Highland Pupils’ Designs Adorn Office Calendars

Twelve Highland pupils have won top prizes in an art competition to design Lyreco Office Supplies 2009 calendar.

Each winning pupil was presented with a Wii Sport 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 Casio.

The winning pupils were:

Arthur Kirkwood Grantown Grammar School
Tom Sutherland South Wick School
Kieran Ross  Charleston Academy
Ashleigh Miller Thurso High School
Megan Sidebottom Kilchuimen Academy
Georgia Campbell Dingwall Primary School
Sasha McMahon Grantown Grammar School
Coreigh Sonley Kilchuimen Academy
Ellie Castle  Lochcarron Primary School
Natalie Smyth Crown Primary School
Liam Sim  Miller Academy Primary School
Melissa Ross  Mount Pleasant Primary School

The ten runners who will each receive a digital camera included:

Chloe Sinclair Miller Academy Primary School
Laura MacLean Dingwall Primary School
Ruth Olivant  Maryburgh Primary School
Finlay McCulloch Crown Primary School
Dani Foy  Balloch Primary School
Innes Mackay Farr Primary School
Jamie Trinder Grantown Grammar School
Keryne McLeod Grantown Grammar School
Neillidh Sutherland Charleston Academy
Jenna Black  Invergordon Academy
Samantha Watson Grantown Grammar School
Kenneth Paterson Invergordon Academy

Allan Law of Lyreco said: "It never ceases to amaze me the wealth of artistic talent displayed by young people in the Highlands as the quality of the entries that we receive from makes judging very difficult. Sifting through all the entries this year and selecting the winners was no mean task. The calendar format allows us to showcase more of the pupils’ efforts, rather than just one overall winner.”