Our first year history class planted crocus bulbs as part of Holocaust Memorial Day. Students paused for reflection remembering the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust and the thousands of children who were victims of Nazi atrocities. As they flower we will remember this and be encouraged to have acceptance and respect for…
Well done to all who took part in our Junior Maths competition. Well done to Niamh, Josh and Cathal who finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Well done to our prefects who coordinated a fundraiser in aid of “Danny’s First Steps”. Thank you to Danny and his family for visiting us so that we could have the wonderful opportunity to meet you and present the proceeds of the fundraiser.
Two TY students, Aimee Carty and Julianna Daly will be representing our school at the BT Young Scientist awards in Dublin this week. The title of their project is Probiotic supplements Vs Foods naturally high in Probiotics. Its an investigative and exciting project which looks at the awareness of Prebiotics and Probiotics and compares them in both supplements and natural…
Well done to our under 14 Rugby squad who participated in a 10 aside blitz in Athlone Community College today against teams from Athlone, Gort and Ferbane. A special mention to top try scorer Joshua Adams Verling and the two team managers Paul Maloney and Shane Maloney.
Thank you to all of our students, staff, parents and members of the community who have donated very generously to our Christmas hamper appeal. Well done to our prefects and their mentor Ms. Higgins for organising the collection and assembly of the hampers for families in our local area.
Our 1st year group along with their 5th year buddies traveled to Galway to try their hand at ice-skating today. Thanks to their tutors, Ms. Casey and Ms. Tiernan for traveling with them.
As part of our Green Schools Committee, our first years participated in a beach clean for Green Schools Global Citizenship & the Marine Environment 2018.
Well done to Ms. McGuinness and the prefect team who organised and coordinated our annual Christmas quiz. Our entire school took part with teachers team retaining their title in the final round which was over seen by Pat Regan. Several spot prizes were awarded throughout the quiz with the winning students team presented with the…
Well done to our student rounders team who defeated the teachers on a scoreline of 26-24. The teachers who were victorious last year had mounted a major comeback but came up just short. Well done to the Transition Year students (despite some questionable refereeing) and Mr. Curran for organising such an enjoyable event promoting the…