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Student NewsStudents to join Leadership AcademyPHS students Alexander Dowson,Adam Calvert, Esther Chidlow,Molly Browne, AndrewGeoghegan, Alexander Smith,Leonie Yarnold and JoshuaWalker will join the county’s firstever Leadership Academy at itslaunch at Worcester Racecourseon Friday, 23 rd October.Polly Christian, PE and SchoolSports Co-ordinator (PESSCo),South Worcestershire SchoolSports Partnership said: “This isa huge achievement as thesestudents have been selected fortheir excellent leadership qualitiesand abilities from a large numberof leaders at Pershore HighSchool who are actively involvedwithin school and the community.Sam Hook, from the SouthWorcestershire School SportsPartnership, the organisationrunning the event said:“This is potentially their first stepon the rungs of involvement incoaching throughout life.The skills developed throughvolunteering and leading are lifeskills that will support the studentsin every avenue of life”.Mr Corbett said that he wasdelighted with the success of thestudents.Aid for Air AmbulanceStudents at PHS handed over a bumper cheque tothe Midlands Air Ambulance after a year of fundraising activities. The Year 11 students arranged anumber of events during their final year includingcar washes, sales of a year book and the SummerProm and managed to raise a substantial £1,000for the charity.Clive Corbett said that it was a magnificentachievement by the students and paid specialtribute to the hard work of the fund-raising team,Head of Year Elaine Agnew, and her two assistantsGayle McPherson and Huw Evans and the formtutors.Pictured left: Amelia Button, Hannah Forrester, KateAnderson and Alex Woodman, present a cheque to AnnieNewell, area fundraiser for Midlands Air Ambulance.The Big DrawA large number of people took part in a major artsevent on Saturday, 3 rd October.The Big Draw saw aspiring artists from all agegroups take inspiration from the credit crunch tocreate their own money through recycling plasticbags. The finished notes will be hung from a treeto create a mural inspired by Keith Haring.The event, which launched the month long ValeArts Trail, and also saw youngsters dressing up asKings and Queens to have their photographs takenwith the clowns they had drawn and parentswheeling children in trolleys to create a longabstract drawing.Pictured: Giles Grainger creates a bank note for the mural.David Reid, Head of Art at PHS and one of the eventorganisers, said they were now looking for a shop spaceto exhibit the work in the coming weeks.16