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News
from Lockerbie Academy - Thursday 12 June 2008
Determined
to Succeed Annual Awards
Lockerbie Academy
was again well represented at the Regional Determined to Succeed
Awards event last Thursday at Easterbrook Hall.
The school achieved
the Gold Award for its Enterprise Activities throughout the year.
These have been coordinated by the Enterprise Core Group a range
of teaching staff throughout the school and including support
from Colin Dunbar of Shasun. Major achievements this year have
included the development of the new Web Site by Mrs Bell of the
ICT/Technical Faculty, the European Computer Driving Licence which
this year has 65 students enrolled, the S2 Recipe book and Calendar,
the full programme of Work Experience for fourth year pupils,
the S6 Yearbook, the Rocket Launching competition organized by
Mrs Hargreaves in the Science department and the continuing success
of the Fantasy Football league organized by Mr Dickson. These
are only a few examples of the superb programme of Enterprise
activities available to Lockerbie Academy pupils and staff.
This year Lockerbie received special mention
in two areas:
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Innovation
with particular note of the Canoe-building innovation
introduced by Mr Gordon with senior students in his Practical
Craft class. The canoes were officially launched two weeks
ago at Lochmaben under the supervision of the Outdoor Education
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International links with particular note of the Comenius
programme which this year enjoyed a highly successful Student
Conference in Stavanger,Norway and a visit from E. de Amicis
students from Cuneo, Italy who visited in April. Next years
Student Conference will take place in Cuneo and hopefully
a Lockerbie party will be able to attend this years event.
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ECO School Silver Award for Lockerbie Academy
As one of the criteria for achieving the Determined
to Succeed Gold Award, Lockerbie Academy applied and received
the Silver Level Award for Eco-school.
To achieve this the school
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form an Eco-Committee |
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carry out an environmental
review |
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draw up an Action Plan |
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publicise eco school through
notice boards, council minutes and an album |
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produce an Eco-Code |
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link eco activities
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Well
done to Ms Rogerson and the Eco-Schools Committee who this
year have been concentrating on an Energy-saving programme
for the school.
Head Boy/Head Girl Results
Eight girls
and eleven boys applied for Head Boy and Head Girl and after
application forms were received and interviews took place
the results were:
Head Girl
Mairi Aitken Deputy Head Girl Amy MacPherson
Head Boy Taylor Edwards Deputy Head Boy Craig Stoddart
Good luck
to all four as they carry out their duties.
Dates
for the Diary
| Monday 16 June |
Work Experience - week
2 |
| Tuesday 17 June |
Launch of Citizenship
Policy |
| Wednesday 18 June |
Young Women in Construction
(Glasgow Caledonian University) |
| Friday 20 June |
School Prom |
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