KNOX ACADEMY GAINS SECOND INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AWARD
The British Council have given an International School Award to Knox Academy in Haddington. The school first gained recognition for its ‘outstanding work in integrating international education into the school curriculum’ in 2005 and the award covered the period until 2008. To retain the award, the school had to demonstrate its ongoing commitment to International Education and has now been accredited for the three years from September 2008 to August 2011. Knox is the first school in Scotland to have received the award twice.
The school’s submission to the British Council was based on a portfolio recording details of seven projects with overseas schools undertaken duriung the last school session. These included a visit by S6 pupils to Sweden to participate in a mini United Nations session, Finnish students visiting Knox to talk to pupils about Healthy Eating, a Drama link with a High School in the United States and an exchange of art materials with a school in northern Japan where a former pupil of Knox is currently teaching English.
Knox has links with schools in France, Italy, Sweden, Finland and Japan and has recently received funding from the Department for International Development to develop a link with a school in Rwanda.
The International School Award trophy will be presented to a representative from Knox at a national presentation event to be held in central London in early October.
Further information is available from Martin Duddin, Depute Head Teacher at Knox on 01620 823387.