"The community of St Aloysius’ College was deeply saddened to hear yesterday of the death of his Grace The Archbishop of Glasgow, the Most Reverend Philip Tartaglia on the Feast of St. Mungo, Patron Saint of Glasgow.
Signing off on what’s been a fantastic night! We can’t wait to share all our photos tomorrow. Well done to Mr Davidson, the players, coaches, spectators and everyone involved!👏🏻
Today also marks the last day in the Green Blazer for our S6 pupils.
It's not the last day that any of us expected but we hope we will be able to give them the send-off they deserve soon.👩🎓👨🎓
Today, we say goodbye to Mr McLaughlin after 19 years of teaching at the College.
Mr McLaughlin’s commitment to our young people shines through everything he does, whether that be in the classroom or out on retreat, and he will be greatly missed by all at the College.
Our junior school pupils (key workers children) have been enjoying getting fit with
@thebodycoach
every morning for the last couple of weeks.
There's no better way to start the day than to get your body moving! 💪
#PEwithJOE
Football
Well they did it!!
Huge congratulations to our very successful and talented First XI football team. Under the leadership of Mr Higgins and Mr Young the are now SISFA Scottish Champions after beating George Watson’s College 4-1 great victory well done
Today, we finally reopened the doors to St Aloysius' College! 🥳
We want to wish all of our young Aloysians who are starting at/ returning to the college today and tomorrow, the warmest welcome and the biggest hello. We can’t wait to see what this year has in store for you all.
Congratulations to Amélie M. (S2) who recently won 1st place in her class at this year's Glasgow Music Festival, for the Clàrsach.🥇🎼
What a fantastic achievement, Amélie. Congratulations!
On Thursday 19th December, we will say goodbye to Maureen and Irene (our lovely refectory ladies) who have served the St Aloysius' community for almost 60 years between them!
They will both be greatly missed and we wish them the happiest retirement!🥂
At the weekend, our new Head, Mr Doyle, and his family visited Glasgow to explore our wonderful city and tour the College. Here's their first photo with the famous College sign!📸
We look forward to welcoming them back to Hill Street soon.💚
Happy Birthday to Evelyn (our road crossing patroller and cleaning supervisor) 🎉
Many OAs will remember Evelyn as she has worked at the college for the last 37 years, spending her 30th, 40th, 50th and now 60th birthday with us!
We hope you have the most wonderful day 🎈
We are delighted to report that this weekend will bring more sunshine our way, so Mr. O'Duffin, head of physics, has shared one of his fun science experiments that you will be able to try in your garden. This one will help you create a rainbow 🌈 🌞
#AtHomewithHillSt
Merry Christmas! 💫
"Beloved in Christ, in this Christmastide, let it be our care and delight to hear again the message of the Angels, and in heart and mind to go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, and the Babe lying in the manger."
We are delighted to announce that the College has been awarded the coveted Healthy Living Plus award, which is supported by The Scottish Government and NHS Health Scotland.
Congratulations to the St Aloysius' College catering team on their achievement!
#GreatThingsHappen
Congratulations to OA Martin Hughes who has been selected for the forthcoming U20 Six Nations Championship.
Congratulations Martin, we wish you the very best of luck!
#greatthingshappen
#personalexcellence
Thanks to
@thebodycoach
for Today’s gym class! Our S2 pupils really enjoyed their live workout session with Joe Wicks as part of
#SchoolsFitnessWeek
🍎🏃♀️
Happy 20th Birthday to St Aloysius' College Junior School- On the 9th of September 1998, our Junior School building opened its doors for the very first time!
Huge congratulations to our pupils for yet another year of outstanding results.
This year’s
#SQAresults
have given us more record-breaking results, a 97% pass rate for Advanced Higher with 54% at A grade - our best ever! 🎉
Read more-
🏉 U18 CUP FINAL🏆 | The full-time whistle blows and it's
@MerchiSport
who will lift this year's U18 Cup against
@StAlsGlasgow
! 👏
FT: Merchiston Castle School 40 -7 St Aloysius' College
And that's a wrap for our S5 pupils!
You have studied very hard throughout the year, so approach your exams with full confidence and just do your best! 🤞
We can't wait to welcome you back for your final year at the college!
Today we said goodbye to our 6th years. We wish them the very best of luck in their upcoming exams and we can't wait to hear about the next chapter of their stories!
Go on and make even greater things happen Class of 2018!
#GreatThingsHappen
Congratulations and best of luck to former St Aloysius' College pupil Aidan McHugh, who has reached the quarter-finals of the boys' singles at the Australian Open!
More rugby success for St Aloysius' College...
We are very pleased to announce that St Aloysius' College rugby players have been crowned champions of this year’s
@Scotlandteam
L200 Conference!
Read more:
#GreatThingsHappen
💚 Tomorrow is the big day! We are looking forward to welcoming back our Aloysians to the College.
📸 Don't forget to send your first day photos to communications
@staloysius
.org to feature on our social media!
#StAloysiusCollege
#TheStartofSomethingGreat
🏫 Today our new S1s took the big leap from Junior School to Senior School for the first time as part of their induction day.
💚 Everyone enjoyed a campus tour and got a taste of senior school life ahead of them starting tomorrow.
#StAloysiusCollege
#TheStartofSomethingGreat
A huge congratulations to our pupils for yet another year of outstanding exam results.
This year’s
#SQAresults
have given us more record-breaking results, with 74% of our National 5 results at A grade - our highest ever! 🎉
Read more-
🏃♀️ This year, Mr. Ferrie, Mr. McKillop, Ms. Fyfe, Mrs. Freer, and Mr. Higgins will be taking part in the London Marathon - raising funds for Jesuit Missions UK and the support they offer communities from around the world.
Today is a very special day as we are celebrating our 160th birthday! 🎂🎈🎉
Happy Birthday St Aloysius’ College, here’s to making
#GreatThingsHappen
#StAls160
🇮🇹 At the end of term – the College will be saying ciao to Modern Languages teacher Mr. Kyle, who is retiring after an amazing 33 years with us.
Read more here:
Yesterday, our Senior School pupils attended the magnificent Ascensio Scholarum Mass at St. Aloysius' Jesuit Church, to celebrate the 160th birthday of St Aloysius' College 🎂🎉
#StAls160
On Sunday 28th April, Mrs Sturrock, Mr Ferrie and Mrs Freer will take on the London Marathon for
@JesuitMissions
🏃♀️
The money they raise from running the Marathon this year will go to support Jesuit Missions life-changing work across the world.
Our two retirees on their last day!
Today marks the retirement of Mrs. Forbes, Head of Early Years, and our Head Janitor, George. Between them, they share nearly 70 years of service to the College.
They will both be greatly missed and we wish them the happiest retirement!🥂
We would like to wish Roma Heaney and Daniel McLaren a huge congratulations on their appointment of Junior School Head Girl and Head Boy for the academic year 2019/20- don't they look proud?!
#GreatThingsHappeninPrimary7
And they're off! This morning, S1 began the mammoth journey to Lapland.
Over the next week, S1 classes will cumulatively cycle, run, and row over 515km in their P.E lessons to reach their goal of 2060km 🚴♂️🚣♀️🏃♀️
All money raised will go to the North East Glasgow Foodbank.
A huge well done to Lucy Reilly (P6) who earlier this year, made the brave decision to cut and donate her hair to
@LPTrustUK
in memory of her friend’s sister who passed away last October.
Whilst doing this, Lucy also managed to raise £1200 for
@GCH_Charity
!
#MakeaDifference
Beautiful skies over St Aloysius’ College this morning on
#InternationalDayOfHappiness
🌞
"As we face a global crisis together, let's find positive ways to look after ourselves and each other"
@actionhappiness
It's been an eventful end of term but we can now say that school is officially out for Summer!
We hope all of our pupils, parents, and staff have a wonderful, well-deserved Summer break and we look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday 21st of August!
#GreatThingsHappen
🏫 Welcome back to all of our Young Aloysians for the start of a brand new term!
📚 🍎 We are also saying hello to lots of new friends who are starting something great with us on their first day at the College.
#StAloysiusCollege
#TheStartofSomethingGreat
Junior School Homework for Snow Day 3:
Choose at least 3:
1. Make a snow-person ⛄️
2. Make a video of you sledging
3. Build a snow shelter
4. Make words, numbers or shapes out of snow
5. Draw a snow day picture
6. Make paper snowflakes
Prizes for best / biggest posts 😃
On this
#WorldTeacherDay
, would like to say a big thank you to all of our wonderful hardworking, dedicated and caring teachers (and staff!) here at St Aloysius' College! 📚
We appreciate all that you do for our community, and we are so grateful for you every single day👏
HUGE congratulations to Christopher Stafford (S6) who was recently selected for the
@sschoolsfa
Boys’ International Under 18 Squad 2018-19! ⚽️
Good luck Christopher and team Scotland! 🏴
#CelebratingSuccess
#GreatThingsHappen
Congratulations to our young Aloysians who are celebrating yet another year of fantastic exam results.
This year’s SQA results have been outstanding, providing the College with their best ever pass rate of 98% at Higher in S5!
Read more-
🏉 Johnny V. (S6), captain of our rugby first XV, recently received a commemorative College cap celebrating him representing Scottish rugby at international level.
🎓 Read all about his rugby journey here:
#StAloysiusCollege
#TheStartofSomethingGreat
The governors of St Aloysius’ College are delighted to announce that Mr. Patrick Doyle has been appointed as Head of the College. He will take up his post at the beginning of the new academic year or earlier if that is possible.
Read more:
🏉 Ahead of playing
@HSofG
tomorrow, take a look at some highlights from the season and hear all of the excitement ahead of the Schools Shield final.
All the best to both teams!
📸 Mark Carnan
#StAloysiusCollege
#TheStartofSomethingGreat
Great to see our former pupil, Aidan McHugh achieving great things. Aidan is a credit to his school - he managed to complete his highers while training to be the next big tennis star!
Over the last two days, we were delighted to welcome our new Primary 1 and S1 pupils to St Aloysius' College 💚
We hope that you enjoyed your induction days and we cannot wait to welcome you back full time in August.
#TheStartofSomethingGreat
Huge well done to our S6 pupils who came first in the J.P. Morgan Generation Tech event, with their app designed to educate young people about sustainable consumption.
Each pupils won their choice of an iPad, Apple Watch or Nintendo Switch!