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Balhouse Primary picture appeal for centenary celebrations

A PERTH Primary School is gearing up for its centenary celebrations and is appealing to PA readers for help. Read

Young chefs compete for Rotary Club prize

THE final of the Rotary Club of Perth Young Chef Competition took place at the Community School of Auchterarder. Read

Lynn wins top prize at driving roadshow

A PERTH High School pupil has scooped the top prize for her school after taking part in the Driving for Ambition roadshow. Read

Perth Academy prize winners

Perth Academy prize list for 2007-2008. Read

Horror crash at Gilmerton

INVESTIGATIONS into a near fatal crash on the A85 were continuing yesterday. Read

Career advice available for teenage students

IF your son or daughter has just moved into fifth or sixth year at school in the Perth and Kinross area, Careers Scotland is organising an information evening. Read

Primary concerns on flit to secondary

VOLUNTEER counsellors at ChildLine in Scotland are ready to lend a listening ear to Perth and Kinross pupils who may be apprehensive about making the move from primary to secondary school. Read

Nursery’s positive ethos impresses inspectors

A REPORT into a Perth nursery shows inspectors are fairly pleased with what they found. Read

Vandals cover school walls in hatred

SHOCKING graffiti daubed on the walls of a Perth primary school has been branded “despicable” by police. Read

Get together with old school pals at a special reunion

DID you spend your first year at Secondary up at the “old” High School in 1970/71 then continue your education at the “new” High School up at Oakbank? Read

Perth and Kinross Council

Schools charges 'illegal'

PERTH and Kinross Council was accused yesterday of ripping-off local housebuilders by demanding hundreds of thousands of pounds in illegal payments towards education provision in schools at or near capacity. Read

Caledonian Road primary school prizegiving list

HERE is the prize-list for pupils at Caledonian Road Primary School: Read

Kids take a snapshot of south Perth

THE South Perth Communities Partnership joined forces with the P5 class of Moncreiffe Primary School to embark upon a project to identify what it means to live in their area of the City. Read

Did you go to Perth Northern District Primary?

PERTH’S Northern District Primary School, later re-named Balhousie, is celebrating its centenary later this year. Read

Winner of Neil McCorkindale essay writing competition

PERTH Grammar School pupil Lisa Keddie is this year’s winner of the Neil McCorkindale Essay Writing Competition, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Perth. A total of 12 essays, three from each of the four secondary schools in Perth, were submitted and the standard was uniformly high. Book tokens to the value of £10 were presented to each of the contributors. Read

Kilgraston hold prize ceremony

The guest speaker was adventurer and writer Karen Darke, an extraordinary human being and a women who has touched many lives. Read

Morrison’s Academy prize giving

INDIVIDUAL awards: Dye Cup (senior tennis champion) – Andrew Turnbull; Belch Cup (Golf Champion) – Mark Marchbank; Music: Knox Cup (best solo performer) – Alexandra Taylor; AB Hunter Prize (solo Scots song) – Kirsten Longmuir; Garrie Quaich (vocal excellence) – Hilary Andrew; Isobel McGregor Trophy (senior drama) – Douglas Guthrie; Sir ross Belch Cup (young enterprise) – Michael Basford; Burdon-Cooper Enterprise Award (young enterprise) – Michael Basford, Jamie Fairclough, Michael Rae; Consulate General Prize for Excellence in German – Ellen Wagstaff, Emily Tait; Rector's Award for Outstanding Achievement in French – Catriona Bell. Read

New chair for Peter

ONE-TIME Perth Academy head boy Peter Donnelly is leaving his post as Scotland’s deputy chief medical officer to take up a new chair at the University of St Andrews, where he will lead research in support of violence reduction strategies. Read

Pupils not keen on healthy menus

THE number of secondary pupils taking school meals in Perth and Kinross plummeted by 15% during 2007/2008. Read

Collace Primary prizegiving

THE school prize-giving was held in Collace Church. Read

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