Abbey comes to school

Great to see some of our students taking to the "stage" as Abbey theatre programme comes to the school to show a few pointers

Rowing Champs

Congratulations to our Rowing Champions who won their race in the Athy Head of River regetta . Well done to Melissa and Olivia

Our Boxers

Best wishes go to Ireland's Amateur Boxing team who compete in the World Championships in the coming days. Eleven Irish boxers compete in Chicago of which four are from the Athy St. Michael's Club and TWO are past pupils - Eric Donovan and Roy Sheahan. This is their bid for the Olympic Games and we wish them every success.

Notably another past pupil - Dom O'Rourke is national President of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association

First Year Parents

First Year parents attended their first meeting in the college last week to discuss the progress being made by their sons and daughters. First year head Ger McDonagh explored with parents the opportunities and challenges facing the new students and how best to work together. Home School Community Liaison Co-ordinator Shirley Butler examined the strong link between school and the home.

Design a Cover

Congratulations once again to Birute Liepinyte who last year won the Mental Health Association “Design a Cover” competition. Great to see the entry form for MH Public Speaking Competition arrive in all schools with Birute’s design on the cover.

NCCA

Athy Community College has been selected as one of the second level schools nationally to work on investigating change in the Leaving Certificate programme. Future changes to the Leaving Certificate programme can only come about by some schools taking the lead in this investigation and the college is delighted to be chosen for this “cutting edge” initiative.

Laptops

In a very far sighted move Co. Kildare VEC has implemented an initiative which sees all permanent staff members of the college being supplied with laptop computers. Using today’s technology in the classroom requires the right equipment and college teachers have access to internet technology throughout the building.