Special connection

THERE’S a special connection between one of our youngest students Rio Kent and his School. Rio’s great-grandmother Jo Kent was one of the founding members of the JJAJJGAN’s, a Parents and Friends group which raised large sums of money for the School from the late 1960s through to 2018. The Garnsey lecture theatre is named JJAJJGAN, a name created using the first letter of each members’ christian name. ELC student Rio is oblivious to the significance of this connection but does love it when he is able to share his School life with his family, such as when his “Mama” (Jo) brings him to the ELC (pictured).

Four-year-old Rio is the eldest child of Old Scholar Tiffany (nee Ray) and Jason Kent and his grandmother is Deputy Head of St Anne’s Campus Sheryn Ray.