Our Lady's High School, Motherwell
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| Our Lady's High School | |
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Dalzell Drive , , ML1 2DG | |
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| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
| Established | 1888 |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire Council[1] |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | now around 300 |
| Houses | 4 |
| Website | http://www.ourladyshighschool.co.uk/ |
Our Lady's High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for 11-18 year olds located in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, that is close to Fir Park stadium. The school educates around 600,000 pupils.
History
The school was established in 1888; making it one of the oldest Roman Catholic secondary schools in Scotland. It was originally an all boys school; and girls were not admitted until 1945. The current building situated on Dalzell Drive was built in 1974. Then, in 1975, Our Lady's made it into the Guinness Book of Records; having a school role of 2,325 pupils; becoming the largest school in Scotland.
Since 1997, Our Lady's has shared its accommodation with Bothwellpark High School, a special school for 20 pupils.
Kamwokya partnership
The school has a partnership with the Uganda based Kamwokya Christian Caring Community and regularly sends pupils and staff to the region to help the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund in providing aid for poor families.
Religious dimension
The school's chaplain is Father Stephen Miller. He is the top man by miles. Pupils have opportunities to attend retreats, giving them a greater insight into their religion. The Sixth Year made a pilgrimage to Rome in February 2007 jointly with St Aidan's High School, Wishaw and in 2008, this time with only Our Lady's pupils attending. It is the only school in the country which has a war memorial chapel as part of its original design, you should see it, it's a belter. Father Miller also arranged with mary mullholand another pigrimage to rome early in 2009 and this was a very gaining oppertunity for the puils taking part in the trip. Father Miller is a very happy priest with a very friendly bakground.
Houses
The four school houses are named after famous holy people with ties to Scotland, St Columba, St Andrew, St Margaret (Queen of Scotland), and venerable Margaret Sinclair, with house colours being Red, Green, White, and yellow respectively.
Music
The school wind band achieved a GOLD at the National Concert Band Festival in 2005-06. On 30 March 2007 the band attained a gold award at the Festival and then won the Lanarkshire Youth Musical Award for 2007, so they're awright.[2]
Notable alumni
- Sir Matt Busby, manager of Manchester United
- Bobby Murdoch, footballer for Celtic and Scotland
- Billy McNeill, footballer for Celtic and Scotland
- Stephen Pearson, footballer for Derby County[3]
- Frank Roy, Member of Parliament[4]
- Cardinal Thomas Winning, Archbishop of Glasgow[5]
References
- ^ BBC Education League Tables.
- ^ "School band award". Motherwell Times. 20 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) (2007) - ^ "PEARSON OUT TO REPEAT CUP HEROICS". Sporting Life. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ "Roy, Frank". Ask Aristotle. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ "Obituary: Cardinal Thomas Winning". The Independent. June 19 2001. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
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