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SOF | MOREAU SCHOLARS
Moreau Leaving
Scholarships
Speech Day 2024 was, as ever, a
sta昀昀, before interviewing a shortlist of six
joyful event tinged with sadness as a
candidates in the summer.
new leaving-group started to go their
separate ways. On this, the nineteenth
The two successful scholars are the
year of the Scholarship scheme, the
individuals who best exemplify a
awards were as hotly contested as ever,
determination to maintain the close bond
and there had been twenty applicants,
of friendship across their year-group,
giving the selection panel the di昀케cult task
and who have the ability to organise
of choosing just two of them. However,
social and sporting events, and an
they were unanimous in selecting Alicia
interest in helping to make the Society
Pryce (M12-24) and Felix Juszt (R19-24)
a welcoming environment for all. They
to be the Society’s latest Moreau Leaving
receive £1,000 a year for the three years
Scholars. They will now take on the
of their scholarship, during which they are
responsibility for helping to sustain and
a member of Council and sit on the Young
nourish the bonds of friendship that have
OFs committee. The programme provides
grown amongst their year-group over
them with a mentor who will have been
their years at the school, and they have
a member of Council and, these days, is
both expressed their enthusiasm and
often a past Moreau Scholar. With two
determination to succeed in doing so.
scholars being appointed each year for
a three-year term, there are always at
Applicants for these scholarships must
least six recent leavers who are members
self-nominate before the end of their 昀椀nal
of Council – bringing much youthful
Autumn Term, and they then encourage
energy and wisdom to bear on all things.
their friends and members of sta昀昀 to
Alicia and Felix received their awards
promote their candidacy through the
from Chairman of Governors, Charles
remainder of the year. This year’s
Packshaw, at Speech Day on 28 June and,
selection panel, led by David Mallett
after the awards ceremony, they joined
(K93-03), included two past scholars
Peter Howard-Dobson (R65-69), John
as well as the current President, and the
Ellerby (G67-75), Kate Jackson (P84-93
panel met socially with all the candidates
and Alicia’s Mentor), and a host of other
and then, over the course of the Spring
OF luminaries for photographs, and were
Term, with their sponsoring members of
soon joined by Alicia’s and Felix’s parents.
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