Sixth Year students recently attended the annual Taylor Sixth Year Conference which took place on Friday 22 August, in the Xavier Centre, Carfin. The election of this year’s House Captains took place during the conference, where students also participated in a variety of workshops addressing issues concerning the rights and responsibilities of being a Sixth Year student during the session ahead. Various staff also spoke with the students about the vast amount of committee opportunities open to them in their Sixth Year, highlighting the variety of ways in which they can contribute to school life in the year ahead. A very well done to all pupils who were in the running for a House Captain position as a great deal of hard work and enthusiasm had been put into their election speeches in the run up to the event. As part of the election process our candidates were also interviewed by Head Teacher Mr Gerry McCormick and our school Chaplain Father King. Congratulation to this year’s elected House Captains for each year group House as follows; Jenna Hughes for First Year, Dylan Bell for Second Year, Lewis Shields for Third Year, Sophie Daly for Fourth Year, Luke Miller will be working with Fifth Year and finally Ciaran Connelly will collaborate with Sixth Year. Their respective year groups look forward to working with them through school initiatives and events over the year to come. Thanks to Ian MacFarlane our Home School Partnership Officer who spoke to the students about our Buddying Programme, to Mr Martin McMahon and Father King who presented the Caritas Award Initiative and to Mrs Morag Dickson (Classroom Assistant), Mrs Christine McLaughlin (ASN) and Mr David Anderson (Teacher of Maths) who supported staff on the day ensuring the smooth running of the programme. Thanks to Acting Principal Teacher of Pupils Support Miss Suzanne Evans supported by Stage Head Mrs Frances Seggie, who co-ordinated this year’s conference which was, as always, a huge success.