2022 Annual Review

Thank you. I thank … • the Trustees for their expertise, experience, time and care as stewards of our School. For their generous hope for our School, and all who are a part of it—now and into the future • Ms Julie McKay, for her integrity, clarity, and good judgment as Chair of the Board of Trustees • our parents for their loyal support and trust—it has been a tough year for so many and I hope that through your daughter’s experiences this year, and your own, there has been great value in being part of our Grammar community

• our teachers and professional staff for their usual expertise and dedication, but in this year I thank you more than ever, for I know what load you have carried • our students for reminding us, every day, of what matters, and why we are here. To the young women of Year 12, I wish for you all, whatever study you are undertaking or professional path you pursue, that you maintain a generous hope for our society—using the privilege you have attained, the friendships you have made, education and understanding you have acquired and determined outlook you maintain—to serve its best interests. And we will all be all the better for that. Is it all bad? I don’t think so. Thank you.

References: Harari, Y. (2019). 21 lessons for the 21st century. Vintage. Robinson, M. (2012). When I was a Child I Read Books. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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