On September 5th 1933 Archbishop MacDonald of St Andrews and Edinburgh presided over the official opening of St Modan's High School in Barnsdale Road, St Ninians, Stirling. This would mark the first academic session under the leadership of the first Rector - Joseph Foxworthy.  

Since that day, every academic year has seen hundreds (and occasionally thousands) of pupils and staff gather in our corridors and classrooms, dining areas and sports-fields in the noble pursuit of acquiring skills and knowledge, but also of developing friendship and a sense of community. 

A 90th anniversary is known as a Granite Anniversary. 

Granite does not possess the showiness of silver or the glister of gold; it doesn't sparkle like sapphire or dazzle like diamonds... but it endures. That is why we often use it in our memorials to those we hold dear.  

And like granite, our community of St Modan's has endured- steadfast and reliable for nearly a century. We remained through the ravages of WWII to the passing of a king and the reign of a new queen, through the first TV broadcast in the 50s, to the swinging sixties and the first human step on the moon, we were there during the glamorous seventies when pupils wore flares, and in the 80s when our the school expanded to include a 'new extension'. Our school witnessed the end of one millennium and the arrival of a new one. We have have shivered through countless freezing winters, sweated through scorching winters, coped with fire, flood and relocation... and we survived a global pandemic, and witnessed changes unimaginable to those pioneering pupils and staff of 1933. 

Yet, throughout all this turmoil of the nine decades, just like Granite, our spirit, our values and our community of St Modan's High School have remained strong.

Now, almost a century after our school was established, 2023 represents this incredible milestone in our school's impressive history  - the 90th Anniversary, and we plan to celebrate. 

As part of our celebrations, this site aims to help mark this significant date by sharing details about the past, present and future of this amazing school.