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AROUND THE SCHOOL Scholarships Congratulations to the following boys, who have received scholarships for 2016. Council Scholarships ability gives them the potential to make a major contribution to the life of the School. They are awarded for entry into Year 7. Orlando De Santis Guildford Grammar School Calder Crowther Scholarship William Hutson Guildford Grammar School Luca Rados Coolbinia Primary School Angus Jones Sacred Heart Primary School This scholarship is awarded every two years. The scholarship is for boys entering Year 7 and candidates are selected from the state primary schools in the vicinity of Guildford. Leo Oldfield Guildford Grammar School Each year the School Council awards a number of academic scholarships. The Council Scholarships are awarded for six years in the first instance, assuming satisfactory academic progress. Harry Campbell Pope Scholarships Lachlan Bella Swan Valley Anglican Community School Leeuwin Gillett Williams Primary School Thomas Sykes High Wycombe Primary School Oliver Zolnier-Owens St Joseph’s Primary School A number of scholarships are awarded to boys who are good scholars and whose all-round D’arcy Slater Scholarship Taine McGough Darlington Primary School D’Arcy William Slater joined the Preparatory School in 1986 and then became a member of Freeth House until his tragic death on 26th June 1991. He is remembered as a happy and lively teenager full of fun, who was a good student and represented the School in swimming, tennis, football and chess. The scholarship was established in 1997. This scholarship is awarded annually to a student entering Year 7, in memory of D’Arcy Slater. The successful applicant will have demonstrated the potential to make a strong all-round contribution to the School and possess early indications of leadership potential. The student should have represented their Primary School or club in a sporting capacity. Preference is given to candidates who come from a worthy family which, for financial reasons, might not normally consider the enrolment of a son at the School. Open Music Scholarships Noah Dowe (Flute and Choral) Guildford Grammar School Rielke Cocliff (Clari