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Latest issue: March 2010
Old Girls' Reunion ... Register your Interest NOW
WE'RE CELEBRATING 85 YEARS at Wellington East on the Saturday of Labour weekend October - 23 October 2010.
It's a one day, power-packed get-together starting with the thing we all like to do most at reunions - talking!
We'll be setting up corners of the college where you can easily go and find your year group (just look for the sign highlighting the decade in which you attended). There'll be a fun assembly including a formal welcome, a huge birthday cake for all to share, a delicious packed lunch from our special caterer, self-guiding school tours, photos (fun and formal) ... all culminating in a sparkling evening cocktail function. So dust off those fabulous frocks and get ready to party. For those who want to dine afterwards, we're arranging a special restaurant venue nearby - but we need to know numbers early on.
Wanna come? If so, sign up and secure your place by filling out the Registration of Interest form and send it, along with your $25 deposit to Once Were Easters, PO Box 3508 Wellington 6040. We need this so we can make sure we get the catering and organisation right on the day.
Meet your friends
Wondering if there will be others from your year group coming to the reunion? Make sure they are there by getting in touch with your old school buddies and joining them up (and yourself) on our Facebook page. You can also hunt out those old school mates by going to Old Friends and sending them an email. Any questions, just email Once Were Easters - it's really important we know how many of you are interested in attending so we can plan catering etc. To assist the organising process, it would be great if Old Girls could get in touch with their former school friends and get a group together, then contact us or register. We can list groups on the website, so others from your year can see who’s coming.
We're always looking for new people to make the reunion a success, so if you're prepared to help out and sign on for the reunion working group (service required for a limited period only!) please email the Once Were Easters secretary, Anne White. Thanks!
Dining in Style - Christmas 2009
CHRISTMAS 2009 WAS CELEBRATED IN STYLE BY a bunch of festive Once Were Easters in November. They came from as far away as Sydney, Auckland and Christchurch especially to attend our al fresco (outdoor) bar-b-que lunch – and it was worth it!
The quad was the perfect venue. The sun shone, the wind held back, and the food as always (thanks to our usual special Once Were Easters caterer) was delicious. We even managed to sing the old school song with some gusto and a few laughs – though admittedly some of the ‘younger’ ones needed help with the words – which thankfully, were printed in the fundraising 2010 WEGC Calendar we just happened to have on hand. The calendar's produced by the WEGC PTA (and copies are only $15, buy it from the college).
It was our third Once Were Easters lunch under the new committee and all agreed it was an event worth attending - so look out for details of the next social luncheon coming to you in 2011, following the fun and festivities of the upcoming Labour Weekend 2010 reunion. Check out the photos below - see if there's anyone there you recognise.
Once Were Easters who attended the end of year 2009 Christmas lunch outdoors in the quad enjoyed the food, company and song. They came from as far away as Sydney, Auckland and Christchurch. Recognise anyone??
Bonds and laughter at 2008 OWE
"staffroom lunch"
We kicked off the first in what we planned as a series of
celebratory "staffroom lunches" in November 2008 when 26 OWEs (Once
Were Easters) went where no former pupil had been allowed to go before
- the staffroom! Some came solo, others with former schoolmates, but
from the first wine to the last spoonful of delicious food from
Michelin star rated chef Chris Boswell, the room was abuzz with
memories and laughter.
While some thought at first they
wouldn’t have much in common with the other OWEs, they soon found
themselves laughing and nodding in recognition as each Old Girl drew a
picture of life since college days. All shared a place and stage in
life in common with the others; like school or hate it, those were
formative years.
The first of the Once Were Easters celebratory staff room lunches in
the College staff room in November 2008, brought together former
pupils from the 1930s to the 1970s. If they hadn't known each other
before, or been at Wellington East at the same time, there was
nevertheless a recognisable bond between all those present.
Former Principal now President
Janice Campbell, long-serving Principal of Wellington East Girls' College and now President of the Old Girls' Association dances at her retirement celebration in March 2007 with members of the Polynesian Club. Janice was a pupil (1954-58) and then a teacher at Wellington East for 18 years, before becoming Principal in 1981, a position she held until 2007.
Check out the photo of Janice in the 1955 Hockey First XI on the History page of this Website.
Your committee
President: Janice Campbell
Patron: Sally Haughton (WEGC Principal)
Secretary & Treasurer: Anne White
Events Director and Co-treasurer: Sandra Aubrey
Board of Trustees rep: Colleen Beaumont
Newsletter and webpage editor: Margie Wheeler Committee member/s: Fatulatetele Tolo
Reunion planning & organisation: Sandra Aubrey, Janice Campbell, Shona Cvetkovic, Amelia Gilbert-Milne, Yvonne Lawrie, Judith Taylor, Beverley Upton, Carol Wideberg, Emily Wilson
Revitalising the Old Girls' Association
The present Once Were Easters-Old Girls' Association Committee came together in March 2008, with a new vision for the Association. Made up of both new and former members of the OGA, the Committee is working to revitalise the OGA and make it as rewarding and fun to be part of as possible. New members and ideas for new activities and events are always welcome. Email oncewereeasters@wegc.school.nz with suggestions.
Once Were Easters (newsletters)
Once Were Easters is our newsletter, issued two or three times a year. It brings you information and news about former pupils and what they're up to, the latest info about events being organised by the Old Girls' Association, and interesting news about the girls at college today. Your contribution to the content of Once Were Easters will make all the difference to how interesting it is. If you have photos, news of former students or ideas for year group get togethers, let us know. To suggest content and news for the newsletter email the Editor.
Download our newsletter(Requires Acrobat Reader)Membership
We welcome your membership of Once Were Easters. Any former Wellington East pupil can join. Membership is only $20 a year (January to December).
Become a member by emailing us now : oncewereeasters@wegc.school.nz or send your cheque and contact details to: ONCE WERE EASTERS WEGC OGA PO Box 3508 Wellington 6040.
Benefits include:
- Once Were Easters newsletter - three times a year
- Occasional newsy emails - register your email address
- First option to attend special OGA events where seating is limited (watch this space)
- OGA support for your planned year-group reunions or get-togethers
- Access to the school facilities etc if you wish to have your gathering or reunion at WEGC
- Ability to get photos and news of former students in the Once Were Easters newsletter or on our website
- Knowledge that your membership subscription goes to:
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- supporting the ongoing publication of the OGA newsletter
- the costs of supporting at least two OGA events each year
- Old Girls’ sponsored prizes for the current crop of graduating Wellington East girls at each end-of-year Prize Giving
Your membership donation helps! Please join us and help us continue to bring events and information to East old girls.
Supporting your school
Your membership donation assists the College and Old Girls in many ways, for example: -
Annual donation to WEGC Prizegiving: held in November each year
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Jubilee funds: the small profit from the last, 75th Jubilee went on landscaping and garden maintenance in the school grounds. 85th Jubilee coming in October 2010.
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Donations in general to the school: including, in 2009 a contribution to help the college buy a second hand harp for use by the girls
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Portrait of Janice Campbell on her retirement, now hanging in the main foyer.
Contact us
Postal Adress : ONCE WERE EASTERS-WEGC OGA, PO Box 3508, Wellington 6040
Email: oncewereeasters@wegc.school.nz
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