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Our minor and junior students competed today in a variety of events: Faye Watters – 4th in 1200m walk Jay Loughlin – 5th in 80m hurdles Patrick McBride – 5th 800m  Loughlin McLoughlin – 5th Shot  Greg Lyons – 3rd 1500m  Mark Malaniff – 5th Shot  Anna Zemite – 3rd Shot  Tremendous effort by all […]

Well done to the first year ladies who played in an in house blitz today in Bee Park. The girls really enjoyed there morning in the Sun. Thanks to the four TY students for helping run the competition.

5th Yr Construction Studies students undertook a one day  NZEB Fundamental Awareness  course. Students were taught  about building for energy conservation, building physics and renewable energy and it included a hands-on, practical component on airtightness & insulation. The course is  City & Guilds Assured,  CIF recognised and students will receive a Certificate of competency for […]

This week the 2nd year Spanish students had their annual outing to Ósta for churros, which is a typical Spanish breakfast, on completion of their CBA 1 oral presentation. The topic for their CBA was food and each student prepared a dialogue and acted out a roleplay based in a Spanish restaurant.  Ms Houston & Ms […]

Today we had 12 students who represented the school in extremely hot conditions at Athlone University.  Two students qualified as individuals for the All-Ireland finals in their respective events: Lucas Lyons – 1st in the 5000m Sarah Mulvaney-kelly  – 1st 300m Hurdle – 1st 300m  The senior boys finished in bronze position in the 4 […]

Best wishes to Katie, Maya and Ella who compete in the Foroige NFTE national finals today in Croke Park. The girls are through to the top 8 in the innovation category with their business Neuro Positive.  We are very proud of them. 

Huge congratulations to Anna, who has achieved an outstanding result in the National Irish Young Journalist Awards, taking home  first place in the Photojournalism category. This is an incredible achievement and a wonderful reflection of Anna’s immense talent, creativity, and passion for photography.  The awards ceremony took place at the  Aviva Stadium in Dublin, where […]

Irish Yetis, Human Wasps and Super-Cheetahs. Those were just some of the Superheroes Tearman and Rang Mhic Dhiarmada encountered in their workshop with Comic Book author Alan Nolan last week.  Students got a crash course in the world of comics and superheroes before picking up their pencils to practice drawing techniques and create their own […]

5th year LCVP students visited Future Cast in Manorhamilton on Tuesday. They learned about 3D printed homes and all of the exciting digital construction, quarry and manufacturing plans for the future. The students will complete an enterprise report based on this visit. Thank you to Ms Fahey, Ms Sweeney, Ms Carden and Ms Carty for […]

TYs and 5th Years togged out yesterday for our end of year game. There was a great mix of sunshine and craic. Our thanks to Glencar Manor GAA as always for the use of the facilities.