Kidz Positive


May 26th, 2005

23505.jpgRugby players from The Wallace High School who are heading off to south Africa for a trip of a lifetime this summer have taken time from their training schedules and exam preparation to raise money for a charity based in South Africa. Read the rest of this entry »

Dance For Hospice


May 21st, 2005

14505.jpgStrictly Dance Fever hit Wallace High Schoool last week with a special gala evening held to raise funds for the NI Children’s Hospice. Inspired by the continuing success of past pupil Rebecca Leonard on BBC1’s Strictly Dance Fever, the eight Wallace couples, each a staff pupil pairing, took to the dancefloor in front of a capacity audience.

Several weeks of intensive training by the dances certainly paid off . Some of the pupils involverd are actually pupils of Rebecca’s and have enjoyed working with her in both Lisnagarvey Operatic and Fusion Theatre productions. Ballroom dancing was also on display in Wallace’s recent production of George Beranrd Shaw’s Pygmalion. The gala evening was hosted by Lower Sixth pupils Joel Robinson and David Mulholland and the judges were teachers Debbie Wallace, David Cleland and Jonny Reid. Read the rest of this entry »

Charity Fashion Show


April 23rd, 2005

20405fash.jpgUpper Sixth pupils from The Wallace High School took time from their busy study schedule to organise a charity fashion show last week. Forty pupils modelled in the well attended event, which had been organised to raise funds for the Swaziland Schools’ Project.
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Kidding around


January 15th, 2005

13105.jpgGenerous pupils at The Wallace High School have certainly not been “Kidding around” during the final days of term. Everyone at the Clonevin Park School has been busy collecting money for the Great Goat Challenge, with each class set aiming to buy at least one goat to help villages in the developing world. Read the rest of this entry »

Charity Mad


November 26th, 2004

221104.jpgWallace High School pupils have been busy in the last few weeks with a series of charitable events. Prep pupils, along with members of Junior SU, filled over one hundred shoe boxes as part of Operation Christmas Child. These boxes will be sent to orphanges in Eastern Europe. Read the rest of this entry »