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Discovering the road less travelled…

AUTUMN

2015

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The Principal, Mr Sholto Bowen, welcomed guests, staff and students to the new academic year. His Commencement Address included the following remarks:

Welcome to the 2015 school year. I would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people, the original custodians of the land on which our school is built. We pay respects to their elders, and we acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.

The sixth President of the United States, John Quincy Adams, said: ‘If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader’.

What difference will you make this year? I urge you to think of the many ways you can lead and inspire others to do more and become more. One way is to remember that every moment of each day we all have the choice to decide what the colour of the next moment is going to be. Will your focus be on what is good or what is bad? Will you blame someone else for your situation or will you look to yourself? Make sure that it is you who designs the next moment … and the one after that. Take charge and decide that your day, your week and your month are going to be great and that this year will be the happiest one yet.

Last year’s VCE results were excellent and once again we had a 100% pass rate. For the eleventh consecutive year we had a 100% first round tertiary acceptance. 30% of our ATAR scores were over 95 and almost half the class (47%) were over 90. 74% were over 80. Our median ATAR score was 89.05. Our median study score was 36 out of 50 and 27% of our results were over 40. This result placed us thirteenth out of all schools in Victoria and fifth out of all co-educational schools in Melbourne, including selective schools. Huntingtower has maintained its reputation as a leading academic school in Melbourne.

Thanks to the building and maintenance team’s fine efforts, the school was a hive of activity during

the holiday period. The Boarding House dining room has been totally refurbished. A new Science Laboratory has been commissioned and a new Year 10 Centre has been completed in readiness for when the Middle School building is completed and the Middle School can move into their new home. We have much to look forward to.

I wish you all a wonderful 2015.

Sholto BowenPrincipal

The Dux of 2014: Chris Giagoudakis (Chris achieved perfect study scores for Further Mathematics and Mathematical Methods and an ATAR score of 99.75)

Claudia Barnes (Claudia achieved perfect study scores in Biology and Chemistry and a 99+ ATAR score).

Naomi Lee (Naomi’s ATAR score was above 99).

Selina Lin (Selina also achieved an ATAR score above 99).

Philip Chen is commended on his perfect study score in Drama.

Jaslyn Chiu achieved a perfect study score in English EAL.

Lana Yang was awarded her perfect study score for Food Technology.

Congratulations, Richard Cong, on achieving a perfect study score in Further Mathematics.

From the Principal

ABOVE: School Captains Philip Chen and Sarina Aba-Bulgu with Commencement Day Addressor Grant Freeland and Sholto Bowen.

BELOW: Welcome on board: Nicholas Hamer (Science and Mathematics), Ryan Thompson (Business Management and Commerce), Victoria Ferry (Business Management), Adam Drennan (English), Dr Helen McDonald (Director of Teaching and Learning; English) and Sarah Bishop (Science and Senior Biology).

Particular Commendations

Class of ’14 shine on!

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Huntingtower is thrilled that our Principal, Sholto Bowen, has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2015 Australia Day Honours for his service to

secondary education and to professional organisations.

Sholto was born in East London, a city on the south-east coast of South Africa. When he was 4 years old, his family moved to Johannesburg, where he grew up. He attended Parktown Boys’ High School, and when he was in Year 10, he began teaching guitar. It was that experience that first inspired Sholto to become a teacher. Following his matriculation in 1967, Sholto served a year in the South African Army as an infantry signaller. Once his national service was completed, Sholto enrolled at the Johannesburg College of Education. He completed a four

year major in Physics and Chemistry before beginning his teaching career at Greenside High School. He then taught at St Stithian’s College, an all-boys Methodist school, where he became Head of Science and Senior Master, Administration. He completed a second degree at night, majoring in Psychology and Political Science, before being offered a position at Huntingtower.

On 5 January, 1987, Sholto arrived in Melbourne with his wife, Maureen, and their two sons, Martin and Anthony. At Huntingtower, Sholto undertook a number of teaching roles before being appointed Vice Principal and then Principal. His sons, Martin and Anthony, both attended Huntingtower. Martin was School Captain in 1992 and Anthony graduated in 1998. Sholto has five grandchildren, with another one due to arrive in July!

The official award citation for the Medal of the Order of Australia lists Sholto’s considerable achievements: he has been Principal at Huntingtower since 1999, its Deputy Principal from 1991-1998 and he taught in South Africa and then at Huntingtower during the years of 1973- 1990. Sholto has been a Board Member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia since 2013. He served as Chair of this Association

It’s an Honour… congratulations Mr. Bowen!

ABOVE: It’s an Honour! Vice Principal Noel Davies, Head of the Junior School Dot Greiveson and Business Manager Rob Kitchingman congratulate Sholto Bowen on his OAM award.

BELOW: 1994 – a younger Sholto with Amy Tamoshanko, Charles Willmott, Susan Walters, Sam Fyfield, Karen Thomson and Maria Batzogiannis (seated).

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from 2013-2015 and was an Executive Member in 2013-2014 and 2004-2010. He was President of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne in 2005 and 2006 and from 2013-2014 and he served as Vice President of this organisation from 2003-2004 and 2011-2012. He is President and Co-Founder of the International Association of Schools based on Christian Science. He is a founding Board Member of Elevating Education Everywhere (E3), formed in 2013 to support Christian Science based schools around the world, particularly in poor areas of Africa and South East Asia. He was also a Board Member of the Sunrise of Africa School in Kenya.

It is also significant that Sholto was presented with an Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) Fellowship Award in October last year. ACEL was initially established to advance and support successful educational leaders at all stages of their careers and is a key professional organisation for Australian school Principals. An ACEL Fellowship (FACEL) is a special category of membership awarded to members who have made an outstanding contribution over a period of time to the improvement of student and organisational outcomes. The entire Huntingtower community congratulates Sholto on being recognised by ACEL for his fine work.

For nearly thirty years, Sholto has worked tirelessly for Huntingtower and for the world-wide advancement of educational opportunities for young people. He is an exceptionally hard worker and has been involved in

an extensive range of academic and co-curricular activities. Apart from teaching numerous subjects, he has organised Leadership Camps, he was Careers Counsellor and he supervised in the Boarding House. He operated the Sound and Lighting for shows, coached sporting teams and tutored students in public speaking. He has been both the VCE and Year 11 Coordinator and for many years he was responsible for the timetable. Remarkably, even as Principal Sholto attends nearly every school event. He is always looking for ways that the school can be improved. It is Sholto’s detailed knowledge of the workings of Huntingtower, his understanding of the challenges faced by students and staff and his energy that has propelled the school’s recent progress.

Sholto humbly acknowledges the many friends, colleagues and family, too numerous to mention, who have supported and guided him. Sholto is delighted that his work has been recognised by the Australian community and ACEL but he feels that he has received much more than he has given. His greatest sense of fulfillment is in seeing young people succeed and find out about who they really are as children of God, as unlimited expressions of divine Love and infinite intelligence.

Sholto has always wanted the very best for our school and the results of his efforts and vision can be seen in the high-quality educational opportunities offered to students, in the quality of their outcomes and in the school’s beautiful grounds and magnificent buildings and facilities. Congratulations, Sholto, and thank-you!

Huntingtower remembers Geraldine Macleod (née Pross), who passed on in February, with affection. Originally from Cherbourg, Queensland, Geraldine was from a family of nine children and was the niece of the famous Aboriginal tenor, Harold Blair OAM. She was adopted as a small child by Jo and Judith Pross, who both loved her dearly, as did her stepmother, Margaret Scott Pross. Geraldine started her schooling in Grade 1 at Huntingtower in the early 1960s. Teachers Betty Walters and John Callaway recall her as a smiling and friendly student who was a talented pianist. Geraldine later played the organ at Christian Science Sunday schools in Melbourne and Geelong. Her school friend, Andrea West (née Kennedy), spent many happy hours with Geraldine. Andrea recalled sleepovers at the Pross house: ‘Their grandfather clock chimed every quarter hour. I didn’t get much sleep, but Geraldine and I did have fun together!’ Another school friend, Patricia Ellison-Smith, said that Geraldine was her friend for 49 years: ‘She was the kind of girl who would grab the other handle when a school bag grew too heavy. She was always kind, sweet, generous and fun-loving’.

As an adult, Geraldine was associated with Link Up and the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative in Geelong, an organisation that helps provide Aboriginal families with appropriate health, housing, education, employment and cultural services. Geraldine is survived by various members of her family, including her sisters, Julie and Kim. She will be missed by all who loved her.

ABOVE: Sholto with his brothers Patrick and David.

With fond memories: Geraldine Macleod (Class of ’76)

Geraldine Macleod (Class of ’76)

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The Freeland family has had a long association with Huntingtower. Grant Freeland (Class of ’79) attended Huntingtower from kindergarten to Year 12, as did his four siblings. Grant then completed a Bachelor of Business in Marketing at the Chisholm Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration at the Australian Graduate School of Management. He attended an International Management Program at New York University and later completed a Master of Public Administration at Harvard University.

In 1989, Grant joined the Boston Consulting Group, which is one of the world’s leading management consulting firms with over 80 offices and 8000 staff. Formerly a Managing Partner of the Boston Office, Grant is now a Global Leader, Senior Partner and Managing Director of BCG. His Commencement Day address included the following words:

‘51’ is an odd number in every sense, so why would I raise it? I’m not 51 years

old, there are not 51 states in the US and no sporting team I know has 51 players. Why might ‘51’ be important to me? I’ll come back to it later.

Australia is often referred to as the ‘Lucky Country’ because of all its natural resources. I prefer to call it the ‘Fortunate Country’, because the Australian people have been able to take advantage of these resources and create cities and a lifestyle that has become the envy of the world. Other countries have been equally lucky with natural resources, but not so fortunate in how they have turned out.

In a similar vein, I see myself as both lucky and fortunate. I am lucky enough to have gone to a school like Huntingtower which gave me many

different experiences. My US friends laugh in disbelief when I tell them that in one year I could have been in Big Band, orchestra, madrigal choir, swimming, tennis, athletics, soccer, the school play, debating, public speaking and last and perhaps least - ball room dancing. They ask me when I would have had time for school work. I was lucky enough to have teachers like Miss Beasley who taught us English and History and made us see the world as a little bigger than Mount Waverley. Amazingly, I’m lucky enough to have made some really great friendships which have transcended our time in class so long ago! And I’ve learnt that you can help yourself and turn some of your luck into being even more fortunate.

Let me describe three things that helped me along the way:

The importance of tenacity and Emotional Intelligence

At the Boston Consulting Group, we have a plethora of smart people. What is interesting is that ‘smarts’ is not always enough. Many of my successful colleagues can fail at something but then pick themselves up and keep on going. They’re judged more on how they carry themselves when things are tough rather than by when things are going well. One of my colleagues was rejected three times when he tried to get into the MBA program at Melbourne University. When he did get in, he topped the class and had an incredible career which included being Chief Financial Officer of one of Australia’s largest banks. For those

Commencement Day 2015: Grant Freeland

ABOVE: Commencement Day addressor Grant Freeland (centre) with (L to R) Rob Kitchingman, Noel Davies, Sholto Bowen and David Weil.

BELOW: Grant Freeland (’79) with former classmates Joanna Clapp and Mitha Chambers.

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of you who have failed early on in life, and like me, who had to occasionally work on the heater in the back of a Huntingtower class room because of some misdemeanor, pick yourself up and keep on going. Practice makes perfect. Failure can be useful as long as you learn from it, so keep trying hard!

I’m sure all of you have heard of IQ. How many of you have heard of EQ, or emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence is just a fancy word for the ability to understand why people behave the way that they do and to know how you can influence this behaviour. For example, how many times do you feel that someone in your class is acting irrationally? I have experienced this with my clients. I believe, however, that in spite of what appears, my clients nearly always behave rationally, and it is up to me to make an effort to discover and understand this. Let me give you a trivial business example. One of our clients was hoping to sell more hair shampoo by persuading shampooers in hair salons to ‘encourage’ their clients to purchase one of their products. No matter how many incentives (from $1 to $3 extra per bottle) they gave the shampooers, no extra products were sold. While this sounds irrational, when you dig a bit deeper you will discover that the goal of a shampooer is to be promoted to a hairdresser. The hairdresser is normally the one that makes extra money by selling hair products to a customer. If the shampooer were to sell the

shampoo instead, he or she might annoy the hairdresser and possibly lose the chance to be promoted. So what seemed initially like irrational behavior was actually very rational.

So in dealing with others, a good place to start is to simply understand where someone is coming from and what their motives are.

A dash of creativity also helps.

This is probably best illustrated by a few examples. After I graduated from my undergraduate degree, there were very few job openings. I was a marketing major, so I felt that if I could not market myself, how could I market anything else? Everyone else was looking at posters on the walls of the university and reading ads in the newspapers. I decided to do the complete opposite and create an advertisement. I wanted a marketing job, and what do Marketing Managers read? A publication called ‘Marketing World’. I put a full page insert flyer on yellow paper with a photo (very

embarrassing now) entitled ‘Have degree; will travel’. My ad went on to say that I was good on the end of a broom, that I made a great cup of coffee and that I had learnt to touch type in less than eight hours. The magazine was pre-released to the Melbourne Sun Herald. They printed a half page article and a photo of me sipping a cup of coffee over a type writer. The article was published around Australia and picked up by radio stations. My phone started ringing and I had 40 job offers within two weeks.

At Harvard, one of my main creative ideas was to have every term-paper starting with a letter to me from someone important. At the time, Bill Clinton was the US President and the topic of improving the Russian economy was a big issue of the day. I created my own White House stationery and composed a letter to me from the President:

‘Dear Grant, Hillary is bugging me over breakfast about the ways we could help the Russian economy. Could you answer these three questions? Regards, Bill’. Obviously, the three questions were the objective of the term paper. The second page was always a letter back to the President or important person:

‘Dear Bill, I’m sorry that Hillary is bugging you at breakfast each morning. Here are the answers to your three questions……’ The answers formed the executive summary of the term paper. After that, I included the actual term paper.

ABOVE: Judy Warrell (’52), Marj Rudolph (’51) and John Bruce (’54).

RIGHT: School Captains Philip Chen and Sarina Aba-Bulgu.

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Although half my Harvard professors knew these letters were made up, they liked the creativity and tended to round up their grades. The other half thought they were real, which says something about the old saying of fooling some people all of the time!

Although these are small examples, I’ve found that in almost everything you do, if you can combine some ‘meat’ with some creativity, it really helps.

Family

The final thing I was fortunate to have is an incredibly supportive family. My parents never stopped me from dreaming big and they spent their life savings on schools like Huntingtower and my graduate schools. My wise brother, Warwick, told me in my second year at the Boston Consulting Group, when I was having a horrible time, to ‘never leave at the bottom; always leave at the top’. Without that advice I’m sure I would have left and who knows what my path would have been. My sister Jane has been like the nucleus of an atom at keeping things together for all of our family while I had the chance to live overseas. Along with my other siblings, Chris and Bec, we have been stronger together than apart.

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I started my talk with the number 51. When I did my Year 12 exams you had to pass English with a mark of more than 50 out of 100. What mark do you think I received? Yep - I got 51 out of 100. I joke with my children that I knew exactly when to put down my pencil and not waste unnecessary energy. Terrible handwriting had a lot to do with this. I was the first person in my MBA program to get permission to type my exams, but I also had lots of ideas that I could not get out of my head on to the paper. That took time and a lot of support from others to learn how to do that. For those of you who think that learning how to write and communicate is not that important, think again.

It was a long journey from ‘51’ to Harvard and beyond, but with a bit of tenacity, EQ and creativity, it has been a fun ride. As I said at the beginning, I’ve been incredibly fortunate.

On a late January morning, a group of Huntingtower parents, friends and past students met over breakfast at the Riversdale Golf Club to hear Commencement Day Addressor, Grant Freeland, speak about the challenges of implementing change in the workplace.

As a successful businessman of many years’ experience, and in his current position as Global Leader, Senior Partner and Managing Director of the Boston Consultancy Group, Grant had much to share and he spoke with humour and insight. A great speaker plus bacon, eggs, coffee and the odd

Danish pastry or two meant that a very good time was had by all. Stay tuned to hear of the next Business Network Breakfast, which will be held in a few months’ time.

Huntingtower Business Network Breakfast

ABOVE: Peter Thompson (’77) and Grant Freeland (’79) at the HT Business Network Breakfast which was generously sponsored by Peter and his firm, Expedition Apparel.

BELOW: Lok Li (’83) with David Weil (’78) and parent John Karagounis.

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1: Serena Marriott (’92), Lynn Bruce-Clash (’78) and Mitha Chambers (’79) at the HT Business Breakfast.

2: Edward Smith (’03), Oliver Kitchingman (’08), James Harrington (’09) and Alex Clapp (’09).

3: Grant Freeland and Dr John Millar.

4: Pik Kong, David Cray, Jim Sakellaridis and Matthew Devenish.

5: Darrell Clark, Steve Dimotakis, Wendy Bentley and Peter Rees.

6: Harry and Teresa Wang with Cedric Newbond.

7: Kevin McCann, Richard Whitrod, George Grozev and Ganesh Natarajan.

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In May 2014, Mr. David Weil succeeded Mrs. Wendy Verhagen as President of the Huntingtower School Association and Chairman of the Huntingtower School Board.

David has had a life-long relationship with Huntingtower, which he attended as a student in the 1970s. He was appointed School Captain in his final year. David’s tertiary studies began at Monash University, where he majored in Economics, Accounting and Law. Further post-graduate studies followed at both Monash and Melbourne Universities.

David’s professional career has largely focussed on commercial and property law, and he is accredited as a Property Law Specialist by the Law Institute of Victoria. In addition, David has maintained an active interest in Asian law and has undertaken studies in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Over the years, David has participated in a range of community affairs including the Australian Children’s Theatre Foundation, the Melbourne Council for Overseas Students, the Australian Asian Association, Landcare, the Sir Edward Dunlop International Students’ Emergency Fund and Foundation Boroondara. Throughout this time he also served on the Huntingtower School Association and

he is a member of the Christian Science Church in St Kilda Road, Melbourne.

On a lighter side, you may remember seeing David ‘tread the boards’ in many a HOSA production over the years. Most recently he was Jacob in

Joseph & the Technicolour Dreamcoat. David’s interests include live theatre, travel and international affairs.

As a recent graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, David brings experience and expertise to the role of Chairman of the Huntingtower School Board. He says: ‘I am delighted and honoured to have the opportunity to further my contribution to Huntingtower, a school which has been such a positive influence on my own life and career. Huntingtower not only gave me the grounding for my graduate studies and professional career, it also helped shape me into the person that I am today’.

Huntingtower’s New Board Chairman David Weil

LEFT: The new Chairman of the Huntingtower School Board, David Weil, B.Ec, LL.B, Grad Dip Comm Law (Mon.) Grad Dip Asian Law (Melb), CPA, GAICD Accredited Specialist LIV (Property Law), on his recent visit to Huntingtower Castle in Scotland.

BELOW: Mrs. Wendy Verhagen (shown here with Sholto Bowen) is thanked sincerely for her caring contribution and dedicated service as former Chairman of the Huntingtower School Board.

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cracked a joke, and we would have continued marching. That will never happen because he is buried in the soils of Gallipoli.

We walked, not really knowing where we were going. After a while the rocks and trees seemed to look the same, as if we were walking in a circle.

‘All right; I think this was a pretty dumb idea - we should head back,’ I said to Peter, whose eyes were locked on a specific tree. He gestured to be quiet and take cover behind a rock. I obviously wasn’t fast enough because I felt a searing pain in my upper thigh. My eyes watered and a gasp rose in my throat. I didn’t even have time to lift my gun before Peter hauled me behind a huge boulder. He was calm and collected, but there was no humour in his words now. Leaning over me he assessed the damage. After a few seconds he was satisfied that I wasn’t going to die.

‘Apply pressure and don’t let go’, Peter told me, grabbing my hands and pushing them onto my wound. He stood up and with one last look at me, he readied his gun to fire into the dark night.

I take a moment to gather myself, refusing to break down in front of the cheering crowd. I hold my head high and continue to hobble with the rest of the soldiers. As I give a smile towards some elderly citizens, I recognise a familiar face. She has his nose, his

The Premier’s Spirit of Anzac Prize provides twelve Victorian Year 9 and 10 students with the opportunity to participate in an overseas study tour to Lemnos, Gallipoli and the Western Front. The 100th Anniversary of the Gallipoli landings means that the tour of 2015 is particularly significant.

Huntingtower is delighted that Year 10 student Shannan Griffiths has won a place on this year’s tour with her beautiful essay, ‘The Long March’.

On the morning of the 21st November, 1918, I stare into the mirror, looking at a man I don’t recognise anymore. Fighting in Gallipoli has changed everyone. Regretfully, I understand that I will never be the man I once was, not after losing my friends, sleeping in mud, living on scraps or having to kill another man. But this hasn’t dimmed my respect for my name - ‘Private Thomas Williams’, which represents my sacrifice for my country. I’m glad I could stand up and fight for something I believe in.

The constant throb in my left leg reminds me of what I have lost. I was shot in my upper thigh and nearly lost my leg entirely. Moments ago, I was offered a ride in a car; I had to decline. Cars are meant for soldiers who gave body parts to the war and who can’t walk. Not for me; I will march even if it kills me. I could have lost so much more had it not been for Lieutenant Peter Gibson, my dead but forever best friend. The memories of him still make my throat tighten and my eyes sting, but I can’t shed a tear now; it’s my time to march in a parade alongside my new brothers, or ‘Knights of Gallipoli’, which is what us soldiers are referred to as nowadays. As we march and I manage to throw one foot in front of the other, I can’t help but remember what it was like in Gallipoli.

I stood up, sick and tired of the rat that

insisted on running over my body as I lay asleep in the thick mud of the trenches.

‘If it comes near me, I swear I’m going to empty a magazine on it’, Peter said and I couldn’t help but smile at his ability to keep a sense of humour in this brutal war.

‘Mind if we go for a quick walk, Peter?’ I asked, gesturing towards the dead bodies lying just a few metres down the trench, the stink nearly choking us all.

‘Yeah, sure. Any reason to get out is fine by me. When we get back I’m going to bury them though; they deserve at least that.’

I nodded in agreement. Peter always inspired me with how dedicated he was to looking after our soldiers, dead or alive. He grabbed his remaining food - some desiccated vegetables, salty bully beef and biscuits capable of breaking men’s teeth. He threw what little he had left of these items into his jacket pockets and we made our way to the entrance of the trenches.

Marching through the streets of Melbourne, I am amazed at the crowd that is here to support us. ‘Peter would have loved this’, I mutter to myself as I give a brief nod to the cheering crowd. I can almost imagine what he would say:

‘It’s great how supportive they are. They don’t realise it, but their spirit gives us all hope to continue our lives in spite of what we have seen’. I would have patted him on the back, maybe even

The Long MarchBy Shannan Griffiths

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eyes… she smiles at me and realisation hits me as I look into the face of Peter’s mother.

After what seemed like hours, Peter crawled towards me.

‘How are ya’ going buddy?’ he puffed as he eyed me over and gently applied pressure to my leg. My throat felt tight; I could only manage a brief nod. Grabbing a bandage from his pocket, Peter wrapped my leg. Once he was finished, he dropped next to me, and we both lay there in silence for a brief moment.

Then his breathing became labored and slower; each breath seemed to bring him pain. I moved my stiff neck to look at him through the corner of my eye… there was too much blood on his jacket for it to be someone else’s…

As I look into the eyes of my best friend’s mother, I can’t help the tears that start to run down my face. I don’t think twice before breaking formation to hobble as fast as I can to her. It is obvious when she realises who I am. Her face changes from confusion to understanding and she breaks from the crowd and meets me half way. She has tears rolling down her cheeks, and I can’t help but mourn for my dead friend too as I meet her embrace.

‘I’m so sorry’, I weep. She comforts me, rubbing her hand on my back.

‘Shh; it’s okay, Thomas. You did what you could’, she whispers. The tears continue to roll down my face.

‘I couldn’t save him!’ I sob. ‘He died saving me!’ Finally the guilt that has been suffocating me has surfaced. She says nothing and continues to comfort me.

‘He was the best man I have ever met,’ I continue, shaking with the memory of holding his body in my arms as the light left his eyes.

I stared at Peter’s lifeless body. His last act was to wrap a bandage over MY leg. Why would he not save himself? Anger stirred within me, anger at him for leaving me, for not even trying to save himself. But just as suddenly, the anger left, leaving behind a hollow sadness. I held Peter in my arms, my tears dripping from my face onto his lifeless body. Holding him close, I knew I had to bury him, just as he was going to do for the soldiers in our trenches. He deserved to be buried, not left out here to rot. Excruciating pain seized me as I labored to dig a hole for him.

We stand for what must have been 10 minutes until a girl, not even five years old, tugs my jacket. When I look down at the girl, she hands me her teddy.

‘To make you feel better’, the girl says and skips off before I can thank her.

I part from Peter’s mother with a smile

and a promise to never forget her son and the sacrifice he made for our country … and for me.

Hobbling in line, my eyes red and puffy, I remember all the things Peter had done for me. How he took a bullet for me and protected me with his life, but most importantly, in the face of such terrors and tragedy, he didn’t lose himself. He kept his sense of humor, compassion and humanity. I will never forget that.

I know that in the future, Australians will still demonstrate acts of bravery, courage, mateship, honour and sacrifice.

I think of the little girl who handed me her teddy. It brings a grin to my face and I think of what Peter would have said:

‘If the next generation is like her, Australia will be in safe hands’.

I can almost hear the admiration in his voice and my heart swells with hope for the future.

BELOW: Shannan Griffiths (Year 10) has always loved storytelling. Congratulations, Shannon, on your remarkable prize winning essay. We are looking forward to reading about your study tour of Gallipoli and the Western Front in the next edition of the HT News.

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• 2015OceaniaU19 Men’s Team Sprint Champion

• 20152ndOceaniaU19 Men’s Sprint Championships

• 20153rdOceania U19 Men’s Keirin Championships

• 2015AustralianU19 Men’s Keirin Champion

• 2015AustralianU19 Men’s Team Sprint Champion and All Comers’ record

• 20152ndAustralianU19 Men’s Sprint Championships

Conor is also congratulated on being one of four Victorians to secure a place in the 15 rider team for the 2015 (U19) Track World Championships to be held in August in Astana, Kazakhstan. It’s a fabulous achievement and the event is sure to be an unforgettable experience!

Phillip Chen and Daniel Gates represented the school brilliantly at the Lions’ Youth of the Year Public Speaking Competition. Phillip was fluent and clear in his two impromptu speeches. In his prepared speech he was warm and engaging as he discussed the merits and downfalls of social media replacing professional journalism. The content of this speech was particularly sophisticated. Daniel offered divergent views in his impromptu speeches and was able to bring humour to his words in a winning way. His prepared speech was about resisting the urge to judge a whole generation according to external criteria.

Both Phillip and Daniel are commended on their fine work, and Daniel is congratulated on winning the Public Speaking Award for the day.

Aimee Pieterse (Year 7) and Karina Thompson (Year 5) were chosen ahead of hundreds of other young hopefuls for roles in ‘The Lion King’ (Aimee is ‘young Nala’) and ‘Strictly Ballroom’ (Karina plays ‘Kylie’). Both students are talented dancers, actors and singers. Congratulations, Aimee and Karina!

1: Aimee Pieterse (Year 7) and Karina Thompson (Year 5).

2: Chris Newman (Head of Rayner House) and Li Jian Wong (Class of 2010) announced their engagement in January this year.

3: Wedding bells are in the air for history teacher Jai Denny and Benn Gardiner (ICT guru extraordinaire).

4: Art teacher Gillian Nix with little Alice Matilda, born in October .

5: Congratulations, Tammy Little and Mark! Kynan-Lee has a brand new sister, Leni Filomena, born in November.

Celebrate, Congratulate, Enjoy…

Lions’ Youth of the Year Public Speaking Competition

Conor Rowley’s fantastic results at the 2015 Cycling Australia National Championships

Stars of the Stage: Aimee Pieterse and Karina Thompson

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As soon as the 2014 school year finished, a group of hardy French language students packed their winter woolies and headed off to France.

The photographs say it all: fabulous sights, gorgeous food, fun, new friends, history and culture and loads of language-learning, both at school in Montpellier and in and around the cities and villages.

Tout le monde s’est bien amusé!

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2: In a spin on a Paris merry-go-round.

3: The medieval city of Carcassonne.

4: Christmas at Notre Dame Cathedral.

5: At the Fauchon Patisserie in Paris.

6: The Louvre.

7: At school in Montpellier with teacher Céline.

Nice – Montpellier – Poitiers – Loire Valley – Paris: très bien!

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What an Eiffel: Christina Percival, Bernice Li, Daniel Bil, Polina Nikolakakis, Alex Zuccala, Robert Doxey, Abbey Crawley, Georgia Gale, Zach Bishop, Liam House, Jacqui Pavey, Elinya Dyer and Matthew Serelis.

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Aided and abetted by maestros Mr. Jones and Mrs. Rozycki, Huntingtower’s chess teams have gone from strength to strength:

• ChessandChallengeworkshopswerekey events for fresh-faced newbies at the Year 7 Orientation Day.

• BothHuntingtowerSeniorandMiddle School teams reached the State Finals at Brighton Grammar and the National Finals at Queens College in Parkville.

• IntheNationals,Huntingtower’sOpenSecondary Team finished eighth out

At a fabulous gala presentation in Brisbane late last year, Huntingtower won ‘Best School’ in Bond University’s Film and Television Awards (BUFTA). The award (which included a state-of-the-art tripod, worth $2000) was a fitting recognition of the many years’ work by teacher Mel Beal and her wonderfully talented army of students.

In October, Nadia Berry won first place at a film festival held at the Astor Theatre. Lucas Worcester was one of the six state finalists. Shortly afterwards, Huntingtower students scooped the pool of prizes at Fling Fest:

of the ten schools in the competition. The best player for Huntingtower was Colin Foo, who scored four wins out of seven games.

• TheMiddleYearsTeamfinishedsixthout of eleven teams in the National Finals. Huntingtower’s best player was Henry Lai, who scored four wins and a draw out of seven games.

Congratulations to all involved. Special thanks are extended to Mrs. Rozycki for her selfless and unwavering commitment to the Huntingtower Chess Program.

Lucas Worcester won Best Film, Alastair Cramer won Best Documentary, with Jake Steinman coming in as Runner Up. Nadia Berry won Best Animation and Gordon McLeod received the People’s Choice Award.

The Monash Lights! Camera! Shorts! Festival in November was another reason for media students to celebrate. Lucas Worcester won Best Editing, Nadia Berry won Best Animation and the U18 Audience Choice Award, Alex Jo won Best Comedy and Chur Lim was awarded Best Film and the Audience Choice Open Award.

Chess Champs

Media Marvels

ABOVE LEFT: State Finals Senior Tournament Team (L to R): Jay Sun, Mun Joon Teo, Katherine Rozycki, Matty Serelis, Edyta Rozycki, Kevin Yu and Chris Foo.

1: The State Finals at Brighton Grammar: Chris Foo (left) watched by Jay Sun.

2: State Final Middle Years Team (Front): Chris Foo, Armaan Amir, Claire Pang, Jay Sun and Mun Joon Teo. Back: Davern Vijayanand, Mahesh Sakthival, Kevin Yu and Henry Lai.

3: Y7 Orientation Competition: Dimitri Fragos, Alan Pang, Calum Chio, Luke Rodrigo, Louis Hasapis and Ernest De Los Reyes-Sager.

ABOVE: ‘Lights! Camera! Shorts!’ finalists David Sampson, Chur Lim, Ruby Anstee, Alex Jo, Nadia Berry and Lucas Worcester.

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ABOVE: Nicholas Whitrod (centre) explains how he made his radio work to Mrs. Somes and Year 5 students Analise Mercieca, Marlo Van De Waterbeemd and Aiden Fyfield.

1: Celeste Le Trang, Melissa Tang, Karina Thompson, Nikita David and Sofia Hamer-Smith.

2: George Pletsias (Year 6) and Aiden Fyfield.

3: Analise Mercieca and Natalia Kypreos (Year 5).

4: Marlo Van De Waterbeemd and Rachel Hawkes (Year 5).

Technology Club

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Read all about it…

1: Michael Cheng (Year 5)

2: Year 5 students Melissa Tang, Sebastian Felsbourg, Daniel Cookson and Arwyn Morgan

3: Phoebe Clark, Marlo Van De Waterbeemd and Rachel Hawkes (all Year 5)

4: Lukas Tsirigotis (Year 5)

5: Abby Harrington (Year 5)

BELOW: Miss Greiveson with the Year 2 Literature Circles group: Ethan Zhang, Julia Poon, Joshua Hunter, Yasmeen Holcombe, Veronica Oleksy and Olivia Woodhouse.

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1: Chloe Beovich and Ashleigh Morley.

2: Alexander Lunt.

3: Callum De Vos.

4: Morven Curr, Shannan Griffiths, Mitchell Mennie, Ben Gough, Afra Bishop, Emma Carroll and Rylee Pattison-Moore.

5: Jordan Koudmani, Madhu Iyer, Shivani Mahendran, Leah Felsbourg, Sasha Thompson, Renae Moore, Stefanie Giagoudakis and Callum De Vos.

6: Jordan Koudmani, Renae Moore and Tahlia Harper .

7: Paris Moore, Prachi Mehta, Emma Pisegna, Ashleigh Morley, Chloe Beovich, Alicia Whitburn and Chelsea Zhang.

8: Tahlia Harper, Ebony Marrison, Rebekah Dallas, Stefanie Giagoudakis, Sabrina Del Balso, Julian Anderson, Alexander Lunt, Samantha Gates, Sophie Cookson, Anmarie Joubert and Narayan Matthews.

Don Zolidis’ High School Musicapocalypse is a spot-on satire, not only of the television movie on which the show is based, but of the characters and groups that we see in a high school environment. The creation of our Middle School’s show was a truly collaborative effort. For every wild idea and aspect of characterisation that I came up with the students came up with just as

many, if not more. I loved working with such a talented and creative group of students. The fact that we laughed every step of the way shows just how much fun we had in putting the show together.

My thanks go to the performers, their parents and the Huntingtower staff who helped put this performance together, especially Tony Hill for technical design, Jane Barker for the spectacular costumes and Jai Denny for the wonderful makeup.

Adam Somes, Director and Head of Middle School

The Middle School Production:

High School Musicapocalypse!

ABOVE: Stephanie Barrow, Tayla Gray, Bethany Alexs, Jenna Pletsias, Rebecca Spencer, Alicia Boles, Lisa Hawkes and Laeticia Garrett.

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High Tea @ HT

The inaugural High Tea at HT was a fine occasion to ‘cherish glad memories’ (William Tainsh, Huntingtower School Song).

Author of portrait in miniature and guest speaker, Lois Kennedy (nee Bradshaw) (Class of ’45), attended Huntingtower during the years of WW2 along with her two sisters, Shirley and Betty. The ‘Bradshaw Girls’ were a part of the early fabric of Huntingtower.

After completing her Intermediate Certificate, Lois trained at Stott’s Business College and later opened a typing and duplicating service in Ripponlea. She married David Kennedy and their three daughters, Andrea (’76), Virginia (‘79) and Alyssa (’86) attended Huntingtower. After her typing business was sold, Lois took on part-time clerical work for church over many years. It was not until 2006 that a new career opened up – that of writing and publishing her book of poetry, portrait in miniature.

As Lois explained to the guests at the High Tea:

‘Writing the poems began ten years ago with the wording of one as a gift to my hairdresser, Rachel, on the birth of her first daughter. My wish to give her something totally unique ended up framed on the wall of Lilli’s bedroom. For her first

birthday, it was my pleasure to repeat the idea, with the same result.

I could do nothing less when Rachel’s second daughter was born. Response to this latest poem was life-changing. At Rachel’s invitation, I went to Poppy’s christening at Wesley Chapel, and, to my surprise, heard the Minister read my words to begin the naming ceremony. Beforehand, both grandparents had thanked me for my beautiful poems. Can you imagine my thoughts when walking back to my car? Was it possible to do more with my poetry? The thrill of that moment will stay with me forever.

I subsequently showed the three poems to my accountant. Bob read them through and said, with encouragement, ‘Write two hundred more’. He’s an accountant, not a poet.

So began the process of writing down the ideas as they came - not all at once, but over a three year period - mostly during the night when sleep didn’t come - in that quiet, calm, peaceful time when the world is still. There is no word to describe this. It happened without any effort on my part. And I’m sure, those of you who have had a similar experience, understand.’

The road to publication was a long and complicated one, but eventually Lois’ beautiful anthology was launched by Reader’s Feast Bookstore in May at the beautiful Georges building, Collins Street. The High Tea at HT audience was delighted Lois was able to share portrait in miniature, ‘a gift from her heart’, with them. It was a lovely afternoon.

1: Lois presents a copy of portrait in miniature for the school library to Sholto Bowen

2: Guests Pauline Hutchinson and her daughter Kate Walker

3: Richard Davies, Beatrice Greaves, Alan Bossen and Kaye de Wijn

4: Service with a smile: student waiters Daniel Bil, Daniel Gates, Jonathan Li, Daniel Nieborski, Georgia Thompson and Kelly Laing

5: Wendy Truscott, Mary Paton and Margaret Johnson

ABOVE: Lois Kennedy with her daughter, Andrea, with copies of Lois’ anthology, portrait in miniature.

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It was a thrill to see my long-time friend and old student, Grant Freeland, give the Commencement Day address and the keynote speaker address at the recent Business Breakfast. At the Business Breakfast, Grant spoke about change management and gave us an insight into the difficulties he faced in implementing change at the Boston Consulting Group. It was particularly interesting to hear his thoughts on having to drive down morale to ensure that the workforce saw the need for change before change could be truly embraced.

There were 45 very attentive participants at the breakfast. I say ‘participants’ because Grant paired us together and asked everyone to show their partner 10 changes they could make to themselves in 5 minutes. Examples included taking off glasses, wearing a jacket inside out and so on. We had to work hard for our breakfast. At the end of the presentation, Grant asked for a show of hands to see how many had kept the changes. None had. Grant’s point? It is not too difficult to initially make change but it is very difficult to maintain the change. We are comfortable with the status quo.

All the best for 2015 and for the wonderful changes ahead.

Peter ThompsonPresident

Message from HOSA President, Peter Thompson

1: In January, Madelaine Pilkington (’02) married Jeronimo Areola. In the back row (from left) are Brisbane-based David Pilkington (’98), Stephen Pilkington (’96; Stephen currently lives in New York), Mark and Janet Pilkington, Madelaine (who is living in Hong Kong), Jeronimo, Tamara Pilkington (’94) and Tamara’s husband, Brenton Ward. In the front row are Tamara and Brenton’s children: Sarah (4 year old Pre Prep), Amelie (Year 2) and Charlotte.

2: Edward Smith (‘03) and Kathryn Smith at their wedding in January.

3: Gorgeous groom and groomsmen: Andrew Fabiny (‘03), Lionel Wirth (‘03), groom Edward Smith, Brenton Kelley and Christian Smith (’09) .

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Having spent 30 years saving the planet, establishing new life and road-testing various forms of the hamster wheel, the Class of ’84 reconvened in November to compare notes and touch base with some of our teachers/mentors from our days at HT.

We were delighted that most of the class attended from all over the country, with only a couple of Queenslanders and those living overseas absent from the original crew of 21 punters. We discovered our cohort is doing everything from managing international hotels and developing any real estate that is not actually floating away to designing eco-friendly homes and maintaining the morale of the constabulary. We also discovered that it made no difference what everyone was doing or had been doing since last we met. We still enjoyed each other’s company and loved getting to know the enhanced versions of ‘us’ from what we were at 17. We laughed our way

through to the small hours, and heartily recommend the reunion concept to any who might be wavering on the brink of organising one. We’ll do it again – maybe even before another 10 years go by!

Janet Armstrong

ABOVE: Dot Greiveson’s 80’s production of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ with the Class of ’84. Back row: Birgit Sawatzky, Janet Cookson, Melinda Wade, Antony Platford, Peter Morris, Lauretta Schulz, Richard Eastman, Randall Nodin and Hugh Jamieson. Front row: Kerith Culley, Jamie Nye, Megan Self, Helen Ockley, Karen Mackay and Simon Eastman

2: Lauretta Schulz, Melinda Wade, Helen Ockley, Birgit Sawatzky and Megan Self

3: Janet Armstrong and Antony Platford

4: Darrin Verhagen and Dot Greiveson

5: Jamie Nye, Kerrith Culley and Randall Nodin

6: Richard Eastman, Lauretta Schulz and Simon Eastman

7: Paul Ciprian, Janet Armstrong and Hugh Jamieson

8: Kai Berberich, Megan Self and Simon Eastman

The Class of 1984, 30 years on…

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Former Huntingtower student Anne-Louise Toner (nee Jones, ’89) lives on a delightful rural property in Maryland, U.S.A. Her husband, Chris, runs an engineering business, Anne-Louise teaches at a Montessori School, their son Calvin is in his first year of university and their daughter Mandy is in her final year of high school.

Anne-Louise always had a passionate interest in horses – particularly Arabian horses. As a little girl, she urged her mother, Kathy, to take her to a horse show. One horse captured her attention immediately. It strutted into the ring, head high, snorting disdainfully at the audience. Anne-Louise turned to her Mum and said, ‘One day, I want to have a horse like that!’

Changing Tracks…

Great to see you again

The Class of ’93Two reunions were held for the Class of ’93: in November some met at Preserve Kitchen in Glen Iris and in February, Reunion Mark 2 was held at Giorgio’s in Armadale. A great time was had by all.

ABOVE: Back row – Andrew McWatters, Drew Banks, Merika Brown, Orpheus (Mark) Polioudakis, Tamsin Ede, Tom Leaper, Adam Jean and Marsha Muzzi (nee Fernando).

Front row – Nicholas Modrovich, Katherine Petric (nee Ong), Sally Brutovic, Jane McInnes, Vic Rajah and Julia Sutherland.

1: Nick Garnett, Drew Banks, John Leong, Sally Brutovic (nee Hiscock), Tom Leaper, Jane McInnes, Merika Brown (nee Callaway), Carl Erenstrom, Andrew McWatters.

2: Vic Rajah, Nicholas Modrovich and Orpheus Polioudakis.

3: Sally Brutovic, Vic Rajah, Jane McInnes and Merika Brown.

4: Marsha Muzzi, Julia Sutherland and Merika Brown.

5: Tamsin Ede and Adam Jean.

ABOVE: Sholto Bowen and Phillip McKechnie (’92).

BELOW: Dot Greiveson, Glen Bakker and Sholto Bowen. Glen was a student at Huntingtower in the early 1980s and recently visited the school for the first time in three decades.

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1: Back row: Olivia Oh, Dennis Shen, Namrata Kant, Simon Reinsch, Andrei Gec, Michael Kennedy, Jorge Kontis, Jonathan Anderson, Kai Chong, Rhianwen Bramble, Simon Cuthbert. Front row: Adrian Cosstick, Madeleine Lam, Naomi Maclean, Laura Diston, Courtney Liddy, Inshani Sappideen, Jennifer Meek, Laura Paton and Dinushi Samarasinghe.

2: Dennis Shen, Chen Yang, Madeleine Lam and Kai Chong.

3: Jack Barker, Simon Cuthbert and Jessica Montgomery.

Time flies when you’re having fun - the Class of ’04 ten years on…

Kathy Jones suggested that her daughter should contact the owner of that horse. Anne-Louise sent a letter written in pencil to the owner’s Sydney address. From that humble beginning, a friendship grew between Anne-Louise and Marion Richmond, an internationally-recognised breeder of Arabian horses and owner of Simeon Stud. Anne-Louise would meet Marion at horse shows and badger her with questions about her horses – including their market values. (The horses were always way out of Anne-Louise’s price range!)

After a number of years, the friendship between Marion and Anne-Louise

developed to the point where Marion would call Anne-Louise whenever she was expecting to attend horse shows in the U.S. and pay for Anne-Louise’s airfare so that she could drive Marion to the various horse shows.

In 1998, Anne-Louise finally felt that she had saved enough money to ‘buy a colt from that stallion’. However, she was taken aback when she discovered that the money she had saved was less than a quarter of the colt’s value! A few years later, Marion suggested to Anne-Louise that she might be interested in a brother of the colt. Funds were still insufficient, but a deal was struck and Anne-Louise was the proud owner of an Arabian horse from the world-renowned Simeon Stud.

Anne-Louise now has seven Arabian horses with generational links to Simeon Stud – two stallions, Shavot and Saschi; four mares, Simeon, Shaddai, Selena and Melissa, with one foal, Malena. Anne-Louise lives on 36 acres and is surrounded by horse paddocks and stables with a wonderful deciduous forest along one side, where deer roam peacefully. Stud fees are a significant part of her Arabian horse-breeding business.

As a little girl at her first horseshow in Melbourne, all those years ago, Anne-Louise Jones was going to ‘...have a horse like that one’. Today, Anne-Louise Toner has seven!

Russ Jenkin

ABOVE: Russ Jenkin, Anne-Lousie Toner, GAP student Jacqui and Mandy, Anne-Louise’s daughter. Russ and Rhonda Jenkin and their son, Simon, have enjoyed visiting Anne-Louise in Maryland at various times. They report that Anne-Louise’s sister, Karen (’87), was in the Navy Band for a number of years before completing post-graduate studies which took her into the corporate world, where she is a consultant for change-management.

BELOW: Malena (left, a beautiful Arabian foal) with her mother, Melissa.

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4: Lovely news: Angeline Thiagarajah and KJ Tsanaktidis (both Class of ’08) have announced their engagement. They will be married in January next year.

5: Matthew Clark (’05) and Stephanie Turner will be married in the Dandenong Ranges in October. There will be five HT lads in the bridal party!

6: One of Michael Fraser’s (’05) New Year resolutions in 2014 was to compete in every Tough Mudder event in Australia and New Zealand. Tough Mudder is an endurance event series designed to test mental as well as physical strength. Most participants run the course once over the weekend; Michael decided he was going to do the course once each Saturday and once each Sunday. By the end of the year he increased that to 3 laps on the Saturday and 1 on the Sunday - approximately 80km in total, plus obstacles!

In May, Michael is moving to Queenstown in New Zealand for a couple of years to be with his partner, Katee, a Canadian.

7: David Nuthall (’06) with Jan Tyquin. David is working part time as a swimming coach at HSAC while he completes his second Master’s Degree. Welcome back, David!

8: Jess Clarke, Felicity Mascetta, Yi Vickie Lu, Kathy Kong, Alastor Chen, Sarah Bunting and Jessica Brien at the five year reunion of the Class of ’09.

9: Eva Au and Craig Jones (both ’14) are introduced to Melbourne University by Daryl Ding (’12).

10: Hannah Grimm, Mitchell Dennis, Matt Croll, Theo Mimoun, David Sampson and Justin Huang (Class of ’14) at RMIT.

11: Patrick Xue, Casey Garrett, Kimaylee Sysengthong, Bob Wu, Chris Newman, Daniel Ho, Ashleigh Turner, James Field, David Sampson, Ruby Anstee, Caitlyn Craik and Monique Astorino in Hanoi, Vietnam.

12: Eating pho and having fun .

13: New friends from the National Economics University (NEU) in Hanoi.

14: Visiting the children at the Birla Village Orphanage in Hanoi.

15: Seeing the Hanoi sights with NEU students.

16: The Class of ’14 presents gifts to the Birla Village Orphanage.

17: Halong Bay.

Schoolies’ Vietnam for new HT Grads

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In 1927, a group of Christian Scientists established Huntingtower with the purpose of helping its students reach their unlimited potential. Huntingtower continues to be based firmly on the principles of Christian Science. Generations of students have passed through the school, their success measured in fine academic results and fulfilling lives. The school’s needs have traditionally been met by the generous support of benefactors, supplemented with government financial assistance. In order to ensure Huntingtower’s progress and lessen its reliance on government funding, the founders of the school set up different ways for supporters to help the school financially.

You may like to consider any of the following:

• Grants,bequestsordonationstothe Huntingtower Foundation (A Foundation set up by Trust Deed to preserve and maintain the school’s financial independence)

• TaxDeductibledonationstotheProperty and Building Fund (A fund set up to assist the school in adding new facilities)

• Grantsordonationstothe Mather Foundation (named after Mr. J.B. Mather, Principal 1949-1972, and set up as a restricted endowment. Whilst the assets cannot be used, the income from the assets contributes towards the running of the school and to student bursaries).

For more information on any of these or to register a bequest via a will or codicil please contact:

Business Manager, Huntingtower School, 77 Waimarie Drive, Mt Waverley 3149, Australia

Phone: (03)9807 8888, e: [email protected]

Preserving our independence

Dates to remember

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FRONT COVER PHOTOS: Junior School students meet new friends, experience a new culture and delight in the beauty of Arnhem Land.

• April24:ANZACDawnService, 6am; all welcome

• August4,6,7,8:SeniorSchool production

• September10&11:JuniorSchool production

• September13:HOSASports Day

• October11at2.30pm:Camerata Concert

• October21&22:MiddleSchool production

• November7:Huntingtower Fete

• November27:JuniorSchool Speech Night

• December3:SeniorSchool Speech Night

ANZAC Dawn Service6am at Huntingtower

on 24 April, 2015

Everyone is invited to join us in commemorating the centenary of the Gallipoli Landings. Please note that we are keen to find out

information about past students’ or teachers’ service in WW1, WW2 or any other conflicts in order to honour their service and memory.

Please contact Jan Tyquin on 03 9831 9482 or [email protected]