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St Michael's Academy 1921-2007 |
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The
story of St Michael's Academy in Kilwinning and Irvine
now being prepared for
the Web – current address: www.irvineayrshire.org/stmichaels
St Michael's Academy opened in Williamfield
Convent in Irvine in 1921, then moved into its first buildings nearby. In 1965,
it moved into new premises in Kilwinning, and merged with St Andrew's in Saltcoats
in 2007
to become St Matthew's Academy.
If you reached this page trying to contact St Matthew's,
phone them at 01294.606680
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Michael’s magazines on CD
Mr John Walsh, formerly of St Michael’s, then of St Andrew’s, and now PT Computing at St Matthew’s Academy, has produced a CD containing scans of all twelve St Michael’s magazines (1957-64, 1966, 1968, 1977 and 1990). To purchase a copy of the CD, contact him at St Matthew’s Academy, Saltcoats, enclosing a cheque for £5 payable to Mr J Walsh. The proceeds are divided between Father Martin Chambers Mission in Ecuador and SCIAF. |
St Michael’s history on CD details to follow (during 2008) |
Book
originally published in 2007 - 1000 copies were printed and sold out between June and September 2007 |
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Then and Now (from p. 94)
This article was written in 1966 by Edward Thomson (5th year), but both its title and its sentiments seem just as relevant in 2007, as we move into a new building.
| I looked upon
the old St Michael’s buildings as an old, well-worn pair of socks. They
have done their job.
The new school is being broken into a routine. To do this, pupils are needed. I am one. On first entering the new school, I felt that there was
something missing. It had no character. The walls were cold, awaiting
life. Despite the bright colour and the excellent lighting, there was
no cheery glow. I felt lost. But soon after the pupils filed through the
new building, I sensed a heart beginning to beat; faintly at first, though
developing a much livelier rate on the second day. Now I feel the new
school has a character. I think it has the same character as the old school,
possibly because of the presence of the same teachers! |
I
know that the teachers are proud of this new school, and that they are
teaching just a little bit better than before. These things urge me
to do a little bit better too. EDWARD THOMSON, V |
Celebration was the keynote of our Kilwinning era Silver Anniversary magazine, published in 1990, and is so again in this our final publication. However this time we are celebrating St Michael's College and Academy from its birth in 1921 until its demise in 2007.
St Michael's has a long and proud history. Our motto "Aeterna non caduca" serves to remind us that “Eternal things do not perish." So, despite the fact that the fabric of the building will soon disappear, the "eternal" things which made our school special will live on. We can remember with pride the achievements of our former pupils – not only those who have excelled in the fields of politics, literature and business, or who have gone on to serve the community as priests and nuns, teachers, dentists and doctors, but others too whose lives have been fashioned by the education which they have received over the years.
Mrs Josephine Buchert, chairman of the Book Committee
An aerial view in 2001
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