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Colin McCutcheon 1959-2022

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...

John Patrick Harrower 1955-2022

“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,...

A Wallace Welcome!

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...

Our Friend and Colleague : Mrs Jill Lockhart

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...

Primary School Teacher & White Collar Boxing…an Interesting Mix!

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...

“Nothing to be Sneezed at”

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,...

Wallace Scoop Hat Trick at Ulster Star Awards

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...

A walk to remember

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...

A Life Well Lived : Mr W Wilson

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...

Wallace Teacher Awarded Apple Distinguished Educator Status

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....