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Key Stage 3 Prize Ceremony

Pupils in year 8 - 10 in City of Armagh High School were awarded subject prizes at the Key Stage 3 prize afternoon on 22nd June.

The guest presenter was Mrs Jennifer Magowan, an Advisory Officer with the SELB and who works closely with the school.

Mr Turkington, Principal, complemented all pupils who were successful in gaining prizes in a comprehensive range of subject areas.
 
Sports Day Presentation

City of Armagh High School held its annual Sports Day on 3rd June. With perfect weather conditions for athletics, competitors took part in a packed programme of track and field events.
 
The highlight of the day was the Year 11 boys High Jump Competition where Celeb Mongomery set a new school record. Caleb who is an Ulster Schools Athletics qualifier jumped 1.70m, beating the previous record of 1.65m which was set by D Davidson in 1985 and T Smith in 1976. Caleb also won the Shot and Discus events. The talented athlete was this years deserving recipient of the Vernon Cup for Athletics.
 
Disa Govan and Daniel Metcalfe also produced very good individual performances. Disa won the Long Jump and Daniel won the 100m, 200m and 1500m. Special mention should go to Ruth Irwin who led from the start to win the 800m.
 
In the Year 10 competition it was Rachel Lucas and William Gillanders who were best on the day.
 

Rachel won the Shot and High Jump while William won the High Jump and 100m. William was pushed every step of the way by the talented Glenn Hawthorne who won the Long Jump, 400m, Shot and Discus.
 
The Year 9 competition was dominated by the much improved Christine Oliver. Christine won the Long Jump, High Jump and 100m while Andrew Hoey, last years Athlete of the Year won the 200m, 400m Long Jump and Shot.
 
Katie Gray and Nathan Stewart are names for the future. As well as being very talented games players they were the best year 8 athletes on the day. Katie won the 200m and Cricket Ball throw while Nathan won the High Jump.
 
The success of the all the athletes was celebrated at the special Sports Presentation, where the school reflected on the achievement of all its sports stars over the year. Mr Turkington, principal, presented awards for a wide number of sports including netball, hockey, football, cross country, athletics and orienteering.
 
Supporting Action MS



This week the school presented a cheque totalling £2160 to Action MS. This is a tremendous sum of money and will go to help people in our community who need our help and support.

Well done to all for taking and making this possible.
 
Pupil of the Month (April)

 




 

Congratulations to all the pupils who recieved this months' award.   Well Done
 
Presentation of Progress Files at City of Armagh High School





Year 12 pupils at City of Armagh High School pictured here after the annual presentation of their Progress Files. They are pictured with Guest of Honour Mrs J Woods, Principle of Lisnadill P.S, Mr A Turkington Principle, Mr D Livingstone Progress File Coordinator and Ms A Murdoch Year Head.
 
Fitness Freddie Fundraiser





Congratulations to everyone who took part in our annual "Fitness Freddie" event. As always Freddie put all the pupils (and even some of the teachers!) through their paces. Every pupil raised funds for the event which goes straight back into the school to help our pupils on sports trips etc.








 Pictured with Mr Livingstone are 4 of the highest fundraisers from the event. The highest earner was Natasher Hawthorne who was unavailable for a picture at the time.

 

Well done to everyone taking part.





 
 
Money Sense

Recently the Year 11 pupils had the chance to get involved with leading bank 'Northern' to learn about how to set up a business and the costs that were involved when setting up such a business. The session lasted most of the day and the pupils gained some very useful knowledge in this area.

City of Armagh High School would like to thank Mrs Mulholland and Northern bank for setting up and presenting all the activities.
 
Robert Anderson takes first place in Gerald Long Memorial road race


On Sunday the 11th of April City of Armagh High School pupil youth rider Robert Anderson (Orchard Wheelers) stole the show in the B event at Gerald Long Memorial road race. The 16-year-old rode clear of the field and soloed home almost three minutes ahead of second placed Gary Jeffers from East Tyrone.
 
Pupil of the Month (March)

Congratulations to the pupil of the month winners for March who are Andrew Jenkinson 8A1, Sam McIlnea 9A2, Alena Nicholl 10A2, Emma Wright 11A1, Stuart Pogue 12A2 and Gordon Murdock 8L.

Well done to all.
 
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