The Owl 2020

The Owl 2020
Former Pupils’ News
Our AGM was held on the 30 th January 2020.
Agenda items included fundraising, increasing
membership and events for the forthcoming
year.
Nikki Johns
Chairperson
Caroline Dillon
Vice Chairperson
Johanna Richardson
Hon. Treasurer
Claire McGovern
Hon. Secretary
LONDON DINNER
The London dinner was held on the 13 th March
2020, with a very inspiring speech from
Michael Haslett. Unfortunately, the Edinburgh
dinner was cancelled due to Covid 19.
BUSINESS BREAKFAST
A Business Breakfast was held at Ten Square
on the 13 th February 2020, guest speakers were
Anne Madden (Policy and Communications
Manager at Sustrans) and Jonathon McAlpine
(Chief Executive of East Belfast Enterprise).
On the 29 th February 2020 a joint Old
Girls’/Old Boys’ quiz was held at the Academy
Club. It was a fantastic evening and the club
was packed! Thanks go to Adrian Browne as
quiz master and his side kick, Gareth Davis,
who was instrumental in the organisation of the
event, along with the Old Girls’ committee.
We are hoping to run more joint events in the
future. We would also like to thank all that
donated raffle prizes and everyone who
purchased a ticket.
We are very grateful to Old Boys Association
for continuing to organise these events and we
encourage you to attend the dinners in the
future.
1 ST XV SCHOOL’S CUP WIN
On the 4 th March the girls 1 st XV won the
hockey Schools Cup! We were delighted for
the team and wanted to add our congratulations
for their fantastic achievement. The Old Girls’
Association presented the team with a
memento to mark the occasion.
THANK YOU KEY WORKERS
In May, we felt that we would like to
acknowledge the important work that many of
our former pupils were doing as ‘Key
Workers’ during the Covid 19 pandemic. We
were able to compile four moving video
compilations to ‘Thank the Key Workers’. Our
thanks go to everyone who contributed,
including James Cleland who painstakingly
edited the footage and also to all our former
pupils that played such a critical role
throughout the pandemic, we are beyond
grateful. These video can all be viewed on
YouTube.
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