Parent and Guardian Update: Semester 12: Week 9: Friday 27 October 2023

27 Oct 2023

Dear parents and guardians, Happy Halloween! We had a great day today with a Halloween party atmosphere around the school. Lots of dressed up staff and students made the day for us! We had a student dress up competition judged by the year heads this morning and a staff competition judged by the Student Council Executive at break time.  See photos attached! And check out our Tik Tok account! Extra-Curricular Activities Gaelic Football The Junior girls won again yesterday against Coláiste De Lacy - 4-10 to 7-8 for us. They will be through to the next round after midterm with 3 wins from 3.  Well done girls and Ms Scriven! Senior boys played away to Coláiste Rís, Dundalk and were narrowly defeated, hard luck to teacher Richard Thompson and the boys. Football Boys soccer played at home against yesterday, and beat Beaufort College 2:1.  Well done! Basketball The girls played away against Drogheda on Wednesday, unlucky on the first day out, but they played really well.  Thanks to teachers Shannon Watsun and Aoife Farrelly. U19 Boys played at home today,and had a great result for teacher Darragh Lowry and the lads. Camogie Our junior camogie team had their first outing of the year this morning against Colaiste De Lacy Ashbourne. The girls fought hard and had a well deserving win. Many girls got their name on the score sheet and there was some brilliant defense on display. The game finished on a score line of 10-10 to 3-2. Well done girls!   School Musical TYs and 5th Years are hard at work with teacher Jacqui MacGowan on our musical, The Adams Family, which will be performed in January.  Study Skills Workshops took place today for 5th and 6th Years, hopefully lots of useful tips were absorbed. Comhairle na nÓg We were ably represented at the Comhairle na nÓg event in the Castle Arch Hotel yesterday by Naomi Richard, Gerry Donohue, Sophia Kelly and Aaron Reilly.  STEAM Meath We currently have three teams working on their Lego League Project with a view to competing in February in the County Finals.  More info at this link:  https://fll.learnit.ie/pages/steam-meath  Enrolment We have a very high volume of applications in already for 1st Year in September 2024, so please ensure that you have your application in if you have a child in 6th Class.  The deadline is Friday 3rd November at 2pm.   Wishing you a restful and happy midterm break   Regards, Clare