Join Muriel Dunbar, joint author of A History of Perth Academy, Donald Maxwell, former teacher and well-known opera singer, Eleanor Paul, Headteacher of the Academy, current and former staff, guests and pupils in the launch of the first complete history of the school.
The history of Perth Academy stretches back to the twelfth century when Benedictine monks set up a Grammar school in Perth to prepare young men for clerical work in the Church. Today’s Academy is a very different kind of school, preparing students for a wide range of careers in a world which would have been unrecognisable to the Benedictines. The History of Perth Academy traces the story of the school’s transformation over the 900 intervening years, the people who influenced its development, their challenges and triumphs, and the young people who used their education at the Academy as a springboard for their future lives. It shows that the school has been much more than a place of academic learning. Through the ages, its pupils have benefited from involvement in the local community, gained sporting, artistic and debating skills, looked outwards to the world and fostered lifelong friendships.
This book demonstrates that what we call Perth Academy today is a merger of several institutions; its site at Viewlands is only the latest of many locations where these institutions were previously based. Perth Academy can only be properly understood and appreciated today by looking back in time and following its unique story.
