Pupils in Airdrie Academy have been recognised for their achievements over the 2016/17 session in two ceremonies.

The junior prize giving took place in the school and was a great success.  The event recognised both academic achievements and involvement in the wider life of the school.

The Senior Prize Giving Ceremony held at New Wellwynd Parish Church was another wonderful event, celebrating pupil successes.

The whole school community came together to congratulate pupils on their successes.  Pupils were awarded prizes to recognise academic endaveours as well as sporting pursuits and involvement in the wider life of the school and local community.

Rev. Robbie Hamilton led the proceedings, and was supported by his fellow school chaplains.  Head Teacher Martin Anderson addressed the congregation and prizes were distributed to a large number of pupils in S4-6 from the last academic session.

School Captain Matthew Paul and his Vice Captains Rhea Currie and Lyndsey Rideout from session 2016-17 made very profound speeches detailing their time at Airdrie Academy and had the opportunity to pass over the duties to current School Captain Eman Qasim and Vice Captains Rebecca Morgan and Katie Laing.

Huge congratulations to Georgia Watson who was presented with the School Dux Award and to Katie Laing who was Proxime Accessit.

Performances from the Performing Arts Department were of a very high standard.

A special thanks to sponsors ENGIE, Guidis, Cairnhill Structures, Albert Bartlett and Mary Wilson Flowers.

On the 31^st of October, 2 teams represented Airdrie Academy at the West of Scotland Heat of the Kids Lit Quiz.

The Kids Lit Quiz is an annual global literature quiz with the winning team from each heat competing in a National Final. National champions then compete in the World Final.

Both teams worked very hard to prepare for the event and did exceptionally well on the day. In fact, our first team came out top of all the North Lanarkshire Schools entered.

Although we didn’t make the top three, the final result was very close and all pupils did win prizes for getting top scores in individual rounds. Pupils also had the pleasure of meeting and having books signed by visiting authors Cathy MacPhail, Elizabeth Wein and Alex McCall.

The day was a fabulous celebration of books and reading and the pupils were a credit to the school.

On Friday 10th November, pupils from 1M1, 1F1 and 1C1 geography classes got the chance to go to Amazonia at Strathclyde Park as part of their Brazil unit.

There, they got to experience the climate of the rainforest, and see and handle some of the animals that call the rainforest their home.

A great time was had by all the pupils and other S1 classes will get a chance to go soon!

Well done to S3 pupils Sophie, Emily, Ellie and Teigan who successfully completed the Fire Reach programme last week. The girls were a credit to themselves, their families and the school.

S3 English had a fabulous time at the Alhambra Theatre seeing ‘Blood Brothers’:

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Staff and pupils are invited to celebrate with our special Spanish menu kindly prepared by the canteen staff:

European Day of Languages

26  de  Septiembre 2017

La    Academia  de   Airdrie  

Menú    del   Día 

Primer Plato

Patatas Bravas

Tortilla de Patatas

Ensalada Mixta

Segundo Plato

Paella de Pollo

Wraps de Pollo

Enchiladas

Postre

Churros con chocolate

Crepes con chocolate y crema

Fruta variada

Yogures