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ASA TODAY
Issue 30, Term 3, 2015
The All Saints’ Academy Newspaper
All Saints’ hosts Cheltenham’s
first political debate of the year
By Dawid Zyra
Student Reporter
On Friday 6th February, All Saints’ Academy hosted an event involving
the local MP candidates for the elections in May 2015. The candidates were current MP Martin Horwood from Liberal Democrats, Alex Chalk from Conservatives, Adam Van Coevorden from the Green Party, Christina Simmonds from UKIP and Richard Lupson-Darnell who is running independently.
The event was planned for the Year 11 and Sixth Form students to give them a clearer view on the future elections. The students asked tough questions regarding our future. These included the subject of universities and how to guarantee employment after graduating; the economy and the decline of the of the
armed forces due to cut backs; the NHS and the subject of closing the A&E department in Cheltenham General Hospital and the hot topic of immigration - should an ‘Australian style’ points system be introduced in which skills and qualifications are taken into account.
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Student Leadership Team appointed By Mr McNiffe Principal
To lead and have the opportunity to represent your Academy is an honour for any student. At All Saints’ we have many students who represent our academy so fantastically well, whether that be as House Captains, Prefects, representation on the Academy Council or Chaplaincy Team. The virtue of taking the responsibility to serve a community is a noble one and we greatly appreciate our students who see it as a duty to lead and represent our proud Academy. Our current Sixth Form Head Students agreed to take the next steps to raise the profile of student leadership by supporting the need for a Head Boy and Head Girl position in Year 11. The process of selection was offered to our outstanding team of House Captains, five of whom decided to apply by submitting a letter of application. Our successful applicants were: Eloise Taylor, Alexander Regan, Megan Roberts, Josh Domm and Emily Bond. Their next challenge was to face an interview and make a presentation to the Senior Academy Leadership Team entitled, ‘As Head Boy/Girl I will...’ Each of the candidates interviewed brilliantly and had fantastic ideas on how they would support the Student Leadership Team going forward. It was an extremely difficult choice to make due to the quality of each candidate. However, after much deliberation, Emily Bond was chosen to be Head Girl and Josh Domm was chosen to be Head Boy. Both they and our House Captains will form the new All Saints’ Academy Student Leadership Team. Eloise Taylor and Alexander Regan will also be our Deputy Head Girl and Head Boy. We congratulate and wish them all the best in carrying out their new important leadership posts this year.
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