Huge congratulations to students from 2 Rookwood who took part in the PDST initiative in conjunction with UCD " Digi-Stories Digital Storytelling. Under the guidance of their teacher Ms McKenna, students created short films using both their digital and creativity skills. Students attended the viewing and award ceremony in UCD today. 2 groups were placed and one group won the overall prize for 2nd year entries. Thank you for Ms McKenna for all her help and assistance during the process. 

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Tomorrow, Thursday 25th May we are celebrating Africa Day. It is an international day celebrating the beauty and diversity of Africa. Our sister school, Loreto Rumbek, in South Sudan have sent us a lovely video message to help us celebrate the day with them. This video will be shared with you via email.

We will be having a day of workshops and an end of day performance with Tura, an exponent of the intersection between Gaelic and Sub-Saharan African culture, as well as a noted choreographer. These workshops will be run for 1st, 3rd and 5th year students and we hope the day will bring joy for the students.

In tandem with this, and in the spirit of justice, we would like to do some fundraising for our sister school Loreto Rumbek. We would ask that students contribute €2 for the workshops with all money going to Loreto Rumbek and all other students to make a €2 donation. Contributions from any other student/year group are more than welcome. Payment is available through the App.

We thank you for your generosity and support of Loreto Rumbek. F Gleeson.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We would like to remind you that all student lockers must be emptied out by Thursday 25th May. Any student with a lock needs to reset the lock to zero and hand this to her class tutor by Thursday 25th May. there will be a €15 replacement fee for any lock not returned. 

Thank you.

Please find the attached summer sports schedule. 
All co curricular activites outside of this will stay as they are. 

All activities are open to any student to join. In particular if you havent tried the sport this year and would like to get involved now is a great time. 

Tennis registartion will take place tomorrow at break time for 2nd / 3rd Years and lunch time for 1st Yrs and 4th / 5 th and 6th Yrs. 

If there is a clash for a student on the schedule please come and talk to me and we can work out a plan to suit.

Posters of the new timetable are up in all locker areas for students to view. 

Congratulations to Eve Byrne and Grace Guinan (2nd Year) who won the Inter-Loreto Junior Debates Trophy on March 21st.The girls proposed the motion "This house would ban advertising for unhealthy foods for adults and children". 

Congratulations also Amelia Scallan and Winnie Chan who also made it through to the final - and to Evelyn Roche and Alison Heeney (2nd Year) and Ciara Redden and Laura McMenamin (TY) who made it to the semi-finals of their competitions. 

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We wish to inform you that the school will close early on Friday 19th May at 1.15pm. This is to allow us to celebrate Graduation Mass with the Leaving Cert class of 2022/2023.The school bus will run for students at 1.30pm. Also please note that the school bus will run at 1.30pm as normal on Wednesday 17th May after the Foxrock Games.

We thank you for your cooperation with this.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Tomorrow, Wednesday, 17th May sees the school community come together to take part in the Annual Foxrock Games. This is a whole school event and allows the school community come together for a fun morning of games and activities. Students are expected in school for roll call as usual at 8.50 where they will go to their Tutor class. Please be reminded that no cars are allowed on the school grounds for the day.

 Congratulations to Evelyn Roche from 2nd year for winning 3rd place in Latin Competition of the Young Classicist Awards for rewriting and singing Abba's "Money, Money" into Latin with lyrics about the life of slavery in Ancient Rome. And congratulations to 1st year students Molly Andrews and Lexi Ryan for featuring as finalists in the Junior Competition of the Young Classicist Awards for a project on Gender Norms and Clothing in the Ancient World.

Congratulations to our three Junior Debating Teams who competed in the Inter-Loreto Debates online on Friday.

All three teams are through to the semi-finals which will take place in Loreto High School Beaufort. 

The three teams are 2nd Year students:

• Evelyn Roche and Alison Heeney
• Amelia Scallan and Winnie Chan
• Eve Byrne and Grace Guinan