Limavady High School

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Limavady High School
Type	High School
Headteacher	Mr S G Reilly
Location	Irish Green Street Limavady Co. Londonderry BT49 9AN United Kingdom
Gender	Co-educational
Website	[Limavady High School Limavady High School]

1 General Information
2 Technology in the School
3 Rock Challenge 2008
4 External links

[edit] General Information

Limavady High School is a secondary school in the North-Western town of Limavady in Northern Ireland. It currently has a population of around 800 pupils.

Opened in 1961, the school occupied the buildings in Irish Green Street formerly used by Limavady Grammar School, adapted for our use and augmented. These premises have either been completely refurbished or replaced and now provide some of the most modern and best equipped teaching areas in any school in Northern Ireland. In September 2001 the former Dungiven High School was absorbed into Limavady High School.

In 2006 the school received specialist school status in the Visual and Performing Arts and received a sum of money to be used for the purpose. The school introduced new GCSE subjects such as Dance and Journalism and introduced new technologies like plasma screen TV's and video cameras to record and produce video material so that it can be viewed by staff and pupils in the corridors.

[edit] Technology in the School

The school has some of the most advanced technology in the North-West. This includes, plasma screen TV's, video cameras, digital stills cameras, C2k managed PCs and Laptops and more recently a new stage lighting and audio installation and a new Moving Image Arts/Media Studies classroom with 24 high spec computers especially for video editing.

[edit] Rock Challenge 2008

Limavady High School will be participating for the first time in the Rock Challenge dance competition. The school will be competing on the 1st April at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast. The theme tune was composed by vice principal Mr D Dunlop and is based on the famous tune Danny Boy which originated from the local area. There will be 4 types of dance in the competition with the soundtrack adapted for each dance.