Our Leaving Cert Class of 2024 celebrated their last Assembly this morning in the school.  A big thanks  to Ms McCabe and Ms O'Donovan for their work on the music for the Graduation mass. We were  very fortunate  to have a preview of some of the songs during assembly. 

Well done to the student speakers Charlie Hughes and Jack Cunningham who were amazing. 

On Tuesday, the student council held an influencer election, which the whole school took part in.

This mock election was intended to teach students in the school how Ireland’s PR-STV system works in elections.

1st, 2nd and 3rd year students filled out their ballots in their classrooms throughout the day. 4th, 5th and 6th years completed a more realistic process in the assembly. They had their names checked on the register, received their ballot papers and filled them out in the voting booths. There were 9 candidates from TikTok and Youtube competing for 3 seats. On Wednesday, members of the student council undertook the process of counting and calculating the votes using the PR-STV system.

In total 739 people participated, with only a 5% spoilage rate. This set the quota at 175 votes. Candidate Nasti, an Irish food reviewer on TikTok, won 30.62% of the first preference votes making him the first to be elected. The second seat was filled in round 5 when Mr Beast, a popular American youtuber, reached the quota. Round 8 saw Protein Bor, an Irish TikToker, become the last candidate to fill a seat.

The student council would like to thank everyone for participating and allowing the process to go so smoothly.

Dear Students and Parents,

Please see the attached video from the State Examinations Commission which sets out some very important information for candidates in relation to the completion of their examinations.

The video contains key messages for the candidates including:

• how they should provide key information on the front cover of their answer books that is essential to ensure their scripts are processed accurately and effectively
• and the correct writing instruments they should use in the examinations to ensure examiners can read their complete scripts.

The video can be found under the heading "information for candidates " at   https://www.examinations.ie/?l=en&mc=ex&sc=e23

Kind regards,

The Management Team .

Dear Parents/ Guardians,

Please find attached a survey from the DCU Anti - Bullying Centre.

The survey focuses on gathering insights about the impact of social media platforms on young people and their social media preferences.

Kind regards,

The Management Team