Gairloch High School Former Pupils

Neil MacLean

Gairloch High — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:03:13 +0000

Congratulations to Neil who has graduated BSc in Sports and Exercise Science from University of Aberdeen.

Eilidh Beaton

Gairloch High — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:48:05 +0000

We have been notified that the following graduation has taken place at the University of Aberdeen.

Eilidh Beaton, Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Well done!

Flora Donald

Gairloch High — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:45:50 +0000

We have been notified that the following graduation has taken place at the University of Aberdeen.

Flora Donald, BSc Honours (First Class) in Plant Biology. Well done!

Charmaine McGlennon

Gairloch High — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:43:55 +0000

We have been notified that the following graduation has taken place at the University of Aberdeen.

Charmaine McGlennon, BSc Honours (2/2) in Marine Biology. Well done!

Alexander MacDonald

Gairloch High — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:46:21 +0000

We have been notified that Alexander MacDonald has graduated from Heriot Watt University with a MEng Computing and Electronics. Well done!

Sandra Urquhart

Gairloch High — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:31:24 +0000

Congratulations on graduating from Strathclyde University in Hotel and Hospitality Management and Marketing. (G&DTimes Volume 34 Issue 14 15/7/11)

Robert Marshall

Gairloch High — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:10:45 +0000

Congratulations on graduating from University of Strathclyde with an Masters of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics with Distinction. This August Robert will take up a post with SHELL UK as a subsea engineer. (G&DTimes Volume 34 Issue 13 1/7/2011)

June 2010: I have recently completed the fourth year of my degree and am now working for Shell in Aberdeen for the summer as an intern where I am working within the Subsea Engineering department. I have been selected to take part in a departmental exchange at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan for 4 months beginning in September where I will complete my master thesis project before returning to Glasgow to complete my degree. Exciting times ahead, I just hope it all goes to plan!

I have fond memories from my DofE expeditions and the award is still something that comes up time and time again during interviews etc., without a doubt a worthwhile programme. Mountain biking sounds great, wish that had been available in my day!

Sandy Macdonald

Gairloch High — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:00:56 +0000

Congratulations on being awarded a Masters with Distinction from Heriot Watt in Computing and Electronics. (G&DTimes Volume 34 Issue 12 17/6/2011)

Darren Buchan

Gairloch High — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:57:10 +0000

Congratulations on graduating from Glasgow Caledonian University with an Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering. (G&DTimes Volume 34 Issue 12 17/6/2011)

Roxanne in Uganda

Gairloch High — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:00:15 +0000

Updated August 2011 – Photograph from Holyrood Presentation.

Update June 2011 – Roxanne has been invited to Holyrood Palace to receive her GOLD DofE Award. Well done!

Click on the photo to see some more pictures…

Febrauary 2011:

Roxanne Ramsay was one of three pupils selected last year from Gairloch to work abroad with the Project Trust. She returned for Christmas and sent us the following:

I have just finished 3 months in Uganda as a primary English teacher with the charity Project Trust. I am working at a school called Hope for Youth Uganda. It is a charity school for children who are either AIDs orphans or, have ‘irresponsible parents’ (what the headmaster calls them). Despite this all the children are a great laugh and very well behaved; even if that is partly down to the amount of caning by the other teachers. Recently Isla and I taught the p3’s to sing the chorus of “I will walk 500 miles” for the school open day.

It is a bit different living in Uganda (not surprisingly) as we have to fetch water from the pond at the bottom of the hill, which is green, and boil it on a charcoal fire before drinking it. But luckily, unlike most of the other volunteers, we do have electricity, so it’s not all bad. We live in two small rooms; one for washing in a bucket, the other has the two beds under mosquito nets, and a small shelf of books which we seem to be sharing with the whole community. And don’t forget the long drop toilet near the pig sty which fills with cockroaches by night. The school has some livestock, the school pig and goat: the pig had seven piglets recently; the school has a field and is self-sufficient in food.

I have had a great time so far and done some amazing things from white water rafting at the source of the Nile to eating fried queen termites. And I can’t wait to go back for the next six months