{"id":16369,"date":"2025-09-16T09:36:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/?p=16369"},"modified":"2025-09-16T10:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:18:00","slug":"mp-melanie-ward-visits-khs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2025\/09\/16\/mp-melanie-ward-visits-khs\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Melanie Ward Visits KHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-16370\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool?longdesc=16370&#038;referrer=16369\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/09\/16093350\/2025-09-16-Melanie-Ward-Visit-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"MP Melanie Ward Visits KHS\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/09\/16093350\/2025-09-16-Melanie-Ward-Visit-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/09\/16093350\/2025-09-16-Melanie-Ward-Visit-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/09\/16093350\/2025-09-16-Melanie-Ward-Visit-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/09\/16093350\/2025-09-16-Melanie-Ward-Visit-1.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We welcomed Melanie Ward to KHS!<\/p>\n<p>Melanie met with pupils from Advanced Higher Modern Studies, Higher Politics, and our Rights Respecting Schools group. Pupils asked a wide range of thoughtful questions \u2014 from current political issues to topics supporting their dissertations.<\/p>\n<p>Our Rights group even came prepared with an extensive list of questions, and pupils represented the school brilliantly throughout. \ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n<p>A fantastic opportunity to learn more about the importance of political representation and active citizenship. \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16369 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2025\/09\/16\/mp-melanie-ward-visits-khs\/2025-09-16-melanie-ward-visit-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/09\/16093359\/2025-09-16-Melanie-Ward-Visit-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"MP Melanie Ward Visits KHS\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2025\/09\/16\/mp-melanie-ward-visits-khs\/2025-09-16-melanie-ward-visit-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2025\/09\/16093410\/2025-09-16-Melanie-Ward-Visit-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"MP Melanie Ward Visits KHS\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We welcomed Melanie Ward to KHS! 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