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Centenary Edition

Wellesley 2014At the Bay

Contents

Go, Wellesley 5 A Real Legend 6 A Hundred Not Out! 8 Handing on the Baton 10 How Pantyhose Built a Pool 10 Wellesley College 100 Years on 13 In Wonderful Heart: Celebrating our First Century 14 Centenary Celebrations 16 Going Forward 24 Wellesley Scholarships 25 History Book Order Form 27 Top of their Game 28 Surf ’n’ Turf 30 Art Beat 32 Old Boys’ News 34 The Parent Connection 36 Thanks to our Sponsors, Partners and Supporters 37

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Go, Wellesley!Warren Owen Principal 1995-2014, staff from 1981

Wellesley’s 100th birthday celebrations have been an exciting way for me to end my time here. I have been a teacher and the Principal of this extraordinary school for a third of its life: 33 years! I feel immensely fortunate. This, my final At the Bay, is a visual celebration of the school’s Centenary year and the many ways we enjoyed it, from daily activities to glittering events. For me, it’s one to keep.

Two boys came to my office while I was writing this editorial. They were turning five and it was time for a birthday chat and a lollipop. I’m going to miss those visits, and all the other interactions with the boys: looking at their art, hearing their music and class presentations, watching sport. Or just crossing the quad and hearing: “Hello, Mr Owen!” My relationship with Wellesley pupils has been a powerful motivating force in my life and it has been a difficult decision to leave.

It is a privilege to be in a position where you can make a real difference to young people’s lives. Yet it’s often only at a time of change like this that you discover what that difference is, and it’s humbling.

Wellesley is not just a place of work for me – it’s an important part of my family’s life. A St Michael’s schoolboy from Naenae, I applied for a teaching job

here, and was interviewed in the room that is my office now. Eve and I came for a year and stayed. We moved into a flat above the Principal’s office, Eve became the art teacher, and we quickly fell in love with the school and the bay, buying a house just along the road. At one point we moved back to live at the school with our children – Jeremy, Simon and Olivia – and our dog Flynne. They loved it! The boys were pupils, and Olivia was an honorary pupil, coming to my office in her pyjamas. Wellesley was our home.

There is no doubt Wellesley College is a world-class school with a brilliant future. It has wonderful teachers, a supportive community, a 100-year history, and the buildings and setting are stunning. But it’s more than that: it’s the feeling you get the minute you step through the gate, of warmth and care, integrity and respect.

Children start school with a jaw-dropping honesty and freedom of expression. Life brings filters and caution. It’s our job to empower the boys to be themselves and to take risks. It’s also about making them aware of how lucky they are. This culture is the glue that holds us all – staff, boys, community – together. Thank you, Wellesley College, you’re a magic place that has touched me deeply. You are in good hands and I wish you well.


“You are a real legend among the boys here at Wellesley, and there will be a great emptiness in the school without you next year.”

BEDE BROWN Wellington House Captain

“I admire both your pragmatism in cutting through red tape (you are not stuffy) but also that you remain aspirational, both for yourself and for the boys.”

CHArlottE GEndAll Former Board Chair

“What a tenure, what a legacy!”

MAndY HAnCoCK Parent

“You are the most approachable Principal I have ever worked with.”

CHrIStInE trUMMEr teacher

Warren ready for schoolWarren and family

A real legendSteve Girvan Deputy Principal

Principal Warren Owen dropped a bombshell when he advised staff of his retirement, effective from the end of the 2014 academic year. Warren has been an integral part of Wellesley since his arrival as a form two teacher in 1981, and will have completed 33 years of successful and loyal service by year’s end.

The school’s Centenary was a good time, Warren felt, for someone else to take the school forward.

In 1985 Warren was appointed Deputy Principal, and when Graeme Dreadon retired in 1995, Warren became Principal and continued to foster the goals which Graeme had set the school. The development of literacy and numeracy programmes remained priorities, as did the teaching of thinking skills, the performing arts and sport. Warren was also instrumental in developing our own school-wide inquiry process.

Other initiatives for which the staff and boys will always remember Warren include the early morning tramps for the senior school, the Year 7 House Breakfasts and the school dogs: Flynne and then Banksie.

Warren was also pivotal in the development and implementation of a much-needed building programme. The success of this is plain to see: Wellesley now has facilities to match the education it provides.

Warren worked tirelessly in his time at Wellesley. He also knew how to enjoy himself, and staff functions won’t be the same without him. Warren’s passion for all things Wellesley will be the thing we miss the most; but we know he will not be completely lost to us, given his deep love of this school he calls home.

“Dedicated teachers are the salt of the earth. You are a special person, sir…”

doUG CAtlEY Grandparent of old Boys

Simon ,Eve, Warren and Olivia Owen


A Hundred not out!Staff news Steve Girvan, Deputy Principal

End of Term 2: Gap tutor Jamie Paris is farewelled. He attended Wellesley until Year 6, when his family moved to England, and we’ve enjoyed having him back. Gapper Seb Morton is welcomed in Term 3, and fits in well.

June: We welcome Chinese educators, who are highly enthusiastic and issue a return invitation. We also host a Feuerstein workshop for teachers, which works on the belief that intelligence is not fixed and the brain’s plasticity allows learner success.

August: The official opening of the Centennial Hall is presided over by the Minister of Education, the Hon Hekia Parata. One of the first events is a memorial service for Roger Mexted, who taught at Wellesley for over 25 years and died suddenly in 2011. A statue is unveiled in Roger’s honour, and his father, Brian, speaks.

September: Staff dress up for Legacy Day, give lessons and play games from 100 years ago.

October: Centenary Weekend sees an influx of familiar faces as former Wellesley staff – including former Principals Graeme Dreadon and Arthur Curtis – celebrate with Old Boys and their families.

December: The Centenary year ends and Principal Warren Owen retires. The next 100 here we come…

January: Year 7/8 teacher Sarah Dahlberg becomes Sarah Bleier, marrying David Bleier in Nelson.

A second Year 3 class is taken on by Carolyn Currington (teacher support 2013).

This year’s professional development is focused on reading (with input from literacy guru Sheena Cameron), E-Learning (ICT), Inquiry and SOLO Taxonomy.

February: Jo Hawthorne, science teacher, receives a mayoral scholarship.

March: Laurel Makowem joins us as Development Office Support.

April: Annick Geldermans is farewelled with a high tea in the old library after 30 years, primarily in teacher support. Generous with her time, she will be greatly missed.

May: Brenda Nesbit – a teacher with a masters in Special Education – is employed as Annick’s replacement. The seemingly ageless Mr B and Mr G celebrate 30 years of service – both started Wellesley on the same day in 1984!

Term 2: Year 6 teacher Kate Sinclair, announces she and Tom will have their first baby early 2015, and Kate will take a year’s maternity leave.


How Pantyhose Built a PoolMichael Hobbs Former Chair, Board of Trustees, past parent and current grandparent

During the decade between 1970 and 1980 my two sons, Jock and Peter, were pupils at Wellesley while I served on the Board and was for a time its Chair. The growth and increased stature of the school since then has been little short of amazing, considering the roll in 1972 was 128 and is now 345.

In my time on the Board it was a struggle to keep the school afloat and we existed

Handing on the BatonDr Murray Sim Chair, Board of Trustees

2014 is a milestone year for Wellesley in more ways than one. It is 100 years since the original trustees founded a Diocesan boarding school for the instruction of boys and more than a

on a very tight budget. We could never have contemplated the close on $10 million, four-stage rebuild programme which began in 1999 with the laying of the Foundation Stone by Sir Michael Hardie-Boys, and was completed this year with the new Assembly Hall complex.

Nonetheless we did achieve a good deal on a much smaller scale. The Boarding House was closed and converted into flats for teachers, a chapel enclave was built, an art room established, the kitchen converted into a library, the school completely repainted and the swimming pool constructed.

All this was achieved through the tireless fundraising efforts of parents and friends who organised bottle drives, casino nights, raffles and, in one instance, the sale of pantyhose! One of the parents, who will remain anonymous, was involved in the marketing of Gaymates pantyhose through Lane Walker Rudkin and he enabled us to buy them for 50 cents a pair, which we then onsold for the

decade since we started modernising the school infrastructure. This year also marks Warren Owen’s departure after 33 years, the last 20 as Principal. He has played a big part in shaping Wellesley into the school we see today.

The search for a new Principal who will build on Warren’s fantastic work, and the work of the past 100 years, has led our Board to reflect deeply on the school’s special character. For Wellesley has developed into a place that inspires boys to be the best they can be, built on a caring and supportive culture that remains grounded in the school’s original values.

Our modern school also takes great care to support the full spectrum of each boy’s needs: from self-confidence and emotional maturity, to the individual’s academic, creative, social and physical development. Staff, students and parents alike collectively give life to the school’s motto: Amat Victoria Curam – Victory through Care.

It is a pleasure to welcome new Principal Brendan Pitman. We believe Brendan will do an excellent job of leading the school into the first part of its new century, where it will continue to grow as an outstanding place to educate boys.

princely sum of $1. After weeks of hard selling and arm-twisting by the Board and parents, we raised $14,000, which largely paid for the current swimming pool.

How things have changed !

Michael Hobbs and grandson Ben Hobbs Principal Brendan Pitman, Crista and their youngest daughter


Wellesley College 100 Years onJulia Millen Writes Hill Press

After a somewhat shaky start – on a Wellington fault line – Harry Amos established Wellesley as an offshoot of Banks Commercial College for “the sons of wealthy Wellingtonians”.

In 1940 Wellesley merged with Croydon School and moved to Days Bay just in time for another earthquake: it brought down all the school’s chimneys and wrecked the headmaster’s grand piano.

Among Wellesley’s eleven headmasters was the legendary WH “Hoppy” Stevens who exploded his own finger in the chemistry lab, while famous names associated with the school include: TV personality Selwyn Toogood, Sir John Todd, Lord Cooke, Emeritus Professor

John Ritchie, and sporting greats: Jock Hobbs, Marc Ellis, Michael Watt, Somers Cox, George Bridgewater, and Peter Taylor.

There is no doubt that thousands of boys have gained a wonderful start in life at Wellesley.

In Wellesley College 100 Years On, author Bruce Levick builds on Peter Harcourt’s 75th anniversary history The City and the Bay. Published by Writes Hill Press, the book has stunning illustrations, and is a keepsake for all students, staff and families of an extraordinary school.


In Wonderful Heart: Celebrating our First CenturyGeof Shirtcliffe Chair, Centenary Committee

What a way to honour 100 years! The school is still buzzing from the Labour Weekend Centenary, the culmination of a year’s worth of events celebrating a century of inspired and inspiring education.

Old-school “matrons” served a distinctly not old-school dinner to over two hundred boys (and younger Old Boys) at “Dinner with Mr G”. The Centenary book was launched in the new hall, accompanied by the school choir, orchestra and rock band. And some two hundred (older) Old Boys and parents discovered new craft beers and rediscovered old friends at “A Few Quiets”.

At the standing room only assembly on Saturday, one current and two former headmasters spoke, fondly and movingly, of their time at Wellesley, and we launched the Centenary scholarships Promising Futures. The school grounds echoed afterwards to the sounds of hundreds of people being ably guided by senior boys to view the memory wall, marvel at the astonishing Artbourne and archive displays, and look enviously at the school’s facilities. They snapped up Centenary merchandise, paella and sausages, threw themselves into the coconut shy, cross country and other activities, and then threw themselves off the wharf in the biggest mass jump Days Bay has seen.

Finally, four hundred revellers toasted the school’s 100 years of success before hitting the dance floor at the Centenary Dinner on Saturday night.

Thanks to each of the many people who worked so hard to make the weekend the spirited, joyful, positive and very Wellesley celebration it was. The school community is in wonderful heart, exactly as its founders would have wished.


Centenary Celebrations

Going ForwardKit Jackson Chair, Wellesley Foundation

Our Centenary year has been an important one for Wellesley College and the Foundation alike. It has provided the perfect platform for the Foundation to launch an exciting fundraising campaign to help secure the school’s future. At the Centenary weekend, we announced a campaign called Promising Futures which aims to raise up to $1.75M to provide four more Foundation scholarships, to be offered in perpetuity.

We also announced two other new scholarships: the Mexted Scholarship (from 2015), and the Parents’ Association Scholarship (from 2016). The Mexted Scholarship is a full scholarship funded by the legacy left to the school by teacher Roger Mexted. The PA Scholarship is a half scholarship paid for by the Association’s fantastic fundraising efforts. Both are in perpetuity.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge Warren, and wish him all the very best as he enters his post-Wellesley era. I am delighted that he has agreed to play an active role going forward – his knowledge, and the respect he’s held in by the Wellesley community, will prove invaluable. The success of the school, and the position it finds itself in, is due in no small part to his tenure as Principal.

To honour this, the Warren Owen Scholarship will commence in 2016.

Here’s to the next 100 years of Wellesley College!

promising futures for boys


Founded in 1914 as the Great War was breaking out, Wellesley College has survived “fire, earthquake, financial strain, wartime stringencies and no fewer than three relocations”.

Many famous names are proudly associated with the school’s ten decades, but there are thousands of boys who have been the mortar holding the Wellesley family together. As one leaving parent remarked, “You can leave a good school, but a great school never leaves you”.

Author Bruce Levick captures the essence of Peter Harcourt’s earlier books on Wellesley (1989) 1 and Croydon (1990) 2 and adds new insights before traversing the school’s last 25 years. He brings Wellesley brilliantly to life with humour and fascinating detail. Bruce writes about many of the characters and stories that make up Wellesley’s history, setting them in the context of the socio-economic fortunes of the times. For every story told or character described, there are hundreds more – they are for another day. By the end of this book marking the Centenary year, the reader is left in no doubt there is plenty of history ahead.

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“This history of

Wellesley gives a very

real insight into the growth and

development of a school so many of us

have come to know and love. It gives depth

to the Wellesley journey as we read the varied

stories of the students, staff and families other

than our own. Wellesley is unique, we all know

that, and Bruce Levick’s text, coupled with the

evocative photographs, certainly paints a lively

picture of our home between the bush

and the sea.” ~ Charlotte Gendall,

former Board of Trustees Chair

top of their Game Prizes and Awards

House Captains Callum Hancock, Cross Country

Mathswell winners

Science and Technology Fair winners

Tournament of Minds finalists


House and Deputy House Captains

Croydon – Paul McDonald & Rahul Vijayasenan/Callum Benfell Marlborough – Hamish Hutton & Nick Cooke/Kristian Kielland Selwyn – Joseph Hewson & Will Hausmann/Jake Young Wellington – Bede Brown & Callum Hancock/Hugh Morrison

Wellesley teams

First place, problem-solving competition Tournament of Minds (Wellington region), and represents New Zealand in the Australasian Finals (Melbourne): Christopher Bramley, Bede Brown, Tom Chisnall, Hamish Hutton, Cameron O’Brien, Will Saunders, Alexi Zangouropoulos.

First place, Wellington Mathematics Association’s Mathswell (Year 7/8): Noah Adler, Henry Chandler, Edward Dunne, William Durkin, Kristian Kielland, Jesse Richardson.

First place, Wellington regional heats of the Kids’ Lit Quiz, fifth in the nationals and first all boys’ team: Callum Benfell, Dominic Coffin, George Lethbridge, Jesse Richardson.

Individuals

First three prizes in the junior division of the Eastbourne RSA ANZAC Essay Competition: William Chandler, Thomas Bloomfield, Hugo Lethbridge. Second, senior division: Hugo Wiles.

Wellesley Speech competition: Senior and Year 7 winner: William Stevenson on “Homelessness”. Year 8 Winner: Paul McDonald on “Beards”.

Distinction in the New Zealand Speech Board assessments: 84 Year 3-6 boys.

Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair prizes

•Opus International Consultants Prize & Highly Commended: Alexander McKenna.

•Wellington Medical Research Foundation: Rahul Vijayasenan.

•NZ Association of Optometrists: Kyle Foo.

•NIWA: Bede Brown.

International Competitions and Assessment for Schools (ICAS)

•English, High Distinction: Krishin Cox, Tom Adams, Judd Adamson, Matt Bevan, Max Abbot, Andrew Sutcliffe, Arie Renner. 24 students gain Distinction.

•Mathematics, High Distinction: Daniel Andrews, Joshua Langford, David Lillis, Gaurav Navalkar, Lucca Hornsby, Anish Hota, Ethan Henry, Toby Marks, Andrew Sutcliffe, Jesse Richardson. Ten is the most Wellesley has ever achieved in this competition. 41 Distinctions.

•Science, High Distinction: David Lillis, Krishin Cox, Ben Stirling, Samuel Paviour-Smith. Edward Dunne. 26 Distinctions.

•Spelling, High Distinction: Max Abbott. 11 Distinctions.

•Computer Skills, High Distinction: Max Abbott (top student in the country), Oliver Pope, Matt Bevan, Tim Griffiths. 19 Distinctions.

Australian Mathematics Competition

•High Distinction: Toby Marks. 16 Distinctions. 29 Credits.

Senior sports champions

Swimming: Callum Hancock. Athletics: Nick Cooke Cross Country: Callum Hancock (Year 8) and Ruaridh Ferguson (Year 7). Tennis Singles: Nick Cooke and Doubles: Oliver Hall and Sacha Thomson. Table Tennis Singles: Robbie Michael and Doubles: Robbie Michael and Jack Healy.Triathlon: Team of Callum Hancock, Christopher Bramley, Kristian Kielland. Winning House: Croydon.

Surf ’n’ turfDarren Houston

Sport and the outdoors have been important activities in the boys’ lives over the past hundred years. Gone is the sport of boxing, but athletics, swimming, rugby, football, cricket and tennis are still prominent, with the traditional fixtures enjoyed and valued by boys and parents alike.

Highlights for our Centenary year were hosting Auckland schools: King’s and Saint Kentigern, the winter teams’ trip to Hawke’s Bay, and the first XI cricket trip to Nelson. Meanwhile, our first XV rugby had a successful year with a win over Hereworth and two large wins over Scots. Strength and depth in tennis and football came to the fore again – the work with the younger boys sowing seeds for the future – and the softball team developed into a polished unit that was difficult to beat.

Wellesley has a number of basketball teams playing in the leagues underwater hockey won several tournaments becoming the team to beat, and waterpolo and table tennis have high profiles and enjoyed some success.

School athletics, swimming and cross country events bring out the usual house rivalry, and this year was no different. It was good to see the cross country run and wharf jump fittingly included in the Centenary celebrations.


Art BeatEve Owen, Mary-Anne Morgan and Ruth Hooke

The arts take your eye and ear and body places; they take your imagination on a journey.

In the art room, we work together to make discoveries about anything that grabs the boys’ attention. They’re encouraged to contradict what’s expected and to push the boundaries. We look at other artists, news stories, book extracts, science, nature. Topics include: the naked mole rat, puppets in a wired world, what a difference a wing makes.

Through observation and information-gathering, the boys come up with their own approaches using different media, but most of all they like to draw.

In music, dance and drama boys learn to work together to compose, improvise, choreograph and perform with confidence. There is keen participation in choirs, orchestra, rock band and other musical groups, and boys bring it all together in the school productions. They participate wholeheartedly in interschool events like Artsplash, Dance Splash, Battle of the Bands and choir exchanges. Almost ninety boys learn a musical instrument privately during school hours.

We invite performers to Wellesley to inspire us, and two performances blew us away this year: Rap-unzel! – a fairytale with the “X factor”, and Botfarm 2014: Rise of the Appliances, a version of Orwell’s Animal Farm.

The arts at Wellesley are all about working creatively, honing abilities, taking risks and – yes! – having fun.


Our oldest Old Boys: Ken Longmore (1925-1931), 96 years old, and Hugh Turnbull (1929-1932), 100 this year, are two of several hundred Old Boys who reconnected with Wellesley for the Centenary celebrations. They visited on Legacy Day – Ken planted a Centenary Tree, and Hugh shared a cake and a Happy Birthday song with the school.

Sport

Peter Taylor (1989-1997): Olympic medallist 2012, silver medallist World Rowing Championships 2014 in lightweight fours.

TJ Va’a (2008-2009, scholarship holder) (Scots College), joint Wellington Premier College Sportsperson of the Year, Wellington secondary schools Rugby Player of the Year, and signs a contract with the Wellington Lions after taking Scots to victory in the Moascar Cup national schoolboys’ competition. TJ and Jack McCormack (2002-2009) (St Pat’s Silverstream) and Hugo Phillips (2007-2009) (Wellington College): selected for the Wellington Under 18 rugby squad.

Joe Boswell (2010) and Alec Cannons (2005-2010): members of TJ’s winning Moascar Cup team. Otto Rasch (1993-1994): member of winning HOBM team, Wellington premier rugby’s Jubilee Cup.

Jacob Masseurs (2009-2012) (Wellington College): selected for New Zealand Under

17 Wanderers SC squad in the ASB Youth League, and finalist in the College Sport Wellington awards, with Sean Aitchison (2007-2011) (Scots College) for swimming, and Ben Humphries (2006-2009) (Scots College) and Christian Davey (2002-2010) (St Pat’s Town) for multisport.

Finn Tearney (2002-2003): ranked Number 1 in Wellington Tennis. John Vogel (2005-2010) and Dom Miller (2005-2010) both at Scots College: are members of Wellington’s Premier Men’s tennis team, and John defends 2013 men’s singles’ title in 2014. Isaac Becroft (2010-2013) (Wellington College): member of Wellington’s Premier 2 tennis team, selected to attend Tennis New Zealand training camp.

Isaac Rusholme-Cobb (2010-2012) (HIBS): two silver medals and one bronze in the U15/U17 Australian Fencing Championships, wins national titles in both categories.

Arts

Henrik Waiker (2000-2007) (HVHS) and Henry Glogau (2001-2008) (Wellington College): Outstanding Scholarships in Painting, and in Design (Henrik).

Robert Metcalf (1987-1992): winner of a Kerouac Project Residency in the US to work on his novel.

Felix Sampson (2003-2007): a principal performer in the New Zealand School of Dance Graduation Season.

Henry Burton-Wood (2005-2010) (HVHS): selected to play violin with the Wellington Youth Sinfonietta. Hayden Nickel (2009-2010, scholarship) (HVHS): plays violin in the Wellington Youth Orchestra, and is highly commended playing with the Glazunov Quartet,

at the New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music contest.

Hamish Breen (2011-2013) (Wellington College): a drummer in the “Big Bang” with Strike and Kora, New Zealand Arts Festival opening 2014.

Nicholas Hancox (1996-1997): Principal Viola in the Lübeck Philharmonic, Germany.

Sandy McLachlan (2006-2009) (Wellington College): member of the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Choir and regional schools’ debating team, and winner of the Wellington College Headmaster’s Senior Cultural Award 2014. Hector McLachlan (2010-2011) (Wellington College): Most Promising Junior Musician at Wellington College 2014.

Maxwell Symons (2006-2013), Cameron Wright (2008-2011) and Marty Millington Hicks (2009-2013) play with the Onslow College school band at the Australian International Music Festival.

Science

Jeremy Owen PhD (1990-1995): a recent recipient of the $300,000 Marsden Grant to study microbiology in NZ, after studying and researching in New York.

Business

Harrison Stott (2000-2004): sets up a business running rugby camps in the United States as the sport gains popularity. He saw the opportunity while studying and playing rugby at Michigan State University.

old Boys’ news

Hugh Turnbull (left) and Ken Longmore with Warren Owen on Legacy Day, and the statue honouring teacher Roger Mexted.

Obituaries

John Ritchie (1921-2014), Professor Emeritus at Canterbury University, was one of this country’s most notable composers producing carols, church and choral music, music for brass, and concerto-type works. He was awarded the CANZ Citation for service to New Zealand music. He had five children, and a wife, Anita, who died in 2001. The composer’s school life began as a boarder at Croydon which became Wellesley. He attended 1927-32 and won the General Proficiency Prize.

Dick Levin (1942-1950) died 20 April 2013 aged 75.

Paul Pound (1946-1949) died 31 August 2014 aged 77.

Dr David Waite (Wellesley Board of Trustees 1990-94): It is with sadness that we note the death of former Trustee, Dr Waite, whose two sons are Wellesley Old Boys.

Felix Sampson with Jadyn Burt – credit: Stephen A’Court

Hugh Crichton (1975-1978): Vidal’s chief winemaker, wins the 2014 Air New Zealand Champion Wine of the Show trophy.

TJ Va'a, joint Wellington Premier College Sportsperson of the Year with Julianne Alvarez – credit: Fairfax NZ


the Parent ConnectionLucy Ross Chair, Parents’ Association

We headed into 2014 with no gala or golf events to plan – our focus instead, the Centenary. The history of Wellesley College is well documented, but not much is known about the history of the Parents’ Association. What is clear, though, is the support parents have given throughout the first hundred years – always necessary and always appreciated.

In 2014 we have a tremendous body of parents who help the school in a myriad of ways: either directly or through the Association. Supporting the Centenary events has been something we’ve enjoyed, on top of which we held two additional community events: the August quiz night, and a parent education evening with speaker Celia Lashlie in November.

The Centenary year has been a time to update our constitution to reflect the times we live in, while remaining consistent with our goals of connectivity, fostering goodwill within the Wellesley community and raising funds to benefit the school. Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the years, either through working on the committee or attending events. Of special mention this year are treasurer Allan Ransley and secretary Teresa Read.

Our 2015 AGM will be on March 9 at 7:30pm at the school. We’ll elect the new committee and review our year. Please put this date in your diary as we build our support for the next 100 years.

thank you to our Sponsors, Partners and Supporters in 20142014 was full of extraordinary happenings for Wellesley. Not only did we build and open a stunning new Centennial Hall, we also celebrated our Centenary, launched an updated history of the school, revealed to all the Mexted Scholarship and our own Scholarship campaign Promising Futures and, finally, farewelled our long-standing Principal, Warren Owen.

There are too many people to thank individually, but to everyone who made a valuable contribution – staff, current parents, former Wellesley parents, Old Boys, spouses and families – a huge thank you for your input and involvement. Our key supporters were:

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At the Bay 2014

Editor: Mary McCallum Project Manager: Margie Beattie Photographs: Margie Beattie, Phil Benge, Simon Woolf and Wellesley staff Proofreader: Maxine Rose Design: Scratch Design, Petone www.scratchdesign.co.nz

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Wellesley100 committee

Margie Beattie, Murray Blandford, Andrew Brown, Linda Clark, Timberly Hughes, Laurel Makowem, Warren Owen, Phillipa Paviour-Smith, Tim Richards, Geof Shirtcliffe (Chair) and Grant Symons

Key supporters of the committee

Alan Doak, Hilary Fiennes, Ross Hampton, Darren Houston, Garth Johnson, Amanda Mallett, Bhakti Mistry, Nicola Nelson, Tim Parkes, Allan Ransley, Karen Reid, Andi Shirtcliffe, Ali Turner

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Archives

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School history Wellesley College 100 Years On

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