Hazelwood College is an integrated

Integrated Education

The Integrated education movement in Northern Ireland is an attempt to bring together children, parents and teachers from both Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions: the aim being to provide a balanced education, while allowing the opportunity to understand and respect all cultural and religious...

 secondary school

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 in Newtownabbey

Newtownabbey

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, County Antrim

County Antrim

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, Northern Ireland

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 and has students from ages 11–18. As of 2010, the school's principal is Eileen Lenehan.

Overview

Founded in 1985, Hazelwood College was awarded Specialist School Status in Digital Arts in 2007 to teach digital artwork, animation, and film making to enrich teaching. The school's motto is Facta non Verba - Actions speak louder than words.

Notable former pupils

• Rory Jeffers
• Oliver Jeffers
  Oliver Jeffers
  Oliver Jeffers is an artist, illustrator and writer from Belfast Northern Ireland and now lives and works in Brooklyn. He graduated from the University of Ulster in 2001.-Life and work:...