AGENDA

1. Call to Order

2. President’s Report

3. Treasurer’s Report

4. Matters arising out of Reports

5.  Election of Officers

• Vice-President
• Secretary
• Assistant Treasurer
• Ordinary Committee Members (5)

6.  Other Matters Arising

Note: All past pupils of Fatima College are Ordinary Members of the Association and are therefore eligible to vote.

Tickets are priced at TT $350 and are available from both the FOBA office (628-4735) and from any committee member.  You can also contact the FOBA office for further details at foba@cablenett.net.

A mass was held in the college chapel on Friday with Fr. Girod as chief celebrant. This was followed by a lime at classmate Mark Laquis’ residence.

A dinner was held at the college hall on Saturday night and teachers who were still on staff were specially invited. At the event the class recognized their most famous and renown classmates, including Brian Lara. A gift committee was also formed and one of their first targets was the outfitting of the school with new computers.

On Sunday there was a small goal football and cricket cooler lime at the college field.

Pictures from the reunion weekend can be viewed here.

Editions #1 through 6 are also available for viewing at the eNewsletters page.

There will be a special mas in the chapel at 9 pm for those interested.

Tickets are available from any of the following and of course wives, significant others, family members and friends are more than welcome.

Barry Davis
Stafford Yorke
Noel Aming
Graeme Ottley
Dwight Andrews
Ruthven Thompson
George Lee Shee
Afiba Gill
Hayden Alexander
Kenny Young
Kevin Crosby
Newman George
Raymond Samms
Roger D’Abadie
Keith Simpson
Kurtis Rudd

For more details please feel free to contact Dwight Andrews (782-9465), Noel Aming (689-3307), Kevin Crosby (689-7551) or Graeme Ottley (685-8080, grimyrily@gmail.com)

The following contains the main details of the day’s activities:

•  Six Inter-col teams on show, i.e. St. Mary’s, Fatima, Queen’s Royal College, Presentation San Fernando, St. Benedicts and Naparima College San Fernando, all vying for the title of Intercol Champs in their respective age groups.

•  The esteemed participating schools will provide one team each consisting of a minimum of 20 persons in two main age groupings – Ages 35-50 and an over 50 team.

•  An exhibition game featuring two North Girl’s Schools (St. Joseph’s and Holy Name Convent).

•  All day entertainment and activities for children.

•  It is expected that the event will commence at 2pm and finish no later than 8pm.

•  The winners will receive medals, a challenge trophy and bragging rights for the next year.

Requested from each participant is a contribution of $200.00 (minimum $4000.00 per team/20 entrants). Each participant will be provided with a full soccer kit (tops, pants and socks), meals and liquid nutrients throughout the day, and of course the opportunity to partake in a fun-filled, entertaining day of football.

If you are interested in representing Fatima College please contact Noel Aming at 689-3307.

The new layout included a large room dedicated to the Form 6 students complete with a drop down screen for multi-media viewings. The main library was also equipped with multimedia facilities. It was rewired and cameras installed. The audio visual room also underwent minor renovations. The estimated cost of the building works and furnishings was approximately $TT $750,000, the major source of the funds coming from the staging of the annual Carnival fete.

For those very ole boys, the first library was located on the south-east side of the 2nd floor (1st floor for those accustomed to the British nomenclature) next to the Form 6-Languages classroom. The present library was built in February 1974 on the area which housed the bicycle sheds and the Form 6-Sciences classroom. It forms part of the building which also accommodates the Audio-Visual room and three classrooms. As a comparison, the cost of the whole building in 1974 was TT $170,000 and this figure included the cost of the roof which is not part of the upgrade!!

The completion of the modern up-to-date library will put Fatima at the forefront of secondary schools in Trinidad by giving its computer-literate student body the tools and resources to access the worldwide web thereby widening their research skills and knowledge in completing assignments. It is expected that our students and graduates will achieve a higher level of excellence and garner national recognition for the school. Executive Committee member, Dwight Andrews spearheaded the project along with other committee members Noel Aming and Graeme Ottley. And mention must be made of committee member, Trevor DeLandro, who was very instrumental in getting the project completed on time. Cudos go out to the team.

Pictures of the new library can be viewed here.

If you would like to provide a dish please contact Karen at the FOBA office or by email at foba@cablenett.net. Each dish should cater for 60 people.

This bi-annual reunion, called ‘Extended School Assembly’, was first held 2 years ago and this time will be open to ALL past fatima College students. The first Intercol Winners from 1965, which was led by Roger Duprey and included Gally Cummings, will be honoured at the function.

The event time has been changed to 5 pm to 9 pm (due to the curfew hours) and tickets, which cost $250.00 TTD each (All Inclusive), go on sale soon. They will be available from any of the following:

• FOBA Office: 628-4735
• Anton Marcial: 683-3695
• Earl Wilson: 680-3444
• Ronald Aqui: 352-0937
• Raymond Samms: 685-1989

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This event is not a FUND RAISER but rather a FUN PROVIDER!!!!

The estimated cost of the building works and furnishings (equipment excluded) is approximately TT $750,000. The major source of the funds have come from the staging of the annual Carnival fete.  For those very ole boys, the first library was located on the south-east side of the 2nd floor (1st floor for those accustomed to the British nomenclature) next to the Form 6-Languages classroom.  The present library was built in February 1974 on the area which housed the bicycle sheds and the Form 6-Sciences classroom. It forms part of the building which also accommodates the Audio-Visual room and three classrooms. As a comparison, the cost of the whole building in 1974 was TT $170,000 and this figure included the cost of the roof which is not part of the upgrade!!

The completion of a modern up-to-date library will put Fatima at the forefront of secondary schools in Trinidad, by giving its computer-literate student body the tools and resources to access the worldwide web thereby widening their research skills and knowledge in completing assignments. In the final analysis, it is expected that our students and graduates will achieve a higher level of excellence and garner national recognition for the school.  A better equipped graduate stands a better chance of success in this ultra-competitive world and isn’t that what we want as parents?  You will notice on the below furniture layouts, there are two (2) rooms dedicated to the Form 6 students complete with a drop down screen for multi-media viewings.  In order to achieve these lofty goals, the facilities offered by the new library must be supported by the PTA and a knowledgeable and competent teaching faculty.

The Fatima Old Boys Association is trying to do its part in raising the education level of the College’s students.  There will be other major projects to be undertaken on behalf of the school and naturally the requisite funding will be on the front burner.  This is where you, a Fatima Old Boy (past student, alumnus) can get into the picture.  Pretty soon, we would be installing a donation menu option on the FOBA website and this will give you the opportunity to give back to your school by providing the current and future crop of students, a better chance to survive the outside world which is unforgiving as we know it. More details on this feature are forthcoming.

If you would like to help out in any way possible then feel free to contact us at foba@cablenett.net or contact@foba.fatima.edu.tt

Schematic drawings of the library can be viewed below.

Fatima Library Coloured

Fatima Library Furniture Layout

Fatima Library Isometric