School mottos?

‘Liberae Scholae De Comune Sigilum’

Free School with a Public Seal.

Este fidelis- Be faithful!

Awwww a public seal how nice. Your school must have had a pool then Calendargirl?
If I had a personal motto I think it would be the Nike one - 'Just do it'!

Per ardua ad astra.
Through adversity to the stars.
I haven't thought about that for a very long time!

Crikey, you all went to posh schools. My London comprehensive had nothing. I've just checked the school's website and they recently introduced a modern sounding "learning through realising potential."

Per ardua ad astra
Grandmabatty That belongs to the RAF!

Family mottos are much more revealing.

Ours is; "Bona Side Fine Fraude"

The primary school I worked in had a motto, Laborare est orare, which has always appealed to me and fits my own values. ☺️

Sic itur ad Astra. Thus the way to the stars.

Gaudeamus "Let us rejoice" a rather nice one I think!

Abesque labore nihil - Without work nothing/ nothing without work..........how true!

I went to a bog standard Catholic Secondary Mod school our motto was/still is, "Semper Fidelis". Always or Ever Faithful.

"EL James (Fifty Shades of Grey) went to my school! grin" Was the motto "Love Conquers All" ?

"Without work nothing/ nothing without work"

No landed aristocrats there then!

Our school didn’t have a motto, but our regimental motto when I was in the Army was “Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re”. Gentle in manner; resolute in deed. I have tried to live up to it.

My first school if |I remember right "They shall soar like eagles".

Greyduster, what a super motto!

Alexa actually there were a few, don’t know what they made of it! I don’t know that the encouragement to work particularly influenced me, I was more a “swot like mad the night before” sort of girl, who used up more than her fair share of luck whilst taking exams.

Sorry Alexa misread your post, no aristocrats, but a few with families who owned a lot of land.

Persta atque Obdura - Be Steadfast and Endure
Has popped into my mind a few times over the years when the proverbial hit the fan.

The school I supply teach for has “sic itur ad Astra” which means “Thus one journeys to the stars” which I think is lovely.

Rufus2 I am an absolute numpty!! ☺. I knew it was something Latin and that sounded familiar. What an idiot. I apologise to any in the RAF. My school motto, having had to check, is Optimum sequii. Follow the best.

I don't remember my school having a motto but the theological college I attended had "Guard the Deposit" (i.e. of faith) stamped on all its historical (and no longer used) pottery, including, allegedly, the chamberpots. This may have been apocryphal.....

Ad Astra, to the stars. We missed out on the 'per ardua' bit - perhaps we didn't fancy hardship.

Bien faire et laissez dire, Good work,less talk. Quite a good motto to follow but there was always lots of chatter going on between us girls and not so much hard work.

I like this thread. All these mottos seem very inspirational, rather than over heavy, which fits my view that pupils can be led to succeed but not driven to achieve.