Appeal

from

Geoffrey Whitehouse

Patrick Eavis

Tony Webster

1999 is a special year: exactly 400 years ago Queen Elizabeth I established a grammar school in Hexham because of the citizens' "outstanding eagerness to promote good learning".

Today, Queen Elizabeth High School is a thriving community school seeking to cherish and develop the 400 year legacy of its Royal Charter.

QE400 is a special and distinctive project: it is both a celebration of the journey so far and the agent of a new beginning. QE400 invites the involvement of the community and the support of all past students, staff and friends in creating a model for community education for the 21st century.

QE400 will span the two Elizabethan ages. Young people will be at its heart as we aim to reawaken the Renaissance spirit that moved our founders four hundred years ago.

Create a science centre for the 21st. century.
Develop Information Communications Technology to create a state of the art learning environment for the future.
Hold a community festival.
Make the site and resources of QEHS accessible to everyone.

Target

Our target is to raise £400 000, £1 000 for each year of the school's life, through sponsorship, public funding, fund raising events and this appeal. The capital investment this sum represents is needed urgently. Neither the school's budget nor the local authority can meet this need.

For more detailed information on what the money is for, and how your donation can help, click here.

Help us to celebrate our 400th. anniversary in style by printing out, completing and returning this slip. All donations will be entered into a roll of honour.

Further information is available from Geraldine Tirrell or Margaret Forrest at the QE400 Office, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham, NE46 3JB. Tel. 01434 610310 Fax. 01434 610320.

Geoffrey Whitehouse
Headteacher
QEGS
1962-1976
QEHS
1974-1980

Patrick Eavis
Headteacher
QEHS
1980-1997

Tony Webster
Headteacher
QEHS
From 1997

Deed of Covenant

Many donors prefer to spread the cost of their support by giving regularly through a Banker's Order and, if they pay tax, by Deed of Covenant. Giving by Covenant adds almost a third more to the value of your donation at no extra cost to you. Please note that a Covenant must stand for four years.

If you would like to make a Deed of Covenant please contact Tony Webster, Headteacher, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham, NE46 3JB.