Eagle News Jan 2012 - Bedford Modern School
Eagle News Jan 2012 - Bedford Modern School
Eagle News Jan 2012 - Bedford Modern School
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Head’s Letter<br />
Head’s Letter<br />
Michael Hall<br />
Since my letter to you in the last <strong>Eagle</strong> <strong>News</strong>, another<br />
cohort of students has completed its final weeks at BMS<br />
and joined the OBM family.<br />
Importantly, they excelled in their final examinations with no fewer than 44 Year 13<br />
students achieving A*/A grades while over half of all our Year 13 students passed<br />
at least one subject at the top two grades.<br />
Our 2011 public examination results placed us ahead of all other co-educational<br />
day schools in the East of England and I hope that you will share in our pride, knowing that your <strong>School</strong> is going from strength<br />
to strength.<br />
In September, we enjoyed our first ever inter-OBM Rugby 7s Festival which brought so many of you (and, in some cases, your<br />
parents) back to the <strong>School</strong>. Helping OBMs to keep involved with their <strong>School</strong> and in touch with each other is a priority for me,<br />
so I am very pleased to announce in this edition of <strong>Eagle</strong> <strong>News</strong> two initiatives which the OBM Club and the Development Office<br />
will be taking forward in the coming months to further this aim.<br />
The first is the launch of OBMs Online which will enable you to find and make contact with other OBMs directly. OBMs Online<br />
works by allowing you to update your details and news securely over the internet and then deciding what information you wish<br />
to be published for other OBMs to see.<br />
The Development Office will be trialling the new service with selected OBMs in the first few months of <strong>2012</strong> with the aim of<br />
making OBMs Online available to all alumni by the summer.<br />
The Development Office is also taking steps to reinvigorate The 1764 Society, members of which have remembered the <strong>School</strong><br />
in their wills.<br />
On the back cover of this issue, you will see a page which I hope will incentivise OBMs who have already taken steps to include<br />
<strong>Bedford</strong> <strong>Modern</strong> <strong>School</strong> as a beneficiary from their estate, but who have not yet informed the <strong>School</strong>, to contact the<br />
Development Director, Richard Claas.<br />
It is of the utmost importance to me that, where OBMs have made provision for the <strong>School</strong> by making a bequest, we are given<br />
the opportunity to thank them during their lifetimes, so do please tell us if you have taken this step.<br />
Finally, whilst I have already mentioned Rugby, this summer sees the inaugural inter-OBM Cricket 6s Festival on Sunday 17<br />
June <strong>2012</strong>. I look forward to seeing many of you again then.<br />
Best wishes,<br />
Michael Hall<br />
Headmaster
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