The SQA examination results are due to be issued to pupils on 5 August 2010.  We hope that all our pupils receive the results that they deserve, but are aware that examination results may result in the desire to change subjects or levels within a subject.

Once you have your results, you may need to consider changing your subjects or levels. 

If you need only to change the level of a subject within a column, then you can discuss the change on your return to school with the subject department.

If, however, you need to swap columns, then guidance staff will be available in the school on Thursday 12 August from 10 am to discuss the options available to you.

To help you consider your choices the subjects and columns are in the grid below:

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Knox Academy is pleased to announce the full results in the recent School Council election held on Friday 25 June 2010.  School Council members for Session 2010-2011 can be viewed below.  Congratulations to all the successful candidates.

Head Boy - Andrew Gilmour
Head Girl - Robyn Szymoszowskyj

Depute Head Boy - Iain Trotter
Depute Head Girl - Megan McCafferty

Garleton 

S2 - Annabel Jackson
S3 - Sean Noon
S4 - Louis Harrodine
S5 - Megan Richardson
S6 - Ailie Henderson 

Lammerlaw  

S2 - Andrew Waddell
S3 - Alex Metcalf
S4 - Michael Johnstone
S5 - Finlay Baird
S6 - Fiona Cleat 

Traprain 

S2 - Heather MacFarlane
S3 - Alexei Dubitskiy
S4 - Alex Cunningham
S5 - Chloe Riva
S6 - Rosie Noon

Over the last year, Knox Academy has once again raised a lot of money for a number of different charities, from local charities like Cash for Kids, to national charities like Cancer Research UK and Children in Need, to international charities like The Red Cross and the Disasters Emergency Committee for Haiti.  In total generous Knox Academy pupils have raised nearly £3,000 for good causes.

Three committees were involved in the organisation of a number of events across the year, ranging from a Talent Show to S6 dressing up and even a Wear it Pink day.  The committees were all made up of S6 pupils who put in a huge amount of effort to ensure everyone could take part and have a fun time while raising money for the charities.  A big thank you has to go to all those S6 pupils who made every fundraiser a success.

 The first event of the year was the Wear it Pink day for Cancer Research’s Breast Cancer Support.  The event was a big success with all year groups being involved, wearing up to 3 items of pink clothing.  At the final count the day raised £595.

The next main fundraiser was for the annual Poppy Appeal.  Knox once again had to request extra poppies as they were very popular and nearly everyone wore a poppy at the Remembrance Assembly.  The silence was observed and Knox can once again be proud of their Remembrance Assemblies.  We raised around £1000.

After Remembrance Day the Charities Committee’s attention turned to Children in Need 2009.  Children in Need becomes an S6-only-zone, as only the S6 take part in the dressing up, along with some members of staff.  The intention was for the S6 to be dressed as children’s characters, however fancy dress can also be an excuse for all sorts of outfits.  One of the most memorable characters was the 3 Sumo wrestlers, they will be remembered for a long time.  The day was a good laugh and raised £560 for a worthy cause.

The annual Christmas Boxes Competition was handed to the Local Charities committee to organise and run this year.  The challenge facing the committee was to pick a theme that everyone could use to design their box.  The theme for 2009 was Disney Christmas.  This produced a few challenges for a number of classes because how could they make a classic Disney film into a Christmas scene, however all the classes managed to tackle their problems and this year every box was well done.  But there could only be one winner and that winner was 6T1, with their box decorated as the Disney castle.  All the Christmas boxes are filled with tins of soup and packets of biscuits.  They are sent out to many of the elderly in the community.  From the sheltered housing to the nursing homes all the Christmas boxes were gratefully received and once again Knox showed the other side of Christmas and remembered to give something back to the local community.  Well done to everyone who took part in the Christmas boxes and for setting such a high standard for next year to beat.

Another deserving recipient of Knox Academy pupil’s money was the poverty stricken country of Haiti.  The earthquake caused massive destruction across the country and Knox, along with the rest of the...

The SQA examination results are due to be issued to pupils on 5 August 2010.  We hope that all our pupils receive the results that they deserve, but are aware that examination results may result in the desire to change subjects or levels within a subject.

In order to assist with this process Guidance staff will be in school on Thursday 12 August.  Further information including subjects and the columns that they are timetabled in will appear on the school website at the start of July.