KINLOCHLEVEN High School pupil Holly Baldwin has won the Rotary Club of Lochaber best essay award.
The third-year student’s winning essay, What to do about the Loneliness of Others, is a sensitive short story about two strangers in a crowded coffee shop sharing a bond of common humanity.
Head teacher Rebecca Machin said: ‘Her story explored the need for human contact, the need for recognition and how we can add so much meaning to each others lives if we just slow down and notice the people around us.’