Interview with Linsay Given Black (Harrow) MES 1977 (Class of 1978), Owner, Art & Craft Collective
What were your favourite subjects when you were at school? My absolute favourite subject was History and I also enjoyed English. When you left school, did you have a career path in mind? Yes, I left school at the end of fifth year and went to Edinburgh College of Art (at that time affiliated with Heriot Watt…
ESMS Remembrance 2022
Friday 11 November saw over 200 former pupils, retired staff and friends of the Schools attend the Wreath Laying Ceremony at Stewart’s Melville College. It was lovely to see so many of the School’s wider community attending to commemorate those fallen in wars over the years.
FP Club Spring Lunches
The FP Club will be hosting two lunches in the New Year for all former pupils and staff of ESMS and the predecessor Schools. These will take place on Friday 24 February and Friday 31 March at the Clubhouse at Inverleith. Tickets are £16 for 2 courses and £18 for 3 courses and include tea,…
Interview with Sylvia Whitman, MES 1999, Owner, Shakespeare & Company
What were your favourite subjects when you were at school?I absolutely loved history and theatre, thanks mostly to Dr Scott who was such an inspiring teacher. When you were at school, did you have a clear idea of what you wanted to do when you left?Not at all, I thought that maybe I would work…
FP Club AGM Documents
The following documents are provided for SMC FP Club members ahead of the AGM on 1 December. Further documents will be uploaded in due course.
SMC Remembrance Service
The following was presented at the Stewart’s Melville College Remembrance Service in November 2022. Every November, we gather here to remember our fallen- we acknowledge our freedom by reflecting on the terrible price paid for it in two world wars by people we never met. And every November, we gather at the memorial in front…
Emily Lewis (2009), Owner, Ingrained Moments Woodcraft
What were your favourite subjects when you were at school? I expressed my creative side through different means during my ESMS days and was very involved in the musical life of the school. I also particularly enjoyed product design as it presented the opportunity to exercise my imagination in sometimes more unconventional ways. When you left…
Interview with Mr Cameron Wyllie, author and former teacher at DSMC and retired Principal of George Heriot’s School
When did you start teaching and what subject did you teach?I started teaching in 1980 at DSMC teaching English. I was a teaching student at DSMC in the English department and I was extremely lucky to be offered a job afterwards. The English department was wonderful. Tom Fraser, who recently died, was my Head of…
Mark Leckie (2016), Insect Farming Technician at Better Origin
What were your favourite subjects when you were at school? My favourite subjects were definitely the sciences, specifically Biology and Chemistry but I also really enjoyed PE and would look forward to the days we had that and rugby training too. When you left school, did you have a career path in mind? I had absolutely no…
About Alasdair Seale, Chair of Governing Council, ESMS
Alasdair started his education as a pupil at Daniel Stewart’s College in 1963 with Miss Burt as his teacher from P1-P3. He was at School when it merged with Melville College in 1973, enjoying the RAF Section of the Combined Cadet Force, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and chairing the Charities Committee in sixth year.…
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