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Dress Easy Day

... with a touch of tartan - Dress Easy Day

 

 

Alexandra Bushby wins Scottish Champion of Champions Golf

Alexandra Bushby (Lothian House 1997-1999)
Alexandra Bushby wins Scottish Champion of Champions

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Prep Schools Choral Day

Over a hundred and seventy prep school pupils joined Glenalmond's Choral Society singers for this annual event Prep Schools Choral Day

   

Carly Booth awarded Golf Scholarship

Scottish golfing prodigy Carly Booth (age16) is to be the first recipient of a Golf Scholarship for 6th form entry to the College. Carly Booth is awarded OG Golf Society Scholarship

Shakespeare Schools Festival

 

On October 7th, fourteen members of the GCSE Drama...Shakespeare Schools Festival:The Tempest

 

3rd Form on Field Day

 

On Field Day Third Formers went on a walk from Moulin...3rd Form on Field Day climb Ben Vrackie

 

Chemists visit Ninewells

 

Upper VIth visit Dundee University Clinical Skills Centre...upper sixth chemists visit ninewells

 

2008 Oxbridge successes  

 

Congratulations to four pupils...  2008 Oxbridge successes

 

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Tony Dent one of top ten physicists in UK

 

Anthony Dent from Dundee, is amongst the top ten pupils according to Edexcel, the UK's largest awarding examination body. Glenalmond pupil amongst top ten in physicists UK

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Oxbridge Dinner

 

On the 17th May, 67 OGs (former pupils) and staff who are Oxford or Cambridge graduates or undergraduates, met at Peterhouse Cambridge...Oxbridge Dinner

 

 

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Third Form French Trip

 

Twenty members of the Third Form visited France for five days...Third Form French Trip

 

FOG Awards for 2008

 

The following have received Friends of Glenalmond Travel Awards this year...FOG Awards 2008

 

Congratulations to Scottish Tennis No 1, Kester Black

 

Kester Black of Goodacre's, Scotland's No1 Under 16 tennis player who won the Ayrshire Open U16 Tennis singles and the Tayside Open...Congratulations to Kester Black

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Chapel Visit

The Most Rev'd The Primus of the Episcopal Church preached at the service on Trinity Sunday...ChapelVisit

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Land's End to John O'Groats

Pupils at Coll welcomed Ian Orrell, a recently retired Chemistry teacher from Manchester, on his epic walk from Land's End to John O'Groats...Land’s End to John O’Groats

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Punch bowl returns home

Simon Little, a direct descendant of Warden Skrine (1888-1902), presented to the College, on behalf of his family, a punch bowl which was given to the Rev'd Dr. John Skrine by the College...Punch Bowl Returns Home

 

Confirmation

 

29 candidates presented themselves for Confirmation on Friday 2nd May...Confirmation

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Judy Westwater

 

Judy Westwater the founder of Pegasus Children's Trust, a charity which helps to provide street children in South Africa with food, accommodation and education through drama, music and art...Judy Westwater

 

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Visit of Maureen Watt

 

Maureen Watt, the Minister for Schools and Skills, visited the College and spoke to the 6th form and members of the William Bright Society...Visit of Maureen Watt

 

Army Scholarship

Congratulations to Soffia Marlin who has been awarded an Army Scholarship to complete her education at Glenalmond. This is an exciting and challenging moment for Soffia as she begins on the path to enter the Army & train at Sandhurst.

 

"Phantom of the Opera"

On Tuesday, March 18th at 7.30 pm, the international concert organist David Briggs is visiting Glenalmond to give an extemporised accompaniment to the 1928 silent movie "Phantom of the Opera". more...

Jazz Gig 

Jazz Gig

After recent public performances in Perth the talented trio, which is the Glenalmond Jazz Trio, was invited to provide the music for a Jazz Lunch at McDiarmid Park. more...

 

BBC Question Time

Six pupils, accompanied by David Armitage Head of Chemistry, were invited to a recording of this week's Question Time held in Stirling. more...

 

Pipe Band play at the Burns Supper in Lithuania

Following a successful Coll piping tour to Lithuania three years ago, the British Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania invited the Glenalmond College Pipe Band back to play at their 9th Burns Supper. more... 

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The Armstrong Reading Room

On November 12th 06 the late journalist, jazz musician and broadcaster Miles Kington OG opened the refurbished Armstrong Reading Room. more...