Founder’s Day – Sunday 28th April 2024
On Sunday 28th April Old Castertonians returned to Casterton to celebrate the 201st Founder’s Day. Holy Trinity Church was once again filled with those generations of Old Girls who had once occupied the wooden pews in their youth, and the roof lifted with the sound of the Casterton School song while the world swam in the eyes of those who recalled the line, and indeed the motto, ‘One heart, One way’. Old Castertonian Reverend Olivia Haines gave the sermon and spoke of bravery, and the need to have heart, during her sermon.
Afterwards Olivia laid a wreath on the grave of Reverend Carus Wilson while the gathered crowd bowed their heads.
After the service, Casterton alumnae joined the Prep School Headmaster, Will Newman, for tours of the School and lunch in the dining hall, sharing many old stories and new. Will Newman was shocked and delighted by some of what he learned….
It was another memorable celebration of Casterton, of its Founder Carus Wilson, of the girls who had once occupied its halls and classrooms, and of the friendships and memories which yet survive.