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Welcome Back BBQ

Mark Your Calendar for these Upcoming Events!

Welcome Back BBQ
on Friday, September at 5pm at Klahanie Park. All alumni families are invited.

Greens & Jeans golf, BBQ and party on Friday, September 21.
All alumni and alumni parents are invited - see details below.

Class of 1992 20 Year Reunion on Friday, September 21 at 7:30pm at the Beach House Restaurant.  Details and RSVP.

Class of 1997 15 Year Reunion on Saturday, September 22 at 7:00pm at The Queens Cross Pub. Details and RSVP.

Founders' Day on Friday, October 5 at Morven. Evites will be going out soon to all founding parents, students, faculty and staff.
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Alumni and alumni parents are invited to join Collingwood parents, faculty and staff at the second annual Greens & Jeans event on Friday, September 21st. Come out to Gleneagles for a fun round of golf and stay for the BBQ and party, or just come for the BBQ and party!

For more information or to register, click here. 
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Calling for Nominations for the Mackenzie Awards   
Each year, the Alumni Association presents awards to Collingwood alumni who have exhibited outstanding excellence in one of the four strands. Past recipients include Dr. Riley Senft '97 (Service), Janet McLachlan  '95 (Athletics), Andrew Stewart '90 (Arts) and Wendy Fok '00 (Academics).

 

If you wish to nominate a Collingwood graduate who has gone on to exhibit outstanding excellence in any of the four strands (Academics, Arts, Athletics or Service), we welcome your nominations.  Click here for a nomination form.  Please contact us by October 1, 2012.

 

Calling for Nominations for the Alumni Executive Committee
The Alumni Executive Committee oversees the Collingwood School Alumni Association. If you are interested in joining the Executive Committee or one of its committees, we would like to hear from you. Please contact us by October 1, 2012 at
alumni@collingwood.org 
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Calling for Class Reps 
Are you well-connected with your class? Then why not join us as a Class Rep for your year? Being a Class Rep is a great way to staying in touch with the Alumni Association and your classmates. If you're interested in joining our Class Rep team, please
contact us by October 1, 2012 at alumni@collingwood.org 

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  News from COLLINGWOOD SCHOOL 


Collingwood Introduces a new House System
 
Collingwood has introduced a multi-grade House System in the Senior School commencing September of 2012. Six houses have been created, named in honour of the following people who have had a profound impact on the School:

Groos House - named after Laura Groos, our first founder

Geer House -  named after Nick Geer, the first President of our founding Board of Governors

Mackenzie House - named after David Mackenzie, our first Headmaster

Houssian House - named after Joe and Joanne Houssian, our 'first couple' of fundraising

Senft House - named after Jean Senft, the first Chair of the Collingwood School Foundation

Byrd House - named after Liz Byrd, our first Chair of Parents' Council

Roger Hatch Returns to Morven 
We're delighted to announce that Roger Hatch has returned to the Morven campus after spending a number of years at Wentworth as the Co-Head of the Junior School. In his new capacity as Senior Master, he will be working with the new House Masters and will also be involved with alumni relations.
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Please Stay Connected with Us

 

 

Alumni and alumni parents, please login /register on the Alumni Directory to update your contact information and privacy controls. We hold numerous alumni events and reunions throughout the year, so we need your up-to-date information to stay in touch with you. If you live out of town, It's especially important to keep us posted on where you're living (and going to university) as we organize out-of-town alumni events during the year.  Click here to login or register   

 

 

Speaking of staying connected, please join us on our social media as well!

 

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Our Alumni Magazine is Online Now  

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After an absence of many years, our alumni magazine has returned! Click here to read the online edition of Bridge.

If you have any difficulty viewing it in the two-page format, just click on the single page icon at the top for a full-screen view.

If you would like to receive a pdf version or a hard copy of Bridge, just let us know by emailing us at alumni@collingwood.org.

We welcome your comments about the magazine. Please feel free to send them to us at alumni@collingwood.org
 
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Contact Us


Collingwood School Alumni Association 

alumni@collingwood.org 

 

Shelley Williams  

Director of Alumni & Parent Relations

shelley.williams@collingwood.org
(604) 925-3331 x 2041
   

 

Roger Hatch

Senior Master

roger.hatch@collingwood.org

(604) 925-3331 x  2606

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Editor:  Shelley Williams 

shelley.williams@collingwood.org