Whole School Assembly: January 2025

The fourth Whole School Assembly of this school year 2024/2025, was hosted on Friday, the 31st of January in our wonderful sports arena. 

There were many awards and certificates handed out today to recognise the contributions and successes of many students, including the PPU (Past Pupil’s Union) Awards for TY Students Lucy Barrett, Ewan MacAdam, Luke Larkin, Noah Morgan, Jack Clery, Evelyn Kirwan, and Ben Gulyás. 

There were many reasons to celebrate the sporting achievements of a host of our pupils beyond our school teams. Sports certificates were presented to Kian Quigley for his appearances for St. Partick's under 20s team, Shauna Seifried for becoming Junior Ladies Captain at Greystones' Golf Club, Lauren O’ Leary and Holly Sheehy, who were selected for Wicklow Minor Football Team, Lucy O’ Leary who was selected for Wicklow under 16s football team, Paddy Marrinan who was selected for Wicklow under 20s Football Team, Callum Clarke Twomey, Cillian Brady and Dean Barry who were selected for Wicklow Minor Hurling and Fionn Crean, who was selected for Wicklow under 15s Hurling. 

Our BT Young Scientists performed brilliantly this year. For the first time ever, every single applicant we nominated qualified for this prestigious competition, allowing Poppy Mullally, Ashely Cahatol, Eoghan Waters, Dylan Rice, Chester Medidas, Shriya Mishra, Kate MacAdam and Alannah Lynch the opportunity to show off their impressive research. A particular congratulations goes to Kate MacAdam, who received Highly Commended in her Subject Category, Isabel Deane-Jermiin for achieving second place in her category and to Poppy Mullaly, for becoming the Senior Winner of Irish Science Teachers Association national photography competition.

Ms. Duggan then spoke to us about all the opportunities in the library - make sure to call in on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays throughout term time! Congratulations to Teagan Mullally for the Reader of the Year Award, to Lucy Finnegan for winning the Excellence in Creative Writing and to Aoife Smyth for winning the Excellence in Creative Club Award. Finally, a special mention goes to Anna O’ Driscoll and Rachel John for their excellent work in the Library Committee and Fostering Community Connections.

Well done to Rebecca Chen for being the winner of the First Year Duolingo Challenge. Congratulations to all students who participated in Gaisce in TY Year 2023/2024 for winning their Gaisce Awards.