Grammar Gazette- Issue 2, 2016

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BRISBANE GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL BURSARY BUILDING ON OUR GIVING FOUNDATIONS

Some of our current Brisbane Girls Grammar School Bursary staff donors

BRISBANE GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL’S BURSARY PROGRAMME WILL PROVIDE THE GIFT OF A GIRLS GRAMMAR EDUCATION TO GIRLS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO.

opportunity to acknowledge those who have been instrumental in establishing the bursary. Guests included current and former Board of Trustee members, School and bursary donors, the Executor of the Maria Sulima Bursary, School staff and School Support Group Presidents. The event highlighted the importance of philanthropy in our School’s culture and we thank those who have generously contributed to the bursary for their commitment to Girls Grammar and the role it plays in providing exemplary education to girls. Following the event, guests attended the Brisbane Girls Grammar School ‘Out of this World’ Gala Concert (see page 15), which expressed both the talent and spirit of the girls and the professionalism and expertise of our teachers. Applications for the 2018 Brisbane Girls Grammar School Bursary are now open. Applicants are required to submit a completed Brisbane Girls Grammar Bursary 2018 Application Form by 6 February 2017 and sit the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Scholarship Test on Saturday 25 February 2017. The form and detailed information for applicants can be found on the School website, www.bggs.qld.edu.au/ enrolments/bursaries. For information regarding the ACER test, visit www.acer.edu.au/scholarship.

Girls Grammar is proud of its consistently strong academic performance and yet we are an academically non-selective school and do not provide any scholarships. Students are enrolled in the entry year (Year 7) according to the date order of receipt of a completed enrolment application. From time-to-time, since 1995 — with thanks to the generous support of a bequest from Maria Sulima — the School has provided the Maria Sulima Bursary to girls who demonstrate capability and promise and are from families where there is a reduced capacity to pay for a Girls Grammar education. To deepen social diversity within our community, the School is committed to developing and maintaining a sustainable bursary programme. Building on the contributions of two former staff members, through their bequests, Girls Grammar staff — past and current — have made gifts to the Brisbane Girls Grammar School Bursary. Signifying their belief in the power and life-changing potential of a Girls Grammar education, 25 of our staff have recently contributed to the bursary fund and look forward to sharing in the education of our first bursary student who will commence Year 7 in 2018. She will be a girl who possesses the qualities of a Grammar girl — curious, principled, adventurous, balanced and a leader. The Brisbane Girls Grammar School Bursary was officially launched at a pre-Gala Concert function on Saturday 22 October. The launch was an important

If would like to contribute to the Brisbane Girls Grammar School Bursary, please contact Ms Antonia Swindells via email, development@BGGS.qld.edu.au or telephone, +61 7 3332 1300.

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