St Aloysius' College (Glasgow)
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| Motto |
Latin: Ad majora natus sum (I am born for greater things) |
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| Established | 12 September 1859 |
| Type | Independent day school |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Headmaster | Matthew Bartlett |
| Head of Junior School | Aileen Brady |
| Head of Kindergarten | Marie Forbes |
| Location |
45 Hill Street Glasgow G3 6RJ Scotland 55°52′00″N 4°15′49″W / 55.8667°N 4.2635°WCoordinates: 55°52′00″N 4°15′49″W / 55.8667°N 4.2635°W |
| Students | 600 (Junior School) 980 (Senior School) overall 1580 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Colours |
Myrtle and gold |
| Publication | The Eagle Eye |
| College hymn | "Carmen Aloisianum" |
| Former pupils | Old Aloysians |
| Website | www |
St Aloysius' College is a selective fee-paying, independent, Jesuit school in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1859, and named after the Jesuit Aloysius Gonzaga. Its strong Jesuit ethos emphasises practice of the Roman Catholic faith both in the church and in the community, with many charitable and community-based groups in the school although there are now no Jesuits in the school, nor a priest chaplain. The nearby Jesuit St. Aloysius Church accommodates a regular school Mass schedule and special Masses on feast days.
St Aloysius' College is a co-educational school with a kindergarten, junior school, and senior school. There are four houses: Aloysius Gonzaga, Ignatius of Loyola, John Ogilvie and Francis Xavier, named after Jesuit saints.
The College motto is Ad majora natus sum, which means "I am born for greater things." As in many Jesuit schools, pupils are instructed to inscribe AMDG (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam – "To the greater glory of God") on all work. The school emblem is an eagle, and the College hymn is the Carmen Aloisianum.
The school was established on 12 September 1859 at Charlotte Street, near Glasgow Green, in the East End of Glasgow. Here lived the city's largely migrant Catholic community from Ireland and the Scottish Highlands, both of which groups the school was intended to serve. Since 1866 the College's main campus has been situated in Garnethill on the north side of Glasgow city centre, adjacent to the Glasgow School of Art. Originally, the school was for boys only. In 1979 the admission policy was changed by the Governors during the tenure of Headmaster Fr. Henry Anthony Richmond SJ and girls were admitted. Girls now make up half of the school population.
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