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As the St Albans School Foundation enters its third year of existence, I am delighted to be able to report a growing success story. As you will see in the ensuing document, from a standing start, we are already over a third of the way to our first million, in addition to pledges of legacies, which of course cannot as yet be quantified.
Many OAs have responded with remarkable generosity to the challenge of helping their alma mater to hold its place in the front rank of independent schools, whilst remaining true to its historic roots in providing opportunities for bright young people to excel, whatever their family circumstances. That calls for an answering clarity and transparency in explaining how their generosity is being deployed, which is the purpose of this report. In the pages that follow, you will learn how funds raised by the Foundation are already benefiting pupils at the School, beginning with the new Physics laboratories made possible by a major grant from the Wolfson Foundation.
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2011 opens at an exciting moment in the School’s development: work on the Sports Hall and Swimming Pool - more than a decade in the planning - began in February and although this project, which rivals Woollams in scale and ambition, will be fully funded from other sources, its completion will make possible other developments for which the help of the Foundation will be vital.
As you read about these, and about our commitment to bursaries, to ensure that as many able young people as possible can benefit from an education here, I hope that those who have already supported the Foundation will accept the grateful thanks of the School community and feel inspired to continue, while those who have not yet made a commitment might be persuaded to do so in future, whether as a one-off gift, a regular contribution, or the pledge of a legacy.
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Headmaster’s Introduction Summary of Donations The Bursary Fund The Capital Development Programme The Music Studios The Wolfson Physics Labs Examples of Special Projects
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I offer you my very best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2011. p16 p18 p20 p22 p26 p28 p32
Some of our Donors Report from the Bursar From the Development Office Update: The Capital Development Programme Acknowledgments: Our Supporters The Gateway Society Donation Form
Andrew Grant Headmaster