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ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL

 

RELEASE : MONDAY 10TH MAY 2011

 

 

FILM SHOW IN TOWN TO BOOST FUNDS

 

16 READY TO FOLLOW STEPS OF HARPENDEN HERO IN REMOTE CHINA

 

SCHOOL PARTY BEGINS FINAL COUNTDOWN TO JULY DEPARTURE

 

 

Meeting regularly in the final three months before leaving for a pioneering trek in remote parts of China, sixteen St George’s students begin final push with fund raising.

 

Film of their School Hero to be shown in Harpenden next week

 

‘In the steps of George Hogg’ is their motto as sixteen senior pupils in Year 11 and Y12 plan their three week trek to China as part of a specially organised World Challenge Expedition.

 

Working with the internationally renowned World Challenge organisation Headmaster Norman Hoare contacted former Head Girl Lizzie Usher (now in charge of their ‘tailored’ tours) to develop this summer’s first school trip to Shandan.

 

The trip which includes the major tourist sights in China also involves mountain trekking and a week in the remote Gansu Province where the Harpenden hero’s school continues to provide a secondary and technical education for a huge area.

Students will work with local students and teachers on providing   lessons in English which is taught at the school and illustrating life in England.

 

Every student has had to raise over £3000 for their place and all have been working frantically between their exams – hence why not all 16 students are in the picture as some were writing their papers – to increase the money available to the group.

 

Enterprising Mum Mrs Horton whose daughter Rebecca is one of the fortunate participants, has arranged with Harpenden Film Society for a special showing of the film about Hogg’s work ‘Escape from Huang Shi’ at Harpenden Public Hall on Wednesday 18th May at 7.30 p.m. Tickets in aid of the ‘Shandan 16’ funds are available for £5 each via the School Finance Office (01582) 765477.

 

“Recently shown at Rothampstead, the film was a sell out and this is another rare opportunity to catch a stunning fiction film based on the exciting and heroic life of a Harpenden hero whose statues and name abound in a remote province in North West China.

 

It’s a remarkable story and pupil and parent interest in our inspirational link and work with the school means the trip was many times oversubscribed and we are now organising a parents’ tour to the area in 2011.

 

Photograph shows group leaders Jo Faulks ( Maths Department) far right and Site Manager Steve Harmer ( far left)