Congratulations to Transition Year student, JuYoung Lee who competed in the IrMO (Irish Maths Olympiad), during Term 2 of the school year.

The top 12 students continued to the IMO (International Maths Olympiad), which is designed around proof based maths problems.

Hopefully, in the coming years, more students from Pres will participate in this Maths Olympiad.

JuYoung is very appreciative of the support and encouragement given to him by Maths teacher, Mr. Sean O’Brien.

Well done to both JuYoung and Mr. O’Brien!

Congratulations to Jack Carroll of 6th Year who is this year's winner of the PBC Gold Medal Essay. There were three titles to choose from and Jack showcased his love and passion for nature in his choice of the descriptive essay on an autumn evening. Sam Browne, PBC Librarian and the judge with the casting vote commented:

“Jack’s essay captures perfectly the transient nature of autumn, and of nature itself. Placing himself at a crossroads between summer and winter, he deftly describes a changing world around him. Clear, crisp writing detailing a beautiful, liminal space.”

The Silver Medal was a close call between Ben Mullane and Dylan Swihart who both chose the personal essay on 'Friendships, flashbacks and untangling school memories.' Ben took it by a whisker with one of the judges commenting:

 “Ben takes on the theme of nostalgia from a fresh perspective. His essay on friendships is a charming meditation on losing what is familiar and meeting new challenges in life.”

Bronze was richly deserved by Dylan Swihart who also reminisced on his 6 years in Pres, charting them year by year and giving a quirky, sometimes humorous, sometimes wistful insight into what it means to go to this school.

Congratulations to one and all and to all their English teachers who have been on the journey with them. 

Click on links below to read the winning essays.

Well done to our 5th Yr Ag Science students who participated in the 'Know your Ag. Science ' quiz today. The event was run as joint venture between Macra and Irish Agricultural Science Teachers Association and hosted by UCD. The team members were Cian Mckenzie, Adam Hosford, Michael Mullins and Harry Murphy.  

We spent a fabuolous morning at Macroom Buffalo Farm today.  The weather held and the students had a great tour with Dorothy O'Tuama.  Buffalo farming and artisan food were the main focus of the trip, highlighting econmonic and environmental sustainability on the farm.

The winners of our Annual Preslink Quiz were as follows:

1st Year: (L-R) Jack Fitzgerald, Killian Twomey, Ronan O’ Mahony and Cathal O’ Mahony

Junior Winners: (L-R) James Herrick, Ruairi O’ Callaghan, David Kelleher and Aaron Currane

Senior Winners: (L-R) Adam Ryan, Luke Sisk O’ Mahony, Maurice Minogue and Ruben Lee

Thanks to all: to those who participated, to those who paid up(!!), to the teachers who supervised, to the teacher who put together the questions (Ms Whelan!!), to our Quiz Master (Mr Barry!!), to our correctors  . . . This was truly a whole school event and Preslink thanks EVERYBODY!!

Almost 3,000 Euro was collected for The Presentation Brothers Projects in Ghana and Nigeria and we are truly grateful!!