We celebrate those who made the school possible each year at Commem - the Commemoration of Benefactors, including William Waynflete. This year will be different. We will welcome the next generation of Old Waynfletes virtually on 4 July 2020, and we are also calling the MCS community to join together in the spirit of Conveniamus.

It means to come together, convene, unify in agreement, conveying:

Let us come together!

We would convene (if not for.)

A wish that we could meet again.

That subjunctive captures so well how we feel in 21st century MCS: we would convene, if it were not for the pandemic. Together, we can help future pupils from all backgrounds secure an MCS education.

Over the next few months, we will be in touch to explain how, by acting together, we shall raise funds for bursaries and hardship, and we shall tell you more about our historic benefactors. We would love to hear from you too: not least about how we might get together again, once it is safe to do so.

The fundraising campaign will run from Commem on Saturday 4th July 2020 through to late September 2020. The first £50,000 of gifts will be matched by an OW who is donating in memory of an inspirational teacher at MCS, Nigel Bates, who taught at MCS from 1976 to 2006. Your gift will go toward hardship funds and bursaries.

Our pupils and the diversity of excellence is at the heart of what makes MCS special. As part of the MCS community, we are inviting you to come together in this current crisis to support hardship and bursaries for current and future pupils. This will enable us to offer hardship grants to those who are genuinely and profoundly affected on a temporary basis by the implications of the virus. It will also ensure the long-term success of the pupils and the school by allowing MCS to teach an outstanding cohort of pupils each year, drawn from all parts of society.

We recognise that these are uncertain times for all of us, not least financially. But MCS is a strong community and if anyone can get through this, we can.

Thank you for considering making a gift in support of hardship funds and bursaries.