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The Old Elizabethan AssociationThe website for former pupils of Elizabeth College, Guernsey |
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Elizabeth CollegePrincipal's letter to the OEA website
By means of this website, I hope that interest in College will be renewed in those Old Elizabethans who have supported the Association and will be engendered in those who have not, so far, taken up the opportunity of regular reunions and updates and will encourage them to join. We are very fortunate in Guernsey to enjoy a close-knit and cohesive society, and these qualities of friendship and support are translated into the OE community in Guernsey, the UK and further afield. College is always interested in how their alumni are faring in the world, and we hope that they are interested in what we are doing. We look forward to receiving your reports, which will figure in the news pages of The Elizabethan. You can link directly from this website to our own website. We are grateful for your continued interest in your school. A brief historyThe College, founded in 1563 by Elizabeth I, was one of the so-called 'great Tudor grammar schools' set up in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Guernsey school spent its early life in various buildings around the present site, including what Elizabethans in the 1900s knew as the Ozanne Building. The school roll varied, sometimes down to only a handful of pupils. In 1824, the College was finally put on a sure footing with a new charter and the present main buildings and has exerted a huge influence on island life ever since. The school has never been insular, though. Old Elizabethans have found their niches in all walks of life the world over and today can be found in the most senior positions in industry, the services, the arts, universities, the church, law, IT, politics, the media and medicine. No fewer than four OEs have won the highest award for gallantry, the VC. The College has always more than held its own on the sports field, not just in the Channel Islands but in the United Kingdom as a whole. Many OEs have continued to achieve sporting excellence after leaving school. Over the past few years, sporting facilities have been greatly extended. Elizabeth College today has given itself new aims and horizons, combining four centuries of College heritage with modern teaching and a huge range of extra-curricular activities. Many of these were simply not available to Elizabethans even a decade or so ago. Most of us probably wouldn't recognise the school we were at - nor should we. Bruce Parker (4747) Further reading
Submitted by Webmaster on Mon, 2006-01-30 00:13.
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I am delighted to see the Old Elizabethan website up and running. As Principal of Elizabeth College, I inherited a tradition of strong links between the Association and College, and it is my hope that these will be furthered by the introduction of this website.