Strathearn vice-principal retires after 35 ‘inspirational’ years

East Belfast grammar school, Strathearn, will say a sad goodbye to one of its longest-serving members of staff at the end of this term as vice-principal Lynn Myers MBE retires after 35 years at the school.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Dec 2019, 12:57 BST
Lynn Myers, who is retiring as vice-principal of Streathearn SchoolLynn Myers, who is retiring as vice-principal of Streathearn School
Lynn Myers, who is retiring as vice-principal of Streathearn School

Now serving in her 36th year at the Strathearn School, Mrs Myers was appointed teacher of Home Economics at the school in 1984 following a two-year tenure at Belfast Model School for Girls.

Over the next three decades years she fulfilled several leadership roles – including Head of HE, Head of Key Stage 3, Head of Sixth Form and Teacher Governor – before being appointed vice principal pastoral in 2015. In 2013 she was awarded an MBE by Her Majesty the Queen for ‘Services to Education and Youth in North Belfast’.

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Strathearn Principal Nicola Connery said: “If I were to describe Lynn’s career at Strathearn in just one word, I would say ‘inspirational’ – because, quite simply, Lynn has been an inspiration to her colleagues and pupils in so many ways over the past 35 years.’’

Mrs Myers said: “I have been so privileged to enjoy a long and very happy career at Strathearn, and especially to spend my final years at the school in a specialist pastoral role that I aspired to since my teaching college days.’’

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