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Moffat Academy will be officially opened on Monday

THE NEW Moffat Academy will be officially opened by Council Leader Ivor Hyslop on Monday.Read

Wallace Hall Academy Cross Country results

WALLACE Hall Academy recently held their school cross country championships.Read

Table tennis table delights St Col’s pupils

YOUNGSTERS at St Columba’s RC Primary School in Annan have been gifted a table tennis table by the town’s new Tesco superstore.Read

Chapelcross schools SEE project to run again

ANNANDALE and Eskdale’s primary and secondary schools are to share in an £18,000 windfall from Magnox North Chapelcross.Read

Schools have a gander at geese

SCHOOLS have been given the chance to take a gander at geese during the Wild Goose Chase 2010.Read

Lockerbie Academy takes on engineering challenge

LOCKERBIE Academy is taking part in a national engineering challenge.Read

Children consider mental health

PRIMARY and secondary pupils across the region have been thinking about what positive mental health means to them, and how they might portray this in a photograph.Read

St Joseph's pupil gets into cooking final

A ST JOSEPH’S College pupil has shown off his culinary skills by making it to the regional final of a cooking competition.Read

Dumfries youngsters secure haul of medals at swimming championships

TALENTED Ellie Minto and Morven Clements returned to DG One this week to show off the medals they secured at the Scottish Schools Swimming Championships.Read

Musicians earn place in Young Musician of the Year finals

THE ROTARY Clubs of Dumfries and Thornhill and District recently joined forces to present their Young Musician of the Year Competition in Dumfries’ Cairndale Hotel.Read

School kids given the boot

HUNDREDS of children have been booted out of Dumfries and Galloway schools for bad behaviour.Read

Langholm Academy wins Stock Market Challenge South West

FIVE S3 pupils at Langholm Academy have taken top honours at this year’s Stock Market Challenge South West.Read

Wallace Hall bows out to Burns

THE annual Parent Council Burns Supper is taking place in the Assembly Hall at Wallace Hall Academy tonight (Friday) at 7.30pm.Read

Langlands School in Dumfries receives improved report

A SPECIAL school in Dumfries has improved well after it was handed a critical report a year ago.Read

School pupils to take part in the seventh annual Stock Market Challenge

DOZENS of pupils from schools across the region will get the opportunity to experience the excitement and the adrenalin of dealing on a live trading floor when they take part in the seventh annual Stock Market Challenge, delivered by Skills Development Scotland.Read

Eastriggs Primary enjoys Homecoming events

PUPILS at Eastriggs School have celebrated the Homecoming in two ways.Read

Thornhill school open weekend marks end of an era

THORNHILL celebrated a long history in education and the end of an era at a recent open weekend.Read

St Joseph's pupils show Christmas spirit

DUMFRIES school pupils have once again proved that they have bags of community spirit after getting behind a Christmas campaign to support the homeless.Read

Dumfries and Galloway College awards ceremony

THE SUCCESS of students at Dumfries and Galloway College was celebrated at their annual awards ceremony at the Crichton Memorial Church recently.Read

Young Writers’ Corner

THE STANDARD has teamed up with CREATE/Schools Services to celebrate new writing being created by youngsters from across the region.Read

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