We continue the series dedicated to the beginning of the school year with Darren Hugill, Director of Learning at Avenor College, who talks about the family atmosphere, the passion for learning, the caring attitude of our teachers towards students, and the constant growth of our school.
”Dear Avenor family members,
It gives me great pleasure to welcome your all back to the Avenor family for the academic year 2019-2020. I am sure that this year will be an even better learning experience than the one before; I believe this because Avenor is College with Learning at its heart. We learn as an organisation, with each passing minute, how to get better and do things even better than they were.
For your children, this means that the learning experience that they will have this year is now the sum of 12 years of solid synergistic development. We believe that the experience and the individualisation of the learning journey for each and every child at Avenor College is what sets Avenor apart and makes it a very special place where your children will be co-nurtured with you into the young people that they truly want to become.
I would like to reflect on the last three years I have known the College, and I will start by saying that the main attraction for me to Avenor is still here, and still growing. That is the real family atmosphere, the caring attitude of our teachers towards the young people, the growth mind-set of the College and most significantly our Executive Director who provides a very clear role model and pathway into the future for Avenor College.
We have now our “Avenorian Graduates” and we are so proud of their results and the results of their younger colleagues, even if a school does not live and die by its results. It thrives when its young people are motivated, challenged, participatory, and develop those very special skills of intuition, insight, entrepreneurial ship, team working, leadership and critical thinking. I am proud to be the Director of Learning in a college which puts as much emphasis on the development of the holistic young person, as it does on the exam results.”
