Kinross High School 4

Kinross High School is a state school in Kinross, Scotland. It is located adjacent to the leisure centre, and is part of Loch Leven Community Campus, named after the nearby Loch Leven. In 2010, the school moved from the old building located on the high street to the new campus about half a mile down the road. The school has about 1012 pupils enrolled and about 100 members of staff. It is now a Community Campus with public facilities including a climbing wall, a gym, a library and several meeting rooms. The main corridor is called the street which is where the majority of pupils meet during break and lunchtime. There are 4 eating places in all - Food To Go, fast food lane, baguette bar and the hot food bar.There are three houses - Lomond, Benarty and Ochil. The house the pupil is in depends on the floor that they get registered in - the bottom being Ochil, the middle being Benarty and the top being Lomond.UniformJunior pupils are expected to wear a shirt with a green, purple, red and yellow tie with black trousers/skirt and dark shoes. Senior pupils are expected to wear a purple blazer and a purple tie - both of which display the school logo and the motto - "Learning the key."Roll 2010/2011 - 915 pupils 2011/2012 - 895 pupils 2012/2013 - 906 pupilsThe School DayThe school day starts at 8:45 where the pupils go their first period class. Each period lasts 50 minutes. Morning Break lasts 15 minutes and Lunch lasts 50 minutes.There is 10 minutes of registration every morning from 8:45 to 8:55. The school day also ends at 13:10 on a Friday. There are two bells at lunch, one at 13:55 to signify the end of lunch and one at 14:00 to signify the start of period 6. On days of assembly, the doors to the assembly hall are closed after the 08:55 bell.