WE arrived at Hi Ex Comicon in Eden Court on Saturday, February 14, to be met by storm troopers and a Predator.

HEARTS were sinking as the bus took to the A9 south. The whole of Caithness was blanketed in a gleaming white duvet of deep soft snow and we were leaving to go skiing.

WICK High pupils have ventured into film-making and showed their piece at the Kingussie Film Festival.

WICK High School library participated in World Book Day and every child in the school was given a book token worth £1 as a discount on a new book, or to exchange for a World Book Day book.

THIS summer Wick High School will bid farewell to five members of staff who have over 159 years of service to education between them.

FROM war cemeteries to the delights of Disneyland, pupils on the Wick High French trip enjoyed a varied and exciting break last month.

THE annual healthy living extravaganza took place at Wick High School on Wednesday, May 21, in the middle of a spell of great weather.

WICK High School pupils played against Thurso High School in the MacRobert Cup area qualifier in Thurso.

UNABLE to hitch a ride on NASA’s Phoenix Mars landing craft, Wick High’s science class 2fm2 have been indulging in some interstellar and interplanetary activity of their own.

A SMALL group of S6 students at Wick High School have been working extremely hard to organise some fundraising events to aid local charities.

THERE are two drama groups running in Wick High School at present.

LOCAL primary school children joined musicians from Wick High School to perform a wide variety of music in the high school hall on Wednesday, March 12.

SIX Wick High school pupils recently attended the "Our Environment, Our Future" event at the Scottish Parliament.

A TOTAL of 40 students and five staff took a coach/air trip to Les Orres for a week's skiing course last month.

WICK High School had a very successful trip to the Coca Cola 7s football competition at Jubilee Park, in Dingwall.

FOLLOWING a narrow defeat by the Nicolson Institute, the Wick High U15 girls' basketball team were entered into the Scottish Cup plate competition.

FIRST-YEAR pupils in Wick High School were part of a meeting of two very different disciplines under the auspices of the Caithness Science Festival.

AFTER weeks of anticipation, the night of the Wick High's Senior Prom arrived; the dresses were pressed, the kilts were swishing and limo was on its way.

THE annual Christmas disco is always a high point in the year for junior pupils at Wick High and this year was no exception.

THE start of a new term can be quite a low, but for all Wick High School's S4 pupils and associated guidance staff, the first week back after the Christmas and New Year break had something different on offer.

IMPORTANT dates coming up in the Wick High calendar are: Wednesday, January 30, S5/6 parents' evening; Thursday, January 31, Standard Grade English prelim; Thursday, January 7, in-service day; Friday, February 8 to Monday, February 11, holidays (inclusive); Thursday, February 14 to Tuesday, February 26, S4 prelim exams; Friday February 27 to Friday, March 7, S5 prelim exams.

A CHEER erupted as our plane touched down. Breathing in the Krakow air, we could not believe we had finally arrived; delight swept through us all as we were reunited with our Polish families. Our long-awaited trip to this beautiful city had just begun.

WICK High's first-year pupils attended a workshop run by the Scottish Youth Theatre on Thursday, November 22.

THIS year may not have been the most organised Children in Need at Wick High School but the sixth-year pupils pulled out all the stops to ensure a great sum of money was raised. Events were held throughout the week in ways which would have the least impact on the work of the school.

FIFTH-year pupils at Wick High were given an insight into the world of business last month from one of the Highland's most successful entrepreneurs.

WICK High pupil Adam Macdonald decided to make the long walk into school from his home in Canisbay on Friday, November 16, in order to raise money for Children in Need. Here he describes his day.

IT was an early start for 27 Wick High pupils when they boarded a bus at 6am on Thursday, October 25, bound for Edinburgh... and all for the love of art!

WICK High School's entry to the Caithness Heritage Fair on Saturday and Sunday, November 10 and 11, comprised a number of pieces of work arising from Highland 2007's Highland Promise.

PUPILS were getting all eco-friendly last week with the visit of Scottish Natural Heritage's Green Machine.

A TEAM from Johnson Controls visited Wick High on Friday, November 9, to give pupils an insight into the career paths available to them when they leave school.

AS reported in the local press, Wick High School is going to introduce a strict dress code for its pupils. This will involve pupils in wearing either a white shirt or polo shirt, a blazer (optional), black trousers, and black trainers or dress shoes.

GROUPS of pupils in Rod Flemming's maths class have been taking a new approach to the subject and finding out how it relates to "the real world".

THE English department hosted Ian Stephen, a writer and storyteller from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis.

TWO sponsored events were held at Wick High on Wednesday, May 23, in aid of school funds.

PUPILS in Miss Craib’s S3 class spent a morning gathering information in order to make a comparison between two industrial areas.