Grammar school celebrates year of achievement
PARENTS and teachers packed out the Lorne and Lowland Church to see the apples of their eyes pick up awards.
Campbeltown Grammar school held their annual prize-giving ceremony last Thursday to reward their star pupils for attainment throughout the school year.
Kintyre Schools Pipe Band opened the ceremony, before head teacher Catriona Hood gave the rector’s address which referenced the transition to the new school building currently under construction.
Guest of honour Colin Millar provided an inspiring speech that urged pupils to continue to make the most of their school years.
There were two solo performances on the night, with Finlay Gilchrist performing on the electric guitar and Niall Gemmill providing a vocal.
The pupils’ reports included a charity report on CGS4Gambia’s trip to Jarrol, as well as a look back on the visit from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp survivor Professor Löb.
Numerous awards were handed out on the night, including the main prize for outstanding achievement in scholarship, the Dux Prize, which went to Cameron Macalister.
The Points Ahead House championship went to Bengullion, while the overall Sports championship went to Kilbrannan.
Speaking about the event, Ms Hood said: ‘It seems, once again, to have been a very quick year, and this is because it has been full of so much activity in our pupils’ lives and in the work of the school as a whole.
‘One of the strengths of our curriculum, particularly in senior phase, is that it gives pupils scope to study the subjects they have chosen and to take part in a whole variety of experience.
‘Pupils who wish to take part in volunteering, work experience, work shadowing or being a sports leader, can do so without missing subject classes.
‘We can all be rightly proud of all that so many of our pupils do to serve the community as a whole.’
For full results, see next week’s edition.