Dear Parents and Guardians,
We had over 700 students, parents and staff join the Welcome Back Picnic today! How wonderful it was to have all our community back on campus for this fun event after three long years. It is my very first Welcome Back Picnic and it was such a joy to see and meet everyone in person again.
Thank you for continuing to take precautions around COVID-19 as we reopen fully. Thank you to all the staff who made this event possible, and students who showcased their impressive musical talents to the community. Special thanks to Sam Wigginton who organised all the moving pieces, from tent and table setup and vendors to beer donations and collaborating with the Music Department.
I would also like to thank AB InBev for donating beer and non-alcoholic beer, which helped raise funds to donate to Volunteer for the Visayans and Young Focus Foundation.
We had great kickoff events for both Primary School and Senior School parents this week, with hallways buzzing with activity, meet and greets and lots of engaging dialogue between parents and teachers. Thank you to all the parents who came out and staff who made sure all went smoothly.
It was a pleasure welcoming new parents at today’s coffee morning. We had more than 40 parents come out! I would like to thank Friends of Dulwich (FoD) members for coming and giving our new families a warm Dulwich welcome. Special thanks to FoD co-chair Vicky Lemmens who said a few words to introduce FoD and shared the various activities and events they host to build community.
It was truly a week packed with exciting activities and events. Last but not least, we welcomed sisters Lucinda Walker and Sophie Walker to speak at the Senior School assembly today. Lucinda is the Executive Director of our long-time partner, British Chamber of Commerce in Korea and Sophie is a human rights lawyer and startup founder based in London. Sophie spoke about her journey of going from representing death row clients as an attorney in Alabama to starting her own AI company, JUST: Access, which developed a new system that can automatically capture witness statements.
I hope you have a restful weekend.
With my best wishes,
Mr Gudmundur Hegner Jonsson
Head of College