MALTON School's annual celebration evening took place on November 15, when the school reviewed the previous year's highlights, and made awards to 115 students in the school who had qualified to attend by their performance over the previous year.
As is the custom at Malton School, it was the students who were at the forefront of the night. The entire evening was presented by head boy and girl, Phillippa Chapman and Mark Wylie, ably assisted by their deputies Sofie Buckland and Nick Dean.
News items from the year were presented by Adam Turner and Jessica Leonard - including the effects of the fuel crisis in September 2000, the floods of November 2000, foot and mouth from February 2001.
The best exam results on record were celebrated, and reports on trips to places as far apart as East Barnby, Beamish, France, and Kenya were given.
Musical interludes were provided by Rachel McCulloch (age 13) singing Dido's "Hunter", local band Raith (all of whom used to attend the school) and the school jazz band.
The highlight of the show came when a group of sixth formers re-enacted their fashion show routine from the Sixties Night held in Easter this year.
The evening was attended by a packed house of over 320 guests, including the chairman of North Yorkshire County Council, Coun Geoff Rennie, who praised the efforts of the young people in the school.
A retiring collection was made at the end of the show for Children In Need. Together with a further collection on Friday, this raised over £250.
Some special awards were presented and the winners were:
The Emma Howard Memorial Art Prize - Kathryn Wilson
Best Junior and Intermediate age maths students - Russell Goddard (12) and Hannah Bramhall (16)
The Dave Pay Trophy winners (for services to sport) - Stephen Baxter (15) and Vicki Anderson (18)
The Davina Kirk Memorial Trophy (for the student with most commendations) - Sally Fothergill (13) and Lucy Carroll (13)
The House Cup (for the student with most housepoints) - Emma Louise Smith (13).
Updated: 11:56 Thursday, November 29, 2001
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