Academy looks back on a year of achievement

Dec 24 2008 by Sandra Walls, Hamilton Advertiser

STRATHAVEN Academy pupils and staff have taken part in many challenges in 2008.

Here are a few of the pupils’ recent achievements.

STRATHAVEN Academy hosted the ‘Make Your Mark Challenge’ for all S6 pupils as part of the National Enterprise Week.

In groups, pupils created an overall product or service that supported the seven Olympic and Paralympic values.

They produced an idea sheet, competitors’ outline and financial plan.

The winning entry of chariot designz was submitted to the national competition.

The winning team, pictured, was Iona Thomson, Kayleigh McKenna, Rachel McKenna, Lisa Thomson and Kirstin Cameron.

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MONEY has been rolling in for St Andrew’s Hospice ever since the staff and pupils of Strathaven Academy took part in the charity’s school challenge.

A team of 30 pupils from S5 and S6, 14 staff members, and three guests either walked, jogged or ran the 6K course around Strathclyde Park.

They joined with 1300 others from schools across Lanarkshire to raise funds for this worthwhile cause.

The weather on the day turned out to be ideal for the challenge and the team looked very sporty in their BARU-sponsored T-shirts.

A cheque for a whopping £1800 raised by the school was handed over to the hospice.

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IN cycling, Stuart McCluskey, S4, has been selected for the Under-16 British Olympic Cycling Talent Team.

Stuart has been riding for three years and racing for the last two.

This year has been his most successful to date with many top results in his age category.

He travels to Manchester almost every weekend for talent team camps or track races and has a demanding schedule between now and next summer.

The school wishes Stuart, pictured, the very best of luck in his cycling interests.

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