We are keen to recognise and celebrate the wider achievements of our young people outwith school.
Here is a link to the page of the school blog which explains, and provides a link for any member of the community to commend a Grange pupil.
Thank you.
A minute of applause during the 17th minute at Rugby Park today - a tribute to the Killie Piper, and former Grange pupil, Warren Graham who we sadly lost this week, aged just 17. ❤️❤❤
Congratulations to Grange Academy Senior Charlie McArthur on making his first team debut for the Kilmarnock FC first team. Charlie received the man of the match award v Queens Park. 🔵⚪️⚽️
Kilmarnock Schools Pipe Band pictured here with
@NicolaSturgeon
at the Scottish Schools Championships. Pupils from Kilmarnock did the town proud - a credit to
@EastAyrshire
and their families.
Everyone at Grange Academy is extremely proud of Charlie McCarthur, Rory Wilson and Dylan Reid who represented Scotland Under 17s yesterday. Charlie captained the side and Rory scored 2 goals - well done boys!
Sending love to our outgoing S6 pupils on the day that would have been your prom. We’re thinking of you all. You are a brilliant year group and your prom - when it eventually comes - will be fabulous! Keep those dancing shoes polished and ready...
Today we said au revoir/adiós/再见/
auf Wiedersehen to Mr Wilson, PT Modern Languages, who has worked at Grange Academy for a whopping 29 years! He has given so much to the school community and we wish him a very happy retirement. Enjoy yourself and keep in touch! 🍾🎉
Ya beauty!!!
TeamSmith are
#FamilyBrainGames
champions 2019!
Love my wee team.
Love this competition.
Love the other families we met.
No exaggeration to say I also love Dara...
Well done to the pupils who volunteered to help tidy Rugby Park at the KFC v Motherwell game. Many thanks to
@KillieTrust
for the opportunity to volunteer in our local community. 🔵⚪️⚽️👍
Great to welcome
@Grange_Academy1
teacher and former Killie player Charlie Adams to the centre today. Charlie will be playing in our match on May 18th at Blair Park Hurlford ⚽️
Well done to the Grange Academy KFC supporters club members who helped tidy the stadium after the Killie v Hibs game. Former pupil Bobby Wales met the pupils after the game 🔵⚪️⚽️👍. Thanks to
@KilmarnockFC
&
@KillieTrust
for this opportunity for the pupils!
Huge thanks to Mrs. Bremner for giving up Sunday family time to provide a bit of extra support for our Higher Chemists. Well done to all our participants.
#responsibility
Today we say goodbye to Mrs McGregor who is moving to the highlands. Adventure calls! She has been a Drama teacher at Grange for 21 years. She is also the absolute QUEEN of
@DofEScotland
for our pupils. Here, some of them describe her legacy:
Killie Trust Cup Final Winners!
Grange Academy 5-4 Robert Burns Academy
Well done to both teams on an amazing Cup Final. MotM was Calum S who scored the winner in the final minutes in a tightly contested final. Thanks to
@KilmarnockFC
and
@KillieTrust
for organising. 🏆⚽️👍
Well done to the excellent senior pupils who organised today’s fundraising in support of
#WorldMentalHealthDay
. Well done to everyone who wore purple in support.
Congratulations to former pupil, Grant Walsh, who has started as Assistant Musical Director for the London West End production of Singin’ in the Rain.
#WeLoveAlumniStories
Well done to the pupils from the Grange Academy KFC supporters club who were ball boys at the Killie v Hearts game. They got soaked but loved the experience! Thanks to
@KillieCommunity
@KillieTrust
for the opportunity and Ross McKenzie for the photo.
🔵⚪️⚽️👍
Well done to the S1 SFA Performance School and School of Football players who have settled in so well at the school. Keep up the great work on the pitch and in your classes. ⚽️⚽️
Congratulations to Daniel who won a gold medal at the Ayrshire
@Sports_ability
Boccia event today! He won all three of his games and is now through to next week's final!
Congratulations to our Senior football team, who today won 1-0 in a very tight game against St Maurice’s High. The result means they are now through to the Quarter Final of the Scottish Shield! 🛡️
⚽️ Dario Viviani
Mr Baird’s MotM - Ollie Ecrepont
Player’s MotM - Sam Duncan
Well done to Harry, Lucas and Daniel who represented the school at the Kilmarnock FC Schools Supporters meeting. The
@KillieTrust
and
@KillieCommunity
hosted the meeting at Rugby Park to discuss the future of the club and young supporters. 🏆🔵⚪️⚽
Congratulations to former pupil, Euan, who passed out from his army training last week.
We love hearing how our alumni are getting on. Keep in touch after you leave school! We do actually miss you when you go.
Congratulations to our
@PerformSchools
Class of 2023 who graduated from the SFA JD Performance School programme tonight at Hampden. We wish you well in your future studies and careers. A huge thank you to Head Coach
@jamesgrady10
for all his input and support. ⚽⚽
If only the parents/carers of our S6 leaders could be a fly on the wall watching the quality of the induction they’re giving our new S1s. Compassionate, mature, organised, friendly, clear. Couldn’t be more proud.
Great win in the U13’s Ayrshire Cup V Stewarton Academy. The boys played lovely football and scored some terrific goals. Mr Adams's MotM was Jack Lavery🏆⚽️👍 Can you tell they were buzzing?
Look at these beautiful pieces of art by Lana McCracken! Her work will form part of an art exhibition
@kilwinninglib
from 26th July to 21st October. We're proud of you, Lana.
Congratulations to the Grange Academy U13’s who won the Ayrshire Cup tonight against St Matthew’s Academy at Dam Park. Fantastic team performance from the boys. 🏆⚽️🔥
We are delighted to announce that our new Head Girl is Emily Cameron and Head Boy is Archie Scott. Fantastic ambassadors for their fellow pupils.
#Leadership
Good luck to Jack Allan who is representing the Scottish Schoolboys Under 18’s v Australia. This will be Mr Baird’s first game on the coaching staff for the National Team. Come on Scotland! 🏴🇦🇺⚽️👍
Congratulations to Grange Academy on winning the Educational Team prize at today's Roon the Toon 10k. Top three runners were Jamie Work, Mr Alldridge and Mr Adams 🏃♂️🥇👍😀. Lovely to see so many pupils, staff and families members taking part and cheering on the runners.
Our awesome Science teachers:
Monday: covalent bonds.
Tuesday: polar molecules.
Wednesday: speciation.
Thursday: zig-a-zig-ah.
Friday: variable resistors.
All in a week's work at Grange.
Great start to Children in Need. Annual Staff V S6 pupils match. Staff 6-2 S6 pupils. Outstanding hat trick from Mr Adams, 2 goals for Ross Black and the usual goal for Mr Allan. Bagan bags a brace for the seniors. We look forward to the main event tomorrow!
@BBCCiN
Congratulation to former pupil Bobby Wales on making his Premier League debut for Killie v St Johnstone. Everyone at the school is so proud of you. 🔵⚪️⚽️👍👏
Anyone worried about having enough sanitary products when the school closes: please help yourself to as much as you need from the store. (Small room next to Guidance office.)
#periodpoverty
Teachers of Scotland: today, let's put football on the curriculum 🏴
At 2pm, get the game on the big screens, wheel out the TVs and get the next generation inspired 🙌
Today marked Mr Johnston's last day as head teacher of Grange Academy. Emotional I'm sure as he has given tirelessly to the school community over the years. We wish him all the best in his new role as a tutor for our future teachers of maths. You will be well and truly missed! ❤
Senior football is back! Well done to the Senior football team who won their second round Scottish Shield match against Oban High School today. Goal-scorers were: Viviani (2), Bryden (2), Kennedy and Ramage. You've done us proud!⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
This Sunday it’s the UK Teacher Awards down in London... you can find out a wee bit about every one of the finalists (including some Scottish Maths geek) right here:
Congratulations to the class of 2019! We are very proud of our S4
@PerformSchools
graduates, pictured here at yesterday's Hampden ceremony. Well done everyone!
The Science Department had a special way of wishing goodbye and good luck to Mr McGarvey. Everyone at Grange Academy wishes you all the best in your new post at UWS!
Congratulations to the Grange Academy U13s. They beat a strong Lourdes RC Secondary in the semi final. All the boys were fantastic with McKenzie getting Player of the Match and Jack named the Ref Player of the Match. 🏆⚽️🔴👍👏👏
We are so proud of our Senior Phase Class of 2020. At assembly today - despite sadness and concern - their questions were intelligent, their focus was admirable and their mindset was resilient. A follow-up letter to all Senior Phase pupils will go out today.
@EacEducation
The S6 yearbook is shaping up beautifully. They're a lovely group of young people; Miss M will probably cry when they leave. Thanks to Ms Hill for all her support of the yearbook committee.
Huge congratulations to Hope in S3. She has been selected to play for the South West Region Girls' U15 football team. She took part in a trial process featuring over 60 other pupils and has made the final squad of 20. Well done Hope! 👏🏼👏🏼
UNDER 18 AYRSHIRE CUP WINNERS 🏆
Our senior football team were excellent in the final of the Ayrshire cup and were 5-1 winners against a strong Kilmarnock Academy side. A fitting way to end the season for a brilliant group.
Goals coming from Dario, Dom, Reece and Fawad.
⚽⚽
Best of luck to David and Daniel McLaughlin who are both representing Scotland 🏴 in Wheelchair Basketball at the School Games at Loughborough University.
🏀 👩🦽👩🦽🏴
Well done to the S1 football team who played against Kilmarnock Academy. Great team performance in the
@AyrshireSFA
Cup. The Player of the Match was McKenzie with a hat trick. ⚽️👍👏👏
Of the 17 Grange pupils who completed their Gold
@DofEScotland
Award last session, 10 received their award at Holyrood Palace today. What an amazing achievement - congratulations to all 17! Thanks for your leadership of Duke of Edinburgh at Grange, Mrs McGregor!
#IamDofE
Wonderful to see the Grange Academy pupils at Rugby Park today. Thanks again to the
@KillieTrust
for the season tickets and
@KillieCommunity
for the partnership work with the pupils. 🔵⚪️⚽️👍
Exciting news! Voting will be open from Monday onwards for this year’s
@junkkouture
competition. Here is Beth and Kayleigh’s phenomenal creation. Zoom in! Look at the hairband! The shoes! Amazing talent.
Thank you to our parents and carers for their generous donations to
#ChildrenInNeed2019
. Well done to S6 pupils who led the event beautifully and thank you for tidying up at the end. Massive thanks to Ms McBride for her energetic support of our seniors. Costume tweets to follow!
East Ayrshire Council is closing all secondary schools today at 2pm. Buses will arrive at 2pm and at this point, all pupils will be released from class. We will be closed tomorrow. Please check the
@EastAyrshire
website tomorrow from 1pm onwards for updates about Friday.
Thank you to all our parents and carers for your Children in Need generosity. The Grange Academy total for this year is £6,786 so far, with some sponsorship money still coming in. Well done everyone!
Pi-nspirational! Well done to Grange Academy teacher Chris Smith on being nominated for the prestigious Teacher of the Year award - and he's made the papers too!
#eastayrshire
Scottish Cup Semi Final
@snhsfootball
1-1 Grange Academy. Grange win 7-6 in a penalty shootout. Harry A scoring the winning penalty. Outstanding game against the holders and a real credit to
@sschoolsfa
football. Well done to the whole team 🏆⚽️👍
Remember these faces because these S1s will go far! On their reports, they scored 'excellent' for effort, behaviour and homework in every single subject! Thank you all - you are a credit to your families and Grange is proud of you.
#responsibility
Here is the S1 Grange Academy team who played Cumnock Academy in the Scottish Cup. The boys played well but were beaten by a strong Cumnock team. Aiden was player of the match. ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Amazing turnout to help tidy Rugby Park after the St Johnstone game. Pupils were a credit to the campus. Many thanks to the
@KillieTrust
for the opportunity to volunteer at
@KilmarnockFC
🔵⚪️⚽️👍.
Our senior football team was excellent in today’s Scottish Shield Victory against St Andrews Secondary.
Goal-scorers were:
⚽️Ryan Kennedy (2)
⚽️Sam Duncan
⚽️Dario Viviani
⚽️Dominic Brady
Mr Baird’s MotM was Dominic Brady.
Congratulations to the Grange Academy U13's who won the Richard Thomson Memorial Shield today. They beat Stewarton Academy 3-1 in the final. The goals in the final were scored by Harry A, McKenzie and Jack. 🏆⚽️👍👏👏