The Ecolife event held on Thursday 4 November was a great success. Special thanks go to Mrs Slowther, Miss Ward and Dr Wilson from the Biology Department, for all their hard work and dedication in organising such a wonderful evening.
A reminder that the Ecolife event takes place tonight 7 pm - 9 pm. Entrance for a fantastic evening £3. Knox Pupils are entitled to free entry.
Further details can be found here. Read more about ECOLIFE
Knox Academy are holding a Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Friday 5 November.
Please help support this cause by wearing items of pink.
No more than 3 items of pink may be worn. To wear items of pink we are asking for donations of £1 to support Breast Cancer Awareness.
S6 pupils will be visiting classes during the morning to collect donations and to sell merchandise to support the cause eg badges and bracelets. Read more about WEAR IT PINK
The PE Department would like to announce a competition as part of an advertising campaign, to encourage pupils in all year groups to bring and wear PE kit.
Pupils are encouraged to design a poster (details below) and return their creation to their PE teacher by Thursday 18 November 2010.
The Task: to create a poster on A4 paper.
The poster should include the following: Read more about S1 KIT FIT COMPETITION
The Prelim timetable for S4 pupils can be accessed below: Read more about S4 PRELIMS - NOVEMBER 2010
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve teaching and learning at Knox Academy, we have made some changes to the school discipline policy - details can be found below.
Each pupil was issued with this letter at registration this morning. Read more about DETENTION SYSTEM
Remember to "Green Your Life"...
Thursday 4 November 2010
7 pm - 9 pm at Knox Academy
This is an event to promote eco-friendly living and will include: Read more about ECOLIFE
Information below about an event run by East Lothian Council in partnership with Capability Scotland.
This is an Information Fair for young people with disabilities and their families about life after school: Read more about THE FUTURES FAIR
The latest edition of Knox News is now available for viewing and downloading on this website in the Publications section: Publications > Knox News.
A hard copy was distributed via 'pupil post' on Thursday 14 October. Read more about KNOX NEWS - OCT 2010
The PE Department are currently trialing self evaluation with their S1 pupils. This will give pupils the opportunity to understand the strengths and weaknesses in their performance and enable them to set targets for improvement in S2.
The focus of the evaluations will be Rugby and Hockey
To complete the evaluation follow this link to the PE Department page. Read more about PE - S1 SELF EVALUATION
The East Lothian Young Chef Competition took place on Friday 1 October, at Knox Academy, where S3 and S4 pupils from five of East Lothian's secondary schools competed for the title.
The winners this year were Shannon McLauchlan and Kerri Scambler from Knox Academy who created a fantastic dish of Chicken Feuilletes with Celeriac Bake, followed by Steamed Blackberry and Apple Pudding with Crème Anglaise which was greatly enjoyed by the judges. Read more about EAST LOTHIAN YOUNG CHEF COMPETITION
