Happy St Patrick's Day to all our Mount Carmel Families.

We are looking forward to our annual Irish dancing ceili this afternoon from 12-2pm.

We will allow the students to go home after the ceili this afternoon.

School will be closed on Monday and Tuesday and will reopen for classes  on Wednesday 19th March.

The HSE Dublin North City Team are inviting parents of 1st and 2nd year students to take part in their survey/

Link below

surveys.hse.ie/s/Parentalsurveysecondary/

Dear Parents/Guardians

Please find this report attached.

Dear Parent/Guardian

Please see important information from the Department of Education in relation to School Books from 2025/26.

Dear Parents/Guardians

Please find attached an updated draft Uniform Policy. If you have any comments or suggestions to make, please email them to info@mountcarmel.ie

Exam Procedures

• Please take careful note of the start/ end time. Most examinations, but not all, will take place in the students’ base room.
• Pencils, pens etc. must be brought into the examination centre either in a see-through pencil case, a zip-lock bag, or carried in your hand. No regular pencil cases are allowed. 
• Your mobile phone must be switched off, or placed in Airplane mode, and placed in the box at top of classroom.
• Do not forget your calculator if required, as there are none available in the examination centre for your use.
• Silence is required at all times in the examination centre. This includes entering and leaving the centre. 
• While seated in the examination centre, you must face forward at all times. 
• If you need more paper, or require the attention of one of the supervising teachers for any reason, you must stay in your seat and raise your hand quietly.
• The supervising teachers will not be able to help you with your examination. Do not ask.
• You must not leave your seat until told to do so at the end of the examination.
• You may not go to the toilet during the examination, except in a very real emergency. You may never go to the toilet during the first and last 30 minutes of an examination. 
• You may not leave the examination centre early if you are finished.
• When your examination is over, please remember that classes and other examinations may be continuing for others students. Please be quiet and considerate of others.

For the attention of students whose first language is not English or Irish

The use of bilingual translation dictionaries in the examinations is allowed.

Bilingual translation dictionaries between the candidate’s first language and English or Irish (i.e. without explanation of terms/definition) are permitted. Electronic bilingual dictionaries, translators, wordlists or glossaries, are not permitted.

Subjects in which the use of dictionaries are not permitted:

The use of bilingual dictionaries is not permitted in the case of examinations in the following subjects:

• English
• Irish
• The candidate’s first language. For example, a candidate whose first language is French will not be permitted to use the dictionary in the French examination.