Edinburgh. Funds were always a problem Mrs Tod in contrast to the outgoing Mr Ritchie. An historically rural county, Goochland Public Schools began in 1870. Classes were small in the School, but by September In the primary, P1 & P2 have three classes of twenty-two pupils each while P3-P7 have two classes of thirty-three. very active but it was difficult to keep members interested and it closed at presented for the Leaving Certificate Examination. Overcrowding and nearby development led to the schools closing in 1960, and in 1961 the building was razed. addressed to school leavers at the end of term and so survived for a number of for 500 pupils to move back into School. Visit our Centenary page to read about the events which were able to go ahead in the first part of 2020 and about the Centenary Dinner postponed to Saturday 17th September 2022. 1 talking about this. The boys wore caps which were windy day, if not held firmly by the elastic under our chins, would bowl down The school regularly records among the best exam results in Scotland. While the view hasn't changed much since . help. remember one of his experiences. made jellies, trifles, sandwiches and brought home-made sausage rolls and [citation needed]. as Headmaster in The University of Strathclyde approached the college, and an agreement between both institutions was reached. The period of expansion came to an abrupt end in 1976, when SED realised that there was an over supply of teachers. The latest issue of the Jordanhill Journal can now be read online. The girl prefects and the 5th and 6th Years Parents say chaos erupted at Cornwall 's Penrice Academy, the Farnley Academy in Leeds and Devon 's . Interested in working for DPS? After the cessation of hostilities, a new building was planned to provide teacher training. and in 1945 the School was ready to celebrate our Semi-Jubilee with a dinner in In 1546 Lawrence Crawford of Kilbirnie founded a chaplainry at Drumry, and to sustain it endowed it with the freehold ownership of land at Jordanhill, which then accumulated rent at a rate of 5 per annum. The Janitor, Sandy Gordon who was ex Army, rang a N.B. Female pupils are allowed to choose to wear trousers or skirts as of 2018. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. Their photographs now hang on the left hand What a day that was! did the full time. the senior cloakrooms, ladies on the left of the hall, men on the right. We welcome contributions to the Journal from all members of the Jordanhill community - former pupils, current pupils, parents and staff. Today, the county offers three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, serving a collective student body of around 2,400 children. Editors' Code of Practice. In 1750 the Crawford family sold the estate to Tobacco Lords Alexander Houston, whose family was also forced to sell the estate in 1800 after his business got into trouble, to James Smith of merchants Smith & Leitch. Like many others I was delighted when our former If you dont use it, the Bb footer will slide up. [2] By 1809, the estate was sustained by its four associated farms of Whiteinch, Windyedge, Woodend and Anniesland. 2. [citation needed]. The school's Latin motto, beneath its coat of arms is "Ad summa nitor", which translates to "Strive for the highest". The spokesperson added that the school is clear that there are no reasonable grounds for legal challenge. The Rugby Club was College staff were helping to undertake part-time instruction in School. Similarly, pupils in S5 and S6 may be awarded Colours and/or dates on their blazer. very new mirror glass. presented by the janitor with a pile of letters impaled on a spike, the only Edinburgh Institution FP renamed as Melville College FP, following the school's relocation in 1937-38, and in 1938-39 Hutcheson's GSFP and Allan Glen's FP . Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. This move caused controversy at the time, with various other options considered (including becoming a Council-run establishment or, indeed, a fee-paying school). contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. after we had emptied rooms and 22 Broomhill sometimes second-hand books could be purchased at the ABC shop in town. In the primary, P1 & P2 have three classes of twenty-two pupils each while P3-P7 have two classes of thirty-three. although the annual dinner dance held in the old Charing Cross Grand Hotel was All over the country, school children were being country dances, waltzes and fox-trots, such a pleasant experience compared to From 1921 to 1959 the regime at the college changed very little. It was formerly run by Jordanhill College of Education as its demonstration school, and was previously known as Jordanhill College School. It is best known and most recently used as the home to the Faculty of Education of the University of Strathclyde. 17 Years Ago, Virginia Was Invaded And Its About To Happen Again. The school is categorised as non-denominational. was issued, years adopted ad summa nitor (Latin, I strive for the highest) we used On 28th August 1939, the School had reopened after the summner break but four days later, on the eve of the outbreak of War, 232 school pupils, 43 mothers with pre-school pupils and 31 members of staff were evacuated from Jordanhill. Mr Walkers khaki lab coat saved his clothes from subjects and I always thoroughly enjoyed the experiments. stoolball games were played on the girls side when we could not get room on This first grade classroom doesnt look much different than one you might find at any modern elementary school in Virginia. John Anderson, rector at the school, also claimed some of the S6 pupils were drinking alcohol and smoking. Rather than administer this directly, in 1905 SED set up four Provincial Committees based on the notional provinces of the four "ancient universities" - Glasgow, Edinburgh, St Andrews and Aberdeen. Following a set of regulations which are entirely in the public domain is a more reasonable approach. In 2023 the school joined United Learning and was renamed Ernest Bevin Academy. That same year the Parent Teacher Please contact the. the senior cloakrooms, ladies on the left of the hall, men on the right. Having married Mary Wilson that year (granddaughter of Alexander Wilson and niece of Patrick Wilson), Smith improved access to the main house by gravelling the road to the Anniesland toll road, which is now known as Crow Road. including myself. many years to come, this was always an expensive item for parents, though 30 August 1924 18 September 2008", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jordanhill_School&oldid=1137428926, Crawford, Montgomerie, Smith and St. John. The school was used as a filming location for Trainspotting, the film of the 1993 Irvine Welsh novel. In early 2005 the school acquired the former Laurel Park games hall on Anniesland Road, in partnership with the Glasgow Academy. guinea pigs perhaps trying out a new method of teaching. When, later in the century, teacher training courses were added at a Roman Catholic college and at the University of Glasgow, the result was a confusion of courses run by institutions with poor facilities and inadequate resources, a situation which was mirrored in other parts of Scotland. The school is categorised as non-denominational, however students are required to attend 3 Christian Church services at the end of each term at Jordanhill Parish Church. well remember the long crocodile, headed by the Headmaster and escorted by the To build a community of students who pursue victory with honor and embrace the JHS PRIDE motto. The school regularly records among the best exam results in Scotland. Email us at:365grp-jhstechnologyhelp@dpsnc.net. At the time of the CALA proposal, another parent group, largely made up of parents in list 1, raised concerns that any change would cause an issue with capacity. Principal English and History. A List of School books and jotters etc. Faculty and students were moved in their entirety to the new John Marshall High School on Old Brook Road in the Ginter Park neighborhood of North Richmond. The school claimed, due to its unique method of funding, it did not have suitable equipment for the child.[6]. His sixth son Thomas Crawford was a soldier who led the 1571 capture of Dumbarton Castle, who had previously acquired the lands at Jordanhill from the chaplain of Drumry in 1562. pupil who hadnt changed into his slippers from his outdoor shoes! 29 Images Of What Life In Virginia Looked Like In 1940. cakes. The tie is yellow, brown and green for everyone except the seniors (S5-S6), who wear a brown tie with the school crest. written and oral examinations were over, Mr Walker and Mr McNicol were chatting Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. In addition, in-service training expanded rapidly in response to the curriculum reform movements of the 1960s. Ourwish is to help our alumni stay connected with the School, link up withold friends, and continue to play a part in the future success of Jordanhill. Pupils in upper Primary spend up to 60% of their week working in the Secondary department. Eight years later, following the Disruption of 1843 - the split between the Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland - Stow led most of the staff and students out of Dundas Vale to found the rival Free Church Normal Seminary. His successor, William T Branston (19151984), at the time of his 1956 appointment was the youngest headteacher in Scotland and whose tenure - Branston retired in December 1980 - saw successive challenges, from sustained upheaval in Scottish school curricula to a serious bid to shut Jordanhill College School in 1969. One incident connected with room 13 caused quite a were none too clean. refreshment stall at the annual School sports. large car which bore a coffin on its roof, with the words Hitlers Coffin I remember one very hot day at a tennis Mr Walker, anxious about row of chairs along the wall of our classrooms. This was a period of considerable expansion for Strathclyde, during which the former Jordanhill College of Education merged with the University to become its Faculty of Education . Mr Walker and Mr McNicol both had a gift of imparting was a small door which led to the attics. Mrs Whyte passed away on 5th March, aged ninety-eight. The school catchment area encompasses predominantly owner-occupied housing in West Glasgow. Even teachers could often be seen, down on their The smaller Hamilton College was closed in line with UK national policy, with most of its staff absorbed into Jordanhill. On 25 June 2007, Lord Lyon King of Arms recognized Michael Babington Smith, the grandson of Archibald Colin Hamilton Smith as successor to his grandfather as Representer of the House of Smith of Jordanhill and therefore, Michael Babington Smith of Jordanhill. Organisation Information: Jordanhill School is located in the west of Glasgow on the edge of the former Jordanhill College of Education. [2], After the death of his father in 1866, his son Archibald Smith inherited the by now neglected Jordanhill estate. Admitting more pupils to the school would certainly help alleviate the current problem. to 400 by December 1939, all receiving this unique type of education. Another clip shows pupils at one school chanting "toilets" as they aggressively shake a fence. Later we achieved the In 1837, former merchant and educational pioneer David Stow had opened the Dundas Vale Normal Seminary, the first purpose-built institution in Europe for the training of teachers. ], An addition in recent[when?] For the rest of the century, Protestant teacher training in Glasgow was split between colleges run by the two church factions. performed in French. Rugby Club still continued with its own interests. end of the day! All over the country, school children were being passageways in these early days and the balcony seats at the back were much in Considering that we have the second oldest college in the nation at William and Mary and the first public school, founded in Hampton in 1634, its easy to say that education has always been a priority in Virginia. Tweets by JHSFalcons. A long walk then followed up a quiet open Southbrae According to Richmond City Public Schools, when John Marshall High School opened in 1909, it was heralded as the grandest, most expensive schoolhouse ever erected in the South. Open to grades 8-11, the school was considered the states most prestigious public high school for decades. Under the current admissions policy, the school operates a list system, with pupils on list one who reside in longstanding addresses - taking priority. supervised many rooms of the School used by them. A List of School books and jotters etc. To raise more funds we asked permission to run the appointed honorary secretary of the ordinary Former Pupils Club, while the Originally, the school was for boys only. It was formerly run by Jordanhill College of Education as its demonstration school, and was previously known as Jordanhill College School.[1]. Our cooking took James McAvoy - St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Jordanhill (Image: Getty) The Hollywood star may have grown up in Drumchapel, but he went to school in the now sought-after catchment area. We would love to hear about it in the comments below! was meantime being prepared in our School and by January 1940 it was possible Your reminiscences or memorabilia of Jordanhill life are much appreciated and will add invaluably to our archive. For christmas we The staff latterly took over a small cottage where we looked after Instagram. The old gymnasium saw many a most enjoyable feast in These are complex issues with no short-term solutions which would find ready favour across all parts of the community.. accompanied by my mother and young brother, I travelled by tramcar up Crow Road 1936 after the sudden death of Mr Montgomerie. had been privileged to join, a line of students very often occupied the first the noisy shoogling that passes for a dance nowadays! In the 18th century, one of his descendants also called Lawrence Crawford extended and refurbished the old house, and laid out the original garden scheme and associated orchards. break but four days later, on the eve of the outbreak of War, 232 school pupils, A number of parents preceded us to the station and The archives of Jordanhill College are maintained by the Archives of the University of Strathclyde.[7]. already been fitted out with the School uniform, which for the girls was a large handball to summon us all to prayers in the school hall each morning, and Nearly 300 Former Pupils served in the Armed Forces Drive to Chamberlain Road, which was just a rough country road. By the early 19th century, and after the death of their father, all three sons could afford to retire. I was one of the with an appropriate word or two added) much like valentine cards nowadays. As tramcars were slow and far away, many of us used cycles which A keen leisure sailor, in 1827 Smith bought the Baths Hotel at Helensburgh. years. Founded in 1920, the school was run by Jordanhill College of Education as its demonstration school until 1988, and was known as Jordanhill College School until that date. This is particularly important as we approach our centenary in 2020. if you wish to contribute to our archive or want to make an enquiry. The school empathises greatly with the families of all local children to whom we are unable to offer a place. However, as the review noted, alternative methods of allocating places would create as many problems as they would solve. 10 DPS Magnet Schools Earn Honors. School buildings. stairs to the bottom. billeted as evacuees in strangers houses and we could understand the We had Janet S Finlayson (nee Baillie). Our School Former Pupils Club began in 1928, so it Jordanhill School | 306 followers on LinkedIn. 1936 after the sudden death of Mr Montgomerie. He anxiously looked around for alternative premises and I We believe it is now time to challenge the School legally, therefore we wish to seek the service of a QC to look at our position to establish if we have a case to challenge JHS in court. jewellery etc. home in Glasgow while we were unable to use the However, it was only in recent decades that Loudoun County saw the population explosion that made it one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh's design won the competition for the Jordanhill Demonstration School for 800 pupils, in 1912-13. Work on the multi-million modern two-storey "South Campus" was completed in mid 2009. . I still use the recipe we used to make our lemonade. sensation. Our results indicate that in counties that voted for Trump in 2020, radical race and gender concepts are being taught in nearly three in four schools. [7] The school has also been used for the filming of BBC dramas; Shetland in 2012 and 2016 and Single Father in 2010. Join us on April 15th at Hillside High School for our Job Fair! 1921, Mr Andrew Walker was appointed to assume responsibility for 19 pupils who We flitted school desks etc. Exclusive by stairs to the bottom. A former naval officer and veteran of the Second World War, committed to good works from amateur dramatics through the YMCA (he chaired the Glasgow organisation) to the Scottish National Orchestra Chorus and influential lay service in the Church of Scotland, William Branston was to most pupils an 'astonishingly remote, God-like figure'. plastic tubing). we never saw the sports but never wanted to see another ice lolly again by the This was out of bounds. directing operations. Please contact theDepute Bursar. contact the editor here. very active but it was difficult to keep members interested and it closed at I was Those of a sensitive disposition will be delighted to learn that, for once, I don't have an. The college was an out-of-town location that sought to merge two teacher training centres that were heavily influenced by education training pioneer David Stow, a Glasgow merchant. The staff rooms were on the Mezzanine floor next to Randolph Henry High School also provided a home ec cottage in which students learned to prepare and serve meals, often to a guest teacher or community member. The school was planning to build a new sports facility, it would have benefitted the children and the local community.. wonder what happened to that key). 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The regulation hats for the 1926 also marked the first year that pupils were He then spent a further 4,000 extending and modernising the manor house. satisfactory, soon caused many pupils to drift back home leaving a handful at Ritchie, the Headmasters wife, officially opened them with a golden key. Twitter. Cram resigned in 1988, and in 1989 'College' was dropped from the school name, at the insistence of Jordanhill College. they themselves had to take a practical in front of an examiner. enjoyable concerts and plays took place in the School hall and had to be run There is charitable foundation which contributes to some pupil costs. The school is state-funded by direct grant from the Scottish Government, and is non fee-paying. While school buses have been available to students for quite some time, some logistics have most certainly changed. I love being an educator and working with students, parents and . L.C. It adds: JFFI have gone down the dialogue route by meeting with the school and writing to the Jordanhill Parents Action Group (JPAG) with no success. Funds were always a problem For the others, there were tears on both sides as we steamed out of the trousers with badged blazer and cream shirt. Approached by the university which was looking for a site on which to establish a unified teacher training college, in 1913 Parker Smith agreed sale of the residual estate. Rugby Club still continued with its own interests. Naturally parents were they had made private arrangements with local inhabitants to billet their In 2015, the school controversially denied a place to a child with complex additional support needs. Leading from Miss Milligans corner room on the second floor there night, one of which was Blanche Neige, or Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Regular Board Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at mid-day and close of school. Herself a former pupil of Jordanhill College School, she also. These 14 Photos of Virginia In The 1970s Are Mesmerizing, See How This Virginia Man Single-Handedly Saved A National Treasure, Most People Have Never Seen These 26 Photos Taken During WWII In Virginia, The 12 Most Insane Things That Happened In Virginia In 2015. This is particularly important as we approach our centenary in 2020. On my first day I was shown to my small room Please contact the school atfriends@jordanhill.glasgow.sch.ukif you wish to contribute to our archive or want to make an enquiry. were mentioned and when it was my turn, I reported that when I at the side of the Headmasters room on the left of the front door. [4] After losing his seat in 1906, like his mother he began selling off more pieces of land four housing development, including the former Gartnavel farm to the Royal Lunatic Asylum. Drive became the new address of the secondary department, half in a morning Montgomerie, and pointing to Mr Walker said J.C.S. [5] It is connected to the original "North Campus" via a walkway parallel to the sports pitch. Jordanhill Campus is an historic 30.9-acre (12.5-hectare) estate within the boundaries of Jordanhill, Glasgow, Scotland, which developed as a country estate. This merger was a government-sponsored initiative of 1905, when it was decided that teacher training should be taken away from the church and placed under the control of a provincial committee. catering themselves for those matches and christmas dances. The original Bec Grammar School building was demolished and the land was developed for private housing. dealer called A.E Pickard who bought up empty buildings and he offered to those standing at the bottom, including staff. After our The latest edition of the Jordanhill Journal is now online. demand by pupils who sat and gazed through the bars. When the Whittier School first opened in 1889, it was a practice ground for students studying education at the Hampton Normal School. 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