GHS Global Reunion Summit August 6, 2006.
From the Hosting Committee:
The GHS Alumnae (Toronto Chapter) would like to thank all those who
participated in today's Summit.
We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to those who have
supported and encouraged us during the planning stages.
For those of you who have traveled long distances, we wish you a safe return
journey and look forward to seeing you in 2011 at our 100th Anniversary
celebrations. Don't forget to bring your answers to the trivia questions.
You have 5 years to research them !!!!!!!!!!!!
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
From the Summit Communications Coordinator:
Dear GHS sisters,
We have come a long way since we had the first thoughts of a Global GHS
Reunion Summit in Toronto on 6 August 2006. What a glorious time we had this
week-end in Toronto !!! The hosts, the Toronto GHS Alumnae Association, did
a superb job hosting a very successful Summit. We all know that these
successful events entail much planning and hard work. The planning and hard
work paid off and showed. There were so many compliments all around. This
GHS gathering of sisters will be remembered with love, bonding and
sisterhood for ages.
Now that phase 1 (Summit) has been completed so successfully, undoubtedly,
harnessing our positive energy and moving right along, the ideas that are
being worked on for phase 2 (the celebration of the centennial of our dear
alma mater GHS in 2011) will be productive. God willing.
We would like to thank the GHSAA-NY for the use of their website to
disseminate information and for registration re the Summit. Thanks, too, to
the web-master, Mr. Artie Phills, for always being so prompt in getting the
information on the site.
http://ghsaa.homestead.com
We would like to thank Mr. Tony Hadley for his willingness to put our
information on his web-site, for always accommodating us with frequent
updates and for being the official photographer for the Summit.
http://tonyoldies.homestead.com
Thanks to the Searchlight Newspaper in St. Vincent & the Grenadines for
publishing an article about the Reunion Summit.
Thanks to the husbands, significant others and other family members for
their support. As one husband said as we gathered in front of our hotel just
before we left for the Summit, "they all look so happy."
Thanks to all who contributed to making this gathering such a success. Much
appreciated.
It's all about GHS.
Together we can do more. We are all in this together.
Love,
Cheryl.
GHS holds Global Summit of past students
Over 100 past and present students and teachers of the Girls' High School gathered at the Scarborough Civic Centre in Canada on Sunday August 6 to plan for the school's 100th Anniversary in 2011.
Staff Reporter 11.AUG.06
A grand reunion to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Girls' High School (GHS) will be held in St. Vincent some time in 2011. This decision was taken at the Global Summit of past students of this nation's premier girls' school held last Sunday, August 6 in Toronto, Canada.
Under the theme: "We are all in this together. Together we can do more", representatives of graduating classes from 1933 to 2002 interspersed the serious discussions surrounding the future of their alma mater with precious moments of laughter, tears and memories.
Feature speaker, Pastor Trudy Nanton-White set the tone for the summit by reminding the alumnae to place God at the centre of their deliberations and their lives. In her report, Headmistress of the GHS Andrea Bowman spoke of the achievements of the school as well as the challenges faced by today's students. Collette Charles, a 2006/2007 5th form student gave her perspective as a student of the school and informed the gathering of the changes her schoolmates indicated that they would like to see.
Ten committees were formed to lead projects geared at celebrating the school's centenary. Ynolde Mulraine-Adams will lead the committee to oversee the writing of the school history; the auditorium committee will be led by Marjorie Williams Cuffy; Paula Nanton Cox will spearhead efforts to compile a directory of the alumnae, while Rosalind Marshall Carew will head the fundraising committee.
Marcia King-Gambell chairs the Essay Competition committee while Lynette Norris Glasgow will coordinate efforts to publish a cookbook and have a mural painted in addition to other beautification projects at the school. Cheryl Phills King heads the endowment committee; Marguerite Rose will coordinate the lecture series and Janet Smith will organize a series of Arts nights.
During the course of 2007, an official Girls' High School website, which will play a pivotal role in disseminating information and galvanizing alumnae into action will be launched. Hayden Duncan chairs the website committee.
The plenary session was chaired by Dr. Joyce Providence Toney and was attended by some 100 members of the GHS Alumnae from throughout North America, Europe and the Caribbean.
The event, which was hosted by the Toronto Chapter of the Alumnae was one of the activities held in St. Vincent and overseas to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the founding of the school on May 8, 1911.
The Toronto Alumnae, whose president is Sharon Cato Hypolite, also hosted a welcome reception at the home of Dawn Fraser-England and her husband Raymond, on Friday August 4, as well as a brunch just prior to the summit. The summit was followed by a very well - attended Caribana Fete at the Scarborough Masonic Temple on Sunday night.
