Over the last two years the COVID pandemic has upended lives, communities, the functioning of institutions, economies, global movement and trade.\u00a0 Our SCEGGS school community has adapted and managed the changing circumstances to minimise the disruption to the education and social growth of our girls.\u00a0 Many things have been foregone, but our commitment to the place of SCEGGS and the importance of a SCEGGS education endures.\u00a0 To fulfil that commitment, we are reigniting the Light Her Path Capital Campaign.<\/p>\n
SCEGGS has a compact and valuable campus in the thick of a bustling inner-city suburb that grounds our community.\u00a0 SCEGGS girls have strong values and a commitment to learning and to the broader community.\u00a0 We want the school facilities to continue to meet the demands of contemporary education and life.\u00a0 While Wilkinson House has served the school well, it occupies a meaningful part of the campus and has considerable shortcomings.<\/p>\n
SCEGGS has exciting plans to re-develop Wilkinson House and to also expand the School’s scholarship program.\u00a0 To realise these plans, the Light Her Path Capital Campaign<\/em><\/a> was launched and subsequently paused due to the pandemic.\u00a0 However, despite these difficulties, generous supporters have contributed $6 million towards our goal of raising $20 million; $12 million for the redevelopment of Wilkinson House and $8 million to expand our means-tested scholarship program.\u00a0 Despite the tumult of the last two years, the work to re-design Wilkinson House, to ensure SCEGGS\u2019 neighbours understand the nature of the project and the work with NSW planning authorities and Sydney City Council to gain approval for the plans, has been methodically rolling forward.<\/p>\n