2008 School Magazine

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The annual Careers Mentoring Breakfast was held on Thursday 16 October. This event gave students a wonderful opportunity to network with practising professionals and helped with their post secondary decision making. The girls were able to gain a broad understanding of careers they were interested in by talking one-on-one with young female mentors who spoke from recent experience about how they started their own careers. This year there were more than twenty mentors present representing professions as diverse as aviation, engineering and performing arts. The Guest Speaker was Ms Hope Adams, an alumna of the School (2002), who is completing a dual degree in Mining Engineering and Commerce at The University of Queensland

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a jar all I Da ^in Dinner The nnual Father and Daughter Dinner on Wednesday 20 August was a wonderful evening enjoyed by more than 300 Girls Grammar fathers and their daughters, including many girls starting in 2009. Guest speaker for the evening was Dr Dale Spender. Her thought provoking address on past women's lives and relationships with their fathers contributed to a most entertaining evening. The dinner was a special opportunity for the girls and their fathers to share an early celebration of Father's Day

M theI* and D D'1:11:1 More than 360 Girls Grammar mothers and daughters gathered at Hillstone, St Lucia on 6 May for the annual Mother and Daughter Dinner. The feature debate, 'MySpace is My Place', was a highly interesting and entertaining contest between current and past students, and provided a wonderful evening of entertainment. The affirmative team comprised current students 01ivia Degan (12R), Avi Kaye (Head Girl, 12E), and Elspeth MCConaghy 02L), while .

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past students Emma Di Marco (2006), Sally Fry (2007) and Hannah Statham (2006) argued the negative. Special thanks to alumna Ms Caitlin Goss (2001) who gave her time and expertise to adjudicate the proceedings, and to Cassandra Jeavons (Head Girl, 12G) who acted as Chair and Official Timekeeper. The event was certainly a special way to celebrate Mother's Day 2008.

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