Notable Former Pupils & Teachers
See also: Category:People educated at Cathkin High SchoolScottish folk singer Adam McNaughton was a teacher of English at the now-defunct Rutherglen Academy, and later at Cathkin High School.
Also a former pupil of Cathkin High school Duncan Weir, who now plays professional rugby for the Glasgow Warriors.
Andy Park - a charismatic art teacher at Rutherglen Academy who may well have proceeded up to Cathkin High in 1970. Around this time Andy often appeared on STV with his jazz trio and went on to become Head of Programmes at Radio Clyde, which began broadcasting in 1974. Later Andy was a well-known TV producer at the BBC and also in Independent Television, notably Channel 4.
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