Calendar Boys and Girls (21/01/08)

Twelve Highland pupils have won top prizes in an art competition to design Lyreco Office Supplies 2008 calendar.

Each winning pupil was presented with an i-pod prize at The Highland Council’s Education, Culture and Sport Committee. Their schools were also presented with a donation.  Each of the  designs now appear in one month of the calendar which is currently being distributed to all schools and council offices. The competition was sponsored by Bic.

The winning pupils were

• Grace Mackay (12) and Shannon Hawthorne (11), Mount Pleasant Primary School, Thurso;
• Tom Sutherland (10), Wick South Primary;
• Harry Stoltman (12), Invergordon Academy;
• Jasmine Ross (15), Alness Academy;
• Fern Kelly (13) and Marta Vilmute (13), Charleston Academy, Inverness;
• Max Walker (13) and Adam McArthur (14), Kilchuimen Academy;
• Stacey Grant (14), Grantown Grammar School;
• Roma McCook (14) and Kirsty Turnbull (14), Kingussie High School;

The ten runners who received digital cameras included:

• Ami Scanlon (12) Invergordon Academy;
• Mairi Anne Ferrier (14), Alness Academy;
• Lucy Cormack (12) and Louise Messider (11), Charleston Academy;
• Stuart Archibald (12) and Rebecca Harvey (13), Glen Urquhart High School;
• Lucy Paterson (13), Kilchuimen Academy;
• Jade MacKenzie (14), Elizabeth Pirie (15) and Arthur Kirkwood (15), Grantown Grammar School;

Andrew O’Sullivan of Lyreco said: "We were delighted with the quality of the 1,200 entries in this year’s annual Lyreco schools design competition. The calendar format allows us to showcase more of the pupils’ efforts, rather than just one overall winner.

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