{"id":20619,"date":"2026-06-12T10:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T09:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/?p=20619"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:49:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T09:49:49","slug":"what-ambition-means-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2026\/06\/12\/what-ambition-means-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"What Ambition Means to Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Learning Ambassadors have been exploring what ambition means to them, developing a thoughtful &#8216;Ladder of Ambition&#8217; to demonstrate how ambition is a journey that can lead to leadership.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this work, they have also been engaging others across the school community, asking for their perspectives on ambition, which is one of our core values. In a recent assembly, we were delighted to share a video message from Eilish McColgan, who spoke insightfully about her own experiences of ambition and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, we look forward to sharing further video contributions that the Learning Ambassadors presented during the ambition assembly, continuing to inspire discussion and reflection across the school.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eilish McColgan - What Ambition Means to Me\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2tc8nBNMB5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Learning Ambassadors have been exploring what ambition means to them, developing a thoughtful &#8216;Ladder of Ambition&#8217; to demonstrate how ambition is a journey that can lead to leadership. As part of this work, they have also been engaging others &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2026\/06\/12\/what-ambition-means-to-us\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10574,"featured_media":20637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,72,142,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2025-2026","category-latest-news","category-learning-ambassadors","category-summer-term-2025-2026"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/06\/12104939\/eilish.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20619"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20636,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20619\/revisions\/20636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}