Category: Wider achievements

Professional football contract signed by U19s goalkeeper

Congratulations to Ben Swinton (S6) who signed his first professional contract with Dunfermline Athletic Football Club last week.

A product of AM Soccer and the school’s football teams, this honour caps an amazing season for Ben who won the Fife Cup and League trophies with the school; Ben added a victory in a national cup competition.

This hard working young player will join his teammates at Dunfermline during the summer.  Good luck!

UKMT Challenge success

Congratulations to all of the pupils who received Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates following the UKMT – United Kingdom Mathematics Trust – Junior Maths Challenge.  In particular, well done to Catriona Guthrie (S2) who gained a Gold Award and Ben Forrest (S1) who collected a Silver Award – both pupils were the top performers in their year.

Other award winners include:

Silver Awards
Andrew Gibson and Samantha Ellis

Bronze Awards
Faye Thomson, David Bousie, Niamh Redmond, Joe Balsillie, Rebecca Reid, Callum Lindsay, Skye Aitken, Peter Duncan, Adam Jeffrey, Georgia Thompson, Benjamin MacPhail and Niamh Davie.

More Darien cast members revealed

Please meet some of the ‘women’ who will travel with the settlers on the second of the Darien expeditions.  This group have yet to suffer the hardships faced by their pioneers!

Please purchase your tickets from The Byre Theatre and support our pupils as they tread the boards in St Andrews.

Book tickets

Photograph credit: Lifetime Photography

Fife Schools Cross Country Championships

Congratulations to our DAS Cross Country team who were successful at the recent Fife Schools Cross Country Championships held at Beveridge Park, Kirkcaldy.

The following medals were won by our pupils:

Gold – Jack Hanly (S2)
Silver – Thomas Quigg (S1) & Sophie Coughlin (S3)
Bronze – Arran Howe (S6)

The team have had a very successful season claiming medals at most competitions this year.  Our ‘thanks’ also go to our staff who have supported the pupils throughout the year.

Fantastic team effort!

DofE Bronze expeditions successfully completed

Well done to all 17 pupils on completing their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition on Saturday.  The S3 pupils faced challenging weather conditions over the two days, but managed to complete their route – from Scotlandwell to Craigmead and back – and overnight camp successfully.

We’d like to thank the staff and the Assessor for supporting the pupils throughout the expedition.