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Business Summer School
Created : 26 Jun 2017, 12:56 PM
Archived : 26 Sep 2017, 5:34 AM
GMIT School of Business Summer Camp will be running from July Monday 17th – Friday 21st, from 10am – 4pm. Participation is free and lunch /refreshments are provided each day. If any students aged 12 to 17 years are interested in entrepreneurial thinking and design skills, please contact kevin.mcdonagh@gmit.ie (tel. 091 742340) or ivan.mcphillips@gmit.ie (tel. 091 742608). Places are limited and the closing date for applications is Friday 10 July, 5pm.
Book & Uniform Sale
Created : 20 Jun 2017, 9:44 AM
Archived : 26 Sep 2017, 5:34 AM
Reminder: The second-hand book and uniform sale will take place on Friday 23rd June from 2pm-4pm in Rosary Hall. Students/parents seeking to sell books and uniforms should arrive early to set up. If you are selling textbooks, please refer to the current book lists on this app and on the school website to ensure that those books will still be in use next year.
Booklists
Created : 08 Jun 2017, 2:40 PM
Archived : 26 Sep 2017, 5:34 AM
The 2017/18 booklists are now available on this app and on the school website. Paper copies will be posted with the summer reports over the coming weeks. Applications for book grants must be returned by Wednesday 21st June 2017. Application forms are available on this app, the website and from the school office. The secondhand book and uniform sale will take place in Rosary Hall from 2-4pm on Friday 23rd June.
Summer Reading Lists
Created : 05 Jun 2017, 8:18 AM
Archived : 26 Sep 2017, 5:34 AM
Many thanks to Mary Ester Judy from Charlie Byrne's Book Shop who put together the following suggested reading list for our students. 1st Year: • Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli • The Moonlight Dreamers by Siobhan Curham • Looking Glass Girl by Cathy Cassidy • The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave • A Library of Lemons by Jo Cotterill • Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell • Ghosts of Magnificent Children by Caroline Busher • Back To Blackbrick by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald • The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan • A Dangerous Crossing by Jane Mitchell 2nd Year: • Caramel Hearts by E.R. Murray • We Were Liars by E. Lockhart • Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine • Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman • Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin • The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle • How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff • The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson • The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon • The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge 3rd Year: • Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton • Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd • Oasis by Eilís Barrett • Nothing Tastes As Good by Claire Hennessy • Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher • Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls • Just Listen by Sarah Dessen • Unconventional by Maggie Harcourt • Ink by Alice Broadway • The Door That Led To Where by Sally Gardner Transition Year: • Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon • Chasing The Stars by Malorie Blackman • Needlework by Deirdre Sullivan • We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan • Vendetta (Blood for Blood series) by Catherine Doyle • Blame by Simon Mayo • A Crack In Everything (A Hollow in the Hills, A Darkness At The End) by Ruth Long • Street Song by Sheena Wilkinson • Code Name Verity and The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein • Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge 5th Year: • Release by Patrick Ness • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas • Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell • Like Other Girls by Claire Hennessy • Bone Gap by Laura Ruby • The Space Between by Meg Grehan • Paper Towns by John Green • Still Falling by Sheena Wilkinson • Before I Die (also titled Now Is Good) by Jenny Downham • The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
Importance of Sleep When Preparing for JC & LC Exams
Created : 01 Jun 2017, 8:01 AM
Archived : 26 Sep 2017, 5:34 AM
An interesting article in today's Irish Independent about how research shows that students who get a good night's sleep perform better in exams than those who do not. m.independent.ie/irish-news/education/exams/forget-cramming-get-a-good-nights-sleep-instead-to-ace-exams-35769205.html
3rd Year Base Classes
Created : 24 May 2017, 4:08 PM
Archived : 26 Sep 2017, 5:34 AM
3rd Year students will go to base classrooms from 1:10pm tomorrow, Thursday. The rooms area as follows: 3/1 - Room 18 3/2 - Room 19 3/3 - Room 20 3/4 - Room 11 3/5 - Room 3
Leaving Cert Examination Centres for 6th Year Students
Created : 24 May 2017, 11:53 AM
Archived : 26 Sep 2017, 5:34 AM
Please see below for the examination rooms to be used for this year's LC exams and the student numbers in each: Rooms 5 & 6: 145066 - 145101 Room 26: 145102 - 145121 Room 28: 145122 - 145141 Room 16: 145142 - 145161 Room 29: 145162 - 145178
6th Year Graduation
Created : 22 May 2017, 3:00 PM
Archived : 26 Sep 2017, 5:34 AM
Congratulations to all our 6th Year students who today celebrated their graduation with their teachers and parents.
Laura Quinn Published in Irish Times
Created : 22 May 2017, 10:33 AM
Archived : 26 Sep 2017, 5:34 AM
Congratulations to 3rd Year student Laura Quinn who had her article on bio-plastics published in the Irish Times on Monday 22nd May 2017. Laura won 1st prize in the Young Environmental Reporter of the Year competition. Laura's article can be accessed from the link below: www.irishtimes.com/student-hub/2nd-level-student-hub/can-bio-plastics-combat-the-scourge-of-plastic-debris-on-land-and-sea-1.3090654
Toastmasters Awards Ceremony
Created : 17 May 2017, 5:30 PM
Archived : 26 Sep 2017, 5:34 AM
Congratulations to our TY students who were today presented with their Toastmasters certificates in the Ardilaun Hotel. This celebration was the culmination of the girls' hard work throughout the year and the development of not only their public speaking skills but also their confidence and communication skills. Special thanks was paid to Ms. McWalters who is the driving force behind Toastmasters in the school.