COLLEGIATE | MLC SCHOOL OLD GIRLS’ MAGAZINE
CLASS OF 1967 50 YEAR REUNION O
n Wednesday 14 June 2017, MLC School welcomed over 50 Old Girls from the 1967 cohort who left the school in both 1965 and 1967 – the first year of the Higher School Certificate (HSC) in NSW. The joy of re-connection was a wonderful thing to witness for our current students, particularly for our Year 12 HSC students. After being welcomed by Principal Mrs Louise Robert-Smith, our Old Girls had the opportunity to meet current students and see the school as it is now, before spending
From the Head of Year 12 50 years ago, a remarkable group of young women sat the HSC for the first time. It was these women who set the benchmark for the thousands of young women who would move through MLC School, hoping and striving to achieve their personal best in the years to follow. On Wednesday 14 June 2017, the House Captains and a group of Year 12 students who are currently part of the HSC Cohort, spent the morning with the ladies from the Class of 1967. The Class of ’67 loved it, with a number of emails thanking the girls for their time and interest in the Old Girls. It was a proud moment for me to see the girls shine. Thank you to Charlotte Beckett, Mary Pilkinton and Phoebe Hunter-Mole for taking the time out to prepare a speech and present their views on the HSC, how it has changed and how their subjects were chosen. They did a wonderful job of celebrating the course. I hope our Year 12 students today will return 50 years from now, in 2067 as the Class of 2017, reflecting on their time at MLC School and what a wonderful education they had in this place that is their home away from home. Ms Sarah Tynan, Head of Year 12
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the afternoon and evening together. Our Old Girls were impressed with the full range of subjects being studied by our current students, who were, in turn, regaled with colourful stories of hilarity and mischief. Many Old Girls travelled long distances to be with each other and to visit the school, including from regional Australia and internationally, and it was an enormous pleasure for the school to make them welcome.