Light Her Path
Collaboration and Community are Central to Light Her Path
Collaboration and inclusiveness are at the heart of every vibrant and civil society. Working together to achieve a goal knits people together. In a more normal SCEGGS year, we see parents coming together to support their girls playing sport, to ferry a boarder around, to engage in preparations for music and drama productions, to organise and attend year functions and to support each other as they and their children progress through school. Similarly, every second year we see a colossal effort from parents to plan and woman the Festival on Forbes, bringing the whole school community together to raise essential funds for the school.
The bonds forged and strengthened through these activities are invaluable and so very enjoyable. Community and participation are central to the SCEGGS ethos. They are also primary goals of the Light Her Path Campaign. We are one community and every contribution, large and small, will move us closer to re-developing Wilkinson House to ensure it can offer the best of 21st century learning and to funding more means-tested scholarships to provide opportunity and to enhance the SCEGGS student body.
Throughout SCEGGS history, the community has participated generously and frequently in fundraising campaigns. Of parents who have contributed to recent campaigns, approximately 50% contribute in more than one year, while of Old Girls who contribute, 78% have donated to SCEGGS more than three times, with 2% donating on 20 or more occasions. Interestingly, current parents tend to donate more readily to the Scholarship Fund, while Old Girls favour the Building Fund over the Scholarship Fund.
The inclusiveness and breadth of the Light Her Path Campaign is important. All parts of the SCEGGS community are interdependent and everyone has a role in reaching our common vision for the success of the school. Thus far in the Light Her Path Campaign, over 100 families and Old Girls have stepped forward to donate generously and more than 30 current and former teaching and other staff have also donated generously.
The Campaign Committee invites the whole of the SCEGGS community to participate to raise the funds required to redevelop Wilkinson House and to expand SCEGGS’ means-tested Scholarship Program. As a whole, we can achieve the goals of the campaign. We can also demonstrate to our girls the value of community and the potency of collaboration and inclusiveness. Working together demonstrates a means of tackling a problem that our daughters can take into their future lives to tackle the small and very large problems that will beset their generation.
The reimagining of Wilkinson House by Smart Design Studio will transform an almost 100-year-old building to a modern education facility that will advance the education of SCEGGS girls, including those benefiting from the scholarship program, for decades to come. Our collaboration will make these projects possible and provide an enduring legacy of the current SCEGGS community.
The Light Her Path Campaign is seeking to raise $20 million:
- $12 million this year to ensure we can bring the new designs for Wilkinson House, melding heritage and function, to life
- a further $8 million to expand SCEGGS’ Scholarship Program from the 35 girls currently supported by means-tested scholarships.
We invite every person in our community to give as generously as they can.
See the proposed plans for Wilkinson House on our website. You may also pledge to the Light Her Path Capital Campaign or call the SCEGGS Development Office on (02) 9332 1133.
The Light Her Path Committee
