AN INSPIRATIONAL TALK AT BUNCLODY SCHOOL AWARDS
SOME of the best and brightest in the school community were honoured at Bunclody Vocational College last week as the school hosted its annual awards day. The awards reflected an enormous amount of work undertaken by students and staff over a busy year and ranged from academic and class awards to JCSP, Gaeltacht scholarships and merit and enterprise awards.
Guest of honour at the ceremony was Anna May McHugh, who has been the driving force of the Ploughing Championships for the past 66 years. She spoke of the importance of hard work, teamwork and determination, as well as how she had to overcome a lot of prejudice being a ‘woman in a man’s world’ in the 1970s.
Other guests on the day included Cllr Kathleen Codd-Nolan, chairperson of the board of management, and Stella Keogh and Mary Hogan, of the Credit Union, which sponsors the Junior and Senior Students of the Year.
A new award was presented this year in the form of the Nellie Foley Perpetual Trophy, in memory of the much loved home economics teacher who passed away last year. Her family donated a beautiful glass trophy to be awarded to a Junior Cert who had shown excellence in home economics and Breda Cushen was the first winner.
Principal Jay Murphy praised the whole student body for their hard work throughout the year and stressed the importance of attendance and playing a part in school life.
He thanked the parents’ council and the board of management for all their work and announced that the forthcoming multi-million euro extension of the school is at ‘an advanced stage’.
He also took the opportunity to wish outgoing students the very best in their future endeavours.
THE AWARD RECIPIENTS
SENIOR STUDENT OF THE YEAR: Leona Kenny
JUNIOR STUDENT OF THE YEAR: Aoife Kavanagh
SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR: Tomás Breen
JUNIOR SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR: Breda Cushen
SLANEY FOODS SCHOOLS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP PARTICIPANT OF THE YEAR: Tilly Raleigh Abbott
AOSDÁNA (PEOPLE OF THE ARTS AWARD): Yvonne Lambert
EXCEPTIONAL ATTENDANCE OVER 5 YEARS: Aaron Hayes. Gold attendance Award: Rebecca Codd, Pierce Deane, Ryan Hayes, Rebecca O’Connor
3RD YEAR ACADEMIC: Clodagh Moulton, Breda Cushen, Michael Byrne, Aoife Kavanagh, Sophie
Farrell, Harry Fitzgibbon
6TH YEAR ACADEMIC: Brandon Doran, Leona Kenny, Caitlin Byrne, Mary Cash, Joey McHale ACADEMIC NON-EXAM CLASSES:
Akvile Cepukaite, Eimer Cowman, Cian Kearns, Megan Morahan, Natalia Ryl, Ruth Byrne, Amy Cashe, Leah Coleman, Shauna McGovern, Dylan Roche, Katie Smith, Alan Carton, Chloe Hayden Doyle, Shannon McGovern, Shannon Murphy.
THIRD YEAR SUBJECT STUDENTS OF THE YEAR (ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT TO A SUBJECT) : Sophie Farrell, Paddy K Connors, Kyle
Ronan, Ryan Basele, Filip Lesiow, Micheala Roberts, Breda Cushen, Chloe Murphy, Leah Murphy, Rebecca Murphy, Byron Jordan, Michael Byrne. SIXTH YEAR SUBJECT STUDENTS OF
THE YEAR: Caitlin Byrne, Leona Kenny, Shane Murphy, Caoimhe Kavanagh, Aaron Tobin, Hayley Byrne, Brandon Farrell, Brandon Doran, Emma Hendrick.
DIOGRAS AWARDS: Heather Boyce, Shauna Doyle, Grace Smith, John Joe Murphy, Josh Thatcher, Hannah Redmond, Jessica Brennan, Cillian Dunbar, Sean Hayes, Leah Jordan, Ella Keane, Padraig Jordan, Killian Coleman, Cathal Dreelan,
Kyle Kavanagh, Yvonne Lamber, Tilly Raleigh Abbott, Abbey Lee Roche.
MICHAEL HEGARTY CUP
(WOODWORK): Tara Clarke
JCSP STUDENT OF THE YEAR: Kyle Ronan
YOUNG SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL PARTICIPANT OF THE YEAR: Chloe Hayden Doyle
GAELTACHT SCHOLARSHIPS:
Megan Morahan, John Joe Murphy, Grace Smith, Heather Boyce
LOURDES TRIP WINNERS: Cathal Dreelan, Megan Norris Hughes
CLASS SPIRIT AWARDS: Megan Morahan, Kayleigh Tobin, Jack Deacon, Jack Duggan, Kyle Ronan, Paige Cunningham, Tilly Raleigh Abbott, Rowan Deane, Caitlin Byrne, Hayley Byrne,
AITHEANTAS AWARD: Paddy K Connors SOLAS AWARDS: Shane Ryan, Cillian Coleman, Paddy Cash, Byron Jordan, Megan Norris Hughes, Sean Redmond
MUSIC AWARDS: Chloe Tobin, Thomas Byrne, Ruth Byrne, Sean Hayes, Megan Morahan, James Kavanagh, Shauna McGovern, Leah Jordan, Sally Connors, Heather Boyce, Kayleigh Tobin, Shauna Sadler, Ciara Moran, Eimear Cowman.
SPORTS AWARDS: Rowan Deane, Pierce Deane, Byron Jordan, Ruth Byrne, Leah Jordan, Padraigh Jordan, Lee Levingstone, Breda Cushen, Shauna McGovern, Killian Dunbar, Tomás Breen, Courtney Roverts, Micheala Roberts, Adam Jeffers, Catherine O’Connor, Rebecca O’Connor, Krisfof Olah, Heather Boyce, Thomas Fitzgerald.