Thank you to everyone who joined us on Sunday, 26 November to celebrate our 60-year anniversary.
We were delighted by the huge turnout and the incredibly positive feedback from past students. Here are just a few of the comments from social media and email:
"It was great to catch up with great friends from the original intake in 1957." Lea Levy
"I certainly enjoyed catching up with people from different year levels! Thankyou to the staff and students and the band." Bob Cvetkovic
"A final peep of the last old building before it gets demolished, and takes the old memories with it. Thanks to all the many people who helped make this day successful with the photos and memorabilia on display, the band and the people who made all the delicious food." Geli Rice
"Thank you all concerned for organising the event. I met so many (past students) I have lost count! They came from overseas and from interstate and from Melbourne. It was crush indeed! The noise was just amazing!" Irene Jablonka
This event would not have been possible without a huge effort by staff, parents and students. A special nod to Todd Asensio, Bridget Kosla-Brown, Dot Whellans and the admin and maintenance teams for making it all happen despite being in the midst of a major building program!
Koon Lau ably led our parent volunteers, including Miru Iser, Vicki Wilson, Greg Elms, Anne Murphy, Belinda Daly, Salvatori Lolicato and Nick Leening. With the help of students, Kerryn Stubbs, Andrea Turner and Sue Leening served up 400 scones at the Devonshire tea! Yvette Eyles ran the incredibly busy registration desk and Shayne Sidhu sold our fundraiser cookbooks. This list may not be conclusive; apologies to anyone we have missed.
Former parent and school council president Sue Constable spent more than a year interviewing past students and compiling their stories, which our current school council president Michael Mulcahy transformed into wonderful displays for the event. You can read these stories on our Past Students page.
While the physical setting of the college is changing before our eyes, the anniversary showed that the incredible sense of community at Elwood has been a common theme for six decades.
