It is consoling that on what proved to be his last day in Wallace, Colin enjoyed some “craic” with many members of the teaching staff, walked the corridors and completed a...
“I need hardly say that it will be my earnest desire to make a full contribution to the life of the school.” ( Patrick Harrower letter of acceptance to Mr Noel Gilpin,...
As another school year begins, the sun shone to welcome our new pupils. Coming from over thirty feeder schools 178 pupils joined Year 8. Many are second generation Wallace while...
It is a truth universally acknowledged (amongst teachers) that the summer is always in June and September. Almost 9 years later it is hard to remember if it was sunny in the...
As I flicked through my news feed on Facebook, I noticed a link to a White Collar Boxing event which involved eight weeks of training and helped raise money for Cancer Research. I...
The Wallace High School has just launched their Winter 2015 influenza vaccination programme for staff, in partnership with Boots. The innovative initiative, now in its third year,...
Last Friday night the Ulster Star held its first People of the Year Awards in the Island Civic Centre with The Wallace High School’s representatives winning three...
Friends, former colleagues and former pupils of the late Bill Wilson, Wallace High School’s much loved “Mr Duke of Edinburgh”, are invited to join together to...
My friends, I knew a wonderful man, these words approximate him, as chips of stone approximate a tower, as wind approximates a song. (from When a Friend by Stephen Dobyns) Mr W...
This week Apple Inc announced that Lisburn teacher David Cleland is among a select group of teachers from Northern Ireland to be awarded the Apple Distinguished Educator status....