To the west, the Founder Hall building was built in 1963 to mark the school's 450th anniversary. A school standard and the Union Flag are raised on it on special occasions such as Founder's Day and the official birthday, and as remembrance should a member of the school staff have died. Overlooking the city centre is the school tower, used as a staff office. The south side of the school, showing the war memorial Tower Any balance remaining is required to be given to the poorest scholar, but now is given to a representative scholar of the school. and for the purchase of bread, cheese and ale for consumption by officials attending the service. The foundation deed also provides for distributing (out of a total sum of 20 shillings) certain monies to the lord mayor of Nottingham, vicar and others. The formal procession seeks to symbolise the ancient links the school has with the Crown, the city and the church. In the foundation deed, Mellers provided for a commemoration service in St Mary's Church in the Lace Market "on the Feast of the Translation of St Richard of Chichester, namely 16 June" each year, although the service "is now held on the nearest Saturday to that date." With the exception of Nottingham Goose Fair, this is the most ancient ceremonial event still held in the city of Nottingham, and the oldest still largely in its original form (the Goose Fair now being a funfair rather than a livestock fair), although there seems to be no record of it being held between the mid-16th century and its revival in 1923. Almost 20,000 boys are estimated to have attended between 15. It is unclear whether this was a new institution or an endowment of an existing school, of which records exist back to 1289. Through their combined efforts, king Henry VIII sealed the school's foundation deed on the 22 November that year. To do so she enlisted help from Sir Thomas Lovell as governor of Nottingham Castle and Secretary to the Treasury. In 1513, the "Free School" was founded by Dame Agnes Mellers, after the death of her husband Richard, partly in his memory, but also as atonement for wrongdoings against the people of Nottingham. The original 1512 charter approving the foundation of a free grammar school in Nottingham There were 1177 students enrolled as at January 2022, of whom 262 were in the sixth form, studying for advanced certificate examinations. Nottingham High School is a private fee-charging day school for boys and girls in Nottingham, England, with an infant and junior School (ages 4–11) and senior school (ages 11–18). You may also communicate with the committee that prepares the print edition of The Nottingham Connection – committee collects donations for publication and mailing costs, and makes grants to Nottingham teachers for equipment and transportation not covered by the school budget.52★7′45″N 1☀9′33″W / 52.96253°N 1.15912°W / 52.96253 -1.15912ĭame Agnes Mellers, Sir Thomas Lovell and King Henry VIIIĬo-educational since 2015 previously boys Checks and money orders should be made out to “Nottingham High School” with “Nottingham Connection” in the memo line. If you are able to help by sending a donation, we would be very grateful. We will soon be soliciting grant requests from teachers for next year. Teachers at Nottingham High School are very grateful for the grants we are able to make each year, thanks to generous donations from readers of the Nottingham Connection. If you have news or memories that you would like to share about yourself or fellow alums of Nottingham High School for our “From The Mailbag” column, or for a special feature, please send it to us at you like to read the newsletter online rather than receive a printed copy? Let us know by email. ![]() The website also includes copies of the 2003-present newsletters in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. To access reunion announcements, news items, and obituaries about graduates of a specific class year, click on “Graduation Year” above. This website includes the contents of of the Spring 2023 edition. Nottingham was established in 1921, so students have been graduating from the school for more than 80 years. The Nottingham Connection is a printed newsletter that is mailed to alumni of Nottingham High School, which is located in Syracuse, New York.
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