervisor, Mrs Van derVeen, and the presence of the ever

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