HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL

Congratulations to all of our young people in S4, S5 and S6 who delivered an excellent set of SQA Examination Results ….. yet again! All year groups produced fantastic performances which, in many cases, topped some of the highest examination scores from the previous year. For example:

Some of our successful S4 candidates

49% of our young people in Fourth Year achieved 5 or more National 5 passes; and 94% achieved 5 or more examination passes at either National 5 or National 4. A great performance!

Not to be outdone our young people in S5 performed fantastically well:

63% achieved at least 1 Higher at grade A-C

38% achieved at least 3 Highers at grade A-C

19% achieved 5 Higher at grade A-C Some of our successful S5 candidates

SESSION 2015/2016 – ISSUE 2 AUGUST /SEPTEMBER 2015

OUTSTANDING SQA RESULTS

FOR

HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL

16 of our young people achieved 5 Highers all at Grade A; while three of our young people achieved 6 Highers; two of them achieving 6 Highers at Grade A Band 1….a magnificent achievement.

Our young people in Sixth Year also performed superbly well – with our Advanced Higher grades increasing by an astonishing 10% to 20%!

Indeed, all of our young people taking examinations in 2015 worked extremely hard and performed to the very best of their ability and we are so proud of them all.

Our results highlight the excellent partnership which exists between our young people, our parents and our staff.

Working together we can achieve so much for our young people.

We look forward to another successful school year in 2015/2016 at Holy Cross High School.

David Hayburn of S5 who gained 6 Highers all at A Band 1

Twins Rachel and Hannah Duddy each gained 5 Highers

Mr Reilly with left to right: Rachel Duddy, Ciaran Jenkins, Michael Creechan and Hannah Duddy

Ciaran Jenkins and Michael Creechan of S5. Both Cairan and Michael achieved 6 Highers; Ciaran achieving 6 A passes all at Band 1

On Thursday 10th September, we celebrated our Patronal Feast Day Mass in the school. The Bishop of Motherwell, Bishop Toal led us in celebration along with some of our partner Parish Priests: Fr Towie, St John the Baptist; Fr Doyle St Bride’s, Fr O’Farrell Our Lady & St Anne’s and our very own School Chaplain Fr Patrick Duffy. Our young people from S6 and S1 represented all of the young people in Holy Cross High School and did a fantastic job in doing so. We were also delighted to welcome many guests to the occasion including our Partner Primary Head Teachers, former members of staff and members of our Parent Council. Following a beautiful Mass, all guests were invited to a buffet lunch, not before Bishop Toal was presented with a special gift to mark the occasion by one of our School Captains.

The Offertory Procession

Bishop Toal delivers a very thoughtful homily to our young people

CELEBRATING OUR FEAST DAY AT HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL

On Wednesday 26th August in Holy Cross High School we welcomed the P7 children of our Partner Primary Schools and their parents/carers to the school for a special Mass to celebrate the beginning of their transition from primary to secondary school.

All of the Primary Head Teachers as well as other members of staff attended giving their pupils excellent support.

Mrs Fagan, who planned and organised the evening, worked with many members of staff in Holy Cross to ensure the night was an outstanding success. Sixth year prefects were also in attendance and provided tours of the school for parents.

The attendance was absolutely overwhelming; around 400 children, parents, family, friends, staff and young people were there on the night to give our P7 children who will be our new S1 in 2016 – their full support.

Finally, many thanks to Fr Paddy, our School Chaplain for leading our celebration and providing such a great welcome for us all.

Mr Reilly welcomes all P7 children, parents and family to Holy Cross High School

An incredible attendance of over 400 were present

PRIMARY 7 WELCOME MASS

Last week, following an intense period of presentations, speeches and interviews, our Senior Student Leadership Team were elected to their positions of responsibility for 2015/2016. The quality and the calibre of our candidates was quite simply superb – making the decision to elect very difficult indeed. Indeed all members of the Senior School Staff along with the Pupil Support Team were involved in the process – and final decisions had to be delayed as deliberations continued for an additional day. Finally, though, the results were made known to our Sixth Year students and then published widely for all to see and celebrate. OUR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS FOR 2015/2016 ARE AS FOLLOWS: SCHOOL CAPTAINS : Laura Maguire : David Hayburn VICE CAPTAINS : Rachel Duddy : Jonathan Carey SENIOR SCHOOL PREFECT : Stephen Farrell PREFECTS : Bethany McKane, Kirsty McShane, Aiden Gallacher, Emily Henaughen, Paul Linden Simon Linden, Elisa Braceland, Beth Cribbin, Brogan Lavery, Sean Watters, Rory Hope, Douglas McGarrity, Claire Burnside, Dominic McRoberts, Kuda Matimba CLASS CAPTAINS : 6A : Natalia Nisbet, Sean McKenna 6B : Sarah Agnew, Michael Creechan 6C : Ben Dickson, Hannah Viola 6D : Anya Barsauckas, Jordan Love 6E : Rachel Cunningham, Maura McMahon 6F : Hannah Duddy, Conall McCormick YEAR BOOK CONVENER : Stephen Farrell SOCIAL CONVENER : Dominic McRoberts, Kirsty McShane SPORTS CAPTAINS : Adele Baillie, Jordan McLean SPORTS VICE CAPTAINS : Robert Gallagher, Ciaran Jenkins Chloe Lewis, Liam O’Neill

Vice Captains: Rachel Duddy and Jonathan Carey; and Captains David Hayburn and Laura Maguire

THE ELECTION OF OUR STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM

The beginning of the new school year is the perfect time and opportunity for all young people to wear their new school uniform:

Blazer

White Shirt/Blouse

School Tie

Black School Skirt (appropriate length and material)

Black School Trousers

Black School Shoes (No Trainers) These are the standards and expectations we have of all Holy Cross High School students. May I thank our parents once again for their tremendous support.

Some of our young people looking absolutely fantastic in full school uniform

SCHOOL UNIFORM

DAY DATE MONTH EVENT

Monday 21st September Caritas Enrolment Mass – 7.00 pm Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral

Wednesday 23rd September Senior Schools Award Ceremony

Friday Monday

25th 28th

September September

September Weekend Holiday

Monday 5th October S4 Raising Attainment Evening – 7.00 pm

Monday Friday

12th 16th

October

October Mid-Term Holiday

Monday 19th October School Re-opens at 8.45 am

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