As America prepares for crucial mid-term elections, Shauna Wood, a second year medical student at Queen’s University and a former student of Glenlola Collegiate, will join a class of 30 student participants representing Northern Ireland and Ireland in Washington, DC, this summer as part of the Washington-Ireland Program (WIP). WIP is a cross-community and cross […]
Glenlola Collegiate is, once again, pleased to announce the Ulster Schools’ Derby competition which will be held at Gransha Equestrian Centre, Kerrs Road, Bangor on Monday 16 June 2014. Open to all full-time students under the age of 19, entries are welcome from primary schools, secondary schools and further education colleges. Three classes will be […]
On Saturday 17 May twenty-four girls represented Glenlola Collegiate at the Ulster Schools Athletics Championships and enjoyed considerable success. Some notable results were as follows: Sarah Connolly – 1st Senior girls 100m Hurdles Emma Stockton – 3rd Senior girls Hammer Ellen Robinson – 2nd Intermediate girls 80M Hurdles and 2nd Intermediate girls 300m Rebekah Rutherford […]
On 3rd May, 10 girls from Glenlola competed in this competition at Queen’s Leisure Complex in Holywood. The girls impressed both the judges and spectators with their skills and were rewarded with many medals. The results are as follows: Individual Floor: 1st = Kirstie Oliver 2nd = Nicole Meier 3rd = Alice McDowell Vault: 2nd […]
It was an early start for the 37 pupils and 5 staff who left Bangor at 1:45am ready to fly off to Naples, Italy. Our excitement soon lost its battle against sleep and soon the coach was filled with sleeping girls as we travelled to Dublin International Airport in order to catch our 7:30am flight. […]
The Intermediate and senior district athletics championships took place yesterday at the Mary Peters track. Both the Intermediate and Senior teams from Glenlola Collegiate enjoyed considerable success. Intermediate Results: Sakia Greer 2nd in 100m Olivia Cumming 3rd in 100m and 200m Elleana Hull 2nd in 200m Kirsty O’Neill 2nd in High Jump and 3rd in […]
On Saturday morning, 12 April, there were fond farewells at Belfast International Airport as our friends from the Global Studies Academy at Tallwood High School, Virginia Beach, headed home to the USA. Everyone agreed that it had been a great visit and we look forward to meeting again in Virginia Beach in September 2014! Au […]
Megan Wilson (12F) asked pupils in Middle School to donate Easter eggs to the Children’s Cancer ward in the Royal Hospital. Megan, herself a cancer survivor, wanted to do something special for those children suffering from the disease and sought donations in the week running up to the Easter holidays. In total, 215 eggs were […]
Congratulations to Aleisha Bullar (10C) who was presented with the runner up’s prize in the Youth Justice Agency’s Citizenship Creative Writing Competition in the 12-14 age group at a reception at Stormont. Her poem ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ gained her a Kindle. Launching the competition, the Chief Executive of the Youth Justice […]
On Tuesday 8 April, the GCSE Geographers visited Titanic Quarter. Once an area for shipbuilding and rope manufacturing, it began to decline when industry moved away from Belfast. Today, the site known as ‘Titanic Quarter’ is being redeveloped and is now an important hub for tourism. We were able to see, at first hand, the […]
Education Minister @paulgivan visited @GlenlolaSchool and was delighted to meet Principal Eric Thompson, Board of Governors, staff and pupils.
The Minister toured the school Wellness Centre and met Heather Law, Head of Pastoral Care and Lauran Brown, Pupil Support and Welfare…
A superb night of entertainment, played and sung to the highest standard. Amazing talent all around. Well done to all, both pupils and staff.
4Day Five: Firstly, we enjoyed a tour of the Capitol building. Got to go into the Public gallery of the House of Representatives. Heard some Congressmen speak. Visited the Library of Congress. We visited the Supreme Court and finished the evening at the Lincoln Memorial. 🇺🇸💙🦢❤️
