Foundation News

On behalf of my fellow Directors, I want to thank the many members of our community who supported the Foundation in 2022. The results of this support is evident on the accompanying page and the generosity of our community and, in particular, our magnificent alumni, has resulted in a record amount being raised in Annual Giving.

In 2022, our focus for Annual Giving was on the establishment of the Jean Barnfather Memorial Scholarship, created to honour the extraordinary contribution of the universally admired Barney in her more than 40 years of service to the School. As a result of our generous donors, I am pleased to announce that this means-tested scholarship has been awarded to a student who otherwise would not have been able to attend the School. The successful candidate is a student with very diverse interests who has a natural enthusiasm for the type of opportunities that a Korowa education affords.

For those of us who had the privilege of knowing Miss Barnfather, we feel that she would be delighted to be honoured in this way as she understood the power of education to transform lives.

I, and my fellow Directors, feel privileged to be able to assist the School in providing opportunities for the students of Korowa to extend their educational horizons.

Sandra Ivory

(Clark, Class of 1967) Chair, Korowa Foundation

Named for Korowa’s first student, the Jessie Patrick Bequest Society acknowledges Korovians and friends who name the School as a beneficiary in their Will.

To find out more about becoming a member of the Society by leaving a bequest to Korowa, please contact Alumni Manager, Ian Robertson on 03 8808 8833 or irobertson@korowa.vic.edu.au