OMAGH BOMB VICTIM IS REMEMBERED AT SCOTTISH SCHOOL
Omagh bomb victim is remembered at Scottish school
THE MARY Erskine and Stewart's Melville Junior School, Edinburgh, has named a new award for character and commitment in honour of a young man killed in the Omagh bombing of August 15, 1998, the fifth anniversary of which is fast approaching.
The first 'Bryan White Quaich for Character and Commitment' has been awarded to 12-year-old Peter Gilfillan, a Primary 7 pupil in the school.
Primary 7 teacher, Colin Johnston, son of Rev. William and Mrs. Sylvia Johnston, The Rectory, Kilskeery, who donated the trophy said: "I attended Strabane Grammar School with Bryan White and I have fond memories of him. He was a friendly, outgoing guy. I was very sad when I heard that he and his dad, Fred, had died in the bombing. I have enjoyed teaching in the Mary Erskine and Stewart's Melville Junior School for
the past five years and now that I am leaving to start a new career with Lothian and Borders Police, I wanted to give something back to the
children and to commemorate my old school friend too. I spoke to Bryan's mother, and I'm pleased she thinks it is appropriate for us to pay him tribute in this way."
Colin Johnston was a pupil at Strabane Grammar School when his father was serving as rector of the parishes of Drumclamph, Clare and Langfieid Union.
Bryan Lewis, headmaster of the Junior School, said that Peter Gilfillan was a deserving first recipient for the Bryan White Quaich. "Peter was chosen by the boys and girls of Primary 7, as representing the qualities which we believe are central to the ethos of the school commitment, care for others and willingness to seek out new challenges. In addition to the Quaich, he also received the Mary Erskine and Stewart's Melville Junior School Boys' Prize for general excellence, a Scottish Mathematical Council Challenge Silver Award and the Primary 7 boys' prize for music and dance," explained Mr. Lewis.
The Mary Erskine and Stewart's Melville Junior School is a leading Scottish independent school with almost 1,200 day pupils and boarders. It is unique in that children progress at age 12 from the coeducational Junior School to single-sex classes at the closely-twinned Mary Erskine School for girls and Stewart's Melville College for boys, before rejoining in mixed classes in Form VI.
THE MARY Erskine and Stewart's Melville Junior School, Edinburgh, has named a new award for character and commitment in honour of a young man killed in the Omagh bombing of August 15, 1998, the fifth anniversary of which is fast approaching.
The first 'Bryan White Quaich for Character and Commitment' has been awarded to 12-year-old Peter Gilfillan, a Primary 7 pupil in the school.
Primary 7 teacher, Colin Johnston, son of Rev. William and Mrs. Sylvia Johnston, The Rectory, Kilskeery, who donated the trophy said: "I attended Strabane Grammar School with Bryan White and I have fond memories of him. He was a friendly, outgoing guy. I was very sad when I heard that he and his dad, Fred, had died in the bombing. I have enjoyed teaching in the Mary Erskine and Stewart's Melville Junior School for
the past five years and now that I am leaving to start a new career with Lothian and Borders Police, I wanted to give something back to the
children and to commemorate my old school friend too. I spoke to Bryan's mother, and I'm pleased she thinks it is appropriate for us to pay him tribute in this way."
Colin Johnston was a pupil at Strabane Grammar School when his father was serving as rector of the parishes of Drumclamph, Clare and Langfieid Union.
Bryan Lewis, headmaster of the Junior School, said that Peter Gilfillan was a deserving first recipient for the Bryan White Quaich. "Peter was chosen by the boys and girls of Primary 7, as representing the qualities which we believe are central to the ethos of the school commitment, care for others and willingness to seek out new challenges. In addition to the Quaich, he also received the Mary Erskine and Stewart's Melville Junior School Boys' Prize for general excellence, a Scottish Mathematical Council Challenge Silver Award and the Primary 7 boys' prize for music and dance," explained Mr. Lewis.
The Mary Erskine and Stewart's Melville Junior School is a leading Scottish independent school with almost 1,200 day pupils and boarders. It is unique in that children progress at age 12 from the coeducational Junior School to single-sex classes at the closely-twinned Mary Erskine School for girls and Stewart's Melville College for boys, before rejoining in mixed classes in Form VI.
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Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/1617
Published Date: 14-Aug-03
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