Kilgraston’s birthday celebrations - we celebrate turning 90
Kilgraston’s birthday celebrations took place as our wonderful school officially turned 90, because on October 20th 1930 Kilgraston official opened as a school , the same day as the Feast of Mater Admirablis.
The house had recently been purchased by the Society of the Sacred Heart to transfer its boarding and day school from Craiglockhart in Edinburgh.
Before becoming a school, Kilgraston House had an interesting history. It was severely damaged in 1872 when the interior was almost completely destroyed by fire. In the First World War, John Patrick Grant loaned the house to the Government as a hospital for shell-shocked servicemen and at one time it was even occupied by the millionaire Andrew Carnegie, who spent part of his honeymoon here.
Over the years, the school has been extended and has had Royal visitors with Her Royal Highness; the Princess Royal opening the new Barat Wing in June 1987.
Today, we are proud of our School and our school family both present and past, and whilst our 90th birthday celebrations were restricted due to COVID, we marked this occasion along with the Mater Admirablis on October 28th, a week after our official 90th birthday.
Mrs MacGinty and our Senior Head Girl team
A special 90th birthday service saw Kilgraston’s Headmistress, Mrs MacGinty, our Deputy Chair of Governors, Ms Gammell and our longest-serving academic member of staff, Deputy Head, Mrs Lund all giving readings. We also enjoyed stunning musical performances by Deputy Head Girl , Libby, who played ‘In French Style’ by Savourna Stevenson on the clarsach as well as Lower Sixth’s Isabel who performed ‘Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt on the cello.
Lower Sixth Isabel
Morning break saw great excitement with a special 90th birthday cake for everyone.
Happy birthday Kilgraston.
You can watch the 90th birthday service below:
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