St Mary’s celebrates its 120th and 125th birthdays
St Mary’s celebrates its 120th birthday in 2008 in a variety of ways. There is the annual Patronal Festival followed by cake-cutting, there are musical events, commemoration dinners, and the hoisting of an anniversary flag at the front entrance to the hall.
To celebrate its 125th year, 79 of which have been in its present location in Waverley, the school publishes Celebrating 125 Years of St Mary’s, a comprehensive history of the school.
The Patronal Festival, celebrating 120 years
The girls form the 120
Clerics and chapel servers at the 125 year Patronal Festival
Ms King and Mrs Hugo cut the birthday cake
Commemoration dinner attended by Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu and his wife Leah
Celebrating 125 years
Raising the flag
2013 head girls with the Rt Revd Steve Moreo, Bishop of Johannesburg, at the 125 year Patronal Festival
The Junior School celebrating 125 years
The Senior School celebrating 125 years
Pauline Grainger, author of Celebrating 125 Years of St Mary's, signing copies of the book at the launch
Panel dicussion at the launch of the 125 year book