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By Jean Chinn

This is probably the most exciting time in the history of  EISL.  We have mushroomed on the present site to the point where we cannot accommodate more students or offer facilities that are badly needed.  How I have envied the ivy covered portals of St Julian’s with the carpeted Head’s office (larger than any of our classrooms) or the stately position of the International School of the Algarve, the entrance banked with beautifully tended flower beds.
   
Now, at last it’s our turn. The plans are prepared and now we have to decide finally which site to choose and off we go!  The only minor stumbling block is a small matter of  €1,000,000.
   
The school is not my future-: that is ten years too late.  It is the future for all children intending to complete their education in  Portugal and for all the parents intending to make their lives here.  You should all have the school you deserve.  After long years of existing in our ‘interesting’ premises, you now have the opportunity to have a custom built establishment to be proud of.  Please make it happen.
   
Finally as I leave the school with many precious memories to keep me going (who will you draw cartoons of now Grant?). I will never forget the challenging and wonderful years spent here.

My best wishes to you all.