St Marys 2016 Thanks to You Donor Newsletter

thanks to you FOR DONORS AND SUPPORTERS OF ST MARY’S

MARCH 2016

THANKS TO YOU 2015 HIGHLIGHTS

From the Principal I am delighted to share with you the impact of your generosity to St Mary’s during 2015 in the pages of Thanks to You. It is uplifting for us to know that you share our commitment to providing the very best opportunities and experiences for the girls.

I thank you all sincerely for the many different ways you support our students and school – be it prizes, scholarships, additions to our wonderful libraries, enhancing our campus and facilities, or through the Bishop Riley Bequest Society.

Last year, we officially opened the Marlene Carter Heritage Centre, a new home for our Archives, and thanks to Building Fund donations, we were able to install extensive storage solutions for our precious collection. What a pleasure it was to see donors celebrate the opening with us.

With donations to the Library Fund, we launched the e-library a year ago and it is proving a hugely popular resource with the girls for their leisure-time reading and, increasingly, for their studies.

Access to a St Mary’s education is certainly a privilege and one that many families are not able to contemplate for their daughters. Thanks to donors to

the Scholarship Fund, a means-tested Annual Giving Scholarship is now being offered for the first time and will allow one girl entering Year 10 the opportunity to experience all that St Mary’s offers. We look forward to welcoming her to our school and watching her grow and flourish.

Our ability to offer places to these bright and talented individuals whose families are not in the financial position for them to attend our school, is limited only by funding. I thank you for all you have done to change the education of one girl and hope you will join me in continuing to support the education of St Mary’s girls of the future.

As St Mary’s celebrates its 95th year, we hope you will join us at one, some or indeed, all, of the celebrations to mark a special birthday for this special school.

Lynne Thomson Principal

The first Annual Giving Scholarship is being offered for a student entering Year 10 in 2017.

St Mary’s students have access to over 10 000 e-books.

Our precious Archives collection has been consolidated for the first time.

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Chairman of the Foundation My thanks to you for your generous support of St Mary’s and the Foundation during 2015. Once again, we have been touched by your support for the school, its students and staff.

Building a culture of giving at St Mary’s Over the last 15 years, the Foundation has been able to contribute over $10 million to the school to develop and enhance the learning environment. It is your donations that have helped and will continue to help us to ensure St Mary’s remains at the forefront of girls’ education and we are truly grateful to everyone who makes a gift, be it small or large. Together your gifts better our ability to offer first class learning opportunities and experiences for St Mary’s students.

Thanks to you - A new means-tested Scholarship This year, the Foundation is delighted to be in a position to offer the very first means-tested Annual Giving Scholarship to a Year 10 student for the remainder of her schooling at St Mary’s. Your donations to the Annual Giving Scholarship Fund alone have provided the wonderful opportunity of a St Mary’s education for the young women who will be the recipients of this award.

Bishop Riley Bequest Society I was delighted to host the annual Bishop Riley Bequest Society at my home last year. It was a pleasure to meet with members of the Society who have made a gift to St Mary’s in their will and I thank them for their generosity and foresight. The Society welcomes everyone who has made a bequest of any size to St Mary’s and I encourage you to be in touch if you are interested in finding out more about how to become a part of this special group of St Mary’s supporters.

With thanks,

Bishop Riley Bequest Society Members of the Bishop Riley Bequest Society and guests met in November for the annual Society event, kindly hosted at the home of Chairman of the Board of the Foundation, Mr Ron Farris and Mrs Joy Farris. Guests enjoyed stunning views of the ocean as the sun set and heard news from the school from Mrs Thomson.

Over the years a number of members of our school community have chosen to recognise the important part St Mary’s has played in their lives by remembering us in their will. Bequests of all sizes have enabled us to provide learning resources and scholarships and develop our facilities, with each bequest advancing the girls’ learning.

If you have made a gift to St Mary’s in your will and would like to join the Society, or would like to find out how to make a bequest to the school, please let us know so that we may thank you for your foresight and generosity.

Exceptional Bequest Boosts Scholarship Fund Last September we learnt that Lady Treatt (Frankie Wilson ‘32, Head Girl) had left a bequest of $750,000 to endow scholarships at St Mary’s. We are honoured that she chose to remember St Mary’s students in this special way.

The capital from Lady Treatt’s bequest will be maintained and grown so that St Mary’s can award scholarships in perpetuity. Her great passion for supporting girls’ education will live on in the St Mary’s girls who receive one of these scholarships. We remain indebted to Lady Treatt for her devoted and generous support of St Mary’s over many years.

Ron Farris Chair of St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School Foundation

2015 Annual Giving: at a glance 2015 Annual Giving was once again generously supported by our school community. Together we raised $50,646. Our heartfelt thanks to you for your generosity. We are delighted to welcome many new donors and are grateful to those donors who continued to support Annual Giving in 2015.

Your gifts are already making a difference to our students and school.

It has been wonderful to have support from all sections of our school community: parents, Old Girls, past parents, future parents, Executive, staff, former staff, members of the Board of Governors, members of the Board of Management of the Foundation and friends.

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Annual Giving in 2015

e-library resources support learning In 2015, Year 4 students enjoyed access to the e-book library resources during their Society and Environment lessons.

The girls spent time using World Book online, which has been funded by donations to the Library Fund, to research the Aboriginal peoples of Australia before the arrival of the First Fleet, as well as life in England in the 1700s, the journey of the First Fleet and how the new colony in Botany Bay grew. With the information they discovered, the girls each created an historical timeline with images and explanations of the factors that led to the colonisation of Australia.

“Access to e-resources in the Junior School library has opened up new learning paths for the girls,” says Ms Letch, Junior School Librarian. “We’re finding that girls who might find the traditional classroom environment challenging, are flourishing using online resources.”

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Over 10,0 00 e-boo ks are now a vailable fo r St Mar y ’s students in the e-libr ar y

Thanks to the Class of 2015 Thank you to the Class of 2015 and their families for supporting the 2015 class gift as a lasting legacy of your time spent together at St Mary’s.

Alisa Camplin OAM inspires at Bishop Riley Memorial Lecture

Your generosity will help to provide scholarships for future generations of St Mary’s girls and in recognition of your support, a vine row at the St Mary’s at Metricup vineyard will be named ‘Class of 2015’.

The St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School Foundation was delighted to welcome Alisa Camplin OAM to present the 95th Birthday Bishop Riley Memorial Lecture in March. The Foundation sponsors this special lecture each significant birthday year. Past speakers have included Mao’s Last Dancer Li Cunxin, 2006 Young Australian of the Year, Trisha Broadbridge, Janine Shepherd AM and Sara Henderson, a former Business Woman of the Year.

The Class of 2015 on their last day of school

Pictured above: Alisa Camplin with Head Girl, Robyn Fairbairn

We look forward to providing you with a complimentary bottle of Frankie’s Folly Chardonnay in 2019.

Your gifts provide a new scholarship Your generosity to the Scholarship Fund is providing a new Year 10 needs-based scholarship.

Thanks to the wonderful generosity of donors to the Scholarship Fund during 2014 and 2015, the Foundation is now able to offer a scholarship to a girl entering Year 10 in 2017 for the duration of her schooling at St Mary’s. The scholarship will provide for at least 50% of tuition fees and will be made to a student who shines academically but who would not be able to attend St Mary’s without financial support.

You are helping us to transform the lives of these girls by giving them the opportunity to attend St Mary’s. These young women will, in turn, contribute significantly to the life of the school, both inside and outside the classroom. Thank you for making a difference to their lives.

Why I give to St Mary’s

Why I give to St Mary’s

Wendy Mann (’63) Justice of the Peace and Chief Pilot and Managing Director of Geraldton Air Charter

Sharon Warburton Current parent and Non-Executive Director, FMG, Wellard Ltd

“I am pleased to make a donation towards the St Mary’s Scholarship Fund as I know what an incredible difference winning a scholarship can make to a student’s life. I was fortunate to be awarded a scholarship in 1958 and commenced my secondary education at St Mary’s in 1959. I graduated in1963 as Proxime Accessit to Dux of our class.

Without the support of the scholarship, my parents would not have been able to afford to send me to St Mary’s as a boarder for five years and so I am eternally grateful for the opportunity given to me to enjoy and benefit from a wonderful St Mary’s education.”

“The research is clear – having more females in leadership roles increases the economic returns of organisations. Much of my spare time is spent supporting the development of emerging female leaders in our community.

I am delighted to support the St Mary’s Annual Giving Scholarship Programme to enable young female students access to a first class education which circumstances would otherwise prevent them from having. It is my hope that the scholarship recipients will benefit from the work being done today to make the workplace a more welcoming place for females. I look forward to following their careers.”

The impact of a scholarship Lucy Wu (’12) was the recipient of the 2015 Fay Bailey Scholarship for Engineering. Lucy completed her undergraduate degree last year, majoring in Chemical Engineering and Chinese, and is now pursuing a Masters of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Melbourne.

“St Mary’s has always provided me with the support and guidance I needed, whether it be through friends or teachers. Even after graduating, I have never felt alone, knowing that I have an extended family of St Mary’s girls behind me. The opportunity of the Fay Bailey Scholarship shows just how far that support reaches, and I am so grateful to have been the 2015 recipient.

“I hope that one day I am able to give back a little of what St Mary’s has so generously given me over the years.”

“Balancing my studies, work and volunteer work was a great struggle and receiving the scholarship gave me the opportunity to invest more time in my studies and volunteer work. I’m passionate about education and I was able to further my involvement in a not-for-profit organisation named Teach Learn Grow. It has been a fantastic opportunity and I have learnt a great deal from it.”

Preserving our history As we celebrate our 95th birthday in 2016, the newly opened Marlene Carter Heritage Centre, which houses St Mary’s Archives, will be a focal point for our community as we remember our school’s story and look to the future.

2014 Annual Giving Building Fund gifts and pledges were directed to the development of the Centre, which underwent a custom-designed refurbishment and extension. As well as providing climate controlled and fire resistant storage rooms, the Centre offers a multi-purpose room, the Heritage Room, where students are already learning about the history of the school and its influential figures.

The provision of this additional room has enabled us, for the first time, to welcome volunteers to assist in the sorting and conservation of thousands of unidentified photographs. This invaluable work will help to preserve the story of our school.

Students Selina Spiers and Natika Riordan at the opening of the Marlene Carter Heritage Centre wearing uniforms from the 1960s.

Photographs from the Archives: Lynne Hancock-Walker ‘64 on her first day at St Mary’s and at her graduation at Speech Night 1964.

In 2015, your generosity provided our students and Old Girls with the following Awards 2015 Speech Night Prizes

The Elizabeth Myles Prize for the Appreciation of Literature Marize Smith, Year 11

We were delighted to see many of our prize donors at Speech Night last year. Thank you for helping us to encourage our students to strive for academic excellence and to serve to the community.

Old Girls’ Citizenship Prize and Shield Sara Clarke, Year 10

Frances Eileen Craig MBE Scholarship Hannah Mizzi, Year 11 Madison Wait, Year 11 Marilynn Freitag Prize for Senior Boarder Isabella Masi, Year 12 Audrey Jackson Prize for Chemistry Catherine Bock, Year 12 Helen Judge Art Prize for Painting and Sketching Annette Evfrosinis, Year 12 Sophia Tran, Year 12

Dr Heather Rogers Prize for German Olivia Keating, Year 12 Sabrina Koentgen, Year 11 Ruth Rowell Prize for the Art of Speech Ruby Birch, Year 12 Eve Cotton, Year 12 The Maria Stannage Prize for Literature Julia DeLorenzo, Year 12 St Mary’s Auxiliary Marney Penn Memorial Prize for Service to the School Giorgia Bakeberg, Year 10

Joan Karmelita Library Prize Leena Fogarty, Year 12

St Mary’s Auxiliary Bonnie Barnes Memorial Prize for Service to the School Hannah Coopes, Year 11

Denise Marshall Prize for Cooperation and Endeavour Julia Tatlow, Year 12

FG Stone Collection: addition to the Senior School Library

Western Australian Journal of Medicine Prize for Human Biological Sciences Kaitlyn Poon, Year 12 Natalie Lysenko, Year 11

2015 Old Girl Scholarships and Awards Fay Bailey (’40) Scholarship in Engineering* Lucy Wu (‘12) Bonnie Milne Scholarship in Medicine Libby Weeda (’11) Bonny Milne Bursaries in Medicine Thisuri Jayawardena (’11) Margriet Breytenbach (’10) Nicole Burger (’11) Deborah Cook (Parker ’30, Head Girl) Scholarship in Nursing* Nicola Clarkson (’10)

*These awards have been made possible by Old Girls who left a gift to St Mary’s in their will.

2015/16 Board of Management Funds donated to the St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School Foundation are managed by the Board of Management. Members of the Board also represent the different levels of membership of the Foundation: Member, Fellow and Trustee. To find out more, please contact us on (08) 9341 9120.

Ron Farris Chairman and past parent Marlene Carter (’63) Senior Vice Chairman and Old Girl Bree Buxton (’98) Junior Vice Chairman, OGA Representative, and Old Girl Ian Hardy Chairman of the Board of Governors’ Nominee Michelle Houwen Director of Finance & Administration, Treasurer and Secretary Eric Martino Parents’ Society Representative and parent

Angie Powell St Mary’s Auxiliary Representative and parent Ian Chidgey former staff Wendy Chidgey former staff Rodger Gibson past parent and past Chair of the Board of Governors Michael Gosatti past parent Lindsay Palmer past parent Joyce Polson Chaplain Emeritus Lynne Thomson Principal Ian Viner past parent and past Chair of the Board of Governors

Thanks to you: 2015 Donor Roll Our sincere thanks to the parents, Old Girls, staff and friends who generously donated to St Mary’s during 2015. Your generosity helps us to create an inspiring learning environment and to offer a wealth of opportunities for our students.

2015 Annual Giving for the Scholarship Fund, Library Fund and Building Fund Linzey Allinson Berna Anning Christine Antoine Shantal Barr Adrian Beck Mr Michael & Mrs Caterina Beer (Stephanie) Anonymous Sandra Botica Paul, Victoria & Lilia Bradley Browne Family Burke Family Bree Buxton (‘98) Campbell Family Tina Campbell & Family Carey Family Elizabeth Carr (‘81) Marlene Carter Anonymous Wendy & Ian Chidgey N & T Christie J & D Christie Edward J Clark Scott Crabb Crisp Family Crowley Family Ian Curlewis Amy Dawson (Fraser ‘94) De Mattia Family (Gale ‘90) Tricia & Frits de Vroet Peter Evans Ron & Joy Farris Anonymous Frank & Debbie Fitzgerald Rodger & Judith Gibson Gaye and Chas Giglia Jodie Gillespie (‘90) Mrs Jane Gillon

Emily Gordon (‘07) Gosatti Family Misha Gunasekera Cheryl Haak Hancock Family Kerrie & Ian Hardy Fiona Harris Anne & Nigel Harrison

Richardson Family Ryan Family Sabavala Family Anonymous Annette Samuel Saunders Family Anonymous Dr Silva

Mrs Helen Hyslop (Judge ’50, Head Girl) Mr Fred Stone & Mrs Genevieve Irwin (Stone ’74) Mrs Audrey Jackson AM Ms Joan Karmelita Mrs Denise Lane (Marshall ’79) Mrs Ruth Phelps – In memory of

Hazelden Family Anonymous E Herron Barbara Hurst (Cuming ’47) Helen Hyslop (Judge ‘50) Claire Jeffery Gill Jenkins Max Ji Joan Karmelita Michael Keong Koranis Family Anonymous Deborah Lea Major Family Lorrie Maley (Rowledge ‘33) Wendy Mann Marissen Family Martino Family Maxwell Family Steven McAlpine McKimmie Family McLean Family Peter Mead Greg & Louise Miles Steve Molloy Frank & Erica Murray Stephanie Neille Anonymous Nguyen Family Susannah Packer (‘15) Anne Pesic (Nicolaou ‘91) Joyce Polson Powell Family Anonymous Grace Richardson (Snook ‘48)

The Tatlow Girls Lynne Thomson Thornton Family Turnbull Family Louise Tyson Vaswani Family Roger & Pam Veary Vella Family (Jade & Sophie) Ian and Ngaire Viner Mr PJ and Mrs MA Waltham Sharon Warburton Rebecca Watts Amanda Williams Joan & Kate Winter Wright Family (Holly & Bree) Zamudio-Concha Family

Mrs R Rowell (Robinson ’33) Dr Heather Rogers Mrs Maria Stannage St Mary’s Auxiliary St Mary’s Old Girls’ Association Western Australian Journal of Medicine

Endowment Fund The families of all new students in 2015 who contributed to the Foundation’s Endowment Fund

Scholarship Fund Anonymous The Class of 2015 Anonymous The estate of Lady Treatt (Frankie Wilson ’32, Head Girl)

Speech Night Prizes Mrs Cora Barnes Dr John Craig – In memory of Mrs Frances Craig Mrs Marilynn Freitag

Bishop Riley Bequest Society We thank those who were members of the Bishop Riley Society in 2015 Ms Bree Buxton (’98) Ms Elizabeth Carr (’81) Miss Marlene Carter (’63) Mr Ian & Mrs Wendy Chidgey Mr Peter Evans Mr Ron & Mrs Joy Farris Mrs Jane Gillon (Fisher ’70) Mrs Audrey Jackson AM Ms Jane Milloy (’72) Rev’d Joyce Polson Mrs Lynne Thomson Every effort is made to ensure this list of names is accurate. If an error has been made, please accept our sincere apologies and telephone Linzey Allinson on (08) 9341 9120 so we can ensure this is corrected for the future.

To find out more about supporting St Mary’s, please contact Linzey Allinson Community Relations Manager T: (08) 9341 9120 E: lallinson@stmarys.wa.edu.au St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School PO Box 105, Karrinyup WA 6921