Upcoming Founder's Day events
Honouring our Founder, Frank Darvall Newham, the below activities have been planned.
Frank Darvall Newham was born in Leicestershire, England on 6th March 1864. He gained a First Class degree in Theology at Cambridge University and later, at the age of 36, came for the first time to Cyprus. In 1901 he was appointed Inspector for Schools for the then Colonial Government and, six years later, he became Chief Inspector, an office whose title subsequently changed to Director of Education. During his first year on the island, in 1900, he founded a school for boys. Initially there were just 13 boys but that school developed into what is now The English School with 1109 boys and girls. He was Headmaster of the school for 36 years. In 1936 he handed the school over to the Colonial Government, on condition that its essential character should be maintained. He was a generous man who ensured that his school was open to pupils from all the communities and creeds of the island. It was Frank Newham who introduced football and hockey to Cyprus. He died in Kyrenia on his birthday in 1946 at the age of 82. His legacy, The English School, lives on.
The below events will take place to honour our founder:
Monday 6th November: Founder’s Day assembly for Year 2
Tuesday 7th November : Founder’s Day assembly for Year 1 and tree-planting. This year’s tree will be planted in the area between Music and Lloyds by the Chairperson of ESOBGA, Mr Andreas Antoniou.
Thursday 9th November: Founder’s Day Award ceremonies:
Lower School- 17.30-18.45 (preceded by a cocktail in the school quadrangle)
Upper School- 19.30-21.00 (followed by a cocktail in the school quadrangle)
Our guest of honour at the Upper School Award Ceremony will be Mr John Patrick Hourican, CEO of the Bank of Cyprus
Please note that the Founder’s Day Games and Students v ESOBGA Games have been postponed until the Spring due to on-going renovations of the Sports Centre.