Old Hilarians name new executive for 2025–2027 term

AN­DREA PEREZ-SOBERS

Se­nior Re­porter

The Old Hi­lar­i­ans’ As­so­ci­a­tion of the Bish­op Anstey High School has ap­point­ed a new ex­ec­u­tive com­mit­tee to serve for the 2025–2027 term, with a stat­ed fo­cus on re­build­ing ac­tiv­i­ty with­in the as­so­ci­a­tion and strength­en­ing links among alum­ni and with the school.

The new­ly con­sti­tut­ed ex­ec­u­tive is made up of past stu­dents who have vol­un­teered to take on lead­er­ship roles at a time when the as­so­ci­a­tion is seek­ing to in­crease en­gage­ment and par­tic­i­pa­tion. The group has iden­ti­fied im­prov­ing com­mu­ni­ca­tion with alum­ni, restor­ing mo­men­tum to its pro­grammes and en­cour­ag­ing greater in­volve­ment from mem­bers as im­me­di­ate pri­or­i­ties.

The as­so­ci­a­tion said on Wednes­day the new ex­ec­u­tive in­tends to place par­tic­u­lar em­pha­sis on sup­port­ing cur­rent stu­dents through men­tor­ship and oth­er ini­tia­tives de­signed to con­nect past and present Hi­lar­i­ans. The aim is to cre­ate prac­ti­cal op­por­tu­ni­ties for alum­ni to con­tribute, while main­tain­ing the tra­di­tions as­so­ci­at­ed with the school.

The as­so­ci­a­tion said the work of the ex­ec­u­tive is be­ing car­ried out on a vol­un­tary ba­sis, with mem­bers con­tribut­ing their time and ex­per­tise in sup­port of the or­gan­i­sa­tion and the wider school com­mu­ni­ty. It not­ed that while the as­so­ci­a­tion re­mains root­ed in its long-stand­ing tra­di­tions, there is recog­ni­tion of the need to adapt to chang­ing ex­pec­ta­tions among alum­ni and stu­dents.

The Old Hi­lar­i­ans’ As­so­ci­a­tion has al­so is­sued a call for alum­ni to re-en­gage with its ac­tiv­i­ties and to sup­port the work of the new ex­ec­u­tive, as ef­forts con­tin­ue to re­build a more ac­tive and con­nect­ed alum­ni body.

The ex­ec­u­tive com­mit­tee for the 2025–2027 term is led by pres­i­dent Camille Fred­er­ick, with Shey­na We­st­on serv­ing as vice pres­i­dent. Hei­di Ho­sein has been ap­point­ed sec­re­tary, while Gail Cam­bridge-Plaza takes re­spon­si­bil­i­ty as trea­sur­er. Ce­leste Au­gus­tine will serve as as­sis­tant sec­re­tary and Shari Al­mar­alis as as­sis­tant trea­sur­er.

Ad­di­tion­al roles in­clude Dr Dar­lene Har­ris, who will work with the strate­gic fundrais­ing com­mit­tee, Si­mone Creed with re­spon­si­bil­i­ty for so­cial me­dia, and Va­lerie Bowen rep­re­sent­ing the mem­ber­ship.

The as­so­ci­a­tion said the new lead­er­ship team rep­re­sents a mix of skills and ex­pe­ri­ence and is ex­pect­ed to guide its ac­tiv­i­ties over the next two years as it seeks to re-es­tab­lish a stronger pres­ence among alum­ni and con­tribute more con­sis­tent­ly to the life of the school.