SAINTS CONNECT
In our 125th year, St Hilda’s has focussed on bringing our community together to celebrate our history and reimagine our future. It’s thanks 56
to our community that our school continues to thrive.
GOLDFIELDS Futures Program As part of our commitment to looking outwards and creating a culture of collaboration and strong network for innovation, St Hilda’s was pleased to announce in Term 3 that we are partnering with Gold Fields Australia to offer up to six bursaries for current Year 10 students in 2022. Gold Fields Australia is a world leader in sustainable gold mining and their Futures Program bursary aims to provide St Hilda’s students with the financial support and guidance to embark on a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Health Services or Community Development. Our world is one of change and at both Gold Fields and St Hilda’s we value innovation and modernisation and developing knowledge and skills for tomorrow’s future.
Commemoration of Shirley Of fer Offer Society On Tuesday 14 September we enjoyed a special gathering in memory of St Hilda’s Old Scholar, Shirley Offer (1944). A plaque was unveiled on the outside Chapel wall, detailing Shirley’s life long contributions to her old school. Shirley was an extraordinary woman who successfully integrated two of her great loves; St Hilda’s and the law. As one of the first female lawyers in WA, she was an important advocate for gender equality. Shirley was a member of the GHS and St Hilda’s OSA Committee for many years and a proud representative of her 1944 peer group. She also sat on the School Council from 1991 to 1996, during which time she helped significantly with the organisation and planning of the School Chapel. Shirley was known for her diligence, considered opinion and belief in the valuable role of women in society.
Her legacy to St Hilda’s continues to benefit the lives of so many bright young women. In 2009 St Hilda’s received its most generous bequest, $2.2million from Shirley. The bequest enabled the School to build the Joy Shepherd Performing Arts Centre in 2011. The Shirley Offer Society was formed in her memory and membership of the Offer Society is open to those who indicate that they have made a bequest to St Hilda’s in their Will. St Hilda’s Memorial Wall is now established, outside the Chapel, as a place of remembrance for our Old Scholars and those who have given generously to St Hilda’s. We felt that it was a beautiful place where the names of those who have passed will be seen and read by the current students as they enter Chapel.
