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Harrogate Grammar Connect Alumni Newsletter Summer 2023-2024
The 2023-2024 academic year has seen the shift form our old Harrogate Grammar Connect platform to our new online platforms (Instagram, Facebook, X and LinkedIn) and our termly newsletter being published on our website (Harrogate Grammar School - Red Kite Learning Trust - Alumni). Thank you for your support in moving our Harrogate Grammar Connect community over to our new platforms.
To get in touch with us, please email hgsalumni@hgs.rklt.co.uk or message us via our online platforms (links to platforms on our website).
Alumni 50 Year Reunion Event
Alumna, Frances Howie née Evans is delighted to invite alumni who left HGS in 1974 to a 50 Year Reunion event at Harrogate Grammar School. If you left HGS in 1974 and would be interested in attending, please click here to find out more. Please RSVP to Frances Howie or Duncan Finlyson by the end of July (contacts details in the link above).
School News and Activities
End of Year MessagePlease visit the homepage on the Harrogate Grammar School website to read the end of year message and newsletter from Mr Renton – Headteacher. |
Trust Long Service AwardsWe celebrated colleagues with the Trust Long Service awards in May. The CEO of the Trust, Richard Sheriff OBE, gave awards to the following staff:
Ms Reed, Mrs Hinkins, Mrs Vincent, Mrs Putley, Mrs Dale and Mrs Oates.
Mrs Winters, Mr Weston, Mrs Weston, Mr Mungovin, Mrs Bennett and Mr Moore. |
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Flexible WorkingHGS has worked with the Department for Education this year as an ambassador for flexible working. Click on the links below to read more about Mr Renton’s recently published articles: Embracing flexible working at secondary level Flexible working: When the headteacher decided to flex… Click here to listen to a podcast with Mr Renton on school leadership. |
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PTA Minibus Fundraising CampaignThank you to everyone who supported the Minibus Fundraising campaign. Your donations are hugely appreciated, and it was lovely to see some of the comments on the PTA’s fundraising page recognising the school and the education alumni received. The PTA raised a total of £9206.
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A 'Night of Dance' at the Royal HallStudents, teachers, alumni and parents were part of 'A Night of Dance' performance at the Royal Hall, Harrogate. The concert had a sell-out audience and included global dance performances with Harrogate symphony orchestra. It was great to see HGS so well represented in the different groups.
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HGS Song |
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Alumni Fair at Sixth Form Progression DayThank you to all the volunteers who took part in talks at the Sixth Form Progression Day in July. See some photos from the event below:
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Alumni News and Activities
Alumni Spotlight Interviews
Thank you to all the volunteers for the recent spotlight interviews we have received. See an overview of our latest interviews below.
To access all of the interviews in the series, please click on the following link:
Harrogate Grammar School - Red Kite Learning Trust - Spotlight Interviews
Paul Campion:
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Time at HGS: 1973-1980 Job Title: CEO of the TRL, the privatised government transport research laboratory. |
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Jason Hill:
Time at HGS: 2004-2011 Job Title: Assistant Headteacher and Faculty Leader for Maths at Harrogate Grammar School. |
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Allastair McGillivray:
Time at HGS: 1973-1978 Job Title: Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Taxation at Royal Bank of Canada. |
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Jill Ashcroft:  Time at HGS: 1977-1980 Job Title: Prince of Wales Fellow in Sustainable Aviation, working with the Aviation Impact Accelerator at the Whittle Lab, University of Cambridge. |
Can you help?
If you would be interested in joining our Spotlight Interview Series, we would love to hear what you have been up to since leaving HGS. We are looking for alumni from all age groups and backgrounds, so please do contact us if you think you can help. The interviews are an important resource for our careers team, they help inspire students with post-16 and 18 pathway decisions.
Email hgsalumni@hgs.rklt.co.uk to find out more.
Alumni News
Congratulations to HGS alumnus Barnaby who has been selected for Hong Kong U20's in the upcoming U20's Rugby World Cup. Barnaby is currently at Nottingham University and was part of the HGS Sports Academy.
Donate
Past students and parents have often asked if they can donate to the school as a way of giving something back. Whilst one of the aims of the alumni network is to facilitate the giving of inspiration and advice to our current students, we appreciate that this is not always possible. For some, monetary giving is an alternative way of contributing to the school. To find out more, or if you would like to donate, please click here.
Thank you
Thank you, as always, for your continued support in making our alumni community something to be very proud to be a part of!
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