Airdrie Academy

It was a special night for sensational seniors at Airdrie Academy as they were presented with awards honouring their success.

The prizegiving ceremony was hosted by New Wellwynd Parish Church and shone a spotlight on S4-6 pupils.

Academic awards, as well as prizes for contribution to “the wider life of the school and local community” were presented.

Nicola McGuigan scooped the prestigious dux honour with the proxime accessit jointly won by Nathan Morrison, Alistair Sharp, Brandon McIntyre and Matthew Stewart.

The school’s former school captain and vice- captains returned to deliver inspirational speeches and officially hand their badges over to new captain Kyle Hunter and vice-captains Olivia Gallen and Adam Campbell.

An Airdrie Academy spokesperson said: “The prizegiving was a celebration of pupil successes throughout the session, recognising a large number of students in S4-6.

“This is a testament to the exceptionally high standard of results received by this group of pupils who all earned five A’s in the Higher SQA examinations.

“Our thanks go to Reverend Margaret Currie, who led the proceedings, and school chaplain Val Sim for her attendance and support.

“We would also like to say a huge thank you to all of our sponsors – Engie, Cairnhill Structures, Albert Bartlett, Guidis, Millers Coaches and Mary Wilson Flowers – for their generous contributions.”

A full list of all of the winners from the ceremony follows below.

S4 AWARDS:

Shannon Collins (second, National 5 health and food technology), Nicole Alexander (third, National 5 art and design), Umar Asghar (third, National 5 business management) Saif Baqqari (third, National 5 French), Dylan Beck (first, National 5 woodwork), Molly Biggar (first, National 5 art and design; third, National 5 modern studies), Iona Brown (second-equal, National 5 English; first-equal, National 5 Spanish; second, National 5 French; second, National 5 biology; third, National 5 chemistry), Taylor Brown (first, National 5 music technology), Ruaridh Buchanan-Stone (third, National 5 graphics), Nicole Burns (third, National 5 hospitality practical cookery), Christie Calder (second, National 5 PE; second, National 5 Spanish; first, National 5 French), Zoe Cheung (first, National 5 modern studies; third, National 5 Spanish; first, National 5 fashion and textile technology), Maryam Chishti (first, National 5 health and food technology), Jack Clark (second, National 5 music technology), Jorja Connal (second-equal, National 5 English), Gary Cox (third, National 5 woodwork), Chloe Cummings (second, National 5 fashion and textile technology), Carrie Dalziel (third, National 5 fashion and textile technology), Kayleigh Dart (second, National 5 maths; first, National 5 geography; first, National 5 chemistry; second, National 5 engineering science; first, National 5 graphics), Liam Dolan (third, National 5 computing science; second, National 5 chemistry; third, National 5 engineering science), Jamie Donald (third, National 5 PE), Emily Ferguson (first, National 5 design and manufacture; second, National 5 hospitality practical cookery), Lauren Fleming (first, National 5 music), Alisha Flynn (second, National 5 drama), Jamie Ford (third, Nat 5 maths; third-equal, National 5 music technology; second, National 5 physics), Holly Gibb (first, National 5 business management; third-equal, National 5 history; third, National 5 biology), Rachel Harnes (third-equal, National 5 history; first, National 5 biology), Jamie Hunter (second, National 5 design and manufacture), Holly Irvine (third, National 5 health and food technology), Thomas King (second, National 5