Winners of Bronze and silver medals in the Connacht School Championship 2012
held in Leisureland, Galway. Congratulations girls.
Football
Congratulations to our Senior A Football Team, who defeated St. Attracta's Tubbercurry,
3-8 to 2-7 in the Connacht Schools Football Championship.They will now face Holy Rosary, Mountbellew in the Connacht Final. Best of luck girls.
Pictured below is 2nd Year 1 CSPE class, who raised €363 for NWSPCA as part of their CSPE project.
Enrolment/Open Evening
First Year Enrolment/Open Evening takes place on Wednensday Febuary 8th from 4pm - 7pm. All are welcome.
Comhairle na nOg
Congratulations to Niamh McWalter, 4th year, who was elected as vice-chairperson of Mayo's Comhairle na nOg by the members of the comhairle. Niamh impressed these students with her public speaking abilities. Comhairle na nOg provides young people with the opportunity to express their opinions and voice their concerns on behalf of the youth of Mayo. It is linked to Mayo County Council and to Dail na nOg (the national youth parliament.)
Here is some video footage of school activities in the run up to Christmas. It includes our Transition Years singing Christmas Carols in the foyer of Tescos on December 22nd. They raised €697 for charity. Well done girls.
The Inspectorate of the Department of Education and Skills will carry out a Whole School Evaluation/Management, Leadership and Learning (WSE - MILL) at the school in January.
The inspection team spend 4 days at the school January 10 - 11th. 16 and 17th, evaluating the quality of education being provided at the school.
More information is available on www.education.ie Inspectorate - Guides and Forms.
Several meetings will take place over these few days and a range of classes will be visited by the inspectors. The meetings will include one with representatives of the Parents Association(Chairperson-Jimmy Murphy, Mary Kneafsey, Tom Coleman and Mary Costello). Also, parents of all 2nd and 4th year students are asked to complete a questionnaire as part of the evaluation.
An evaluation report wil be written by the Inspectors on the work of the school - what it is doing well and areas that could be improved. This report will be published and available on the internet in due course.
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny visited our school to launch our new website and got a rousing welcome from our student body. He was greeted by our student council and staff members and was escorted to the gym where he received a warm and enthusiastic welcome. He spoke to the students and then accepted questions from the floor. He was then presented with a portrait of himself drawn by our talented young artist Shania McDonagh.
Dec 21 2011
CAO
To all Leaving Cert Students - Brief Reminder -
Official closing date for C.A.O 2012 is Feb.1st at 5.15pm. Happy Christmas
Dec 19 2011
Volleyball
Cadette A volleyball team played their first series of matches recently. They drew against St. Brigids, Loughrea and St. Raphaels and were defeated by Sancta Maria Louisburg.
Cadette B defeated St. Brigids, Loughrea but lost to Lisdoonvarna and Scoil Mhuire, Enni...
Aug 21 2011
New Car Park
Following consultation with all school partners, Mayo Couunty Council and the Road Safety Authority, a revised traffic plan is in place for the start of the school year,for those using the back entrance to the school. Please take time to familiarise yourself wit...