{"id":2930,"date":"2022-01-07T22:17:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T22:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2023-11-08T09:10:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T09:10:00","slug":"rectors-log-special-7-1-22-tribute-to-paige-dougall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2022\/01\/07\/rectors-log-special-7-1-22-tribute-to-paige-dougall\/","title":{"rendered":"Rector&#8217;s Log Special 7\/1\/22 &#8211; Tribute to Paige Dougall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parent\/Carer<\/p>\n<p>It is with very great sadness that I am in touch again this evening to share the heart-breaking news that Paige (S6) passed away on Wednesday evening. I think it&#8217;s likely that you may have already become aware of this through social media or word of mouth, but I wanted to be sure that Michelle, Paige&#8217;s mother, would want us to put out a formal communication like this before doing so. I managed to speak with her earlier this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Paige was an exceptional young woman, who made a huge impact wherever she went. She had a truly remarkable personality which almost literally, brought out the sunshine. Everything was a wee bit brighter and better when Paige was around. She was Head Girl at Fair Isle Primary and in our school, her particular passions were music and drama &#8230; Paige excelled in both fields. Many of us will never forget her amazing performance in &#8220;School of Rock&#8221;, our school show in 2019. It was not long after that when Paige was diagnosed with Ewing&#8217;s Sarcoma, a very rare form of bone cancer. She spent two years, often in hospital, in and out of remission, before passing away peacefully at home surrounded by her family this week.<\/p>\n<p>In the final year of her life, Paige took her song writing and performing to a different level and was involved in collaborations with Callum Beattie and Ella Henderson, with whom she recorded a top selling single. Maybe you saw a report on STV earlier this evening? <\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts, and prayers, are very much with Michelle, who can maybe be comforted in knowing that she raised such a remarkable daughter. Our sympathy is with all of the family; Paige&#8217;s dad, step-dad and brother especially. Condolences go to Cameron too, Paige&#8217;s fianc\u00e9. Cameron left KHS last summer. May I also take a moment to thank Jess Kerek, her Guidance Teacher, who was a terrific supporter throughout Paige&#8217;s time at Kirkcaldy High.<\/p>\n<p>Please be aware of the fund-raiser which has been initiated in Paige&#8217;s memory by her dear friend Dominika Valente, another former student of KHS. You can donate via &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/paige-dougall-funeral-costs-and-charity-startup\">gofundme<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll share information on funeral arrangements and the school&#8217;s plans to remember Paige in due course. <\/p>\n<p>Sincerely<\/p>\n<p>Derek Allan<br \/>\nRECTOR<br \/>\n7 January 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parent\/Carer It is with very great sadness that I am in touch again this evening to share the heart-breaking news that Paige (S6) passed away on Wednesday evening. I think it&#8217;s likely that you may have already become aware &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2022\/01\/07\/rectors-log-special-7-1-22-tribute-to-paige-dougall\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10574,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","category-rectors-log"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930","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=2930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2932,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions\/2932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}