Independent girls school St Swithun s has become accredited as a High Performance Learning World Class School. The award recognises schools at the forefront of educational thinking with exceptional outcomes for students. St Swithun’s now joins an elite global community of schools from Dubai to Mexico who routinely share practice and support each other. Professor Deborah Eyre, chair of accreditation body High Performance Learning, said: “Truly world-class schools understand that while grades are important, producing students who are intellectually and socially confident, work-place and life-ready with a global outlook and concern for others is our true aim. St Swithun’s has worked hard to strengthen its practice and to move closer to the vision of every child becoming a high performer.”
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before we get started, i want to say it is a delight that sandra day o connor is here. i am wondering, all of you who are students in this room, can you please stand up so that justice can see? not bad, huh? [applause] in the past, we have had justice breyer andd justice justice scalia were here. we have had many schools around the country that have the dvd of that hearing. people stop me on the street who have seen the dvd. it is a chance to learn. it is a learning experience. we tried to do that periodically to hear. justice o connor was appointed to the supreme court by president reagan in 1981. she served on the court until her retirement in 2006. i recall we talked about this in the back with barry goldwater from arizona. justice o connor would make a great justice. he was right. she has been a leading voice for the portance of civics education. he currently serves on the board of icivics she currently serves on the board of icivics. justice, you are pleased to see