Frightful first year horror story finalists gathered in the library this morning to tell their terrifying tales!
Pride in our Students Competing at International Level
In Coláiste Chiaráin we are very proud of all our students who perform and compete at international level. We recognise their focus, diligence and attainment. It is wonderful that these students are performing at such high levels internationally while continuing to apply themselves academically. Well done to you all, keep up the amazing work!
L/R Cian Tiernan, Conor Walsh, Tiernan Howe, Fatimah Akorede, Caoimhe Masterson, Mollie Dagg, Hanna Sylvester, Ciara Bracken, Ciara Saunders, Ciaran Connolly, Ronan Foley,
Nelson Fotso Toumo
Missing from the photo are the following: Ciara Mulleady, Killian Geraghty,
Profiles:
Ciara Saunders has played nationally and internationally on Ireland’s U21s
Women’s Canoe Polo team for the past 4 years. She has travelled to various
countries for competitions, such as the Canoe Polo World Championships in Sicily
Ciara Bracken is currently in her fourth year of representing Ireland for basketball,
she has played at under 15, under 16 and now at under 18 level. She has
represented in 9 foreign countries including Macedonia in 2017 for the European
Championship
Cian Tiernan is playing with the Irish U16 basketball team. Cian plays his club
basketball with Liffey Celtics Basketball Club
Ciarán Connolly, a sixth year student, competed for his school and his country in
the International High Jump SIAB Championships. He continued on to compete again
with the Irish Team in the Celtic Championships, where he was awarded silver in
both events. Ciarán now focuses on achieving the qualifying standard for the
European Championships in the coming year.
Ronan Foley enrolled in Colaiste Chiarain this year as a Leaving Certificate student.
He is an elite kayaker who has made and represented the Irish National Team
multiple times abroad.
The season of 2018 was a very special one for Ronan., His achievements included:
Irish National Marathon Champion. Multiple Irish National Sprint Champion. Double
World Cup Gold Medallist.
Junior European Marathon Champion. World Championships Silver Medallist.
Caoimhe Masterson has been representing Ireland in basketball for the past 3
years. She was on the U16 development squad one year ago and is currently on the
U16 Irish squad for her age group now.
Conor Walsh represented Ireland in basketball at the European u16 Championships
and is currently on the u17 Irish team.
Fatimah Akorede has been representing Ireland with basketball for the past 3 years.
Last year, she travelled to Serbia to represent the school and Ireland in the 3v3 world
Schools championships. She also participated in the U16 European Championships
with her Irish Team in Montenegro last August. She is currently on the U17 Irish
Basketball squad.
Tiernan Howe is a member of the Irish under 18 men’s basketball squad and
represented Ireland in Bulgaria in the under 16 European Championship
Hannah Sylvester has competed at Irish Dancing World Championship for the past
6 years, recalling and placing at top level, internationally
Ciara Mulleady is currently on the U17 Irish basketball team. She has previously
represented Ireland at U15 level.
Killian Geraghty came 2 nd in the World Boxing Championship for Youths in the 60kg
weight category in Italy. He has represented his country over 20 times in places such
as Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Belarus, France and Spain
Nelson Fotso plays on the U16 basketball team. He is in preseason training at the
moment preparing for tournaments in Belarus in December. He is very proud to
represent Ireland.
Mollie Dagg plays GAA handball at an international level. She has won a total of 5
world titles, 4 silver medals and 3 world championships (Ireland, Calgary and
Minnesota). She has also won a number of All Ireland’s, representing Leixlip, Kildare
and Leinster
Recognising Junior Certificate Excellence!
The highest achieving students in the Junior Certificate Examination 2018 were congratulated today and awarded with book tokens to recognise their excellent performance. You have done your parents/guardians and school proud, comhghairdeas!
l/r Grainne Heffron, Sean Halvey, Darragh Melville, Julianna Decuseara, Kerri Thornton, Kila Dunne, Ella McDonnell, Laura McGonigle, Alannah Hyland, Matthew Hunt, Joe Sweeney.
Missing from the phot are the following:
Jack Quinn, Oran Hayes, Cara McLaughlin, Cara McLaughlin
Bugsy Malone
This years musical is Bugsy Malone and the opening night was a great success with superb performances from the entire cast. Our student’s have put a great deal of work and preperation into the show and great credit is due to them and all those associated with the production, your efforts are much appreciated.
Maynooth University Awards
Coláiste Chiaráin has a long history of partnership with Maynooth University. Each year about one third of our students choose Maynooth as their preferred university. As part of a long standing tradition Maynooth University awards prizes to our top students each year based on their results in fifth year. The students were presented with their certificates of achievement and prizes by Sheila Purcell Deputy Admissions Officer Maynooth University in the library at Coláiste Chiaráin. We are very proud of our students and wish them continued success in sixth year and beyond. This year's prize winners are:
Maths - Eric Brezina, Engineering - Ben Condell, Jim Johnson, History & German - Saoirse Hyland, Irish - Ciara Bracken, Business - Hannah Sylvester, Accounting - Ellen Devine, Geography - Hannah Lee, Construction - Savannah Seaforth, French - Eanna Ginnetty, English - Ciaran Connolly
(Back Row L - R) Dan Broderick Year Head, Ellen Devine, Eric Brezina, Eanna Ginnetty, Savannah Seaforth, Ciaran Connolly, Jim Johnson, Sheila Purcell Deputy Admissions Office Maynooth University.
(Front Row L - R) Hannah Lee, Saoirse Hyland, Hannah Sylvester, Ciara Bracken, Ben Condell
Hitachi Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
On Monday October 1st Colaiste Chiarain took delivery of a Hitachi Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). This powerful and expensive piece of equipment is normally reserved for universities and industry. It has only been made portable in recent years and can magnify images up to 10,000 times their size! We are one of the first schools in the country to be allowed borrow this from Hitachi. Students in all years brought in samples to view under the microscope, these ranged from spiders to sponges to starfish.
A big thank you to Tony Fagan and Tom Kearney from Hitachi for lending us this piece of equipment and training the science teachers on its use. The students got great enjoyment using it over the past two weeks.
Spiders Fang
Spiders Spinneret (web maker)
Sponge
Starfish
Team Hope
School Show 2018
Open Night 2018
We held our annual Open Night on Monday 24th from 6pm to 8pm. Our school prefects welcomed all visitors in the hall and provided a guided tour. The response from all those in attendance was superb the feedback offered was most positive.
Each department had a number of subject teachers and students on duty to answer any queries as the tours progressed around the school.
As in previous year the students on duty came in for great praise from those in attendance. In total nearly eighty students helped in some capacity and we thank each and every one for their interest and effort in promoting the school.
S.T.E.M carers for women
Twenty four female students attended a talk about STEM careers for women. This talk was specifically aimed at encouraging young girls to think about a career in computer science. The talk was given by four young women each of whom have a background in computer science but all have completely different careers. This was to show the versatility of having a computer science degree and also to show how having a computer science degree can open many different doors for you in the future. At the moment only 16% of computer science entrants are female yet computer science is becoming one of the most important qualifications in today's world.
It is important for all female students to see this and open their eyes to the prospect of doing a computer science degree. Our students found the talk very interesting and enlightening. Hopefully we will have female computer science graduates in the near future.
Student Leadership
In Coláiste Chiaráin we are very proud of our student leaders. Today we had the honour of announcing some of our 2018-2019 school leaders: Head Girl - Ciara Bracken, Head Boy - Ciaran Connolly, Deputy Head Girl - Ellen Devine, Deputy Head Boy - Ben Travers. We wish them every success and have full confidence that they will be excellent ambassadors for our school.
6th Year Historical trip to Derry
Mr.Broderick’s 6th year history class travelled to Derry today to visit the Museum of Free Derry. Having spent some time in the museum a local historical guide led the student around the Bogside to various points of interest. We then moved on to visit the nearby Apprentice Boy’s Siege Museum where a guide provide a detailed account of the siege of Derry.
Open Night 2018
TY Trip to Larch Hill
On Thursday 13th September the TY students travelled to Larch Hill. The group had to cook for themselves on arrival with varying levels of success (one group of students learnt why not to cook noodles in a kettle!). Afterwards a campfire was lit and many marshmallows burnt! On Friday there were group games, orienteering, archery, obstacle course, survival skills and grass sledging. Apart from not having a constant phone signal the group really enjoyed themselves!
Junior Certificate results
Congratulations to all the students who received their Junior Certificate results today. The results were exceptionally good and reflect the dedicated work of students and teachers over the last three years. We are very proud of each one of you and wish you the very best as you celebrate with friends and families.
Well done in particular to Alannah Hyland, who achieved ten As including a Distinction in English. Outstanding!
LC Results 2018
Well done to an exceptional group of 6th year students who received their Leaving Certificate results today. The management and staff of Colaiste Chiarain are very proud of each student who reached their potential. Congratulations to all.
We are pleased to say that 70% of our students achieved over 300 points. This is a wonderful achievement for the students, staff and school.
In particular we congratulate Saoirse Flattery who obtained the maximum 625 points and to Sorcha Tiernan who also secured over 600 points. Eleven students achieved over 500 points and there were a number of distinctions in Leaving Certificate Applied. We wish all our graduates every success in their future studies and careers.
Uniform and book sale
The parents council are hosting a uniform and book sale on Saturday 23rd. The event provides a great opportunity to source quality goods at a fraction of their retail value.
Graduation evening 2018
We have a most enjoyable evening on Thursday 24th when we gathered to celebrate the passing out of our graduating students of 2018. A special word of thanks to our sponsors and to our 5th year students who helped stage the event. Ben Condell did a superb job with his camera on the night.
Student Awards 2018
Our Award ceremonies got underway in the assembly area on Tuesday morning and continued until Wednesday afternoon. This is an important week in the school calendar as it provides both students and staff with an opportunity to acknowledge the hard work and effort shown through the year.
6th Year male and female student of the year
Sorcha Tiernan, Ms. Mhic Dhonncha, Octavian Stoicescu
6th Subject Excellence Awards
These students were nominated for excellence in 4 or more subjects.
Back Row: Octavian Stoicescu, Nathan Carney, Justin Flood, Sorcha Tiernan, Ciara Kelly, Conor Sunderland, Ben Quinlan, Jacub Agerski
Front Row: Eugenia Hanniffy, Laoise Power, Ms. Mhic Dhonncha, Kyla Dempsey, Ellen Coburn
6th Class Winners
5th Year female and male student of the year
Mr. Sean Cotter, Saoirse Hyland, Eanna Ginnetty, Mr. Dan Broderick
5th Class Awards
Back Row: Mr.Sean Cotter, Karl O'Rourke, Ben Travers, Mr.Dan Broderick
Front Row: Savannah Seaforth, Hanna Sylvester, Noreen Hussey
5th Year Awards
Back Row: Mr.Sean Cotter, Ciaran Connelly (Male Sports Award) Oisin Scanlan (Arts and Literature) Daniel Ecock (Male Diagras Award) Mr. Dan Broderick
Front Row: Ben Condell (Spirit of Colaiste Chiarain) Saoirse Hyland (Overall female 6th year student of the year) Ellen Devine ( Female Diagras Award) Ciara Bracken (Female Sports Award) Eanna Ginnetty (Overall male 6th year student of the year)
Transition Year Awards
3rd Year female and male student of the year
Alannah Hyland, Ms.Grainne Heffron, Ruairí Hession
3rd Year Awards
Back Row: Christine Flood (Female sports) Kieran Abejan (Arts and Literature) James Cronnolly (Male Diagras) Ruairi Hession (Male student of the year) Oran Hayes (Male sports) Cara McLaughlin (Female sports)
Front Row: Alannah Hyland (Female student of the year) Julija Bitinaite (Spirit of Colaiste Chiarain) Ms.Grainne Heffron Shauna Rogers (Female Arts and Literature) Caoimhe Masterson (Female Sports)
3rd Year Class Awards
Back Row: Kayla Cleary, Jack Quinn, Emma Tobin
Front Row: Kila Dunne Ms.Grainne Heffron, Kerri Thornton
2nd Year female and male student of the year
Aoileann Hayes, Ms.Betty O'Hare, Cian Tiernan
2nd Year Awards
Back Row: Harry Farrell (2A2 class award), Lisa Tobin (2A3 class award), Aisling McCarthy (2A1 class award), Cian Tiernan (Male student of the year), Ailbhe Harrington (2A3 class award), Eamma Slowey, Oscar Leahy (Male Arts and Literature)
Front Row: Tara Neville Moynihan (Female Arts and Literature), Katelyn Gallagher (2A5 class award), Ms. Betty O'Hare, Irish Paulo (Female Diagras) , Christella Kanda (Spirit of Colaiste Chiarain)
1st Year female and male student of the year
Anna Evans, Ms.Louise Doran, Cristofer Scanlon
1st Year Awards
Back Row: Niall Hession, Conall Henson, Sharon Alicia Fotso, Mackenzie Pascual, Cristofer Scanlon, Anna Evans, Sophiw Browne, Mia Cassandro
Front Row: James Foster, Shauna Mooney, Sophie Fanning, Emily Smyth, Nikki Haveron, Akira Aingel Flores
Sports Day 2018
All non examination year groups participated in sports activities across the day. We were most fortunate to have the sun on our backs the entire day. Ben Condell was on hand with his camera and managed to capture the spirit of the day with some superb photos which can be viewed from this link.
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