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Here are what some visitors to the school web-site have had to say:

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Lauren Muir

 

10 May 2006

Hi Im currently a first year pupil at the school and just like to say that it is great and hope it stays like that! I really like the teachers except a few, and like most subjects.

Katie Lowe

4 April 2006

During a trip back home from university during easter I was informed that Mr Low would be leaving Linlithgow Academy by a fellow pupil from my year. Suspecting that this was some sort of sordid rumour I checked the website only to find out that this information was true! Mr Low was a fantastic rector during my six years at the Academy from 1998 to 2004 and I know he will be sorely missed by everyone.

Mohammad Fathy

 

23 Febuary 2006

Dear Lovely hearts who are reading this I have spent five days in that wonderful school last October. I met lovely people in English Department. Uk is proud of you and I'm proud of Egypt because the Egyptian government gave me that chance to see this Academy. I wish you all success and progress. Here are some Arabic words for greetings. Al salamo alaikom means Peace be with you.Let me know if I can help.

Your Egyptian Pharaoh
Mohammad

Allan Hume

 

20 Febuary 2006

Hey Mark (The yank rugby player and basketball teammate of Matthew and John) like you i wonder what Matthew is up to these days David Kennedy is still in Linlithgow I am living and working in the US go figure you can reach me at

Dave Campbell

 

13 November 2005

 

 

Hello to anyone reading this,
I was at the Academy the same time as Johanna and John there. I really miss the old place. I moved down to England in that same year and spent a few years there and am now living in Australia of all places.
Thankyou to the teachers there who helped me and many others move into real life.
If anyone wants to contact me then here's my email addy....

kangaroo79@msn.com

Posted by a very proud Mum
travlcat65@aol.com

 

11 November 2005

This is an answer to Mark (Hank the Yank) Smith's query on old friends. Samantha Hume is now a Lecturer at Cologne University. She speaks German like a native and teaches English and occasionally the Classics. She is adored by her students; always has time to discuss their problems and students seldom miss any of her classes. Old friends and teachers can contact her at: samantha.hume@uni-koeln.de

John White

18 August 2005

Well what a whirlwind! I was at LA from 1991-1994 was in class 1F2 when I left early to go and live in New Zealand! I too, like Johanna who posted above had to move to the temp buildings due to the abestos being removed. I think I gave Mr Spence (art teacher) a few shocks with my fainting episodes- sorry about that- don't faint anymore! Jeez who else! Mrs Keating (Accounting) Mr Brown (Economics) Dr Mitten (a legendary teacher and scholar who loved my late class arrivals-sorry!) and many other superb staff who gave me a greeat start in life. All the best to you all. Parents! send your kids to this great school!!

Anne Hanna

25 June 2005

Having just spoken to Linda Forrest (English Dept) re my daughters' student placement in August, I wanted to have a look at where she was going. I must say I am impressed with the overall school environment projected, the holistic approach of including pupils, teachers and parents can only benefit everyone in helping the next generation become well rounded citizens.

Mark Ronald Smith "Hank, the Yank"

14 February 2005

I'm looking for former class mates at Linlithgow ... circa 74-1977 ... especially Matthew Alexandar and John Walker, Helen Brown and Debra Dewar (Dewer?), Samantha Hume ... and my friend .. The "Beck" from those days ... also my favorite French teacher ... although I can't remember the Gent's name - but he was known by "Knoddie".

Waldo Lillo-Diaz

18 November 2004

The article in The Independent (on-line) caught my attention. It read something about restricting the purchase of properties in certain area due to the high demand for its school. It sounded remarkably similar to the story of Rossmoyne SHS in Western Australia, a state school with a plethora of achievements in the sport and academic arena. Then I googled the name of the school and lo and behold, apart from the centenarian tradition of Linlithgow Academy, everything seems analogous between both schools.
Discipline and work ethos, staff dedication, parental involvement, arts and drama, sport and music, etc, are surprisingly comparable in both schools.
I'm glad to have come across such an uplifting piece of news.
From Perth, Western Australia, please accept my wholehearted congratulations.

Editorial Note: the article mentioned is here

Fiona McClay

16 November 2004

Glad to see that it was not just me the Hazel Duguid threw chalk at! I never became any better at Mathematics, but by crikey, I'm good at Arithmetic.

Gary Thompson

22 September 2004

Hi there. I bumped into Hazel Duguid in the new baby clinic in Dalgety Bay the other day (she was there with her daughter) and I had a wee chat with her - even though it's 14 years since I left the school. Sorry to hear that she's now retired - she was without a doubt one of the finest teachers I ever had the privilege to have been taught by (and had bits of chalk thrown at me by), and the school can only be worse off for her going. I wish her well and hope she enjoys her retirement.

Kenta Suzuki

23 July 2004

Hello. I am a Japanese who was on the register to this school for about three years. By the favor which studied English in Scotland, inconvenient stripes are not carried out to the lesson of English in Japanese school at all.
Thank you for a Linlithgow Academy, and I shall return! (though I don't know when)

Fiona McClay

03 June 2004

Amazing what you find surfing the web. I attended from 76-1982, somehow scraping through to do 6th Year French, and surprise, surprise, my son is about to do Single Honours French at Kent. I must've picked up something useful.

Johanna Bathgate

20 April 2004

Well it is nice to see the website again. Was at the school from 1991 to 1997 and was part of the move the school made when the abestos came out! Any info or anyone who wants to contact me the email is: johanna_bathgate@hotmail.com

Larry Richards

What a surprise to find this most interesting and informative website. I attended the "Academy" in 1960-1962. I was known as the "Yank" having grown up in the U.S. but I was born in London and my mother's family was from Linlithgow (MacKnight).
The school certainly looks different now! I have many fond memories of those days and am delighted to see the school is doing so well. Keep up the good work!

Craig Morrison

May 2002

Haha, the websites just a tiny bit better than it used to be! Well done who ever made it. Have to say i miss the old place, however hi to all my old teachers and I'm pleased to say i managed to stay away from the student binges a little bit. Passed all my 1st yr exams. Other than that, im the 1st entry on this guestbook. Wahey!