The Alumni Family BBQ is on June 14th and Dads and Lads Rugby on June 20th! Register Now! 
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Alumni Family BBQfamilybbq

All Collingwood alumni, alumni parents, alumni faculty, and alumni staff are invited to join us at our first family summer party at our Wentworth Campus on June 14, 2015. Children are welcome at this afternoon event, so please bring the whole family. There will be play areas, a beer garden, and complimentary food. Most of the activities will be outside, so lets hope for beautiful weather and don't forget your sunscreen! Register Now!
Dads, Lads and Grads Rugbydadsandlads

Our annual alumni touch rugby game is booked for June 20, 2015! It will start at 3:30 pm at Klahanie Park, with drinks and appetizers for alumni to follow at Earls at 5:00 pm. Please let all your rugby alumni know! Register here by June 13.
Alumni Basketball Eventbball

All Collingwood Boys Basketball Alumni are invited to join us to play basketball and to say goodbye to Virgil Hill on his retirement from Collingwood on May 30, 2015 at the Morven Campus. Virgil has been a committed basketball coach at the school for the past eight years, and in that time brought the senior boys basketball team into the BC Double "AA"s. He now leaves us to coach for the SFU men's basketball team, his alma mater. The games start at 1pm and will go until 4pm. Complimentary food and a cash bar will be available. Register here by May 27.

 

Questions? Please contact Jin Kim at jin.kim@collingwood.org 
Congratulations!visa

Congratulations to Hannah Wolverton '12 for being the winner of a $100 Visa Card in our most recent Alumni Directory contest. Now it could be your chance to win!

From June 1, 2015 through August 31, 2015 we are running another Alumni directory contest. The directory is a great resource for all alumni to look up classmates, network with other alumni, and stay connected with the school. To enter the contest, visit the Alumni directory to login/register and complete all required information (marked by an *) by July 31, 2015. The next draw for a $100 Visa Gift Card will be on September 1, 2015. The winner will be notified by email and their name will be published on the alumni website and in Alumnotes. All Alumni who login/register and complete the required information by August 31, 2015 will automatically be entered into the contest.

Login here to the Alumni Directory
Class Reunionsreunions
Class of 1990

Your 25 Year Reunion will be held on May 30, 2015 at the Beach House in West Vancouver. Spouses and guests are welcome.



Upcoming Reunions

September 19, 2015 - Class of 1995's 20 Year Reunion at the Beach House
London Chapter Eventchapter

Michelle Embury and Brian McDonald from the University Guidance Department had a great time catching up with our London area alumni at the Builder's Arms Pub in London, UK on February 21, 2015. Nisaa Jetha '02, Megan Jennings '07, Simona Spassova '08, Matt McDonald '11, Michael DeLazzari '13, and Gabrielle Lunter, Jehna Devraj, Victoria McArthur, and Jack Shi, all 21014 grads, attended the event.
Hong Kong Chapter Event

Meri Kimura '05, our Alumni Coordinator, hosted a get-together for some of our Collingwood alumni in Hong Kong on March 23, 2015. Eden Ho '94, Joel Liu '03, Cord Khron '03, Edmund Chan '05, and Ryan Jackson '05 had a fun evening catching up over food and drinks.

Hong Kong Facebook Album
Boston Chapter Event

Shirley Frykberg, Caroline Dey, Jen Dousett, Stephen Garland, and Andrew Wong were delighted to host an alumni get-together in Boston on April 28, 2015. Over good food and great conversation, they were able to reconnect with Harrison Sekhon '14, Rachelle Morris '08, John Choi '13, and Johnathan Longcroft '11. The faculty members were all invited to see Johnathan Longcroft's play, Middletown, the next evening which was enjoyed by all.


Alexander Kerfoot '12 who is currently enrolled in Economics at Harvard University, was not able to make it to the alumni get-together but offered to show the teachers around Harvard. They teacher's especially enjoyed the behind-the-scenes parts of Harvard that they were able to access thanks to Alexander's assistance.

 Boston Facebook Album
Toronto Chapter Event

Headmaster Rodger Wright and his wife, Louise, hosted an alumni event at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto, ON on May 1, 2015. Thank you to the 15 alum who represented the Toronto Collingwood Community: Peter Bevan '94, Jacqueline Sharp '96, Paul Voorhoeve '96, Nicole Voorhoeve '99, Erin O'Neill '01, Ali Akbar '05, Matt Sacks '05, John Menzies '05, Shakir Rahim '07, Baxter Robinson '07, Nadim Jiwa '07, David Yew '07, Hasan Akbar '08, and Reh Nazerali '08.
30th Anniversary Galagala

Collingwood School's 30th Anniversary Gala was held at the new Morven Campus on May 9, 2015 and we were honoured to have nine of our Founders in attendance, including four members of the Founding Board of Governors: Founding Chair Laura Groos, Founding President Nick Geer, and Founding Governors Lynn McCaw and Dr. Ian Morgan. Other Founders in attendance were Penny Geer, Sheila Plumb, and Rob, Bev and Tim '96 O'Neill. 

The Gala was also supported by Founder James Duess '92 and his business, Park Shore BMW, through a generous donation to the silent auction of a BMW Mountain Bike.
Nick Geer and Dr. Ian Morgan
Dr. Ian Morgan and Laura Groos
Headmaster Rodger Wright and Lynn McCaw
Penny Geer
Nick Geer
Sheila Plumb and Laura Groos share a laugh with Lynn McCaw.
Alexander Ludwig '10 took the stage to present his auction item - a dinner for ten cooked by a professional chef, hosted by Alex himself.
Dan Sander, an alumnus and current parent, and Ian Kennedy, Head of Wentworth, catch up during the gala.
Class Repsclassreps
We're keen to make the Class Rep program an integral part of the Collingwood Alumni Association as they are our link between the school and our alumni. We want to expand and invigorate the initiative to include more alumni and make it easier for the Reps and the school to communicate. If you would like more information, please click here. Contact Meri Kimura by June 15, 2015 if you are interested or have more questions.
Class Notesclassnotes
As we are publishing the Collingwood magazine in September, all Class Notes will be saved for the magazine. Please send us your news so we can include them in our printed publication.

Please keep us updated. Email photos, news, and other interesting tidbits to meri.kimura@collingwood.org
Meri Kimura | Collingwood School | 604.925.3331 ext.1182
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