- Auchenharvie Academy
Auchenharvie Academy is a secondary education school based in
Stevenston ,Ayrshire ,Scotland . It is a comprehensive school which takes children from the ages of 11 - 18 from Stevenston and Saltcoats of North Ayrshire Area.History
The school was opened in August 1971 after the closure of Stevenston Higher Grade, which had served the town as the main source of primary and secondary education for many years. The site of Stevenston High has been occupied by Glencairn Primary School since 1982.
How Auchenharvie Academy First Started The Stages
* March 1957 - Joint Committee Set up
* February 1958 - Groundsmen Operate a Rota For Weekend Supervision
* January 1963 - Decision to lower a seven foot high boundary wall
* December 1963 - The Old Community centre allowed to pay rates arrears by easy stages
* April 1964 - Grounds to be newly seeded, A Second hand tractor bought for 170.00
* September 1967 - Ayr County Council Proposed new senior secondary school to replace the old Stevenston Higher Grade, and to be at Auchenharvie instead of the High Road
* November 1967 - Agreement on name "Proposed" Auchenharvie Academy
* All of 1968 - Arguments about a swimming pool - should it be at the new Academy, or elsewhere, or should there be two - a training pool at the school and a public one?Auchenharvie has had five Head Teachers in its history
*Mr Charles Wilson C.B.E(deceased)
*Rev John Taylor
*Mr Philip Galbraith
*Mrs Maria Dick
*Mr Michael DewarAssistant & Deputy Head Teachers
* Dr White (old Assistant Rector (Left for Garnock Academy)
* Mr Sillars ( old Deputy Rector)
* Mr Hugh Miller (Old Deputy Rector)
* Mr Philip Galbraith (old Deputy Rector)
* Mr Charles Robertson (old Assistant Rector)
* Mr Robert Reid (old Assistant Rector)
* Mr Ian Strachan & Maths Dept (Retired)Was an Original Teacher at the school when it opened 1971-2002.
* Mr John Meney & Science Dept (Left for Ayr Academy)
* Mr William Gibson & Maths Dept (Left for Local Council) Arrived 1994.
* Mr David Neil - Present Deputy Head Teacher & Old Geography Teacher)
* Miss Linda Davis - Present Deputy Head Teacher (was PT of Business Studies) Took over Mr Ian Strachans, JobLocal connections
Auchenharvie Academy serves the following local schools:
*Hayocks Primary School
*Glencairn Primary School
*Ardeer Primary School
*Mayfield Primary School
*Caledonia Primary School ubjects
Subjects taught at Standard Grade Level (Credit,General,Foundation) and Higher Grade Level (Intermediate 1 & 2) and also Higher) include:
*English
*Maths
*Art and Design
*Geography
*History
*Modern Studies
*Music
*Technical Studies
*Computing
*Religious Education
*Physical Education
*Home Economics
*Biology
*Human Biology
*Chemistry
*Physics
*Business Studies
*Modern Languages French & German,Famous Alumni
* Gordon Smith (Rangers player and new chief executive of the
Scottish Football Association )In the News
The school was a victim of a break in by a gang of youths who consequently set fire to the rear of the school on the 6th August 2005. Unfortunately the building company who were rebuilding the kitchen went into liquidation. The kitchen has recently been completed and was opened to the pupils on October 22nd 2007 when they returned from the October holidays. [http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/chiefexec/ComRA.nsf/e9ee67f48fbb9003802569d700533758/e529c8ac25ab79738025705700464f56?OpenDocument NAC Information.]
External links
* [http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/auchenharvieacademynorthayrshire.asp Auchenharvie Academy's page on Scottish Schools Online]
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