With a history spanning close to 115 years, The Glennie School is steeped in history, and along its journey the girls, staff, and broader community have been part of some wonderful traditions. 

Whether it be the annual Ball Games competition, The Year 12 hill-run or pool jump, Founders Day celebrations, or the often very close connection that new students have with the agapanthus, these traditions have been passed down through the ages, and continue to be rites of passage for all Glennie girls. 

But as the school continues to forge forward, and as generations begin their Glennie journey, there will be new occasions and initiatives which are sure to go on to form great traditions. 

With graduation only hours away and the end of school life in sight, our class of 2021 was invited back for the very first Principal’s Valedictorian Evening. 

As the school day turned into evening, our Year 12s converged on the Senior School campus and were greeted with a bang, as the trees and school were transformed into a sea of colour, marking a fitting celebration for our senior group. 

Hosted by the principal, Ms Mary Anne Evans, the girls were reminded of the journey they have undertaken on Herries Street, and the page in history that each of these girls has been part of. 

Ms Evans reminded the girls that for many of the students in the grades beneath them, This Year 12 cohort were ‘their’ seniors; mentors; peers; guardians, and friends. That they have led by example and demonstrated to over 700 girls ‘what it means to be a Glennie girl’.

As our annual Welcome to Glennie community evening is an introduction to Tufnell, Webber, Donaldson and Hale houses, tonight marked an opportunity for our Heads of Houses to thank and farewell the girls. 

To remind them why they have bled red, purple, yellow, and green, and the defining moments that the girls have experienced throughout the years. 

Lastly those girls who had been with us since Junior Years, were presented with a small token of appreciation.  

With the formalities wrapping up and the sun now truly disappeared, the evening took a festive turn, as our young Glennie women enjoyed canapes and mocktails, danced the night away, and disappeared down Herries Street, arm-in-arm, ahead of their very last day at Glennie.  

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