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Class of 2020 Leavers’ Reunion – Friday 2 September 2022

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Maidstone Grammar School invites the Class of 2020 to a Leavers’ Reunion on Friday 2 September 2022 in the Big Hall at MGS between 7pm and 10pm.

Details of the event will follow in due course but it is the school’s intention to combine what would have been a prom with a prize giving ceremony that you would have attended at the Senior Speech Day in the September of 2020.

The cost of the event will be £28 per person which will include a sit down three-course meal. If you would like to attend please complete the e-form via the attached flyer
Leavers Flyer with Link and/or this link (https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=bVZYQqE_J0ieVgqz5wlUF1K2giWC5M1KjARPgTwRYK9UMjdGQUU2ODJBUVFZOVhSUDYxMTFYRVAwUSQlQCN0PWcu%20).

In order to ensure that the event is successful, it would be really good if you could spread the word and share this opportunity with your fellow 2020 Leavers who have either not yet signed up with the society or with whom we have lost contact.

We must stress that the deadline to sign up for this event is Friday July 15th, to make sure that the School has enough numbers to hold the event. We hope to see many of you there for this Reunion Event.

Warmest Regards,

Sean Scurr on behalf of the Committee
Membership & Mentoring Secretary
Old Maidstonian Society

MGS Christmas Concert & Carol Service 2021

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MGS Christmas Concert & Carol Service
All Saints Church, Maidstone, 7:00 pm Thursday 16th December

All Old Maidstonians and their families and partners are warmly invited to this annual event.

Having been apart for most of the last two years, the festive period is a great chance to reunite and catch up with your fellow OMs, especially those of you who are recent leavers, so why not come along to All Saints Church on Thursday 16th December @ 7pm.

The Committee would like to take this opportunity to wish all members of the Old Maidstonian Society, and your families, a very Merry Xmas and a healthy New Year. We look forward to meeting you at the events in 2022.

Beryl MacCallum nee Poyser

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My stepmother, Beryl MacCallum, died peacefully in her sleep last night.
OMs of the 1970s may remember her as the Head’s Secretary at MGS. She and
my father, who had taught at MGS since 1957, retired around the time of
their marriage in 1979.

Anyone from that era interested in attending the funeral could contact me
via my webmaster address, webmaster@oldmaidstonians.org.uk

Malcolm MacCallum

Update: the funeral will be at 14.45 on November 23rd at Vinters Park Crematorium.
No flowers please. Donations to Save the Children.

Annual Supper Booking Form 2022

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    Annual Supper 2022 Online booking

    I have made an internet transfer of £ for the purchase of place(s) at £25.00 each for the Old Maidstonians Annual Supper being held at the school on Friday 25th March 2022. (Note: if you are not paying online, please download the printable form and mail it with your cheque.)

    Your Name (required)

    Year of leaving MGS

    Please give either your email address or a telephone number so that we can acknowledge your order. To do so, click the appropriate boxes below and fill in the necessary value




    Please give your menu choices here, and if you are paying for more than one person, please give the names of the other persons in your party and their menu choices.

    Payment will be acknowledged by telephone or e-mail, but tickets will not be issued. Dress code is jacket and tie.

    A vegetarian choice is included in the menu linked to from the Annual Supper page.

    Data protection and the Membership Register

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    The Committee adopted the following statement concerning the Membership Register, in order to make clear our compliance with the new General Data Protection Regulations. It was then agreed at the 2018 AGM as part of the Society’s Rules.

    A Membership Register shall be maintained.
    • The purpose of the Membership Register is solely to further the aims of the Society in accordance with its Rules;
    • Every member in the Membership Register will have requested or consented, in writing, including by electronic means, that their name be included in the Membership Register;
    • The Membership Register shall contain only the contact details of each member (address, telephone, e-mail), and the years they attended MGS;
    • The contact details of an individual member may only be released to another member. No person who is not a member of the Society shall have access to any contact information contained in the Membership Register;
    • A member may request that all or part of their contact details be withheld from being passed to another individual member, or may request to see what data the Society holds on them by contacting the Membership Secretary, or by e-mail at oms@oldmaidstonians.org.uk;
    • A member’s details will be securely deleted from the Membership Register, should they leave the Society;
    • The Membership Register will be published annually at the beginning of January. It will be forwarded to members by e-mail, or by post to those who do not have e-mail;
    • The published Membership Register will not contain any contact details other than the last known hometown and county or country, where that information is available;
    • The Committee will audit the location and security of the Membership Register to ensure compliance with all data protection legislation.