Please see letter from Miss Cook that sets out all uniform expectations for young people attending Knox Academy.
General News
The library currently has a large number of books overdue. These books have been borrowed but not yet returned. We are hoping to get as many back as possible and need everyone's help.
Please check in classrooms, bags, and at home for any library books. They are usually easy to spot as they typically have labels on their spine, are wrapped in a plastic covering, and have a barcode and stamp on the first pages of the book.
Every book that gets returned to the library from now until June 23rd will equal one entry into a prize draw. The draw will take place on 24 June 2025 with the winner receiving a goodie bag of prizes before the summer holidays.
Good luck and happy hunting!
As outlined in Miss Cook’s letter from last month we will be running a programme of events during exam leave for those pupils involved in 2 or less National Examinations.
Details of the programme, much of which will be in school with local employers and experts visiting to support the development of employability skills.
The programme will run Monday-Thursday for 3 weeks.
Please see links below which be useful for Armed Forces Families:
If you are sitting National 5 English, you are invited to attend a revision day on Friday 2 May 2025.
- P1: Essay Writing (Mr Bristow’s Room)
- P2: Scottish Text – Duffy (Miss Breslin) / McCaig (Mr Welsh)
- P3: General Revision (Miss Breslin’s Room)
- P4: RUAE (Library – Mrs Sinclair, Ms Milligan, Ms Linnett)
The library will be hosting a plant workshop today (23 April 2025) at lunchtime for any pupils or staff interested in helping us take care of our library plants.
Volunteers from Blooming Haddington will be on hand to answer any questions you have and show you the ropes. Pop by and give it a try!
The Instrumental Music Service will be hosting the East Lothian Young Musician of the Year 2025 competition on Thursday 20th March at St Mary's Parish Church in Haddington. The event starts at 7pm. Doors open at 6:40pm.
Knox will be represented by S3 Filip Russel on Bass Guitar and S5 Iris Pathirana on Piano
Please come along and support our musicians as they compete against the other high schools in East Lothian. The winner will go through to the National Finals at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow!
There will also be music from wind, string, guitar, brass and percussion ensembles. It's an evening not to be missed!
Reserve FREE Tickets: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScU1Qsp4wKue9F328nQp14y5GcAdahV6TuGRFcJfY4d56Sarw/viewform?usp=sf_link
2024 WINNER - Leila Maycock (Flute) Knox Academy
2023 WINNER - Ben Gentil (Drum Kit) Knox Academy
Three Knox students won the first and second place prizes for their work!
Congratulations to Delilah Brady (S2), who won first prize for her beautiful illustration and Emily Westgarth (S2) and Karis Hutchison (S3) who jointly won second place for their poem called "New Dawn".
These students will be receiving their prizes from the East Lothian Climate Hub next week.
We are removing quite a lot of the lockers through the school as most are not used.
If you have a locker please empty this by next Friday 28 March 2025 at latest and hand your key to the office. Once the re-shuffle has taken place you can get a new locker and locker key (this will only take a few weeks). If you don’t empty your locker by next Friday you will risk losing whatever is inside it.
Thank you
Ms Cook
Please see letter from Miss Cook, dated 12 March 2025, for full details of all events and arrangements as term 2 comes to a close.