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Congratulations and Celebrations In January 2012, Ashlee Godwin (Eliot 1992- 2003), Assistant Editor of the Royal United Services Institute Journal, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to attend the Study of the United States Institute on US National Security Policymaking at the Institute for Training and Development in Amherst, Massachusetts. 6 Matt Collins (Copeland’s 1994-2005) was called to the Bar by the Law Society of Upper Canada on 19 June and is now Assistant Crown Attorney in Ottawa, Ontario . Paralympian Liz Stone (Manor 1984-1989) was the Guest of Honour at GS Prize Giving on Commemoration Day this year. Liz won gold in the Equestrian team event in Atlanta in 1996 and a silver medal in the individual event. She retired from international competition following the Atlanta Games and now enjoys rowing in her spare time - stressing that it's just for fun! Liz is employed full time by UK Athletics as a Performance Medical Coordinator. Congratulations to Natalie Nugent (née Sayer, Eliot 1991-2002) and husband Shaun whose son Connor was born on 9 May 2011. Simeon Hayes (School 1997-2002) was granted a commission in the Royal Anglian Regiment at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 13 April. Josie Hunt (Field 1989-1994) and Adam Cohen became proud parents to Teddy on 10 May. Jacob Fowler (Bishop’s 1995-2002) married Wenyun Liu in Shanghai on 24 September 2011. The couple met at Cambridge when Jake decided that he would like to learn Mandarin in his free time! Little did he know that his teacher was destined to become his future bride. Those attending the wedding included James Duncan (Bishops 1995-2002), Aaron Deb (Guys 1991-2002) and teacher Sue Harris, who was on sabbatical. Captain Neil Sierens (School 1991-2000), Army Air Corps, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in recognition of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy in the air. Alex Swift (Poole’s 1989- 1996) and his wife Akiko became parents for the second time when baby Mia was born on 15 April. Big sister Juliet is thrilled! Jonathan Kay (Copeland’s 1990-2001), Forest School English teacher and Becky Lang, History teacher have announced their engagement and they hope to be married in Chapel in October. Paul Schneider (School 1989-2000) married Amy on 29 May 2011 and their daughter, Emilia Rose, was born on 24 April this year
Celebrating Success in Science, Sport and Scholarships Thanks to the amazing generosity of many parents and a selection of Old Foresters, the Development Office raised £78,000 towards the Dr Colin Barker Laboratory and work will start over the summer. All donors will be invited to see Dr Barker officially open his lab on 10 October. Fundraising efforts continue as we look to refurbish the last two labs and a prep room in the Science Block in 2013. The School would be delighted to be able to open an Old Foresters’ Lab next summer with your financial support. This has been a fantastic year for the Forest community and the School has so much to celebrate that not all news and events can be covered here. Many of our Olympic achievements have yet to be revealed and the post-Olympic ‘e’ newsletter will tell you more. Our Olympic newsletter will be distributed by email after the Games have closed. PLEASE ENSURE WE HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS NOW. Send it to alumni@forest.org.uk The School is very keen to deliver its own Olympic legacy in two ways. Having gained planning permission for an Astroturf pitch on the Park, we need to raise £450,000 to build it, a Herculean task for which your help would be hugely appreciated. The Development Office looks forward to telling you more next term. The Forest School Olympic Committee has promoted a strong Olympic message at various events over the last two years. Forest has been a Get Set participant and has its own Olympic logo, designed by pupil Lucia Corry. Pupils have even tried out the athletics track in the Olympic Stadium and there are three teams of pupils who will act as Paralympics Gamesmakers. Over £30,000 has been raised towards an Olympic Scholarship which will mean that deserving pupils from one of the Olympic Boroughs will receive financial assistance to enable them to attend the School. Such support is always welcome as it delivers the life changing experience enjoyed by so many through the LEA/Assisted places schemes, which are sadly no more. Congratulations to the Forest School team who ran 437.7 km on a treadmill in 24 hours to smash the Guinness World Record, held by a team from Germany. Joined by five times Paralympic gold medal winning athlete Noel Thatcher, the twelve runners ran through the night without sleep and kept up a minimum speed of 17.7 km per hour to beat the previous record by 15km. Noel said, “Breaking this world record is right up there with winning my gold medals”. As well as breaking the record the team has raised nearly £9,000 for the Essex Disabled Sports Foundation and the Forest School Oympic Scholarship. Pupils and staff felt an Olympic-sized challenge was needed to celebrate London 2012 and so the idea of breaking a world record was proposed by Sylvestrian Leisure Centre Manager, Wayne Bishop. The event was the climax of extensive work over the past few years, to ensure the School is left with a lasting Olympic Legacy. The twelve runners were: pupils Ian Baldwin and Jack Skerritt, teachers Ben Adams, Tom Arnold, Claire Risk, Ed Watson and Emma Ramsay, parents Mark Clark and John MacNamara (team leader), Sylvestrian Leisure Centre staff Wayne Bishop and Eric Palmer and Paralympic athlete Noel Thatcher. Well done everyone! 7
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