A reminder to 5th Year students applying for Meitheal: application forms are due in tomorrow, Friday 1st March. Please hand in the completed application form to Ms. Murphy. Robert Norton will be conducting the interviews on Wednesday 13th March.

Good luck to our U-16 Badminton Team who are playing in the Leinster Finals in Baldoyle tomorrow.

Mr. Stephens

Good luck to our Junior Football Team who play Knockbeg College in the South Leinster Final tomorrow. The game throws in at 11.30 in Hawkfield. All support would be greatly appreciated. The team is kindly sponsored by Kennedy Security.

Mr. Joyce 

We hosted a 3 hour 'Architects in Schools' workshop in Naas CBS on Friday 23rd February. 'Architects in Schools' is an initiative supported by the Irish Architecture Foundation (IAF) where a practicing architect visits a school and provides students with an insight into the working life of an architect. The 'Architects in schools' programme is aimed at Transition Year and provides students with valuable exposure to how architects use the design process to problem solve and create innovative designs.

Our visiting architect this year was Belina Walsh of Kelliher Miller architects. Belina described and explained her roles and responsibilities as an architect in an architectural practice that mainly specialises in residential architecture. After introducing herself to the group Belina set students the task of designing a space for the students that would improve student life in the school. The chosen site for the proposals was the green space to the south of the school and beyond into the Lakelands open space adjacent to our playing fields and basketball courts.

Our students embraced the challenge of creating varied and interesting proposals ranging from landscaped parklands with a pavilion and garden allotments, to a domed student sports facility and youth centre. 

Many thanks to Belina and the IAF for bringing the workshop to our school. Our participating students enjoyed the day and benefited greatly from the experience.

Thank also to Mr.Fitzpatrick for coordinating the workshop.

Congratulations to the 6th Years who competed in Team Maths yesterday. The lads won the regional competition and are headed to the national finals next month. Well done to the winning team of Joe Carter, Ben Early, David Malone and Luke Mulvihill who only dropped two points in the whole round.

Mr. Crosbie

Hard luck to our Senior Football Team who were defeated 1-15 to 1-10 by Mounthawk, Tralee in the All- Ireland Hogan Cup Semi-Final on Saturday. The Senior Footballers had a very successful run this year and the school community is very proud of their achievements.

Congratulations to Rory Comerford (1B) who came in the top 10 in the country in an IMTA Maths Competition run nationwide.

Mr. Crosbie

A group of our Transition Year students were lucky to take part in the  Early-Drive | Electrified by Opel programme in Mondello last Thursday. This is a unique driving and road safety programme designed for 13- to 17-year-olds who are eager to learn how to drive and get behind the wheel of a car for the first time. This memorable experience in the unique environment of our Mondello Park track, combined with the training expertise of their instructors, allows students to learn about driver safety in a realistic way, giving them the foundations and skills for when they become drivers in the future.

A huge thank you to Emma Toner and the Naas CBS Parents Council for providing this opportunity to our lads. A huge thank also to Opel Ireland and all of the team at Mondello Park for looking after our group so well.

Congratulations to Seán Óg Boland (T.Y.) who recently won the overall Garda Youth Award for his efforts in overcoming challenges with knee injuries to return to playing hurling, football and soccer. Well done Séan Óg!

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Well done to the U-14 badminton teams who participated in the Kildare Championship on Monday. Both teams proceeded from their groups and the A Team lost out narrowly to PBS Newbridge in the final.

Mr. Stephens