Welcome to the OGA 

Class of 2025: OGA Life Membership

In 2025, 96% of our Year 12 students joined the OGA. This is an outstanding uptake of the OGA Life Membership.

The OGA is delighted to welcome the following Year 12 members:

Scarlett Abbott, Shayaan Altaf, Dut Arok, Gauri Arora, Henry Bain, Ruby Banks, Holly Bawden, Amelita Baxter, Eva Broadbear, Haydon Brooks, Tshari Brown, Olivia Ciancio, Patrick Conlan, Ruby Cornelius, Hayley Couch, Charlotte Crane, Abigail Cullen, Archie Curran, Jacob Cuthbertson, Anna de Vries, Shelby Dolman, Remi Doolan, Bronte Flanagan, Alex Foxlow, Nandini Gangaram, Harry Garnett, Andreas Ginis, Abigail Grose, Mylia Gu, Alice Hamilton, Evangeline Hauler, Tess Haynes, Kai Henderson, Cooper Henery, Arlen Hercott Atkinson, Quinn Herz, Zoe Holland, Benjamin Hulse, Eleanor Jackson, Thomas Jerry, Luke Johnson, Claire Jones, Lewis Kallaur, Katia Kamateros, Georgia Kempster, Grace Kilby, Harvey Lakey, Jordy Langan, Daniel Lichnovsky, Benjamin Lim, Donglai Liu, Jayda Lockwood, Charles Loorham, Thomas Marchant, Erica Mason, Liam McClure, Charlotte McNally, Max Miller, Mia Nichol, Freya Nicoletti, Melviic Pambai, Elsie Patton, Ryan Pham, Jessica Phan, Khushi Reddy, Rory Scholes, Elise Shanahan, Maddison Smith, Alexander Starr, Riley Sterenberg, Georgina Stobie, Shruti Tejani, James Trotter, Zach Turpie, Emiel Van Bree, John Van Der Werf, Timon Vellacott, Oliver Walker, Harrison Walls, Eva Westbrook, Chelsea White, Sarah Witham, Oscar Woods, Hunter Wright and Spencer Zan.

Honorary Associate Life Membership

Congratulations to Mr David Turpie, who was welcomed into the OGA in December after receiving an Honorary Associate Life Membership for having worked at the school for 20 years. Read about our newest member below:

Mr David Turpie - Senior School Teacher - Music & Instrumental Music Instructor

David is a gifted musician, whose exceptional talent behind the drums is surpassed only by his passion for teaching the next generation of percussionists.

His colleagues describe his teaching style as one of gentle yet relentless pressure. Understanding that students rise to the expectations you set for them, he sets them sky-high, while equipping them with the skills and assurance they need to soar to those heights.

David’s personable nature brings out the best in his students, engendering in them a lifelong love of music. He has a rare gift for drawing out the potential of even the most reserved students, making them feel seen and valued, and creating a musical sanctuary for those who may not quite fit in elsewhere.

His students describe him as kind, engaging and endlessly supportive, a mentor who readily shares words of encouragement and celebrates their successes. One of his Junior School students affectionally describes him as “the best – he is kind, easy to talk to and really funny!” 

As the SMC of Senior Concert Band, a member of Big Band, Jazz Band and Wind Symphony, and the first to raise his hand when an impromptu rock group is required, David is the quiet and unassuming beating heart – or beating bass drum – of the Performing Arts Co-Curricular Program.

Whether in the instrumental music room or classroom, or on stage with baton, drumsticks or cymbals in hand, he can always be counted on to deliver extraordinary experiences for his students and for the entire Girton community.

Mr David Turpie, for 20 years of outstanding service to Girton Grammar School, we thank you.