Limavady High School announces new Principal

The Board of Governors of Limavady High School is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Shane Laverty as the new Principal of the school. Mr Laverty is currently Principal of Coleraine College and will take up appointment soon after Easter. A former pupil of Ballycastle High School, Mr Laverty says that he is delighted…

Director Janet Loughery with the cast at the end of the final performance

Youth Theatre at its best

As a Specialist School for the Arts, Limavady High School has prided itself in staging original shows which really showcase the talents of its students.  “Café Rosenheim”, its most recent production, continues that tradition and enhances further the school’s enviable reputation for high quality dramatic performance. The School’s productions over many years have been magnets…

Danny Boy Festival

Danny Boy Festival 2010

DANNY BOY 2010 – a local festival celebrating Limavady’s strength of musical culture and history. The event includes musical acts ranging from traditional folk, country& western, pop, rock and a colourful community parade. Our school MIA Technician, Chris, is involved with this – organising a school concert and Battle of the Bands. A Programme of…

God bless Vic!

“The Hiring Fair” Review!

On Friday 12th December I went to a Hiring Fair in Limavady High School. As I entered the foyer, I was whisked back in time to the town of Strabane in the 1920s, where I was greeted by lively bestockinged dancers circling a tree. A turnip shearer was leaning against the tree – a bargain…

Still from the Hiring Fair

Limavady High Prepares for The Hiring Fair

As students and teachers in Limavady High prepare for their new show the buzz around the school is probably not unlike the excitement around the town back in the days of the hiring fair; the “Gallop Fair”, as it was known locally, was a twice-yearly event which brought together farmers from the area, traders and…

Diary

Limavady High School Presents Gracie’s Diary

In their first dramatic production since becoming a Specialist School for the Arts, Limavady High School are staging “Gracie’s Diary” by School Vice Principal David Dunlop. “Gracie’s Diary” is a modern show, so modern that some of the action hasn’t even happened yet! (The plot ends in 2020!) Basically it is the story of six…