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 Congratulations to Reece O'Hare, Kate Hughes and Gabriel McClymont who won the NLC Public Speaking competition on Tuesday 30 May. A number of schools in North Lanarkshire had entered so this is a fantastic achievement!
Many thanks to Marie McGough for her work with the pupils and to the English Department for their support.
The competition final was held at Bellshill Cultural Centre. The St Aidan's team were up against five other NLC secondaries to win the final and the trophy. Airdrie Academy were the runners-up.
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 On Thursday 8th June it was a very special day for St. Aidan`s High as a number of our sixth year students received their Pope Benedict Caritas Award in the Clyde Auditorium. Over 1,000 young people from across Scotland received their award at Thursday`s ceremony in the presence of the Bishops of Scotland, Ken Macintosh(the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament) and many other important people representing church, civic and political life in Scotland as well as family members, headteachers and teachers from schools across Scotland and Parish Caritas co-ordinators.
Students receive this award by completing a series of gathering points which allows them to reflect on the teachings of their faith. Additionally, they then put their faith into action in the School, Parish and local community to show love of neighbour. Finally, the students write an essay outlining their reflections on their Caritas year. Very well done and congratulations to our 18 students who successfully attained the Caritas Award this year.
The picture above shows Carla Brawley, Rebecca Bradley, Megan Jordan, Hannah Burns, Hannah Coyle, Antonia McMahon and Jarek Skonieczny after receiving their medal and certificates. All of the students commented on how special a day it had been.
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 On Thursday 1st and Wednesday 7th June, over 70 pupils
represented the school at the North Lanarkshire County Sports Championships,
which is the biggest sporting event in the school year. Our young people’s
effort, behaviour and sportsmanship were commendable and they were a credit to
themselves and the school.
Gold Medals
Aaron Langan - S2 Boys Hurdles
Dawid Graczyk - S3 Boys Long Jump
Sophie Campbell - S3 Girls High Jump
James Craig - Double Gold Medalist in S2 Boys 200m and S2 Boys Triple Jump.
Vivian Duruh - S2 Girls Javelin - Vivian is the new NL county record holder throwing over 27 meters.
Silver Medals
Conor Cowan - S1 Boys Shot Putt
Aaron Langan, Aaron Paterson, Tasaduqq Ali & James
Craig S2 Boys 4x100m Relay
Lauren Baillie, Alicia Wylie, Megan Wands & Lauren
Anderson - S3 Girls 4x100m Relay
Megan Wands - S3 Girls Triple Jump
Michael Musiza - S3 Boys Hurdles
Bronze Medals
Marc Ferguson - S2 Boys Hurdles
Agata Karasiewicz - S2 Girls Shot Putt
Lauren Anderson - S3 Girls Hurdles
Dawid Graczyk - S3 Boys Hurdles
Shauna Smith - S3 Girls Shot Putt
Danielle McCaffery - Open Girls Hurdles
Saul Duffy - Open Boys Long Jump
All pupils did exceptionally well and as a
result many pupils made it through their heats, semifinals and qualified for
the final in their event. A special mention to Ruaridh Carlin - S3 Boys Shot
Putt, Lauren Baillie - S3 Girls 100m, Ryan Quigley - Open Boys 400m, Wiktoria Wywalec - S3 Girls 300m, and Matthew
Muir - S3 Boys 400m who all came 4th in their final and narrowly missed out on
a medal. Some of our medal winners are pictured above.
 On Tuesday 20 June, parents and guardians were invited along to our BGE Awards ceremony to celebrate the successes of our young people. Around 140 pupils received awards for a wide variety of categories including; academia, sports, public speaking and contribution to the school community. Pictured above are some of our Special Award winners gaining Outstanding Attainment, Endeavour, Merit and Contribution.
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Ryan has been selected to represent Scotland at Judo during the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.
He will be jetting off to The Bahamas in July!
A fantastic achievement for Ryan. We are very proud of him.
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 20 third year students, accompanied by Mrs Haldane, Miss Donnelly and Mrs McNally represented St. Aidan`s at the ACN Rally at Carfin Grotto on Thursday 1st June. The Rally provides an opportunity for students from schools across Scotland to focus on issues about persecution, intolerance and refugees. In advance of the Rally third year students prepared prayers to be said on the day. Daphne Miller and Ben Conlin played a major role by acting as Mary and Joseph during the Stations of the Cross. They were highly praised by Lorraine McMahon, ACNs Head of Operations in Scotland.
The group are pictured with Bishop Keenan at Carfin in picture 1.
Pictures 2 and 3 show Daphne and Ben during Mary`s Way of the Cross.
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Wednesday 28 June - School closes 1pm
Tuesday 15 August - Inservice day
Wednesday 16 August - Inservice day
Thursday 17 August - School reopens for pupils
Contact us
Website: www.st-aidanshigh.n-lanark.sch.uk/
Twitter: twitter.com/staidanshigh
Email: ht@st-aidanshigh.n-lanark.sch.uk/
Tel: 01698 352555
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