January 2011 Commencement of Comenius initiative in liaison with NEELB/British Council:
Romania, Germany, Poland and Spain
January 2011 EFQM Gold Award Gala Ceremony
December 2010 First meeting of Drama Development Group
November 2010 RTU Leadership Development Partner School
November 2010 Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award ceremony
November 2010 EFQM 3 day Assessment Team Visit
November 2010 First meeting of Hockey Development Group
November 2010 Establishment of a constituted Dance/Drama Development Group
October 2010 Submission of EFQM bid, revision of CHGS SDP sent to DENI & NEELB
October 2010 Inaugural meeting of School Parent Council
October 2010 'Best New Website Web Award' and the 'Education Excellence Web Award'
September 2010 Whole School Parent/Student Milestone Evenings
September 2010 F1 World Championships – Singapore – Team Sianide
September 2010 Establishment of a constituted Hockey Development Group
September 2010 Formula 1 Business Breakfast
September 2010 Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award ceremony
July/August 2010 Friends for Romania trip and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition
June 2010 Somme and Flanders trip
June 2010 SEP launch: The Braid Learning Cluster primary/post primary partnership
May 2010 Principal represented CHGS at the Hillsborough Garden Party
May 2010 Principal was runner up for ‘Extraordinary Woman of Year’ 2010 - organisational success category
May 2010 Ulster Youth Choir participation
May 2010 All Ireland Talent Show finalists
May 2010 International Schools Award – Foundation Level 2010
May 2010 Young Enterprise finals – 2 Major Awards
May 2010 Young Enterprise – 1st Place - NEELB Competition
May 2010 Paris trip
April 2010 2nd place Northern Ireland School Stars Finals
March 2010 1st place Be Your Best Foundation – Rock Challenge – NI Winners
May 2010 Rock Challenge – 5 major awards at Be Your Best foundation – Northern Regional Final
May 2010 1st place – ‘Trash Couture’ Art and Design – All Ireland Competition
April 2009 Annual Honours Assembly
April 2010 Steinway Gala Evening
March 2010 Business Studies USA link visit
March 2010 1st place in F1 UK, Engineering Competition
March 2010 1st place UK Young Engineer of the Year 2010
March 2010 1st place – NI Young Musician of the Year 2010
March 2010 4th place – NI Young Musician of the Year 2010
February 2010 Centenary Gala Performance
February 2010 Centenary Cambridge lecture (Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE)
January 2010 Past Pupils’ Association Dinner
January 2010 Sharing Education Partnership (SEP) submission successful
December 2009 Steinway Piano arrival, Boston pianos in place
November 2009 Senior Leadership Team development residential
November 2009 Students compete in All Ireland Talent Competition
November 2009 Primary 7 assessments – largest AQE centre in Northern Ireland
October 2009 PFA Centenary Showjumping Competition
October 2009 Revision of School Development Plan – submitted to DENI and NEELB
September 2009 Grade 1 Library Award
September 2009 Centenary History published
September 2009 Centenary School Photograph
September 2009 Investors in People Award (reaccreditation of IiP)
2009/10 Regional Training Unit (RTU) Lesson Study Pilot
2008/9 Regional Training Unit (RTU) Building Leadership Capacity
2008/9 RTU Coaching and Mentoring initiative engagement
2006/7 Empowering Schools ICT Pilot RTU
2005 Investors in People accreditation and Award Ceremony
Two former Grammar Schools stood on the Cambridge Avenue/Galgorm Road site: Cambridge House Boys' Grammar School and Cambridge House Grammar School for Girls. Both of these former schools closed in August 2001. A Centenary History was published in 2010 marking the first of a number of prestigious events which took place between September 2009 and June 2010. The final event marking the close of the Centenary Celebrations was Awards Evening 2010 and the Guest Speaker was Mrs J. Christie.