School is marking 50th year

Anniversary plan

Armadale Academy is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a special celebration.

The school first opened in 1967 and the school is planning to celebrate its golden anniversary next month.

O r ga n i s e r s o f the celebrations are currently making plans on how to best mark the event as a community.

They hope to have a guest speaker to describe the changes over the last five decades as well as having some displays and the school is looking for help to create this and are appealing for any photographs from former pupils and staff from the past 50 years.

A spokesperson said: “Maybe you have photos from the old school or perhaps sporting or academic achievements or music shows etc. Any photos can be copied by the school promptly and returned to you.”

The school is also hoping to have displays of memorabilia from the last 50 years and are hoping locals will also help by lending anything they might have.

The spokesperson continued: “Maybe you could share a story or memory from your time at school — happy events and fond memories, maybe of friendships made or school dinners or maybe the time you got the belt.

“The school is open to suggestions for ideas on how they should mark this anniversary.”

If you can help with any of these ideas or would like to be involved in the organising any part of the event, please get in touch with Yvonne. egan@ westlothian. org. uk or call 01506 282145.