North Ainslie Primary School

School has a lot of behavior problems. Bulling and Harrassenent.

nice and good school

Great school and community

I was a student at North Ainslie Primary School from 1960 to 1968. Mr O'Connell was the headmaster during that period. On the wall outside his office in a white frame was a picture of a collie dog calling out that it had found a weakened lamb in the snow that needed help, I had later discovered that the picture was titled "Found". I knew this picture well as I had many unscheduled visits to Mr O'Connells office, not all of them of a voluntary (on my part) nature. I did though at one time ask him what the picture was about, he told me then that it was a reminder to him that sometimes young ones get lost and need to be found to be helped. I was never called to his office again for some indiscretion, although I did sometimes call in and just talk to him. I have since traveled the world extensively and visited poignant places like Hiroshima and nothing has brought a tear to my eyes like the time I found this same picture of "Found" and the memories it brought back of my time at North Ainslie Primary School. This picture and the memories it invokes holds a special place in my home.