{"id":6,"date":"2019-01-24T13:48:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T13:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2024-10-10T12:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T12:38:49","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/welcome\/reimaged-school-badge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/06112400\/REIMAGED-SCHOOL-BADGE.png\" data-orig-size=\"986,1140\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"REIMAGED SCHOOL BADGE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/06112400\/REIMAGED-SCHOOL-BADGE-259x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/06112400\/REIMAGED-SCHOOL-BADGE-886x1024.png\" class=\"wp-image-1292 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/06112400\/REIMAGED-SCHOOL-BADGE-259x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/06112400\/REIMAGED-SCHOOL-BADGE-259x300.png 259w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/06112400\/REIMAGED-SCHOOL-BADGE-886x1024.png 886w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/06112400\/REIMAGED-SCHOOL-BADGE-768x888.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/06112400\/REIMAGED-SCHOOL-BADGE.png 986w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to our school website which we hope will provide you with helpful information about our school community.<\/p>\n<p>First and foremost, we are a Catholic community of faith and learning which places our Gospel values at the heart of everything we do.\u00a0 In St Stephen\u2019s High School our vision is to strive for success and in order to achieve this we aim to provide high quality learning experiences in a loving, ambitious, inclusive and nurturing environment.\u00a0 We value our Catholic faith and we live out our core values of Fairness, Ambition, Inclusion, Trust and Honesty on a daily basis and they underpin everything we do.<\/p>\n<p>We are incredibly ambitious for our young people and partnership working is central to this. We believe that by working together with our parents, partners, and parishes, we can encourage our young people to flourish; to use their God given talents to achieve their potential and give back to others; and to become the very best version of themselves.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to work with us and the whole school community to support and celebrate the attainment and achievement of our young people.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to working with you.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer McDonald<\/p>\n<p>Head Teacher<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/2024\/01\/15\/welcome-to-st-stephens\/head-teacher\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2024\/01\/09205731\/Head-Teacher.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"810,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 250D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1728382483&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Head Teacher\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2024\/01\/09205731\/Head-Teacher-193x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2024\/01\/09205731\/Head-Teacher-658x1024.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1616\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2024\/01\/09205731\/Head-Teacher-193x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2024\/01\/09205731\/Head-Teacher-193x300.jpeg 193w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2024\/01\/09205731\/Head-Teacher-658x1024.jpeg 658w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2024\/01\/09205731\/Head-Teacher-768x1195.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2024\/01\/09205731\/Head-Teacher.jpeg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><u>School Contact Details<\/u><\/h3>\n<h4>St. Stephen\u2019s High School<br \/>\nKilmacolm Road<br \/>\nPORT GLASGOW<br \/>\nPA14 6PP<br \/>\nTel No: 01475 715300<\/h4>\n<h4>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:office@st-stephens.inverclyde.sch.uk\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">office@st-stephens.inverclyde.sch.uk<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Twitter<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StStephensHS\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/StStephensHS<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><strong> Head Teacher<\/strong>: <i>Mrs Jennifer McDonald<\/i><\/h4>\n<h3>Counselling Service<\/h3>\n<p>Inverclyde Council are excited to announce the new\u00a0<b>Kooth Online Counselling &amp; Mental Health Service\u00a0<\/b>for 16 \u2013 26 years in Inverclyde. Kooth is a free, safe and anonymous online mental wellbeing community, accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. It includes:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>A magazine<\/li>\n<li>Discussion boards<\/li>\n<li>Messages or live chat with their team<\/li>\n<li>A daily journal you can fill in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please find attached Kooth\u2019s co-branded letter with further information about the app and links to the launch events for April<\/p>\n<p>Kooth Online Counselling &amp; Mental Health Service is for 16 \u2013 26 years old&#8217;s and based in Inverclyde.<\/p>\n<p>Click here for further information\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2022\/11\/24145608\/Co-branded-Letter-Invites-Inverclyde.pdf\">Young Person Counselling<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Water Safety<\/h3>\n<p>Please watch the attached video clip from Water Safety Scotland about staying safe around water!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6-1\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2022\/11\/17184151\/WS-advert-for-schools.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2022\/11\/17184151\/WS-advert-for-schools.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2022\/11\/17184151\/WS-advert-for-schools.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1380\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/pupils\/pupil-council\/school-strive-for-success\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"School Strive for Success\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1-300x100.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1380 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our school website which we hope will provide you with helpful information about our school community. First and foremost, we are a Catholic community of faith and learning which places our Gospel values at the heart of everything we do.\u00a0 In St Stephen\u2019s High School our vision is to strive for success and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/welcome\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8395,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1625,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/1625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}