InsaneJournal

Welcome to Islington!
Hello and welcome to another year at Islington School!

I spent the morning walking about between the houses and personally greeting as many of you as I could lay eyes on. I even hefted a couple of suitcases up a couple of flights of stairs - there's still life in the old boy yet!

This year I am hoping to make a really good showing in the Arts. In years past we have had wonderful sporting and academic teams that I have been proud to send out to represent our school, and I feel confident that our grand tradition will be carried on by those teams. I want us to put on a production that people will be talking about for years to come! And I could even be persuaded to make a cameo appearance, if the quality of production and performance was particularly high.

In less uplifting news (I'm sorry, but it needs to be said), at the end of the last academic year I received a number of reports that uniform standards were beginning to slip. Myself and the rest of the staff will be cracking down on the dress code, and Custos is standing by. Contrary to popular belief, Islington's uniform is not intended to be some draconian punishment for daring to come away to school. It is intended to instill a sense of pride and presentation into all of our students, to help you all to become people who want to put your best foot forward for school, for country, and for self.

Finally, even more distressing news. Last years Water Wars ended with the unacceptable result of me losing. Moving forward, any student who dares to soak me during the Water Wars will be expelled immediately.

(Wink!)

Have a fantastic year! My door is always open, unless it's closed.
-Ed Brooks
Headmaster