Saint Pius X College
Coordinates: 54°45′00″N 6°36′54″W / 54.750°N 6.615°W
Saint Pius X College (Irish: Coláiste Naomh Pius A Deich) is a secondary school in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school within the North Eastern Education and Library Board area. The school opened in 1964 and was named Saint Pius X High School (Irish: Ardscoil Naomh Pius X).
St Pius X Voluntary Intermediate School began in 1960 with the purchase of 6 acres (24,000 m2) of land, at a cost of £5,000, by Canon Mark Quinn, parish priest of Magherafelt. The building of the school commenced in 1962 and opened for three hundred pupils in September 1964. The official opening by Cardinal Conway took place in June 1965. Edward Quinn, supported by the vice principal, Sister Immaculata Quinn, assumed the role of the school's first principal.
Initially the pupils pursued courses leading to Junior Certificate examination level only. However, with the appointment of Mr J. Murphy, who succeeded Mr Quinn as principal in 1967, many new courses and programmes of study were soon on offer. Much success, academic and otherwise, was achieved under the very able leadership of Mr Murphy, who managed the significant growth of the school before taking early retirement in 1979. Sean O'Kane, who succeeded Murphy, was widely regarded as an innovative leader whose primary focus was the cultivation of a supportive culture which fostered the personal growth and enhanced the self-confidence of each member of the college community. At a time of immense educational and social change he actively engaged with a variety of initiatives and programmes culminating in the conferment of the Schools Curriculum Award in 1990.
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