Wishaw high school pupils celebrate exams results on their return after summer break

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Students returned to class at St Aidan’s High School following the summer holidays with a lot to celebrate following the release of their SQA exam results.And one pupil from the Wishaw school will be taking to the skies on an all expenses visit to NASA in Houston after impressing at a summer camp.Special congratulations go to eight St Aidan's pupils who managed the very difficult achievement of a full slate of A awards.In S4, Emma Dunn, Ciara Reynolds and Nathan McGahey achieved seven As at National 5, while in S5, Abi Clinging, Sophie Hall, Joseph O’Hara, Chloe Stutt and Megan Walsh all gained five Highers at A grade.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Ali Idress in S4 achieved a Band 1 pass in both National 5 and Higher Maths in one year, and is now taking Advanced Higher Maths a year early, in S5.

Ali has competed in the Junior Mathematiques sans Frontieres, achieving a top 10 award, a competition which required him to do Maths in a foreign language.Zach Aitchison of S5 gained four As and a B, and also, against stiff competition, a place at the summer Space School at Strathclyde University.