Trees Of Alumni Tradition
Kingswood College, formerly known as Box Hill Grammar School and New College, continues to honour all its past students since 1890 through the Trees of Alumni Tradition.
Our Tradition
Each year, a new plaque is revealed to the graduating class on their final day of Year 12, placed adjacent to the century prior, creating a tangible link to the generations of students before them.
Using our magnificent grounds and heritage-listed trees, this unique tradition serves as a reminder of the contribution and legacy of each graduating class in the School's history.
Designed to continue in perpetuity, the Trees Of Alumni is a living reminder of the deep-rooted connection between past, present and future students of Kingswood College.
"What you gained from Kingswood and what you gave to Kingswood is still here, I believe, though it has been passed across years, and through generations, and it has changed. As you look at the trees today, the temptation is always to look at their size. Their colour, their character. And they are beautiful...
Grant Exon - Chaplain
Trees of Alumni Celebration
They are a community, just like we are a community. There is something majestic about them – and it’s not because of their wings, their height or their span, the particular gloss of their leaves – and if I may be so bold; there is something majestic about us – our continuity, our connection, our shared foundation."
Grant Exon - Chaplain
Trees of Alumni Celebration
At Kingswood College we proudly work to fulfil our vision to embolden hearts and inspire minds in a nurturing environment, on land that holds deep cultural significance to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge and honour their Elders, past and present, and extend our respect to all First Nations people. Whenever we gather, and wherever we gather, we extend respect and dignity to the first inhabitants of our country and acknowledge the truth about the country on which our school has stood and now stands.
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