Huge congratulations to Abbey McNamara, Hannah Lee-Parnell and James Groome who received their Gaisce (Presidents Prize) Awards today. These awards were earned by completing personal, physical and community challenges over twenty six weeks in addition to a 25km hike. We are very proud of you all.

Well done to our 5th Year students who received a range of awards today including Academic Excellence, Application to Study, Cooperation, Music, Sports, Student Council, Prefect, Attendance, Enterprise Bright Star Award and LCA Awards. It was wonderful to acknowledge and celebrate the work and commintment shown by those students who received awards today.

Students recently enjoyed the Develop Me workshops where they worked in groups to solve puzzles and develop their team work skills. These workshops led to important insights on the importance of sharing resources, teamwork and cooperation. 

We were glad to welcome back David Collins from The Fundamentals for the remaining class workshops. Students engaged very well and identified leadership qualities within themselves and others which will prove a valuable foundation for the move to 5th Year Leaving Certificate Programmes.

We were delighted to welcome poet Stephen Murray, www.inspireland.ie recently. Stephen worked with our TY students giving them the opportunity to find new and creative ways to express themselves. This has been a very rewarding experience, especially for those who have not considered poetry as a mode of expression for themselves in the past. The students produced some really evocative poems.

Our TY students were very happy to board the bus for Causey Farm on Thursday last. It was a day of laughter and enjoyment as students engaged in a variety of tasks such as bread making, Irish dancing and most fun of all, bog jumping!!

Our thanks to Mr Potterton and all those involved in transforming our school forest into the beautiful place it is today by cleaning, setting and creating paths along with installing bug hotels and signage. A poplar tree that had fallen was used to create three signs under the guidance and supervision of Mr Potterton. The sign with our school name was created by James Reid and Liam Wynne. The sign using the Irish language was made by Lee Tyrrell Byrne and Caden O’Brien. The sign using Ogham which is read from the bottom up and translates to our school motto, Domine Noverim Te, ‘Lord That I May Know You’ was created by Harry Chen, Taylor Maxwell, Thomas Neale, Jamie Maly, Evan Jordan and David Nolan. Well done to everyone involved.

We are delighted to have concluded a truly wonderful year with our Celebration of Learning today. Your son/ daughter/ students have had the opportunity to reflect upon their experience and received their certificates today. We even had one student Sam Moussoulides Zoom in from his Language Exchange in France! Our thanks to everyone who supported our students throughout the year in their educational, social and emotional journeys. Well done to those who received the following individual awards

Student Council

Adam Bermingham, David Nolan, Aoibhe Toft, Megan McGuire

Sports Awards

Caoimhe Egan : Girls U17 Soccer

Hanna Corrigan: Girls U17 GAA

Emma Cremin: Cross Country

TY Dedication and Enthusiasm Award 22-23  Ben Flynn

TY Creativity and Enthusiasm Award 22-23 Liv Hamilton

TY Personal Development Award 22-23 Adam Bermingham

TY Personal Development Award 22-23 Jessica Archbold

TY Community Award 22-23 Aife Leslie

TY Environmental Award 22-23 Sadhbh Brady

Outstanding Contribution to Our School Environment Award 22-23 James Reid

Outstanding Contribution to Our School Environment Award 22-23 Liam Wynne

4A Student of the Year Award 22-23- David Nolan

4B Student of the Year Award 22-23 Farida Ibirogba

4C Student of the Year Award 22-23 Megan McGuire

4D Student of the Year Award 22-23 Charlotte Darby

4E Student of the Year Award 22-23 Erin Whelan

Overall Student of the Year 22-23 Finalists

Sam Moussoulides, Aoibhe Toft, Charlotte Darby, Jennifer Dowling, Farida Ibirogba, Oisin Walsh

Overall Student of the Year 22-23  Aoibhe Toft