ROSS High School has hosted its annual Celebration of Success Awards evening for senior pupils, with S6 pupil Alex McMillan receiving the honour of Dux.

Awards were given to pupils in S5 and S6 for attainment, as well as for various subjects at National 5 and Higher level. Some pupils also received Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards and a further 29 special awards handed out to pupils for particular achievements. 

The awards took place on September 10 at the Tranent school, and featured performances from two of the school’s bands, Sixteen Again and Room 5.

The bands, comprising school pupils, entertained the audience midway through the awards ceremony

Guest Dr Sam Blackley spoke to the packed hall about her journey, from being a pupil at Ross High School from 1997 to 2003, to her current position as consultant geriatrician at the Western General Hospital.

Paul Reynolds, headteacher at Ross High, said: “The Senior Celebration of Success gives us the opportunity to congratulate and celebrate both academic attainment and the effort and hard work our pupils showed throughout last school session. 

“All winners on the evening deserve huge praise for their achievements.

“Congratulations to this year’s Dux winner, Alex McMillan. 

Alex McMillan received the Dux award for his academic achievements

“Well done to all our award winners on the night and I wish them, and all our pupils here at Ross High School, the best of luck for the rest of this school session.”

Awards were given to the following S5 pupils for their attainment:

Cameron Ainslie, Max Alexander, Alex Archer, Emily Atkinson, Sarah Bannon, Ruth Bell, Abi Black, Kristin Boby, Jodie Conquer, Kara Craig, Eliza Cuthbert, Fraser Dick, Layla Duke, Sophie Dutton, Leon Fleming, Shaelyn Francis, Cissy Fraser, Ellen Fraser, Emily Fraser, Amelia Fynan, Julia Gacek, Murphy Galvin, Jacob Glass, Jessica Gordon, Jasmine Hajduk, Aidan Hepburn, Lucia Herkes, Elise Hilton, Lyla Inglis, CJ Johnstone, Jaimi-Lee Johnstone, Courtney Jost, Jan Kapis, Lucas Leishman, Sammy Love, Brodie Mackay, Finlay Mackay, Ben Masterton, Calum McGuff, Nevis McHoull, Holly McKean, Hannah McNeill, Alex McShane, Jon McVay, Lila Middler-Burrows, Daniel Norton, Heather Pardoe, Jakub Rekowski, Cameron Rennie, Demi Reynolds, Lia Scott, Illia Sliusarenko, Aiden Smith, Abi Spowart, Cat Steele, Bartosz Stolat, Ava Summerville, Zosia Szczepaniec, Harris Taylor, Lewis Thom, Isabel Till, Dominika Tlolka, Eric Turley, Jake Wood.

Awards were given to the following S6 pupils:

Peyton Allan, Ross Anderton, Ollie Armstrong, Neave Balfour, Megan Balfour, Niamh Blaikie, Eve Brennan, Findlay Brown, Thomas Bull, Mhairi Calder, Erin Cameron, Tyler Cooney, Jenna Cunningham, Sarah Ewing, Sophie Docker, Etienne Flory, Amira Franklin, Craig Fraser, Damaris Galloway, Matilda Gerhardy, Abbi Gordon, Cody Harker, Kelsey Hunter, Daniel Hay, Eve Hutchinson, Aisha Imran, Calum Kelly, Robbie Kernaghan, Reilly Kerr, Rowan Kittle, Anna Little, James Macdonald, Emily MacFarlane, Katie MacKenzie, Tyrie Malcolm, Zuzanna Mamos, Hannah McArthur, Alexis McGarry, Logan McLean, Anna McManus, Alex McMillan, Harry Miller, Carrie Muir, Molly Nisbet, Caitlin Peebles, Jessica Pretsell, Alix Quinn, Kacey Rafferty, Edwin Ramanauskas, Shane Scott, Keira Small, Matthew Stable, Freya Stables, Ella Steedman, Ethan White, Lucy Young, Mateus Zak.

Special awards were given to the following pupils:

Emily Atkinson (Tim Dickson Outdoor Education Award), Ethan White (Bill Alcorn Memorial Cup for Technical Education), Tyler Cooney (Bill Wright Computing Science Recognition Award), Ruth Bell (Christine Boyle Award for Creative Writing), Sarah Ewing (Commitment to the Community Award), Cissy Fraser (Creative and Aesthetics Award), Jan Kapis (Linguistics Award), Alex McMillan (David Finlayson Memorial Cup for Maths), Harry Miller (Dickson Memorial Cup for Services to Music), Matilda Gerhardy (Gilbert Alan Literature Award), Abbi Gordon (Janet Hunter Cup for Attainment in Music), Matilda Gerhardy (Hopper Award for Excellence in Computing Science), Niamh Blaikie (Philosophy and Ethics - Rev Miller Award), Sophie Dutton (Rhona McNaughton Commitment to Social Subjects Award), Ella Steedman (Sciences Award), Thomas Bull (5 A Grades at Higher), Alex Mcmillan (5 A Grades at Higher), Caitlin Peebles (5 A Grades at Higher), Alex McMillan (School Dux).