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York Rotary News 2024-25
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Success! The York High School Chromebook Project is complete.
In December 2024, invited by the school’s link teacher, Mary Lumley and Eileen Davis went along to meet the then new Headteacher, Gavin Kumar and accepted the challenge to provide a trolley and up to 36 Chromebooks for the Reflection Room. During 2025, we have worked with the Rotary Club of York Vikings to add weight to the ambitious project. Both Clubs accepted donations from members and received a joint District 1040 Foundation Grant; with Gift Aid on the donations and a
Nov 29


Mock UCAS Interviews : Tuesday 4th – Thursday 27th November
Another mock interview month has come to an end. 66 mock interviews via Zoom were provided for students applying for Oxbridge, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine; they were in Year 13 at Huntington, Archbishop Holgate’s, All Saints’ Schools, Tadcaster Grammar School and York College. An interesting new development this year was the requirement for students to answer 3 questions instead of producing a Personal Statement. The 3 questions were : · Why do you want to study
Nov 29


Illuminating glass
Visits to Barley Studio Over two Wednesdays - 29 th October and 5 th November - 13 Rotarians and partners toured round one of York’s many unsung centres of excellence, a ‘stained’ glass design studio and workshops at Dunnington. Keith Barley demonstrating the cutting of glass Innocuous looking industrial buildings on the outskirts of Dunnington contain a 10-strong body of very skilled craftspeople and we visitors were treated to the first-hand knowledge of the two most expe
Nov 10
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