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This years Christmas Fair will take place on Wednesday the 13th of December in the school gym from 10-2:30.  All welcome. 

Mr Hewstons New Lab is showcased on the Royal Society of Chemistry Website. Mr Hewston has been a teacher in St Clare’s Comprehensive School for over 30 years and has seen many changes in the science department most recenlty the renovation of the science labs.  Click on the link to read the full article. 

Community Garda Declan and Paula had a very busy day on Tuesday talking to students about online safety. Topics included being safe online, consequences of behaviour online and the new Coco law.  This was a follow up on our Internet safety week.

Kay Mitchel from Maynooth University visited the Leaving Cert students on Monday as part of College awareness week. She gave a very informative presentation not only Maynooth University but also on College life and expectations. She gave great encouragement to all students to try College life.

This week was College Awareness Week. Students participated in a variety of activities throughout the week; Talks, Kahoot Quizes, Career Activities and lots more. Teachers spoke to students about their college pathway and careers. It was a fun week. Thank you to everyone who participated in the activities and to all of the teachers who […]

Representing St. Clare’s Comprehensive School in Manorhamilton, Sarah finished a magnificent 6th overall in Sunday’s All Ireland Schools Combined Events Competition in Athlone. Sarah improved on her Connacht winning total adding nearly 100 extra points to her total.    Sarah started strongly finishing 6th in the 60M hurdles. Competing in only her second ever high […]

Elaine McManus a past leaving cert student now in year 3 of Occupational safety and health. Elaine give an indepth account to Leaving Certs on her course and work placement. Thanks to Elaine for calling to us during College awareness week.

TY and 5th year students attended a roadshow in the library on Thursday the 16th of November called See Her Elected. The aim of the workshop was to support women across rural Ireland to become county councillors and to be part oftheir campaign teams. Many thanks to Ms Benson for organising this event. 

Students from 1st year to 4th year took part in the 2023 Bebras Computing Challenge today.   The Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge introduces computational thinking and computer science to participants, by allowing them to solve interactive tasks online. Run in Ireland by the Irish Computer Society, the aim of Bebras is to get students all over the world excited about […]

Well done to TYA and TYB for hosting an engaging Science Week event in the school librarry for all our first year students.