This year at the Elgin Academy talent show we saw a wide variety of acts, all different to each other, even when performing the same song etc. We had a lot of singers, some dancers, a comedian and some variety acts as well! All acts should be proud of their performances – they all did very well. The winners were Chasing Tasco from S3 who gained a whole new following on facebook and elsewhere.
Oct 05
The new school is coming!
New School – In preparation for our move, departments have been visiting the new school and groups of students have been organised to tour the building next week.
Oct 05
World Kickboxing Champions!
Three Elgin Academy students experienced considerable success recently when they travelled as part of the Kaizen Club inElgin toKarlsruhe inGermany for the World Kickboxing Championships, held between Sunday 21 and Sunday 28 August. Jodi Henderson won two gold medals in the 13— 17 age category, whilst Bradley McNairn won a gold medal in the Under-12s category. Meanwhile, Dylan Jackson won a silver medal. The school’s congratulations go to this trio of talented and dedicated youngsters.
Oct 05
9/11 Wall
Modern Studies pupils of Elgin Academy from across the year groups marked the 10th anniversary since the tragic events of 9/11 by finding out more about some of the victims from that awful day. It was an idea supplemented by two of the Modern Studies teachers at Elgin Academy, Mr. Abenheimer and Ms. Sharp. When asked where the idea came from they said, “The idea came from 2 places. One being the fact they studied terrorism with the 2nd year course and they were discussing terrorism and spoke about a big event everyone knows such as 9/11. They spent roughly 5 to 6 lessons on 9/11.” Both teachers speak of the idea being very successful to which Ms. Sharp added “All pupils have been fully involved and have clearly enjoyed the project.” Mr. Abenheimer even described it as “One of the most successful projects S2’s have done in Modern Studies” and that “Even people not taking Modern Studies have been asking to do it.” It was not a small project with over 150 pupils having been involved! The pupils from S2-S4 were given the task of researching 1 person while the Higher and Advanced Higher pupils researched 3 people. Mr. Abenheimer concluded with, “It gives a good idea on how big and tragic the event was. If everyone in the school joined the project they would need to have 3 people each to cover all the victims!”
Oct 05
New Halo 10th Anniversary game!
The countdown is ticking! Halo: Anniversary is days just away! And in celebration, the Halo Klub! will be launched, as well as the new game, on the 17th of September 2011! If the game is not launched then, please inform me! The new Halo: Anniversary game has the same story line as Halo: Combat Evolved, but with better graphics, new multiplayer maps and, if I am correct, you get to wear Halo: Reach armor! Thats all on the new Halo game that I’ve got.See you soon!
Kieran Wallington (who has not been seen in school since Halo was released…)
Oct 05
Being an Elgin Academy S1 Pupil .
Hello ,
Hi I’m Caera and I have just joined the school magazine , I am in first year and so far I am enjoying it , I have met many new friends and many new teachers ,
I have learnt many new things since i have become an S1 such as rules and things like that but I really love doing school magazine and am excited to post further posts in the future .
Thanks for reading 
-Caera
Oct 05
Fashion
Print and pattern — statement prints and geometric classing patterns were a strong trend on the autumn/ winter 2011. Recreate this look with ease at Heatons dress collection featuring elaborate swirls in eye-popping colours, opulent winter florals and abstract patterns in warm winter hues.
Oct 05
girls Football
Football is my fav hobbies. The people that are in the team are erin jappy ,chloe jamieson,katy green , tiegan green, Megan Wiseman Abi Cameron , Leah Stuart ,carragh main, . I think that football is a good hobbies to have .I am goalie keeper for moray girls football club And the training is at seafield the time is at 6.00 to 7.00
by chloe jamieson 24R
Oct 05
Being a new S1
As a new S1 we have been having loads of fun trying to find our way around the school and meeting all of the teachers but we have really not got used to the tower block yet though, we all agree that when we got home on the very first day our legs were very sore and felt a bit like jelly. Some say it is like a daily workout! For all those P7′s out there who are scared about going to the Academy don’t be as worried as you may be there is always something that you will find to make it better. If you can’t find your way round just ask your S6 buddies and they will help you get there. You will find it a bit easier than we did because you will have the new Academy to get round. Having different people in each class is a lot different to primary school.
Every single year I had my two friends in my class but when we went to the academy one of them I only see at breaks and the other I am in one class with. It was a bit scary at first not having them there with me but I have made plenty of new friends that are almost in all my classes.
The new subjects that we haven’t done before are Home economics which is cooking and Technological Studies which is making things out of wood. They are a lot of fun seen as we haven’t done them before. There is also a lot of paintballing, mountain biking, girls rugby and many more. I would say that I prefer the Academy to my primary school because you do cooler stuff than you did before and it is more fun to have to move from class to class. Other people think that it is a lot worse in the Academy than it is at primary school.
Also having a locker is very handy on days when you have P.E or Home Economics because you can put your P.E kit in after and you can also put in what you made in Home Economics. All the staff are very friendly if you speak to them. It is much easier than it first seems at the Academy and we can’t wait for the new one to be finished. (Meghan Reid, Melissa Gavars and Caera McDonald)
Jun 19
Scottish School Magazine Awards 2011
The online magazine project won “Highly Commended” as runners-up in two categories (Best Online Presence and Best Editorial Content) in the Scottish Schools Magazine Awards at their first attempt. A group of S1 representatives travelled to the Awards Ceremony in Edinburgh on Friday 17th June to receive high public praise for all their efforts and the sheer volume of articles and photographs on the site. Well done to all the S1 (70 of them!) who took part in the elective and did so well.