2014 School Magazine

FROM THE PRINCIPAL MS JACINDA EULER, PRINCIPAL

The highlights of 2014 featured in the pages of our School Magazine remind us of the incredible experiences, the spirit and colour and the passion for learning that define Brisbane Girls Grammar School. Each and every page of this Magazine is testament to the well-rounded, liberal education we provide. The faces and places captured in the photographs so beautifully exude the joyful way in which our girls embrace their learning experiences. Girls Grammar is proud to be a leader in exceptional scholarship and the academic efforts and achievements of our girls this year have been outstanding. As an internationally-minded School that values and encourages curiosity and academic rigour we are strengthened by the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our staff, girls and families. As you flip through the pages of this Magazine , it is impossible to deny we are an outstanding school for the arts, for sport, for service, for languages, for friendship and for fun. During 2014 our School has been united by the Year 12 motto Above and beyond with the Grammar bond. It encapsulated the aspirations of our student leaders at the start of the year,

and was lived and breathed by the wider School population during it. The girls were inspired through the power of teamwork and school spirit. They gave of themselves to others, and in return, received motivation and support to achieve the goals they had set. So many times throughout the year, we continued to be impressed by the achievements of our girls — academic, sporting, musical, creative — and inspired by their generosity and contribution to service. It has, however, often been in the quiet, unheralded moments of gentle conversation and in small acts of kindness and support for one another that I have been most proud of them. As leaders, teachers and role models, it is a great responsibility and rare privilege to educate and nurture our girls to become confident young women ready for the world beyond Girls Grammar. I am proud of the graduating Class of 2014 and am confident of the bright futures ahead for these exceptional young women. We wish them well and look forward to hearing of their adventures beyond our white picket fence. ■

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