From The Principal

Super Saturday of Reunions

On Saturday 14 May 2022, we had 300 Old Girls return to MLC School to reunite and reminisce as part of our Back to College weekend. Old Girls from the classes of 1960, 1961 and 1962, 1970, 1971 and 1972, 1980, 1981 and 1982, 1992, 2002 and 2012 were in attendance. How lovely it was to witness their excitement as they shared stories from their school days and their lives after leaving MLC School.

One of the stories that I heard was that of Deborah Howe (1970) who started in Nursery (Pre-K) in 1956 at the age of 2½ and completed the HSC in 1970, making her enrolment one of the lengthiest of which I know. The  photo here is believed to have been taken on her first day of school. I can’t imagine what it would have been like to start at MLC School at the age of 2½, dressed in full school uniform, complete with hat and blazer, but Deborah recalls her time at school with fondness and recalls that “there were boys also in my group who went on to other private schools.” Deborah has many tales to share about her lengthy time at MLC School, including one where she and her friends were pretending to be horses and used the belts from their school sports tunics as reins. Her friends used her belt to tie her up to the fence and left her there long after the bell went for the end of playtime, leaving her to face the wrath of the then Headmistress, Dr Whitley. The consequences must not have been too dire though, as she remains friends with some of those responsible for leaving her stranded!

As I visited each of the reunion groups, I was struck not just by the genuine joy on the faces of our Old Girls as they reunited with long lost friends, but also by just how many of our Old Girls have daughters currently at the school. I was also delighted to see several staff whom I did not realise were also Old Girls. The connections at MLC School are certainly strong and far reaching.

– Lisa Moloney
Principal