It may have been a long time since Headmaster Philip Le Couteur walked through the corridors of Newington College, but last Wednesday 26 February, this prominient man and his legacy was remembered and celebrated in the official re-opening of the Le Couteur Centre.

The Deputy Chair of Council Mr Bruce Carroll (ON 1964), ONU President Mr Bruce Mellor (ON 1982), Michael Le Couteur (grandson of the former Headmaster) and several Old Newingtonians who attended the College during the Le Couteur years were present at the inauguration.

After the ceremony, the Headmaster Dr David Mulford invited the official party to take a tour of the newly refurbished building. While many were stuck by the staged lecture space in the Photographic and Digital Media specialty classroom, others reminisced about the friends and teachers they had met while being a student at Newington.

Prior to the renovation, the Le Couteur Centre had been home to the College’s Library and Cafeteria.  Today Visual Arts Classes occupy the first floor with Languages and Learning Enhancement classes held on level two.