Congratulations to 3rd year Hannah Healy on her recent achievements. U15 international schools player of the year and SSE WNL U17 player of the year.

Healy is just the second ever recipient of the Under 15s accolade. She joins the ranks with Jessie Stapleton of Palmerstown Community School who made history with the newly established category in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to our International programme in 2020 and 2021 but the programme returned this season to ensure a third consecutive title defence. 

The introduction of this category is a wonderful acknowledgement of the contribution that FAI Schools are making to the player pathway at underage level.

Hannah captained the Republic of Ireland Schools to capturing the SAFIB Bob Docherty Cup and John Read Trophy last season. She was named Player of the Tournament as she led the line perfectly, scoring against England in the opening fixture and headed home the match winner against Scotland in the Final.

This weekend there will be three delegations from Holy Faith with students from 3rd, 5th and 6th participating in the Rathdown Model United Nations with Mai Bennett of 6th year chairing the committee for Health and Youth.

Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations, and a roleplaying activity in which participants step into the shoes of UN delegates and discuss relevant global issues on behalf of their assigned country.

It is also considered a fun and social activity and helps students to 

·     better understand the challenge faced by global issues

·     learn about different countries and cultures

·     develop public-speaking and improve confidence

·     make new friends

·     experience parliamentary procedure and a business atmosphere

At a MUN conference, delegates from different schools represent a given country (eg, Ethophia). Different delegates from each country attend different commitees (eg, Human Rights), where topics of a certain category are discussed.

Congratulation to our two teams who were both placed at the UCD Junior Debates in UCD.  Cara Lynch & Zoe Kennedy opposed the motion, “This house believes that stem subjects should be prioritised over arts and humanities."
Evelyn Mendes-Healy and Amélie Sylvestre proposed the motion that, “This house believes that gender quotas have a place in modern society."  

Huge thanks to their family & classmates who came along to UCD to support both teams.

Our two Junior teams will be taking part in the UCD Junior debates this Thursday.

Cara Lynch and Zoe Kennedy are third opposition. Their topic is ,"This house believes that stem subjects should be prioritised over arts and humanities."

Evelyn Mendes-Healy and Amélie Sylvestre are first proposition and their topic is 'This house believes that gender quotas have a place in modern society."

It makes for an interesting evening.  Good luck to both teams and to Ms Daly who wil be accompanying the students.

Well done to our 1st year Art students who were busy decorating the school with silhouettes, Notans and Lino printed bunting. Happy Halloween!!

Our trustees have made available the Winter edition of the Le Chéile Connects newsletter at the  following link:  2020-2021 Handbook (lecheiletrust.ie) or find it on the Le Chéile home page at  www.lecheiletrust.ie

Congratulations to 2B whose Pink Day raised the outstanding total of 870 euro for Breast Cancer Ireland.

Congratulation to our team of 5th year debaters, Sophie Kilcullen, Sophie Faughnan, Eva Keyes and Siofra Corrigan ,who were very successful in their first debate against Kingswood Community College.  We wis them well in the next debate.  Thank you to Ella Bracken and Olivia Hogan who assisted with research and practice.  The team was mentored by Ms Conlon and Ms Mackey.