Alumni Reps Quarterly Meeting | February 2024
Posted on March 1, 2024
The Friends’ Alumni Reps met on 28 February 2024, welcoming new Principal Esther Hill to her first meeting. Included here is a summary of topics discussed:
- An update from Principal Esther Hill around the current and future focus of the School including the implementation of the Learning at Friends 2024 Plus program (L@F24+) that commenced this year.
- An update from Community Engagement with the success of the Friends’ Food Fair in November, and a School Fair in May 2024 coming up. We also had a number of important reunions over the last 4 months including the Class of 2018, Class of 2022, our Melbourne alumni events and the ever popular 50+ in February 2024 which had 160 attendees. Visit Reunions & Events on our website for more information and to book.
- The discussion then moved to a review of the initiatives and activities each of our Reps is undertaking, including co-curricular reunions, sports anniversary celebrations, alumni and current student correspondence, welcoming a past staff reunion, the alumni mentoring program including careers and mentor videos and the annual awarding of school pins to our incoming Year 7 students.
Next Meeting: 15 May 2024
Friends’ Alumni LinkedIn Community
To access mentoring opportunities, join the The Friends’ School LinkedIn group (select The Friends’ School in the ‘education’ section of your profile using the drop down list). There are over 500 alumni now active in our LinkedIn community.
Your Alumni Representatives
You can learn more about the Alumni Reps on the Schools website, or by getting in touch with any of the Reps:
Lucy Loney (Ogilvie) (1988) (Convener)
Jade Galbally (1995), Melbourne
