Recently we celebrated the annual senior awards ceremony in St. Aidan’s High School. Pupils from our current fifth and sixth year along with former pupils from last year were recognised for a wide range of achievements.
Head Teacher Mrs Connelly said “it was an excellent evening of real celebration of lots of different ranges of achievements. I think that’s what I really enjoy about St. Aidan’s, we don’t just recognise academic attainment, which is very important and to be celebrated, but we recognise a lot of citizenship and leadership in the school and just dedication from young people. We really saw a flavour of that last night.”
When asked about the evening, sixth year depute head Mrs Devlin described the awards ceremony as being “one of the best nights in the school calendar”
Music was provided by the school’s senior band and chamber choir, along with a beautiful clarinet solo by Anthony McKenna. Mrs Connelly commented on the music saying “once again our music was outstanding. We’re very fortunate to have a fantastic music department and lots of young people who want to perform.”
Bronze dux winner, Claudia Kawik said “I’m very happy and honoured to be receiving this award, I worked really hard for it” and gold dux winner, Kate Hughes commented that she was “thrilled” to receive such a big award and “didn’t actually expect it.”
Christopher Winters, a former pupil who returned to receive a long list of awards said “It’s good to be recognised for the work that we do, I’m sure the other pupils agree with me. Coming back and seeing the people who brought me through the school has been really good and I hope to chat to them a bit more if I’m in and out of the school.”
Congratulations to all our senior award winners!
