Buckie High’s outstanding students in the spotlight at awards ceremony marks year of achievement
It was time for achievement in and out of the classroom to stand tall when a secondary school held its annual prizegiving.
Senior students from Buckie Community High School (BCHS) were honoured at a special ceremony in Highfield Hall looking back on the outstanding achievements of the school year soon to draw to a close.
It was an evening to remember for Luke Coull and Joe Sutherland who respectively won the S5 and S6 Dux Medals and Joe Mackay Awards.
Acting rector Sean Duffy told the audience at the ceremony that they were gathered to celebrate achievement in all its many forms.
He said: “Let me be clear; achievement isn’t just about being the best.
“It’s about being your best - growing, stretching, and pushing yourself further than you thought you could go.
“Every student here has the potential to achieve something remarkable. Our job as a school is to help unlock that potential.”
He went on to pay tribute to all those who had contributed to a successful school year as well as those who were heading for pastures new.
Mr Duffy also unveiled Jemma Playfair - currently the Rector at Milne’s High School - as the new boss at BCHS after the summer holidays.
Rounding of his address, he had one final message for this years prizewinners, namely that the biggest change for them was yet to come.
He continued: “As you move on to new chapters, remember this: change is not something to fear.
“It is the engine of progress. The world will continue to shift around you. Let it shape you - but never let it define you.”
“In closing, I want to leave you with this thought; those who thrive are not always the strongest or the smartest, but those most open to change.
Guest speaker for the eventing was former pupil Richard Simpson from Simpson’s Ice Cream.
Prizewinners:
Senior prize list - Monica Abbey 6S 1st Human Biology Higher, 1st Modern Studies Higher; Marzuq Alam 6S 1st Biology Advanced Higher, 1st Chemistry Advanced Higher; Rakin Amin 6C 1st Physics Advanced Higher; Sameer Amin 4C1 2nd Physics Nat 5; Vincent Birtwhistle 4C2 3rd Business Management Nat 5; Ruaridh Boyle 5L2 1st Spanish Nat 5; Lois Bruce 5L2 1st Creative Industries Nat 5, 3rd English Higher, The J P Pozzi Trophy for Most Improved in English; Katy Cameron 5S2 2nd Hospitality Nat 5; Abigail Campbell 4S1 3rd Biology Nat 5, 1st & TSB Business Management Trophy Business Management Nat 5, 1st English Nat 5, 1st Geography Nat 5, 2nd Mathematics Nat 5, 1st Sport & Recreation Nat 5; Joe Campbell 5S1 1st & the Muriel Coutts Award for Hospitality Nat 5; Billy Chalmers 4C1 2nd Physical Education Nat 5; Maria Chalmers 6R 1st Practical Cakecraft Nat 5; Rosie-Willow Clarke 6L 1st English Advanced Higher, 1st Environmental Science Higher, 1st & the Buckie Community Council Millenium Trophy for History Higher, 1st & the William Mair Shield for Philosophy Higher; Luke Coull 5S2 2nd Chemistry Higher, 1st & the George Clark McKenzie Memorial Shield for Mathematics Higher, 2nd Physical Education Higher, The Smith Trophy for Endeavour for Physical Education; Madison Coull 5R2 1st & the Stephen Wilkinson Trophy Biology Higher, 3rd Physical Education Higher; Cammie Couper-Bracken 4C2 1st Applications of Mathematics Nat 5; Douglas Cowie 6L 1st & the David Stone Award for Music Advanced Higher; Kaydee Cowie 6R 1st Music Technology Higher; Tom Cumming 4L1 2nd Furniture Making Level 5; Olivia Da Silva 5R1 The Rennie Quaich for Endeavour in Music Higher; Katie Dickie 5L1 1st & the Moravian Motors Shield Business Management Higher, 2nd English Higher; Leah Donaldson 4C2 1st Professional Theatre Preparation Level 6; Greg Duncan 5L1 1st Practical Electronics Nat 5; Kelsi Duncan 6S 2nd Modern Studies Higher; Faith Duncan-Weir 4R1 1st History Nat 5; Alens-Ralfs Edolfs 5L2 2nd Art & Design Nat 5; Abbie Farquhar 6L 1st Barista Higher; Zak Gordon 5C1 1st Physics Nat 5; Eloise Grant 5R1 2nd Business Management Higher; Hannah Green 5S2 3rd Geography Higher; Nick Hahmann 4R2 1st RMPS Nat 5; Cameron Hay 6S 1st German Advanced Higher; Bethany Hendry 6S 2nd Photography Higher; Levi Hird 4R1 2nd Applications of Mathematics Nat 5; Amelie Hutcheson 4R1 4th Equal English Nat 5, 2nd Geography Nat 5; Josh Innes 4R1 3rd Applications of Mathematics Nat 5; Lizzie Johnson 6R 1st Costume Level 5; Zosia Kowalczyk 6R 2nd Practical Woodwork; Filip Lacatus 5L1 2nd Art & Design Higher; Sophie Lindsay 5S1 1st & the Hebbie Gray Memorial Cup for Music Higher; Sarah Maia 6C 1st Art & Design Advanced Higher; Daisy Main 4S2 3rd Mathematics Nat 5; Grace McCubbin 5S2 4th Equal English Higher, 2nd Geography Higher; Charlie McKay 4S2 The Seafield Medical Centre Quaich for Music Nat 5, 1st & the Stewart Trophy for Physical Education Nat 5; Lauren McKay 5C1 1st & the Ross Finnie Award for Physical Education Higher; Sarah McKay 5S1 2nd Music Higher, 1st & Quaich for Music Technology Nat 5; Kayla McNeill 5R1 1st Media Studies Nat 5; Paige Milne 4C2 3rd English Nat 5, 1st & the J L Liddle Memorial Quaich & the Historic Banffshire Kronach Twinning Association Award for German Nat 5, 1st & R S Cruickshank Trophy for Graphic Communication Nat 5, 1st Mathematics Nat 5; Summer Milne 5C1 1st Administration Nat 5; McKenna Milner 5R1 1st & the Royal Bank of Scotland Cup for English Higher, 1st & the Class of 1991 Memorial Cup for Endeavour in Geography Higher; Ianthe Mitchell 4L1 1st (Plaque) Chemistry Nat 5, 1st & the Sherman Trophy for Practical Woodwork Nat 5; Joao Morais Pereira 6C 1st Spanish Higher; Maggie-May Munro 4R1 4th Applications of Mathematics Nat 5; Ethan Paterson 4S2 1st & the Grant Shield Art & Design Nat 5, 2nd Business Management Nat 5, 2nd Equal English Nat 5, 2nd Graphic Communication Nat 5, 1st Visual Communication Level 5; Jenna Pearce 5S2 1st Leadership Award Higher; Joe Reid 5S1 1st Applications of Mathematics Higher; Nevaeh Reid 5R1 2nd Biology Higher, 3rd Physics Higher; Darcey Ritchie 5S1 1st & the Buckie Furniture Shield Art & Design Higher, 1st Modern Studies Nat 5; Kobei Ross 5L1 1st Furniture Making Level 5; Esther Schoeman 4L1 1st Biology Nat 5, 2nd Chemistry Nat 5, 2nd Equal English Nat 5; Orla Scott 5R2 2nd Biology Nat 5, 1st Chemistry Higher; Christopher Silva 6L 2nd Physics Higher; Jessica Simpson 5S1 3rd Biology Higher, 3rd Chemistry Higher, 4th Equal English Higher; Neive Slater 5R2 3rd Business Management Higher; Olivia Starrs 5S2 2nd Sport & Recreation Nat 5; Matthew Stead 5L2 1st Computing Science Higher, 2nd Mathematics Higher, 1st Physics Higher; Emily Stewart 6R 1st Geography Advanced Higher, 2nd Philosophy Higher; Eliza Strachan 6L 1st Graphic Communication Higher, 1st & The Precious Gifts Shield for Photography Higher; Joe Sutherland 6S 1st Mathematics Advanced Higher; Niyah Taylor 4R1 The Class of 1980 Shield for Most Improved in Mathematics; Lauren Thorley 5R1 3rd Mathematics Higher; Marina Wallace 4C1 1st Music Nat 5, 1st RMPS Higher; Emily Wilson 5L2 4th Equal English Higher; Hayden Wood 4L2 1st Photography Nat 5; Imogen Wright 4S3 4th Equal English Higher; Logan Wright 4C1 4th Equal English Nat 5, 4th Mathematics Nat 5; Nyah Wright 5C1 2nd Leadership Award Higher.
Outstanding awards
Cowie Rosebowl - Josh Innes 4R1; Winnie Ewing Sports Trophy - Darcey Ritchie 5S1; Community Service Award - Kelsi Duncan 6S, Robyn Taylor 6S, Eryn Fielding 6R, Olivia Wood 6C; The Lewis Connor Forsyth Memorial Award - Paige Milne 4C2; James Stuart Scott Trophy - Eliza Strachan 6L; GC Smith Trophy for Leadership - Joe Sutherland 6S, Robyn Taylor 6S; Outstanding Contribution to Work in the Library - Cameron Hay 6S; Ace Winches Perpetual Trophy for Technology & Science - Abigail Seymour 5L2; Zoe Geddes Memorial Shield - Orla Scott 5R2; Clark Memorial Award - Ashleigh Cormack 6L; Determination to Succeed Shield - Ellie Thornton 4L2; Inter House Trophy - Seafield.
5th Year Dux Medal and Joe Mackay Award - Luke Coull.
6th Year Dux Medal and Joe Mackay Award - Joe Sutherland.
