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Welcome from Mr Kendry
Welcome to Crescent House. I
am very much looking forward
to meeting you!
I am Mr Kendry. I am the
Housemaster of Crescent
House and it is my job to look
after you while you are at
Abingdon School. I live in the
boarding house with my wife,
Leah, and our two children,
Eloise and Amelia. I will be
spending some time getting to
know you when you first arrive.
I will also be helping you get to
know your new surroundings.
I am very fortunate to have
the help of a number of other
teachers, called tutors, who
look after smaller groups of
pupils within the house. You
will meet themwhen you arrive
and you will be introduced to
your tutor.
I know that you will be feeling
excited but also nervous about
arriving at Abingdon School
and joining Crescent House.
I am here to help you get to
understand the life of the
school and the house. You will
have many questions and you
should ask me, or any one of
the tutors, for help whenever
you need it.
You may be wondering what
Crescent house is! It is first
and foremost a home, where
you will live with 55 other
boarders while you are at
Abingdon School. However,
it is also a small community
within the school. Crescent
House is actually made up
of three buildings, Crescent,
Cobban and Glyndowr, that are
just next to the main school
buildings on a road called
Park Crescent. You will have
a room in one of the three
buildings, and the House as a
whole has communal facilities
that are shared, such as a
kitchen, a TV room, a Games
room and a Computer room.
The house has a mixture of
boarders and dayboys. The
house community is there to
help each other through the
challenges of school life. We
have teams that compete with
other houses in the school,
and social events that bring
different groups together. The
other pupils in the house will
quickly become your friends
Hi everyone and welcome to
Crescent house!
Firstly I have to congratulate all
of you, by matter of luck you
just got into the best boarding
house in school!
Here in Crescent house we
have a variety of opportunities
for you guys to develop as a
person over the years to come.
The prefect team, tutors and
Mr. Kendry will do anything to
help you with that and solve
any problems or concerns you
may have.
As soon as you join Crescent
you will understand that we all
function as a team, to simply be
the best, and no matter what
you strength and weaknesses
there will always be a place for
you. There is a whole variety
of people here in Crescent,
you will always be able to find
a friend who will share you
interests with you . Also don’t
be afraid of any sort of cultural
differences, here in Crescent
we have plenty of people
from different backgrounds
living together in peace and
harmony. Just remember, our
job is to keep you happy, and
whatever opinion you have
about boarding life now, will
change for better by the time
you leave Crescent House.
Evgeniy Neviditsin
Welcome from the Head of House
and will probably be the people
who share your best moments
at Abingdon with. To find out
more you should read through
this handbook carefully.
I look forward to meeting you
in person in September.
Mr Matthew Kendry
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