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Development & Communications
The Development and Communications Office organised various institutional events in virtual mode with the aim of keeping the community together during the lockdown. Some important events that bring together our whole community, such as Family Day, could not be held but thanks to the flexibility of some measures it was possible to celebrate our Founders’ Day on the day corresponding to the traditional Church Service, with a very limited participation of authorities and staff, and in full compliance with the protocols. The whole celebration was broadcasted live, highlighting diverse artistic performances of our students (choir, band, extracts from plays and concerts) and the Former Pupil Award was presented. In addition, the school coordinated Founders’ Week, a week of activities organised by the member institutions of CASA, Comunidad Ampliada San Andrés. Despite the circumstances, the Fund Development area achieved very good results
in their fundraising events. All donations from the Campaña Solidaria de Emergencia COVID19 (Emergency Solidarity Campaign) were managed in coordination with RedSA and the Fundación para el Desarrollo Comunitario San Andrés (FDCSA: Foundation for Community Development). In order to provide financial assistance to families, actions were carried out to strengthen the Scholarship Fund through individual monthly donations and funds raised from advertising in The Thistle Yearbook. Our traditional Golf Tournament was replaced by an innovative Solidarity Auction in virtual format and with the special collaboration of former pupils Patrick Wilson’59 and Alejandro Spinelli ’87. It produced record proceeds for this event, surpassing 1,000,000 pesos. We also worked on the organisation of ONE NIGHT@THE RIVER, a special event that took place in drive-in
