Stanmore Goodbye – and see you soon! Newington College celebrated the Year The speech finished with a quote that leaders for 2019 during the Valedictory 12 Class of 2018 at Valedictory Day on perfectly captured the spirit of the day: assembly. Congratulations to 2019 28 September. The senior class marked ‘How lucky I am to have something that Senior Prefect Mark Elwaw (11/JN), the end of their thirteen years of makes saying Goodbye so hard’ – Deputy Senior Prefects Ben Leung (11/KL) schooling with a final assembly, where Winnie the Pooh. and Jack Walker (11/KL), and the new Senior Prefect Lachlan McIntyre spoke The Class of 2018 left the assembly House Captains and Boarding Captains. about what Newington College has through a Guard of Honour formed by The Class of 2018 may have walked out meant to him and his fellow classmates. family, friends, staff and students from of the school gates for the final time as ‘Newington let us explore our interests Years 7 to 11. A farewell chapel service schoolboys, but they have now become before we even knew what they really was followed by a final luncheon before part of the wider school community and were and I will be forever grateful for the boys departed the school have joined Newington’s worldwide that,’ he said. The College also welcomed the new school network of Old Boys. Jack Alscher. Photo: Jared Leibowitz (ON 2013). Anthony Kama. Photo: Jared Leibowitz (ON 2013). Dr David Mulford addressing the Valedictory assembly. Photo: Jared Leibowitz (ON 2013). 2019 Senior Prefect Mark Elwaw carries the Newington flag with incoming Deputy Senior Prefects Ben Leung and Jack Walker, leading the departing 2018 Year 12 students through the Alexander Humphreys. Guard of Honour. Photo: Jared Leibowitz (ON 2013). GRATITUDE | NEWS SPRING 2018| 7