School mottos?

School song? Blessed Julie (Billiart)

Another Notre Dame pupil here ,motto" How good is the good God "

I see what you mean about the last verse of Forty Years On. ?

To Thine own self be True,not sure about the Latin though.

In fact very surprised we had one, it was a pretty rough,tough,secondary modern.

Primary school 'Per ardua ad astra' - through striving we reach the stars. Not sure my secondary school had one, but the school song was 'He who would valiant be', which seemed a bit strange for a girl's school!

My school motto was Integer Vitae which means something like “ a wholesome life”.
It was an inner city secondary and not at all posh.

merlotgran

We had a school song 'Forty Years On,' which we nicked from Harrow School.

These days the last verse brings tears to my eyes.

Just looked this up Merlotgran.

Can see why it makes you tearful.

I attended two secondary schools.
Sic Itur Ad Astra Reach for the stars.
Qui Patitur Vincit. He who endures win

My school was not posh enough to have one!

My secondary modern school motto was - and still is, although now a comp high- Facta Non Verba - Deeds Not Words. Another good one I think.

Strive To Achieve.

Ours was "In God is all our trust", and we used to get beer money once a year from our trustees!

Gorau arf arf dysg

" The best weapon is the weapon of learning"

grumppa

First school “Digna Sequens” - following worthy things.
Second school “Garde Ta Foy” - keep your faith. Should have been “Garde Ton Foie” look after your liver.

grumppa

Megs36

First school “Digna Sequens” - following worthy things.
Second school “Garde Ta Foy” - keep your faith. Should have been “Garde Ton Foie” look after your liver.

My school’s motto was “Non Scholae sed Vitae Discimus” which translates as
“We Learn for Life not for School”.

My grandson’s school motto is God’s Gift. I always think it’s just as well it isn’t on their blazer badge.

Mine was Non Nobis Sed Omnibus, “Not for ourselves but for all”.

Be strong and very courageous!

I knew my school had a motto, but couldn't remember it.
( it was a looong time ago that I left)

So I looked it up and there appears to be two?

Jubilate Deo
and
Let your light shine.

Is that odd, or what?

My Catholic Girls’ Grammar School was Vitae Via Virtus (Virtue is the way of Life). My mum had kept my school blazer, which I now have in my wardrobe. No idea why I’m still keeping it.

Until this thread started I didn't know that schools had mottos. Ours certainly didn't.

Semper Fidelis ( always faithful) in primary.

In Necessariis Unitas, In Omnibus Caritas, In Dubiis Libertas.
(Unity in need, charity in all things, freedom in doubt ) in secondary.

InterestinglyEllianne whenI met my husband (almost the Swinging Sixties) it turned out he lived near the school and all the local boys knew of the motto, you can guess the comments....

Megs36

*Death rather than dishonour,*. a Convent school , still have hat band which my mother saved from uniform when I left in 1952.

Now we are getting into the heavy ones!