The School Song
The school song was written by a former pupil and later teacher of Wimbledon High School, The Duchess of Atholl, Kitty Ramsay. It is the tradition to sing this on the school's birthday and at the end of the school year when the sixth formers are leaving. The words are:
From year to year, our onward course we take,
Through strife and victory, through weal and woe,
Making new friends, ne'er losing those we love,
So onwards, ever onwards let us go.
Above us loom new fields to conquer still,
Behind us are the heights already gained
By those who bore the fiercest of the fight,
That brave small band who to so much attained.
Those who have led and those among the ranks,
Who did true yeoman service with their might,
All those we love and strive to emulate
Keeping their memory ever clean and bright.
Onward we go, cheered by our happy past,
Strong in our union of loyalty and love
To this our school its memories and aims
Still onward to the unconquered peaks above.
The school hymn is Praise My Soul The King of Heaven. It is sung on special occasions in the school including every assembly at the beginning of each term and at the end of the summer term.
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