Brighton Grammar School Impact Report 2022

2022

The impact of giving

A word from the Chairman and Headmaster

It is our pleasure to present to you our Impact of Giving Report for 2022. In addition to providing an opportunity to thank our donors throughout the year, the report also highlights the tangible difference our generous donors are making in the lives of current and future students of BGS.

As our culture of philanthropy continues to strengthen, we have experienced some great moments this year. We think particularly of our Annual Giving Day Appeal. For six years now, our Giving Day Appeals have become an opportunity for our community to rally together in support of our boys. This year the focus moved from supporting scholarships to supporting the fit-out of our Food and Technology Centre now called the Grill’d Kitchen. We were truly humbled by our community’s response to this Appeal,and to the 395 donors who supported our Giving Day this year, a heartfelt thank you.

Our Bequest program continues to flourish under the direction of our Bequest Manager, Peter Toms with 110 members of our community - Old Boys, parents, past parents and staff - having chosen to leave a bequest to BGS. We were delighted to receive a living bequest from one of our Old Boys and his wife this year. This couple are passionate about scholarships, and have decided to convert their bequest into a

‘living bequest’ enabling them to witness firsthand the impact of their giving. It is through such generosity that we are able to grow our scholarship program significantly.

We are now in the public phase of our Beyond Tomorrow campaign, supporting our most ambitious educational project to date, the Centre for Science, Creativity and Entrepreneurship. The level of support we have achieved during the quiet phase over the last two years is most pleasing with over $7M received and pledged so far. We envisage that over the next two years of the public phase, this will continue to grow. If you are yet to support

the campaign, but are in a position to do so, we would be delighted to hear from you. If you would like to learn more about the project, please visit our Capital Campaign website by searching ‘Beyond Tomorrow Brighton Grammar’.

As a School we are so grateful for the generosity of our BGS community which has enabled us to provide meanstested scholarships along with the best learning environments for our boys. Over the past 10 years this support has empowered us to construct new buildings and rejuvenate others so that our boys enjoy optimum learning

conditions which are reflected in our outstanding academic results at all levels.

Thank you for your support during 2022, and we look forward to the next two years as our Centre for Science, Creativity and Entrepreneurship is developed and helps define BGS as a leader in tomorrow’s world of education.

Peter Ickeringill Chairman Ross Featherston Headmaster

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2022 Giving by Numbers

Thank you to all our families, staff, past students and friends who have all invested in supporting Brighton Grammar School.

Total amount raised and pledged

161

Old Boys contributed financially

Total number of Donors

$4.4m

32 Sponsors

394

Number of first time Donors

610

Families contributed to the Building Fund Voluntary Levy

110

Members are in our Sequamur Society

101

Past and current staff contributed financially

70

Members form our Chairman’s Circle

Impacting the lives of our boys

2022 will be a memorable year for a number of reasons - the return to normal School life, the celebration of our 140th year and witnessing the impact our growing culture of philanthropy is now making at BGS.

Through the collective support of our parents, past parents, Old Boys, staff and friends, more than $ 4.4M was raised and pledged during the year. I give my sincere thanks to all in our generous community who supported our philanthropic priorities during the year. Your generosity enables us to build upon the principles on which BGS was founded.

A highlight of the year was the School’s Annual Giving Day Appeal on 24 May, with the focus shifting this year from raising funds for scholarships to raising funds for our new Food and Technology Centre, named The Grill’d Kitchen. With the support of our matchers every donation received on our Giving Day was doubled. In just 24 hours, 395 donors contributed more than $283,617 to assist the School in equipping this impressive facility. I was fortunate to view the first group of boys diving into a food related activity in The Grill’d Kitchen. The feedback received from the boys indicates that Food Technology will become a popular addition to the wide array of opportunities we already offer our boys. Thank you to our Annual Appeal donors for partnering with us to bring this facility to life.

Another highlight of the year was the launch of our Beyond Tomorrow Capital Campaign supporting the most ambitious

building project in the School’s history - our Centre for Science, Creativity and Entrepreneurship. In the quiet phase of the campaign, our generous community has already donated over $7M which is truly humbling - however there is still a way to go! During the construction phase, we will continue to seek support for this most exciting and significant development. Please know that it is only through the support of our community that vital projects such as this can come to life in the timeframes originally envisaged.

Speaking of scholarships, we now have 16 means tested scholarships at BGS. Only a few years ago we had none. For me, this speaks volumes about our School and, combined with the generous support of

our community, we have provided these boys with life-changing experiences. Quite simply, without this support these 16 boys would not benefit from a BGS education.

Philanthropy plays an increasingly vital role in our society, and I believe it is essential that we also inspire the next generation of philanthropists by encouraging our boys to engage with and support communities in need. Under the stellar direction of BGS Director of Service Anna Ladas, our students are indeed receiving opportunities to support a number of worthy causes very close to our hearts. I think particularly of the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation, the Ute Full of Food and Winter Sleep Out. The desire to assist your fellow human beings is an important disposition making Anna’s care of our service program crucial.

In closing, a sincere thanks again for supporting the education of our current and future students by making BGS a philanthropic priority. Our school motto translates to ‘let us pursue better things’ and with the generous support of our community we are able to do just that.

Meliora Sequamur.

John Phillips Director of Advancement

Did you know

Our Giving Day in 2023 will be 23 May

Recognising our donors in 2022

Thank you to all our donors. You make a significant difference to what we can achieve at BGS. Whether contributing to scholarships, buildings or other programs, your support shapes and enhances the educational opportunities for our current and future boys.

AAbbott, Jane & Brian

a’Beckett, Tim & Tania

Abell, Kurt

Abelseth, Trond & Nicola

Abramovich, Mark & Adele

Adachi, Tats & Michelle

Adams, Roger & Lorraine

Adem, Meg & Leighton

Agar, John (OB 2000) & Lillian

Agosta, Luke & Megan

Akinci, Ismail

Alcock, Cameron (OB 2000) & Kate

Alderson, Barnaby (OB 1993) & Georgina

Aldridge, Kirsty & Ian

Allan, Bec

Allen, Justin (OB 1989) & Oxana

Aloi, Sam & Luisa

Amaral, Miguel & Regina

Anderson, Rob (OB 1953)

Anderson, Ben & Jodie

Ang, Anthony & Tina

Angele, Yuri & Delisa

Angelini, Peter (OB 1999) & Christine

Angus, Simon & Emily

Arceri, Michael & Rebecca

Architectus Group Pty Ltd,

Arnold, Peter & Saccutelli, Ellen

Aschman, Eva & Faulkner, Peter

Auditore, Nicholas & Alice

Austin, Bradley & Belinda

BBader, Karina & David

Badge, Lizzy

Bailey, Justin & Libby

Baines, Paula & Andrew

Baker, Natalie

Bakoulas, George & Jodie

Balfe, Sarah & Chris

Balfe, Tony (OB 1966) & Fiona

Ballantine, Sally & Wes

Bandura, Sven & Michelle

Banfield, Kevin & Amanda

Bannister, Cory & Michelle

Bao, Wei & Yi

Barber, Andrew & Kerstin

Barron, Bruce & Ilona

Bartlett, Carolyn & Marcus

Bartley, Richard & Angela

Bartolotta, Leah & Adrian

Barwood, Shane & Danielle

Bassat, Andrew (OB 1983)

Basterfield, Simon (OB 1977)

Bate, Russ OAM (OB 1965) & Jacquie

Batterham, Robin AO (OB 1959)

Baxter, Ian (OB 1964)

Bean, Anne

Beaton, Emily & Jeff

Beck, Andrew (OB 1978)

Beckingham, James (OB 1997) & Catherine

Beninati, Vittorio & Angelina

Bennett, Scott & Kate

Bessell, Peta & Ben

Betts, Di & Leigh

Bezencon, Tim & Tania

Biddick, Martin & Jackie

Biggs, Shaun & Amy

Black, James & Megan

Bogoevski, Vlad & Vivian

Booth, Jonathan & Candice

Borg, Simon & Sandra

Bottomley, Chris (OB 1962) & Ingrid

Bourke, Colin & Imelda

Bowen, Peter (OB 1993) & Sophie

Bowen, Richard (OB 1987) & Anne-Marie

Bowen, Vaughan & Nunn, Carolina

Bramich, Ashley & Amanda

Braun, Jacqueline

Brennan, Neil & Karin

Bristow, Antony (OB 1998) & Jacqueline

Bristow, Matt & Donna

Brittain, Rowan & Nicole

Brougham, Tony & Monique

Broughton, Richard & Heather

Brown, Adam & Helen

Brown, Adam (OB 1994) & Michelle

Bryant, Peter (OB 1956)

Bryant, Charlie & Amanda

Buckingham, Wayne & Emma

Bucknall, Stephen & Lin

Bulfin, Nick (OB 1995) & Cathie

Bull, Scott & Katie

Burchell, Nick & Rachel

Burger, Jordan (OB 2012)

Burnell, Andrew (OB 1978) & Rossiter, Cat

Byrne, Mark & Liv

Caceres, Alvaro & Luisa

Calder, Michael & Lucy

Campigli, John & Monica

Cannington, Simon & Jocelyn

Cao, Naihe & Jie

Cao, Jack & Jacey

Cao, John & Zhenling

Carlos-Luu, Taffy & Jonathan

Carson, Graeme & Samantha

Carson, Douglas (OB 1960)

Cartus Corporation

Caughey, Jonathan & Cassie

Cena, Kathy

Chamberlain, Luke & Jane

Chan, Jess & Sze Wai

Chen, Rebecca & Guang

Chen, Huagen & Vivian

Chen, Qizhong & May

Chen, Robby & Cathy

Chen, Ella & Henry

Chen, Don & Vickie

Chen, Lei & Alex

Chen, Jack & Sherry

Did you know Donations to BGS can be pledged over multiple years

Chen, Lily & Charlie

Chepurov, George & Melissa

Chilcott, Gilda & Tim

Christie, Craig & Olivia

Clancy, Jonathan & Joanna

Clark, Geoffrey & Maki

Clarke, Julian AM (OB 1959) & Tina

Clarkson, Rosy & John

Cohen, Clint & Paige

Cole, Bronwyn & Peter

Coleman, Tom & Adrienne

Collard, Trevor & Imasha

Collins, Malcolm (OB 1998)

Connolly, Tony & Lisa

Conquest, Nick & Roxanne

Constantinescu, Chris & Eva

Content Empire

Coombs, Gareth & Nicola

Corbett, Jordan & Megan

Corcoris, Darleen & Nick

Corcoris, Nick & Darleen

Coughlan, Ben & Melissa

Court, Peter & Tessa

Cowan, Peter & Melissa

Cox, Laine & Leanne

Cozens, Shaun & Fiona

Crawley, Nigel & Lisa

Crewdson, David (OB 1995) & Chris

Critchley, Paul & Laura

Croall, Josh & Jodi

Croft, Kate & Darren

Crofts, Michael (OB 1965)

Crotti, Anna

Cruse, Rob & Anita

Csaszar, Gabriel

Cummins, Richard (OB 1977) & Elizabeth

Cunnington, Simon (OB 1989) & Bec

Currie, Mark & Alison

Curwood, Sam & Jodie

Cutri, Stefenie & Anthony

DDai, Mia & Hung wei

Dai, Yusheng & Guangxia

Dalidakis, Alex & Tamzine

Dalrymple, James & Nicola

Dalton, Rod (OB 1970)

Daniel, Anthony & Yvonne

David, Arvind (OB 1989) & Collins, Charmaine

Davies, Trudi & Matthew

Davies, Joanne

Davis, Chris & Kirsty

Davison, John & Sasha

Dawes, Liz OAM & Scott

Dawes, Jenny & Nick

Dawson, Peter & Angela

D’Couto, Calvin & Maryam

De Worsop, Karen & James

De Zeeuw, Rob & Lisa

Deicke, David & Belinda

Del Prete, Gerry & Amanda

Deleu, Laurent & Natalie

Denning, Corey & Melissa

Dennis, Lorne & Karen

Dever, Phil & Alex

Devine, John (OB 1963) & Julie

Diao, Dion & Winnie

Dickson, Ian & Lisa

Digney, Paul & Kate

Dimopoulos, Jim & Voula

Ding, Qiang & Jun

Ding, Hao & Anna

Djurovitch, Robert & Zoe

Doan, Hung Van & Ha My

Donald, Kylie & Scott

Donaldson, Andrew & Jacqui

Dong, Sherry & Jack

Dong, Yihao & Fangfang

Dorgan, Mel

Dou, Eugene & Kathy

Dou, Jie & Naihe

Douglas, Patrick

Dow, Grant & Suzanne

Dowley, Mark

Draheim, Matthew & Lisa

Du, Ruiming & Jun

Du, Jin & Yueting

Du Rieu, Joseph & Anna

Dudfield, Robert (OB 1967)

Dullahide, Rachael & Bruce

Duncan, Margaret & Tim

Duncan, Cameron & Yuanna

Dunne, Alistair & Jessica

Dutton, John (OB 1964)

Dylan Alcott Foundation

Easton, Tom (OB 1970)

Edmunds, Shane & Sophie

Edselius, Stefan & Lucinda

Ekkittibutr, Bee & James

Elix, Ben & Kate

Elliott, Matthew & Andrea

Ellis, Andy & Elissa

Erbas and Associates Pty Ltd,

Ettershank, Andy (OB 1989) & Sarah

Ettershank, Beverley & Gerald

Ettershank, Kim (OB 1986) & Rodgers Emma

Evans, Robert & Claire

Everett, Richard & Brooke

Fan, Hiuyun & Yi

Fan, Yuzhuo & Han

Fan, Ning & Yun

Fang, Cathy & Robby

Farrand, David & Michelle

Farrugia, Michael

Featherston, Ross & Rosie

Felicetti, Peter

Feng, Bin & Zhangye

Fensling, Luke & Sally

Ferguson, Tim & Tina

Ferwerda-Deurloo, Sandra & Cees

Field, Adrian & Candice

Field, Cameron & Amanda

Field, James (OB 2002) & Catherine

Finkelstein, Jodi & Clive

Fitzgerald, Andrew & Rhonda

Flanigan, Cameron & Lisa

Fletcher, Stephen & Juliette

Florez, Juan Pablo & Ana

Forbes, Richard & Susie

Ford, Wayne & Maria

Fox, Justin & Sophie

Fraser, Ian (OB 1961) & Geraldine

Frawley, Andrew & Meredith

French-Wright, Megan

Fu, Zhe & Di

Fulton, Jenny & Tony

Furtado, Jared

Gadsden, Peter & Yvonne

Galea, Chris & Liana

Galinas, John & Dianne

Galloway, Hayley

Gan, Mia & Changlin

Gao, Yinghua & Jordan

Gao, John & Nicole

Gao, Alan

Gao, Jingmiao & Yuping

Gao, Eason

Gao, Xin & Li

Garrett, Sam & Georgina

Ge, Hailian & Chelsea

George, Mejo & Thamali

George, Mark & Nicole

George, Julie

Gianatti, Chris & Caroline

Giannarelli, Mark & Kate

Gibbs, Norman (OB 1950)

Gibson, Judy & Allen

Gibson, Peter & Maryse

Giddings, Charles & Jo

Giddings, Mick & Ros

Giles, Adrian & Sarah

Giudice, Barnaby & Tonia

Glasson, Mike (OB 1969)

Gong, Jin & Ting

Goodall, Nathan & Aryan

Goodger, Darran & Terry

Goring, Georgia

Goss, Nathan & Kate

Grace, Ryan & Amanda

Graf, Stephen & Natalie

Graham, Matthew & Jenna

Graves, Jonathan (OB 1984) & Claire

Gray, Dean & Jessica

Green, Brad & Caty

Grill’d

Group Portraits

Grubb, Paul & Irene

Grummitt, Neil (OB 1954) & Mavis

Gu, Dennis (OB 2019)

Gu, Patrick (OB 2021)

Gu, Yu & Xu

Gulino, Nick & Francesca

Guo, Xin & Lijin

Gurney, Rochelle

H

Haddon, Matt

Hall, Garrett & Laura

Hall, Tim & Brooke

Hamilton, Barry (OB 1967) & Faye

Hampton Market

Hamson, Larry & Wendy

Han, Michelle & Lin Feng

Hanley, Adrian & Sarah

Hao, Hannah & Mike

Hara, Bruce & Rachael

Haralambakis, George & Helen

Harding Architects Pty Ltd,

Hare, Bill (OB 1984)

Harkness, Chris & Nicole

Harper, Julia & Dan

Harrington, Matt & Cherie

Harris, Roger (OB 1962)

Harrison, Mark

Harte, Erin & Martine

Hassall, Chris & Sarah

Hawkes, Olivia

Hay, John (OB 1978) & Kim

Hayball, John (OB 1985) & Rosana

Haydon, Rick & Sam

Hayman, Jane & Simon

Hayward, Robert

He, Zheng Jun & Lixia

He, Min & Baofend

Head, Matt & Adie

Healy, David & Libby

Heard, Ian & Amanda

Heath, Colin & Harriet

Heath, Rob & Caroline

Heil, Les AM (OB 1951) & Lyn

Hemingway, Graham & Sharon

Hendy, Ross & Melissa

Henley, Paul (OB 1987)

Hennig, Ian (OB 1960) & Pam

Hepples, Ian & Emma

Hering, Mirco & Iseeka

Hey, Jacquie & Merv

Hii, Lawrence (OB 2002) & Sue

Hill, Adrian & Georgina

Hofmann, Reto & Elizabeth

Hogan, Adam & Diana

Hogan, Tom & Jane

Hollway, John & Daniela

Hoofdman, Hugo & Geraldine

Hook, Martyn & Fleur

Hooley, Doug

Hope, Tony & Tori

Hopkins, Evan & Isabella

Horton, Luke & Sinead

Hou, Weichang & Anjing

Hou, Yufeng & Shuxia

Houridis, Harry & Sophie

Howard, Warren & Elizabeth

Howden, Jamie (OB 1987) & Kate

Howell, Vanessa & David

Hoy, Justin & Felicity

Hoy, Giles & Nadia

Hsiao, Damien (OB 1995)

Hsu, Kenny & Alice

Hu, Shanming & Ruohan

Huang, Wayne & Linda

Huang, Yueqing & Zechun

Huang, Terry & Xiaoying

Huang, Zuqiang & Xiaojuan

Huang, Max & Menghan

Huang, Stephen & Xiaorong

Hull, Rick & Katrina

Humphris, Jason & Sally

Hunter, Cameron (OB 1984)

Hunter, Luke (OB 2002) & Louise

Hunter, Jan

Hunter Industrials Pty Ltd

Hyett, Peter (OB 1950)

I

Ianuali, Emily & Pat

Ickeringill, Peter & Milena

Igini, Lewis & Sarah

Inglis, Soren & Katherine

Inman, Blake (OB 1991) & Karen

J

Jane, Adam (OB 1998) & Tess

Jane, David (OB 1965) & Pamela

Janoshalmi, Tom & Nicola

Jarvis, Barry (OB 1958) & Wilma

Jebb, Benjamin & Janece

Jiang, Dino & Kathy

Jiang, Zhongyi & Jeff

Jin, William & Amy

Jin, Xiaochun & Xiaohong

Joe White Bequest

Johnson, Sandy (OB 1963)

Johnson, David

Jones, Michael

Jones, Brent & Carolyn

Jones, Tim & BB

Jorgensen, Peter & Zuban, Valentina

Jowett, Ben & Cath

Joyce, Andrew & Stephanie

Joynson, Michael (OB 1987) & Nina

Jupp, Greg & Kalu

Kent, Mathew (OB 1993) & Lucy

Keogh, Steve & Lisa

Kerr, Anna & Christopher

Kerr, Fiona

Kessler, Simon (OB 1977) & Cheryl

King, Bronwyn & Mark

King, Nicholas & Paige

Kinraid, Chris & Rebecca

Kissane, Greg & Sandie

Kissane, Sandie & Greg

Knaack, Andreas

Knight, Geoffrey & Elizabeth

Knipe, Travis & Luketic, Jessica

Kombi, Chris & Rachel

Kondelos, Theodore (OB 1991) & Abbey

Kong, Cathy & David

Korber, Kate & Daniel

Korsa, Matt (OB 1989) & Karen

Kravic, Michael & Helen

Ktori, Sylvia & Hector

Kwong, James & Kyeong

LLa Riccia, Lucky & Rania

Lace, Warrick & Megan

Ladas, Anna & Paul

Laidlaw, Karin & Neil

Lall, Taljinder & Tamar

Lambert, Michael & Jenna

Lane, Adam (OB 2002) & Daina

Lane, Sam (OB 1998) & Emma

Langdon, Tim & Margaret

Langdon, Vicki & Brad

Lantrin, Pierre & Margaret

Lau, Danny & Luna

Lawrence, Paul & Jess

Lazarakis, Emmanuel (OB 1980)

Leadbeater, Heather & Mark

Lee, Wai Ling & Arno

Lees, Murray & Leanne

Levin, Gary & Susan

Lewis, Michael (OB 1989) & Kerrin

Li, Ye & Jing

Li, Carol & Ken

Li, Shiping & Ling

Li, Rose & Haijing

Li, Luna & Danny

Li, Joanna & Junfeng

Li, Yvonne & Kenny

Li, Henry & Ella

Li, Hong Bo & Helen

Liang, Jun & Huaijing

Liang, Jun & Ju

Liao, Yu & Linglan

Liddle, David & Kathryn

Lie, James & Lisa

Kallos, Arthur & Leah

Keady, Greg & Melanie

Keenan, Blair & Lisa

Kelly, Tricia & Phillip

Kemp, Steven & Jasmine

Kennett, Russell & Donna

Lin, David & Cathy

Lin, Frank & Serena

Lin, Katharine

Lin, Yong & Xiaoxiao

Lingham, Jamie & Penne

Lipovetsky, Rho & Max

Litis, Dean

Liu, Ping & Amy

Liu, Shen & Weiqun

Liu, Suzanne

Liu, Yanting & Zhen

Liu, Cheryl & Eli

Liu, Leo & Swan

Long, Lixia & Zheng Jun

Long, Mike (OB 1993) & Deb

Longley, Nick & Su

Loosschilder, Mark & Zurina

Lopez, Simon (OB 1986) & Christina

Lorback, Matt (OB 1995) & Chloe

Lorden, Gary & Monica

Lovegrove, Tristan & Katie

Low, Andrew & Alison

Lu, Elvis & Fenhua

Lu, Hua & Ying

Lu, Jianghong & Joey

Lu, Anton & Jie

Lui, Sze Wai & Jess

Lukeis, Oliver & Rachel

Lunt, Mitchell (OB 2002)

Luo, Aaron & Jessica

Lynch, Maggie OAM & Frank

Ma, Zhenshan & Vivien

Ma, Xiaolei & Yi

Ma, Zhenyu & Yang

Ma, Zhiyuan & Chendi

Mace, Steve & Sophia

MacGlashan, John (OB 1966)

MacGregor, Graham & Corrie

Machar, Christian

Mackay, Mark & Jamie

Macnab, Angus & Lucrezia

Madeira, Michael & Elle

Maglio, Andrea

Magnus, Adam & Jessica

Maher, Justin & Sandra

Mak, Ray & Farah

Man, Yize & Jun

Mantilla, Ana & Juan Pablo

Mao, Weiqun & Shen

Mao, Maria & Edwin

Marget, Tino (OB 1968)

Marriott, David & Kylie

Martin, Dan & Melissa

Mastores, Justin & Tahli

Maxey, Max & Sally

Maxted, Will & Demi

May, Jo

McArthur, Gaynor & Paul

McBride, Rury & Esin

McCahon, Andrew & Rachel

McCallum, Tim & Michelle

McCalman, Christian & Apprilla

McCluskey, Paul & Jacqui

McCormick, Andrew & Andrea

McCosker, Peter & Meg

McCulloch, Fiona & Ashley

McDonald, Paul

McDougall, Mark & Nadia

McDowell, Averil & Simon

McGregor, Brigitte & Bruce

McKay, Alan & Claire

McKenna, Philippa & John

McKenzie, Alison

McKimm, Nicholas & Anna

McKinnon, Peter (OB 1959)

McLean, Sally & Mark

McMillan, Wendy & Evan

McMillan, Fraser & Anita

McMurrick, Paul (OB 1981)

McNaughton, Ross & Christine

McPherson, Cameron (OB 1994) & Elspeth

McStay, Blair & Felicia

McVie, Colin & Lyndal

Meagher, John & Samantha

Mecca, Lucrezia & Angus

Mei, Yuanbin & Angela

Meltzer, Debbie & Bryan

Meng, Juan & Meng Io

Meng, Jianwei & Guo

Meng, Eli & Cheryl

Merlo, Linc

Messum, Johnny & Catherine

Michele, Anthony & Sonya

Middendorp, Nicholas (OB 1979) & Joanne

Minihan, Gary (OB 1979) & Sharon

Mitchell, Stephen & Belinda

Mitrevski, Peter & Belinda

Mohseni, Narelle

Monaghan, Mark (OB 1991) & Sacha

Mongey, Paul & Zoe

Moreton, David (OB 1989) & Karina

Morgan, Ewan (OB 1964)

Morgan, Tanya

Morikawa, Hirofumi & Yuka

Morley, Peter (OB 1994) & Lorinda

Morley, Kim (OB 1988)

Morse, Dudleigh (OB 1966)

Morton, Ian (OB 1984) & Susanne

Moss, John & Kaz

Moulton, Roger (OB 1964)

Moulton, Wayne & Pam

Mullins, Andy & Jacqui

Muratore, Melissa

Murphy, Luke (OB 1988) & Melissa

Murphy, Catherine & Paul

Murray, Rowan (OB 1981) & Melinda

Myers, Nick & Laura

NNandwani, Rosh & Hea Jung

Nataraja, Ram & Briohny

Naughton, Andrew (OB 1990) & Marlea

Naughton, Antony (OB 1992) & Sally

Neave, Colin AM (OB 1961)

Nelson Bros Funeral Services

Newett, Scott & Jaime

Newman, Mark

Nguyen, Thomas & Duc Thien

Nicholson, Max (OB 1947) *

Niele, Michael (OB 1975)

Nisted, Jenni

Noble, Andrew & Kate

Norbury, Christopher & Amy

Norris, Pat *

Norton, Libby

Noske, Jackson (OB 2016)

Noulikas, Dianne & John

OO’Brien, Justin & Marion

O’Connell, Michael

O’Connor, Matt & Anthea

Ogilvie, Robert

O’Leary, Tim & Kylie

Oliver, Jay & Kristy

Olliver, James (OB 1998) & Eliza

Ongarato, Lou & Michelle

Ottley, Mark & Caroline

Ould, Cassie

Owen, David & Kirsten

PPaino, Steven (OB 1980) & Laura

Pal, Arnab & Indrani

Palmos, Jim & Kylie

Paltoglou, Nick (OB 1986) & Megan

Pan, Hsinhsin & Boris

Paolacci, John (OB 1990) & Barbara

Park, Steve & Hyeon

Parkinson, Ashley & Fiona

Paroissien, Ian (OB 1969) & Barbara

Pearl, Laurence (OB 1950)

Pearse, Ken & Elizabeth

Peckham, Guy & Leigh

Pei, Yi & Hiuyun

Pellone, Christian & Olivia

Perkins, Simon & Victoria

Pettiona, Anthony & Stefenie

Phillips, John & Sue

Phillips, Simon (OB 1987) & Alexis

Picken, Brooke & Doug

Pigott, Ella & Nick

Pillios, Matthew & Belinda

Pinwheel & Co Pty Ltd

Pitcher, Michael (OB 1972)

Plozza, Raelene

Pollock, Julie & Brad

Portelli, Michelle & Daniel

Porteous, Angela & Stephen

Porter, Fei

Post, Andrew & Sue

Potter, Andrew (OB 1992) & Louise

Potter, Simon (OB 1964)

Powell, Dave

Pretli, Dwayne & Marie

Prisk, Ben & Kate

Purcell, Paul (OB 1966) & Angela

Purse, Hugh (OB 1962)

Qi, Matthew & Long Fei

Qin, Bryan & Sherry

Qiu, Jordan & Yinghua

Qiu, Bindui & Linlin

Qiu, Alex & Maggie

Qiu, Allen & Joyce

Quach, Andy & Tu Le

Quill, Mike & Basia

Quinert, Jared & Hyang

Rainey, Lachlan & Sarah

Rajakulendran, Jason (OB 1999)

Ralogaivau, Ben & Lusiana

Ralton, Dom & Hannah

Rasmussen, Geoffrey (OB 1960)

Rebbechi, Dennis (OB 1956)

Reddin, Colleen

Redhead, John (OB 1962) & Joan

Reeve, Jonathan & Anna

Reid, Matt (OB 1990) & Phoebe

Ren, Meilin & Guijun

Retamal, Ale & Danielle

Rice, Edwina & Peter

Richards, Hayley

Richardson, Jon & Emma

Rico Estrada, Corinne & Luis

Ricoh Australia Pty Ltd,

Riddex, Paul & Lisa

Ridley, Doug (OB 1956)

Ridley, David & Sarah

Ristevski, Alex & Kirsty

Roach, Paul (OB 1991) & Kena

Roberts, Campbell & Bronwyn

Roberts, Rhys & Monica

Robinson, Evelyn

Robinson, Julian & Amanda

Roche, Martin & Chelsea

Rodd, Andrew & Nikki

Rodgers-Wilson, Hamish & Isabel

Rodriguez, Alexander & Hong My

Rofe, Helen & Rowan

Rogers, Tony

Rojko, Scott & Tracey

Rollspack Group,

Romanin, Jamie & Katherine

Romano, Gianni & Zana

Rose, Grant & Kate

Rose, Nick & Penni

Rosen, Emma & Eric

Ross, Damien & Holly

Ross, Hamish & Zada

Ross, Jennine & Paul

Roussety, Gino & Martine

Russell, Tim (OB 1989) & Marlo

Russell, David (OB 1987) & Elena

Ryan, Chris & Miranda

Ryan, Michael & Naomi

Ryan, Nick (OB 1996) & Emily

SSaadie, Michael & Jo

Sabin, Matthew & Louise

Saccutelli, Ellen & Peter

Salisbury, Dave & Robyn

Sammons, Andrew & Tracey

Sansotta, Frank & Tina

Sarros, Anne & James

Savides, Tony & Toula

Scales, Louise & Damien

Schmidt, Cristian & Ingrid

SchoolPix,

Schumacher, Johann & Jane

Schutz, Andrew & Julie

Scott, Peter (OB 1976) & Janelle

Scott-Murphy, Anita & Rob

Scrimgeour, Andrew & Michelle

Semmens, Gavin & Lisa

Sha, Rajesh & Sonika

Shang, Leo & Lin

Sharpe, Michael & Lauren

Shaw, Mark & Bronwyn

Sheikh, Jawad & Mehreen

Shen, Weiping & Minqin

Shen, Roger & Amy

Sheng, Chen & Yunqing

Shiell, David (OB 1989) & Jessamy

Shumsky, Alexander & Penny

Siggins, Peter (OB 1961)

Sill, Julian & Kelly

Silva, Brent & Jacki

Silva, Ruth

Silva, Izzy & Amesha

Simpson, John (OB 1953) & Brenda

Sivasli, Deniz & Gina

Skocic, Christalia & Mark

Slater, Ian & Alison

Sloan, Marlese

Smarrelli, Massimo & Cassandra

Smith, Malcolm & Penelope

Smith, Matt (OB 1999) & Olivia

Smith, Owen & Emma-Jane

Smith, Ross OAM (OB 1968)

Smith, Eve & William

Smyth, David (OB 1982) & Rebecca

Sobee, George (OB 1928) *

Song, Arthur & Janie

Sorataworn, James & Bee

Spotlight Foundation

Spring, Matt & Dearne

Staley, Lauren

Stavros, Stan & Marisa

Steel, Kate & Andrew

Stent, Adam (OB 1982)

Stephens, Monty

Stevenson, Rhett (OB 1986) & Liz

Stewart, Ross (OB 1998) & Lisa

Stewart, Rob AM (OB 1965) & Hope

Stewart, Graeme & Melissa

Stokie, Allison & Luke

Storer, Jason & Melanie

Stott, Andrew & Chris

Strachan, Daniel (OB 1994) & Rahsan

Strahan, Cathie & Clarke

Strain, Allan

Stretch, Felicity & Nick

Strintzos, Keith & Morf

Summers, Mark & Pamela

Sun, Shane & Jennie

Sun, Jie & Xiuqing

Sun, Linda & Dafan

Sun, Ning & Melisa

Sun, Gavin & Siyuan

Sun, Zhenhai & Bing

Suszko, Sarah & Chris

Swain, Paul & Andrea

Swan, Gavin & Pia

Swanepoel, William & Christa

Swann, Ray & Bik

Swinton, Howard

TTaffard-Phillips, Aljo & Luci

Talbot, Michael (OB 1965) & Trudy

Tan, Shu & Spring

Taneja, Henna & Shekhar

Tang, Mei

Tang, Cherie

Tang, Lee & Jian Qing

Tang, Wai Man & Michelle

Tapp, Peter (OB 1969)

Tapping, Dale & Kellie

Taylor, Brad & Maree

Telders, James & Sherry

Telford, Cameron & Charla

Tellefson, Peter & Fiona

Templeton, James (OB 1987)

Tepe, Thomas & Rykki

Teschendorff, Kim (OB 1991) & Sally

Tessier, Patrick

Theodore, Con & Angela

Thomas, Rick (OB 1964)

Thomas, Josh & Amanda

Thomas, Philip & Fiona

Thomas, Rebecca

Thomson, Andrew & Sayuri

Thomson, George (OB 1951)

Thomson, Paul (OB 1986) & Petra

Thorne, Raymond (OB 1948)

Tims, Olivia

Tims, Adam & Kate

Tiver, Graham & Helen

Todarello, Anthony & Bianca

Toms, Matthew (OB 1990)

Toms, Peter OAM & Sue

Tong, Jeff & Yang

Tong, Michael & Emma

Tongs, Jane & Paul

Tonkin, Neil (OB 1962)

Toomey, Martin & Lucy

Torr, Jonathan & Lindsey

Trainor, Anthony & Simone

Tran, Hung & Thu

Travers, Ben & Jennifer

Triolo, James & Alexandra

Trubiano, Adrian & Leah

Trucchi, Lorenzo & Jen

Tsangari, Andreas & Penny

Tsindos, Harry & Veneta

Tunnecliffe, Luke & Aimee

Turner, Andrew & Jody

Tweddle, Narelle & Alexander

Twycross, Mark & Lisa

Tzaferis, Nick & Sophia

U & V

Uglow, Sally

Ugrinovski, Robert & Maria

Un, Meng Io & Juan

Urquhart, Angus & Annabel

Urwin, Michael

Usher, Anton (OB 1988) & Rina

Van der Merwe, Barrie & Elmin

Vassallo, Anthony & Anne

Vaughan, Jon & Narelle

Vautin, William (OB 1998) & Sarah

Verco, Sam & Nadia

Verdini, Anthony

Vithana, Eeshara & Ajantha

WWade, John (OB 1964)

Wagner, Sonia & Phil

Wakefield, Hayley

Walsh, Peter & Heidi

Walter, Stephen & Tuyen

Walters, Daniel & Kath

Wang, Yong Gang & Michelle

Wang, Shuqi & Emily

Wang, Yue & Fan

Wang, Yikang & Bei

Wang, Nick & Catherine

Wang, Wen & Ina

Wang, Bo & Weijia

Wang, Haitao & Yamin

Wang, Kenny & Yvonne

Wang, Patrick & Jin

Ward, Jeffrey & Rebecca

Wardell, Matt & Tiffany

Waterhouse, Peter & Jo

Watkins, John & Kerrie

Watling, Peter (OB 1963)

Weber, Ben & Skye

Wei, Chuiting & Mingtao

Wen, Amy & Shaun

Weng, Benson & Wenjuan

West, Matthew (OB 1998) & Sashi

Westerman, Daniel & Lucy

White, Fiona & Duncan

White, Peter & Edwina

Whitelegg, Ryan & Sam

Wicks, Matthew (OB 2008)

Wilde, John (OB 1967)

Wilkins, Peter & Amy

Willcock, Greg & Phoebe

Willett, Jenna & Matthew

Williams, Evan & Wendy

Williams, Nick & Saskia

Williams, David & Anthea

Williams, Steve (OB 1980) *

Williamson, Peter & Karen

Williamson, Ben & Julia

Wilson, John (OB 1979) & Dara

Wilson, Roger OAM (OB 1961) & Margaret

Wiseman, Anthony & Kirsty

Withington, Philip & Rebecca

Woolf, Andrew & Marian

Wu, Guohong & Bing

Wu, Yancheng & Nie

Wu, Chloe & Michael

Wu, Maojun & Na

Wu, Xiaobo & Bo

XXia, Zhenghong & Hong

Xie, David & Vanessa

X’Lingson, Eddie & Chinn

Xu, Hui & Yang

Xu, Michael & Chloe

Xu, Mingyu & Mei

Xu, Juntao & Yue

Xu, Steven & Cathy

Xu, Mianli & Wenjun

YYan, Nie & Yancheng

Yan, Jeff & Zhongyi

Yang, Zishan & Haijun

Yang, Jianren & Liye

Yang, Zhen & Yanting

Yang, Wally & Lu

Yang , Yun & Zanhua

Yang, Rong

Yann, Max & Meredith

Yao, York & Yanrong

Yao, Penny & Dongen

Yates, Peter AM (OB 1977) & Susan

Yelland, John (OB 1959)

Yellina, Hari & Sari

Yeo, Andrew (OB 1987) & Meredith

Yeung, Sally & Matt

Yi, Aifei & Amy

Yin, Haixia & Li Li

You, Zhenling & John

Youl, Benjamin & Amy

Yu, Angela & Jishen

Yu, George & Ivy

Yu, Hongda & Sally

Yu, Guijun & Meilin

Yuan, Yuan & Guang Jun

Zacharin, Will (OB 1976)

Zaikos, Jason

Zeng, Xiaodong & Lydia

Zeng, Yigang & Baifeng

Zeng, Sunny & Janice

Zeng, Sidney (OB 2022)

Zerial, Simone

Zerna, Rohan & Merran

Zhang, John & Phoebe

Zhang, Cathy

Zhang, James & Kelly

Zhang, Jack & Mia

Zhang, Lin Feng & Michelle

Zhang, Guang & Rebecca

Zhang, Mao & Wei

Zhang, Ling & Shiping

Zhang, Jinqiang & Fang

Zhang, Yun & Ning

Zhang, Fan & Yue

Zhang, Ina & Wen

Zhang, Feng & Yuhan

Zhang, Joey & Jianghong

Zhang, Nick & Penny

Zhang, Angela & Yuanbin

Zhang, Xuelian & Lin

Zhang, Will & Alice

Zhao, Linlin & Bindui

Zhao, Peng & Lei

Zhao, Dafan & Linda

Zheng, Changlin & Mia

Zheng, Peng & Selina

Zhou, Hui & Dan

Zhou, Edwin & Maria

Zhou, Ming & Lancy

Zhu, Jean

Zhu, Juping & Yun

Zou, Anna & Hao

Zuo, Jie & Yun

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SEQUAMUR SOCIETY

Alexander, Bob

Arendsen, Gregory

Backholer, Arthur (OB 1936) *

Balfe, Tony (OB 1966)

Baragwanath, John (OB 1967)

Baylis, Andrew

Begg, Jim (OB 1958)

Breaden, Erling (OB 1977)

Bunning, Rodney (OB 1951) *

Bunning, Penelope

Burt, Diana

Burt, David (OB 1947) *

Cameron, Don (OB 1951)

Cameron, Jill

Chapman, Bruce (OB 1953)

Churnside, Michael (OB 1982)

Darby, Peter (OB 1951) *

De Salis, Mary

Devine, John (OB 1963)

Devine, Julie

Eden, Wells (OB 1948)

Ellerton, John (OB 1961)

Fairweather, Mabel *

Farman, Jeffrey R

Ferguson, Keith *

Fleming, Peter (OB 1955)

Forbes, Cameron (OB 1993)

Ford, Rodney

Glover, Alan *

Goddard, Colin

Gray, John (OB 1964) *

Grigoriou, Georgina

Grummitt, Neil (OB 1954)

Grummitt, Mavis

Hamilton, Phillip (OB 1966)

Hare, Bill *

Harkness, Peter *

Hart, Christopher

Hay, John (OB 1978)

Hay, Peter (OB 1976) *

Hay, Pamela *

Hay, Kim

Haymes, Chris (OB 1964) *

Hope, Roger (OB 1969) *

Ickeringill, Peter

Jarvis, Barry (OB 1958)

Jones, Stephen (OB 1971)

Jones, Jennifer

Jones, Gary (OB 1972)

Lansell, Cyril (OB 1933) *

Lasry, Nancy

Lynch, Maggie

Lynch, Frank

Marget, Tino (OB 1968)

Marshall, Tim (OB 2000)

McCalman, Geoff (OB 1956) *

McCausland, John

McGuigan, Andy (OB 1948)

McKenzie, Allan (OB 1968)

Morris, Graham (OB 1960) *

Moylan, AM, Fred (OB 1940) *

Murray, Mark

Murray, Marilyn

Neave, Colin (OB 1961)

Nicholson, Max (OB 1947) *

Norris, Pat *

Oppenheim, David (OB 1972)

O’Sullivan, David (OB 1943) *

Paroissien, Barbara

Paroissien, Ian (OB 1969)

Parsons, Richard (OB 1954) *

Pearse, Ken

Pearse, Elizabeth

Peers, Harry (OB 1943) *

Phillips, John

Philpott, Ted (OB 1940) *

Redhead, John (OB 1962)

Renouf, Tim (OB 1974)

Robertson, Ian (OB 1974)

Robertson, Ken (OB 1968)

Robertson, Maggie

Robinson, Keith (OB 1945) *

Sanderson, Robert (OB 1935) *

Simmons, Gary (OB 1967)

Snowball, Bill (OB 1936) *

Stephens, Monty

Stretton, Nancy *

Talbot, Michael (OB 1965)

Talbot, Trudy

Tapp, Peter (OB 1969)

Taubman, John (OB 1955)

Templeton, Graeme (OB 1961)

Thomson, George (OB 1951)

Thomson, Lachie (OB 1950) *

Thomson, Sue *

Thorne, John

Toms, Peter

Urwin, Michael

Walker, Hector *

Watkin, Trevor

Wehsack, Jack (OB 1931) *

Wehsack, Joyce *

Weiner, Ronald *

White, Graham (OB 1949)

White, Fred

White, Judy

Willcock, Greg

Willcock, Phoebe

Wilson, Roger (OB 1961)

Yann, Max

* Deceased

All care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this list. However, if any error has occurred, please accept our apologies and notify the Development Office so that we can amend our records.

Did you know Brighton Grammar School received its first living Bequest in 2022.

Scholarship Reflection

Becoming part of the Brighton Grammar School community has been a great honour. After hearing that I had been granted the scholarship, I was ecstatic! My first year at BGS has been amazing.

When I walked through the gates of the Urwin Centre and saw the Quadrangle for the first time, I felt a feeling of great pride and joy. This school has exceeded my expectations in terms of the opportunities and wide knowledge it has already given me.

Settling into BGS was easy due to the help of my teachers and friends, and transferring between a co-ed school to an all-boys’ school was also mainly unnoticeable due to the many activities which BGS does with FGS (Firbank Grammar School). The high standards at BGS provide a great learning atmosphere for the students, without too much pressure. This, as well as the caring teachers, are the best aspects of the schooling at Brighton Grammar.

Since BGS provides a wide variety of choices for subjects in Year 7, out of the four language options I chose Chinese

(Advanced) and Japanese. Japanese has always been a language I wanted to learn because of its interesting history and background so this makes it one of my favourite subjects.

Outside school, my hobbies include playing golf, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and drawing. I attempt to play two rounds of golf every weekend, at Metropolitan Golf Club and Riversdale Golf Club, with practice throughout the week. Currently I am focusing on improving my swing and keeping it consistent each game as golf is a sport that I hope to play at a higher level in the future. With the help of everything that the school has offered me my future is unknowing, however being a student at this school will provide me with the best future possible. Without the generous contributions from the BGS community, others and I would not have the opportunity to be a part of this amazing school community.

Peter Toms Scholarship Receipient

Zane, Year 7

Giving Thanks

Our strong culture of philanthropy was clearly evident on our Annual Giving Day on 24 May when 395 members of our community got behind this year’s Appeal. Our focus this year moved from supporting scholarships to supporting the fit-out of the Grill’d Kitchen, a key feature in our latest development - the BHIVE.

We were truly humbled by the generosity we received from our community. In just 24 hours, $283,617 was raised - an amazing result! Heartfelt thanks to our Annual Giving Appeal matchers enabling all gifts received on the day to be doubled.

Special thanks also to Grill’d, owned by Simon Crowe (OB 1990) whose support of the Appeal following our Giving Day is recognised through the naming of this facility.

Our Grill’d Kitchen is truly an outstanding facility. For the first time in our School’s history, our boys now have access to a large fully equipped commercial kitchen, providing the perfect environment for our boys to dive into food and nutrition related activities whilst developing life long skills. It’s also a place that will soon inspire business ideas through the prototyping and testing of products. It is only with the support of our community that building developments such as our BHIVE can come to life in timeframes originally envisaged. A huge thank you again to our generous community for supporting our Annual Giving Day.

Volunteer Perspective

Annual Giving Days have become an important part of what we do at BGS. One of our regular volunteers is Old Boy Nick Paltoglou, who, for a few years, has given his time on Giving Day to contact others in our community. We asked Nick some questions about his experiences being a phone room volunteer:

What is your motivation for volunteering on Annual Giving Days at BGS?

Another member of our community prompted me to volunteer as they had been actively contributing and volunteering for a few years. I saw this as a very reasonable opportunity to get onboard.

What was your experience on the day while being involved in the ‘phone room’?

It has been a good experience - I’ve been involved a few times now. It’s an opportunity to reconnect with people, whilst highlighting our mutual connection to the School and advocating that supporting the Giving Day is a great way to give back.

Why is supporting the BGS Annual Appeal important to you and your family?

Whether it is Brighton Grammar or other aspect of our lives, we have always looked to give something back. Knowing that you are making a difference, or as importantly, modelling to our kids that you can make a difference through giving back is a priority for us.

What advice would you give to people within the community who are unsure about volunteering their time or offering their support during our Giving Days?

There are a lot of different ways of giving, some people don’t have the time, so giving money is their way of giving back, others like to give their time - or both! If you’re interested in assisting in the phone room during one of these giving days, my advice would be to make the time. Being involved gives you a further level of connection. By volunteering your time, it makes you feel more involved with the cause and is something I implore others to do.

Nick Paltoglou Old Boy, current parent, and investment advisor, Bellucci Bar Brighton

The Development Office Team had a change of staff in the middle of the year with Hayley Galloway, our Advancement Manager, taking up a new opportunity.

Hayley’s engagement with our community, as we shared our plans for the future, will have a lasting impact at BGS.

Eden Phillips has joined us as our new Advancement Manager coming from another independent school where she was employed in a similar role.

Welcome to Eden Phillips Didknowyou

“Having spent the last 8 years working in the Independent School sector, I feel honoured to have joined the community and the encompassing culture here at BGS. It is an exciting time for the School and I look forward to being a part of the ongoing future developments.”

Eden certainly joins BGS at an exciting time, as we embark upon our most ambitious building project to date, namely the Centre for Science, Creativity and Entrepreneurship. Eden looks forward to sharing updates with the community as this exciting project unfolds and always welcomes the opportunity to discuss the project or the campaign further.

You can give from overseas and still receive a tax deduction! For further information please contact Eden Phillips, Advancement Manager at ephillips@brightongrammar.vic.edu.au

Beyond Tomorrow Campaign Launch

A highlight of the year was the official launch of our Beyond Tomorrow Capital Campaign supporting our Centre for Science, Creativity and Entrepreneurship. This event provided an opportunity for those in our community who had already supported or shown interest in the project to hear about the campaign in further detail.

Our Chairman of School Council, Peter Ickeringill, outlined both the project and campaign stressing the key role philanthropy will play in bringing the centre to fruition. Deputy Headmaster, Dr Ray Swann, also spoke highlighting the teaching and learning direction planned for the new Centre. A highlight of the evening was a fireside chat between the Headmaster and David Russell an Old Boy and member of our Hall of Fame. They discussed how education in the future might look and the part entrepreneurship will play in the world beyond tomorrow.

The Beyond Tomorrow Campaign is now well underway and we are delighted that $7M of our $15M target has been gifted or pledged already.

This is the School’s most ambitious building project to date and will bring to life some incredibly exciting learning spaces as we focus on better equipping our boys with the necessary skills to live and work in the future.

If you would like to find out more about this vital project, please visit our campaign website. Simply google ‘Beyond Tomorrow Brighton Grammar’. Of course, should you have any questions regarding our Beyond Tomorrow Campaign, or wish to discuss ways you can support the campaign, please do not hesitate to contact John Phillips in the Development Office.

Chairman’s Circle

Our Chairman’s Circle recognises the donors within our community whose significant philanthropic support assists the School to bring our plans and vision to reality.

Since its establishment in 2007 by Ian Paroissien, former Chairman and Governor of the School, 70 members of our generous community - past and current parents, past staff and Old Boys - have chosen to join our Chairman’s Circle.

Each year the current Chairman of Council, Peter Ickeringill, hosts a cocktail party to personally thank our Chairman’s Circle members for choosing to support the School at the highest of levels. The event also provides an opportunity for

Peter to update members in terms of our plans for the future.

We are particularly fortunate to have the ongoing support of our Chairman’s Circle members both in terms of their advocacy of and generosity to our School.

If you would like to find out more about our Chairman’s Circle, please contact John Phillips.

Brighton Grammar’s known history of community fundraising for buildings traces all the way back to the early 1920s

Why I give to BGS

Roger Shen, BGS parent and Beyond Tomorrow campaign committee member reflects on his motivation to give to BGS by answering the following questions:

Q. What have you gained personally from being a major donor to BGS?

My family migrated to Australia in 2008 and there was a real need for my wife and me to quickly develop a deeper understanding of the culture and community habits. Immersing ourselves in the BGS community by supporting the School in many ways has provided our family with a strong sense of belonging.

Q. What have you enjoyed about being a member of our Chairman’s Circle?

I have benefited a lot from being able to engage with the other members. There are many opportunities to share stories of success and learnings which have helped me understand more about education and culture. These opportunities have been a benefit not only for myself but for the knowledge I can pass on to my son. It is an honour to be a part of such a friendly group and community.

Q. Which of BGS’s philanthropic priorities are important to you?

Supporting scholarships is important to my wife and me but these days supporting buildings, such as the Centre for Science, Creativity and Entrepreneurship is now our priority. It is important that BGS boys learn 21st century skills in the best possible facilities, giving them a head start for the future.

Q. How important do you think this project is for Brighton Grammar’s future?

This is a milestone project for Brighton Grammar and this new facility will play a key role in future student development. The project is one that everyone can be proud to be part of and will connect the community as we focus on the future of our boys.

Q. If you were to give advice to others who are considering supporting BGS, what would that be?

My favourite quote is: “It is best to give than to receive.” To give is not only investing in the School today, it is investing in the next generation - it is investing in the future. The progression of the School relies on the support of the community and my wife and I are proud to support the School. We encourage others to join us in supporting BGS.

The Sequamur Society Securing our Future

This year the School has received three most generous bequests. All have a ‘giving back’ theme, with similar yet different motivations.

Max Nicholson (OB 1947) Giving Back after 75 years

Max’s primary motivation for leaving a bequest was to enable boys to remain at School despite their parents suddenly, for one reason or another, being unable to pay fees. This was Max’s noble way of ‘giving back’, repaying BGS after 75 years, for the assistance his mother was given by the School when his family came across financial difficulties. Max loved his time at BGS: he was a School Prefect; a Master Sergeant in the Cadet Corps Q-Store; and a champion 440 yards sprinter. Max’s bequest will act as a Bursary Fund and assist parents to pay fees when finding themselves in financial difficulties.

Neil (OB 1954) & Mavis Grummitt A Living Bequest

Neil and Mavis both appreciate how fortunate Neil was to benefit from a BGS education. Now, Neil and Mavis are driven by the desire to share this experience with others who, for financial reasons, would be denied a BGS education. Neil and Mavis have decided to donate their bequest now which will substantially bolster our BGS Scholarship Fund. By making a Living Bequest, Neil and Mavis can appreciate the benefits of their bequest in their life time.

Pat Norris An expression of gratitude

Pat Norris has left a very generous bequest to the School as an expression of gratitude for the care and support given to her son David (OB 1971). David suffered from injuries resulting from a serious accident when he was young.

Pat was always grateful for the School’s understanding of David’s difficulties and the extra care he received which certainly assisted David’s academic development. Pat’s bequest will honour the memory of her husband, Donald (OB 1937), and son David (OB 1973). Pat’s bequest will be directed to our Building Fund supporting the construction of our Centre for Science, Creativity and Entrepreneurship.

Why else leave a bequest?

Recently I met with an Old Boy who actually didn’t have much to say that was positive about his BGS experience. However, after hearing the Headmaster at an OBGS Reunion, he was impressed with the School’s Positive Masculinity programs, and particularly the School instilling within our boys a real desire to positively contribute to the wellbeing of our community. Whilst I am yet to hear whether this Old Boy has confirmed his bequest, I often come across Old Boys who are positively impressed by the School’s progressive approach to education whilst maintaining many of our muchvalued traditions. The School’s values of passion, respect, accountability and integrity are certainly worth fostering especially in a world where many young men are searching for a moral compass.

Simple economics

For some, leaving a bequest to the School is a matter of simple economics – the School’s existence is dependent on strong enrolments, astute financial management, and the generosity of our community. Bequests are geared to the future and enable the School to provide an excellent education for our BGS boys for years to come. Bequests are future -proofing!

But whatever motivates you to leave a bequest, your bequest is a legacy of which you can be justly proud, a legacy that will always be much appreciated.

Peter Toms OAM Bequest Manager

Scholarships change lives

So many of our past students who attended the School on scholarships have gone on to make their mark in the world in every endeavour including health, law, politics, business, sport and the arts. You too can change lives by leaving a gift in your will to fund a specific scholarship or support the BGS Scholarship Fund.

For a confidential discussion please call Peter Toms in the BGS Development Office on 03 8591 2274 or email

development@brightongrammar.vic.edu.au

2023 and beyond

Brighton Grammar School’s philanthropic priorities focus on two main goals that support the School’s commitment to provide an outstanding education for boys. 1 2

To develop teaching and learning facilities that support our commitment to provide BGS boys with a world-class 21st century education.

To increase the number of meanstested scholarships we can offer to boys who otherwise would not have the opportunity to attend BGS.

All gifts, no matter the size, collectively make a huge impact on the lives of current and future generations of BGS boys.

If you would like to make a tax-deductible gift to either the BGS Building Fund, BGS Library Fund or the BGS Scholarship Fund, please contact John Phillips, Director of Advancement:

(03) 8591 2280 or email jphillips@brightongrammar.vic.edu.au