Grammar Gazette- Issue 2, 2018

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BUILDING CONNECTIONS: 40 YEARS AND BEYOND

Visitors from Mie High School with Girls Grammar hosts in August 2018

AUTHOR Ms Susan Garson Director of International Studies

If you search for the word ‘connection’ in the dictionary, you will find a number of different meanings that match a range of contexts. One definition of connection that resonates with me is ‘placing parts of a circuit in contact so that a current may flow.’ This captures metaphorically the intent of Brisbane Girls Grammar School’s International Affiliate Schools Program, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2018. In particular, we celebrate 40 years of connection with Seirinkan High School in Nagoya, and 30 years of ‘contact and flow’ of students between Girls Grammar and Mie High School in Matsusaka City, Japan. Since its establishment, Girls Grammar has been a front-runner in delivering a quality language education. Early in the School’s history, it also recognised the value of student exchange experiences and the School’s Affiliate School Program was initiated in 1978 by Principal, Mrs Judith Hancock. The School’s relationship with Seirinkan High School (originally Hirayama Gakuen Tsushima Girls High) in Nagoya, Japan, began in the same year.

Visitors from Hirayama Gakuen Tsushima Girls High School in 1978

The Girls Grammar Friendship Medal, presented to Sister Schools in 1988

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