ROAR THE
Issue 28 | Thursday 2 September 2021
A conversation with the Head of College Mr John Weeks
Announcing the Scots All Saints College Past Students' Association
Scots School and All Saints’ College, two museums have been created to honour the past and build the future. The museums are filled with the stories of past students and will continue to be developed in the future as time goes on. The inaugural meeting of the Interim Committee of the Scots All Saints Past Students' Association was held this week. The Interim Committee has representatives of all past groups and the new generation of Scots All Saints College students (almost 300 will have graduated 2018-2021).
School days are a time of growing, learning and building friendships… it’s a critical time in our formation, truly a time of self-discovery.
The members of the Interim Committee are: Mr John Cranfield
Mr Harry Dickenson
Scots All Saints College is a community of students, staff, parents and supporters, with a history starting in 1874 on the hill where Bathurst High School now stands. Firstly, as All Saints Grammar – an all-boys school, girls joined the school in 1976 when Marsden Girls closed and All Saints’ Co-Educational College was formed. The original Scots School commenced with the Karralee boys in 1942 and remained a boy’s only school until it became co-ed in 1997. And in 2018, our history took another turn when Scots All Saints College was created.
Mrs Memory Sanders
Ms Gabrielle Boshier
Mrs Amanda Kemp
Mr Bradley Gardiner
Mr Tim Sargeant
Mr Gordon Larkings
Mr Stuart Green
Mr Michael Inwood
Mrs Gemma Green
Mr Andrew Maher
Mr Gordon Thompson
Mr Tim Hector
Throughout this time, past students have been welcomed and supported to continue friendships and association with their schools or, as is often stated - their ‘Alma Mater’.
At the first meeting, a new constitution approved by the College Council was tabled and Amanda Kemp was confirmed as Interim Chair with support from Gordon Thompson (Memberships and Communications), Memory Sanders and Andrew Maher (Archivists).
In recent times, The Scots School Old Boys and Girls Association (TSSOBGA) and the Old Bathurstians' Union (OBU) have faithfully fulfilled this goal of keeping the past students communities connected and involved. There are almost 20,000 listed past students associated with these groups. Since 2017, when Scots All Saints was created, many projects have been addressed to ensure the success of the new college. Many discussions have occurred around the creation of a new past student's association with members from the existing TSSOBGA and OBU. As part of the recognition of the importance of the histories of The Campus East (Scots) Senior School, Boarding (Years 9-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795
Campus West (Saints) Preparatory School, Junior School (Years K–4), Middle School, Boarding (Years 5-8) 70 Eglinton Road BATHURST NSW 2795
Ms Natalia Burgess
With all members of the Interim Committee now in place, planning is underway to officially launch the Scots All Saints College Past Students' Association. To all past students we are excited for the future and look forward to gathering together in the post COVID world. Further information will be available shortly via the current communication channels of the TSSOBGA and OBU. My sincere thanks to the members of the Interim Committee for your fabulous support and infectious enthusiasm for the new Scots All Saints Past Students' Association.
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