We would like to congratulate Nicole Carroll (4th year) and Ava Kavanagh (5th Year) who got an amazing 2nd place with their team, DTC Dublin Thunders Cheerleading, in the UCA All-Star Championships in Orlando.
They want to say a massive thank you to everyone for all the fantastic support they received from Holy Faith over the weekend, it meant so much to them.
Congratulations to Síofra Corrigan of 5th year who won the National Final of the Soroptimist Public Speaking competition in Wexford on Saturday 4th March. Síofra spoke on Peace and Democracy and was very impressive in the impromptu round where speakers had to talk for 2 minutes on “WAVE”.
Thank you to Ms Conlon who worked with Síofra in preparing for the various rounds of the competition and who was in the audience with Síofra’s family and friends.
A snapshot of some of the literary characters in the school yesterday.
Some of our students, who train with Clontarf Taekwondo, had amazing medal wins at the Leinster Championships last weekend. Molly Mack won Gold, Cara Groenwald won Gold, Orla Hickey won Silver and 1st year student, Grace Burton, won Bronze. Congratulations girls! If any of our other students took part, I would love to share this news with the school community, information can be emailed to deputy@holyfaithclontarf.com
Congratulations to the Under-14 Gaelic football team who had a hard fought victory over Moate Community School today.
Holy Faith Clontarf prevailed on a scoreline of 5-13 to 1-10.
Well done!
Congratulations to the 4 students from 2nd year who competed in the UCD Junior Debates last week (Zoe Kennedy, Cara Lynch, Evelyn Mendes Healy and Amelie Silvestre). The standard was particularly high on the evening and we wish Zoe and Cara the best of luck in the upcoming quarter finals. Thank you to Ms Conlon and Ms Daly who have worked with the students and accompanied them on the evening. Thank you also to the parents and supporters who attended.
The senior debating team narrowly lost out to Largy College in the recent Concern debates.
Best of luck to Siofra Corrigan of 5th year who will compete in the All Ireland Final of the Soroptimist Public Speaking Competition on Saturday 4th March. Thank you to Ms Conlon who has worked with Siofra.
Congratulations to 2D who presented a cheque for 3,862 to Ms Lilian Hunt from St. Francis Hospice in Raheny. The money was raised by 2D's class calendar fundraiser. Ms Hunt spoke with the class about the services that St Francis Hospice offers and about the new building development that will see over 20 new, individual ensuite rooms built at the St Francis Raheny site. Congratulations to 2D and thank you to Ms Hunt for speaking with the class. A big thank you to Ms Daly who coordinated the fundraiser and to SNAP printing (Jervis) who printed the calendars. Well done to everyone involved!