SJHS 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALA NEWS
We are very proud and happy to announce that the Gala Dinner was an enormous success, with 512 guests attending. While the accounts still have to be finalized, we are pleased to announce that we expect funds raised to be approximately 47,000 Euros, with 10 percent going to the Save the Children Rewrite the Future Campaign. Raffle proceeds were almost 19,000 Euros and the auction raised well over 20,000. Proceeds for the evening will be going to a special fund for the new school site project.
Our congratulations go to Mr and Mrs Sanchez, who won the Grand Raffle Prize to Mauritius!
In addition to parents and staff, we were joined by a large number of Alumni and ex staff, some of whom had flown in especially for the evening from Spain, Qatar, Israel and the UK. They were welcomed by the large number of ex Sir James students living and working in Milan and Italy.
We were also fortunate and indeed honoured to have had the Lady Mayor of Milan, Letizia Moratti, as our guest.
Some of our Year 12 and 13 students assisted during the evening and the committee warmly thanks them for their contribution. They were a credit to the school and managed to sell €4600 of raffle tickets during the evening alone. A Year 11 student, Edoardo Paluan, produced a video animation to accompany a school anthem that has been written and dedicated to the Sir James by an ex-student, Pierpaolo Tiano, who has recently returned to Milan from Los Angeles. You can hear the anthem and see Edoardo’s video by clicking on the link below or when you click on the 40th Anniversary Logo on the SJHS homepage.
40th Anniversary Animation and Anthem
GALA UPDATES
Downloadbale Documents (PDF):
Gala Update Issue N.3 Oct. 20, 2009
Gala Update Issue N.2 Oct. 1, 2009
Gala Update Issue N.1 Sept. 9, 2009