Well Done

Princess Diana Memorial Awards

DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Harris Academy is delighted to announce that a group of its pupils has been chosen to receive the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Award for their outstanding contribution to the school.

They have been chosen for the Award because they have made excellent progress both socially and academically during this past academic year and have been a shining example to others.

The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Award was launched nationwide in April 2000 to recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions made by many secondary school students to their schools and communities. The Award is given to those students nominated by their schools for:

Improving the life of others; or

Enhancing the school or community in which the young people live; or

Showing exemplary progress in personal development, especially in adverse circumstances.

Each secondary school in the United Kingdom can annually nominate one student or group of students for an Award. Since the scheme began as a pilot in September 1999, over 2100 pupils from 850 secondary schools across the UK have received awards.

Maths Challenge Success

Congratulations to one of our first year boys on his achievement in gaining a gold award in the 2002 Maths Challenge. He will now attend the official presentation in St Andrews.

The following article is taken from the "Dundee Courier" of Friday 13th July.

School website success

Harris Academy in Dundee has beaten 35,000 UK schools to win a School Website of the Week Award.

The accolade comes courtesy of RM, ICT supplier to schools across the country. The Harris Academy site is featured on RM's Learning Alive site, used by several thousand UK schools. A comprehensive look at life within the school, the Harris site receives over 2000 visitors every month.

Congratulations to all the members of the Harris webteam. More information is available by accessing Site News, or by clicking here.