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Our Lady's High School is a six year Roman Catholic co-educational comprehensive school which opened in 1968. It caters for pupils living in Cumbernauld, Muirhead, Cardowan and Stepps and in addition to pupils from Condorrat, Dullatur, Moodiesburn and Castlecary.〔(School Handbook 2014-15 ); URL last accessed 2014-08-26.〕 The school's emblem is a post-modern artistic recreation of the Virgin and child. ==History== The school was reputedly built on the site of a derelict convent, the ruins of which stood in the grounds behind the first stage building of the secondary school which was completed in 1968. It was designed by the architects, Gillespie, Kidd & Coia who designed a number of buildings in the New Town. The exterior of the building was clad in copper sheet with the intention that it would turn from coppery brown through to green due to weathering after several years. A similar looking extension block running perpendicular to the first block was completed in 1974. They were linked by an enclosed passage at the first floor level. The extension contained a small theatre, specialist accommodation for the biology, physics and technical departments, the school library and games hall together with general classroom accommodation. Prior to its opening in 1968 there was no Roman Catholic high school in Cumbernauld and pupils had to make a 10-mile bus journey to Kirkintilloch to attend St. Ninian's. On opening the school accepted eligible pupils mainly from the Cumbernauld, Condorrat and Croy areas, but only commenced with years 1, 2 and 3. The pupils in year 3 went on in subsequent years to form years 4, 5, and 6. In 1969 the school's first-ever prefects were chosen from the newly formed year 4. The school has always maintained a strong link with the surrounding community, and through pupils, parents and teacher links they are associated with several primary schools from which the intake is drawn: * St Margaret of Scotland Primary School, Cumbernauld * St Lucy's Primary School, Abronhill * St Mary's Primary School, Ravenswood * St Joseph's Primary School, Stepps * St Barbara's Primary School, Muirhead * St Andrew's Primary School, Cumbernauld The former Sacred Heart Primary in Kildrum was also an initial feeder primary till its closure in 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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