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Lu, Jackie
Person

Jackie was one of the first female students at Appleby College in September 1991.

Ellis
Corporate body
Corporate body · 1986 -

CESI was established in 1986 and the broad purposes of the Institute were to develop and promote educational standards, and to provide responsible institutional and program evaluation and accreditation.

Creelman, Sharon
Person · 2001 - 2021

Sharon Creelman was a Faculty member at Appleby College and Athletics Director from 2001 - 2021. She was also the coach of the field hockey team.

Baillie, Lady
Person · 1877 - 1965

Edith Julia White was born in Bracebridge, Ontario on September 17th, 1877 to Emily (nee Bridgeland) and Aubrey White. Edith met and married Frank Baillie on June 8th, 1900. Frank organized and manufactured aeroplanes and munitions in Canada during World War 1. He was knighted for his diligence, business acumen and general service during the War. They had five children: Marion, Edith, Aubrey, Frank and Jim. In January 1921, Sir Frank died prematurely, leaving a young widow and five young children.

Lady Baillie was big supporter of Appleby School, where her young boys attended. In 1927 she organized a fundraiser to build a covered ice rink at the school and afterwards would go on to establish the Appleby School Women's Association, later renamed to the Appleby College Parents' Association.

She passed away on March 14, 1965.

Turquand, Aubrey
Person · 1896 - 1916

Aubrey Turquand was the first Appleby man to make the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. He was born 1896, and was one of Appleby’s original students and attended from Sept. 1911 to Dec. 1914. A noted athlete, he played on the First Rugby (Football), Hockey and Cricket teams, and was captain of all three in 1914. He twice won both the Senior Cross-Country Cup and the Victor Ludorum Trophy. In 1914, he left Appleby to enlist in the infantry where he rose to the rank of Sergeant; however, he reverted to a private soldier in order to get to France. He was wounded twice when he returned to the trenches as Lance-Corporal in a grenade platoon and was killed at Ypres. His name is inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium.
3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry Killed in action 13 June 1916, at 19 years of age.

Grindlay, Edith
Person · 1911 - 1924

Edith Grindley was the original School Matron and Nurse when the school opened in 1911. She left Appleby at the end of June1920 when she married Mr. Arthur Tizard. She returned briefly in 1924 to assist with the school activities. She had two boys, Peter and Alan who also attended Appleby.