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Margaret Brumby with Sandra Ivory, Margaret Hill and Bobby Deng, Directors of the Korowa Foundation.

Year 10 Student Ceramic teapots 2022 Thank you to all those who have donated to the Foundation’s Annual Giving program for 2022. The support of current parents, staff and my fellow Korovians is very much appreciated by my other Directors and myself. As part of 2022 Annual Giving, the Foundation is pleased to be able to offer a means-tested memorial scholarship that honours the remarkable contribution of Jean Barnfather. As a result of the donations received in Annual Giving in 2021, the Foundation was delighted to be able to fund the creation of a dedicated Ceramics Studio in the Visual Arts Department. This allows students to work in three-dimensional form and their creative output is evidenced in the marvellous pieces of work that are emerging from the kiln. We were also very pleased to be able to fund the creation of a dedicated Junior Science Laboratory, opened in March 2022. The creation of this teaching and learning space enables students from Prep to Year 6 to conduct experiential and investigative learning, via the use of specialised equipment and maker space facilities of the highest standards. The creation of this laboratory enabled us to honour the distinguished scientific career of Dr Margaret Brumby (Wiadrowski, Class of 1958) who was appointed in 1986 as the first ever General Manager at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, a position she held with distinction until her retirement in 1998. In recognition of her many years of dedicated work, in 2004 Margaret was awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia, her citation reading ‘for her outstanding work in medical administration and management of biomedical research facilities, particularly the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research’. Margaret was always grateful for the education she received at Korowa. She is a former Director of the Foundation and President of the Jessie Patrick Bequest Society. As a result of her philanthropic support of the School, Margaret was made an Associate Fellow of the Korowa Foundation. The Korowa Foundation’s principal aim is to support the educational opportunities available to our students, but we cannot achieve this aim without the on-going support of the Korowa community for which I am most grateful. Sandra Ivory (Clark, Class of 1967) Chair, Korowa Foundation