Mrs Dunwoody reflects on today's reopening ceremony and shares some important news with the community.
Moving into the final weeks of our Barbara Sutton Hall refurbishment project, the vehicles of tradies seem to line our streets as they complete the final installations and touches to the building. Excitement was also abound during the Save Your Seat Giving Day last Thursday as our community came together in support of this milestone project.
In our Secondary School, the electronic House screens showcased the numbers of seats sponsored by members of our community aligned to student Houses. There were constant visitors to the screens throughout the day to check on progress, with Lawrence on top of the leader board at the end of the day!
There was also a lot of discussion in Junior School as Mrs Kellie Morgan, our Head of Junior School revealed one of the new seats in an assembly a couple of weeks ago.
A staggering 75% of seats were sponsored on Giving Day and this has increased to 83% since then. I am very grateful to the 13 parent volunteers and staff members who made phone calls to community members during the day to raise awareness of the campaign. Fiona Nicholson Stocker, our PFA President was very generous in providing support for the entire day as we celebrated 224 members of our community (current parents and students, alum, staff and past parents) securing their seat for the historic first performance in the newly renovated hall!
Thank you also to our staff team led by Mr Andrew Burnell (Director of Development), supported by Ms Vanessa Hannan (Director of Engagement and Marketing) and her team. If you would still like to enquire about sponsoring a seat, please contact Mr Burnell on burnella@cggs.vic.edu.au
Next term we look forward to our move back into Barbara Sutton Hall and enjoying the first of many concerts and performances. I look forward to sharing these with you!
With best wishes,
Debbie Dunwoody
Principal
Mrs Dunwoody reflects on today's reopening ceremony and shares some important news with the community.
The Secondary School students had an exciting start to the Term by stepping into the refurbished Barbara Sutton Hall for the first time.
The community came together at the end of the term to conduct mock job interviews with our Year 9 students.
