A Brief History of the St. George’s
School Association
Founded in 1907 as the St. George’s School, Windsor
Castle, Old Boys’ Club, it became necessary, with the
advent of girl pupils into St. George’s School, to alter
the Club’s name, and in June 2000 the A.G.M. voted in
favour of a new title: The St. George’s School, Windsor
Castle, Association.
This Association now includes all girls and boys who are
past pupils, and also considers for membership members of
staff of at least five years standing, if they are proposed
by the Headmaster. In the same way long-serving members of
the non-teaching staff of the School – matrons, bursarial
and secretarial staff, and domestic staff are considered for
membership, after appropriate proposals. Others, not directly
linked with the School, may be considered for election to
Honorary Membership, if they are deemed to have supported
the objectives of the Association to a marked degree. People
who could qualify in this respect might typically be Deans
in office, past members of the Governing Body of the School,
School solicitors, School doctors, and those who have been
influential as Chairmen or Chairwomen of Appeals on behalf
of the School.
The purposes of the Association are twofold:
a) to encourage members to keep in touch with each other
and with the School; and
b) to give support to the School and its Headmaster whenever
possible.
The Association seeks to keep members informed of their erstwhile
fellows by providing an annual Chronicle of news, and by keeping
an up-to-date list of members’ addresses.
The Headmaster is, ex officio, the only Vice-President of
the Association, and in this capacity he invites the membership
to return to the School once a year during the Summer Term,
when matches are played between School teams and teams raised
by the Association. On this day also a Memorial Service is
held for past and present members of the School in St. George’s
Chapel, Windsor Castle, followed by an Annual General Meeting
of the Association, and a dinner.
Other events, linking present pupils with past pupils, may
be organised, and notice of these will duly be given.
The Association is run by a Committee which comprises a President,
a Vice-President (the Headmaster), an Honorary Secretary,
an Honorary Treasurer, and three ordinary members.
The Association is very mindful of its need to support the
School financially whenever surplus funds permit. In recent
years it has helped with the purchase of a minibus, pianos,
piano stools, and music stands. Sums of money for School prizes
have also been provided together with funds for the mounting
for display of a Windsor Herald’s tabard, the proofing
against damage of a large painting of a chorister, as well
as raising £160,000 towards the appeal for the extension
of School buildings. |
