Castle Douglas High School
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Castle Douglas High School.
Promoting Achievement, Respect and Unity. Head Teacher: Mr Gerald Donnelly
School Roll: 533
Castle Douglas High School is situated on the outskirts of the market town of Castle Douglas in Kircudbrightshire. Built in 1958 but extensively renovated and modernised since then, it is an inter-denominational school with a catchment area extending from Laurieston in the north, to Lochfoot in the east, Gelston in the west and Buittle in the south.
The associated primary schools are Castle Douglas, Crossmichael, Gelston, Hardgate, Lochrutton and Springholm. Pupils who attend Dalry School and wish to continue in education after the age of sixteen transfer to Castle Douglas High after 4th Year.
As a result of the rural location of the school, almost half the pupils of the current roll of approximately 550 commute to school daily by school bus or public transport.
The extensive school grounds include pitches for football, rugby, hockey and cricket as well as an all-weather playing surface.
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facebook.comCongratulations to Tessa Hall and Jessica Quigley for winning the South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway Regional Final of the COPFS National Public Speaking Competition. The judges were also very complimentary about CD's other team (Lucy Riding and Kirsty Dougan) who came just one point behind the winners. Jessica and Tessa will travel to Livingston Sheriff Court on 24th April to appear in the national semi-final.
🏀🏀🏀 Basketball Results 🏀🏀🏀 Senior: CDHS 27-27 Kirkcudbright Junior: CDHS 26-18 Kirkcudbright
🏐🏐🏐 Netball Results 🏐🏐🏐 Senior: Stranraer 6-27 CDHS Junior: Stranraer 6-12 CDHS Fantastic result for our Senior side that means they finished 2nd place in the league. A tough and hard fought match also seen our Junior side victorious meaning they finished 3rd in the league table. Well done to both teams.
Coffee Morning ☕️🍰 The S6 steering committee are holding a coffee morning on Saturday 17th March from 10am until 12noon. £3 entry for coffee/ tea and cakes. There will also be a tombola and bake sake.
🏐🏐🏐 Netball Results 🏐🏐🏐 Senior: Stranraer 6-27 CDHS Junior: Stranraer 12-6 CDHS Fantastic result for the Senior netball team meaning they move to 2nd place in the league. A tough and hard fought game ended up in a narrow defeat for our Junior side.
PE NEWS Hockey The S3 Girls Hockey regional tournament, cancelled for the second time due to poor weather, will be rearranged for after the Easter break. Details will be issued in due course. Cricket Boys Cricket training continues on Tuesday 3.30-5pm. New members welcome. Girls Cricket training continues on a Friday 3.30-5pm. New members welcome. Basketball Senior and Junior matches against Kirkcudbright will take place this coming Thursday after school. Please see the Games Hall notice board for team lists and permission slips. Slips should be returned by Wednesday 7th March. Rugby The annual regional rugby 7s festival takes place next week, Wednesday 14th March. Please see the Games Hall notice board for team lists and permission slip. Badminton Badminton club continues to run every Monday lunch time in the Games Hall. New members welcome.
* SCHOOL CLOSED * Castle Douglas High School will remain closed today, Friday 2nd March, due to the heating not working .
Castle Douglas High School will be OPEN tomorrow, Friday 2nd March, as normal. * Transport also expected to run as normal. If this changes in the morning we will notify parents / carers as soon as possible *
***SCHOOL CLOSURE*** To ensure the safety of pupils and staff Castle Douglas High School will remain closed tomorrow, Thursday 1st March, and reopen on Friday 2nd March.
Stewartry Easter Camps
Assist - Peer influence programme for s2's. Sixteen s2's were chosen by their peers as being the most influential pupils in their year. This group of pupils have been spending the last two days training to be Peer Supporters with NHS trainers. They have been learning how to influence their peers in a positive way as well as learning anti smoking information. The groups aim in the next few months is to try to extend the Anti Smoking message across their year group and the school.
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