Let’s hear it for the boys!

PAST pupil Dr David Dempsey was full of encouragement when he addressed the boys of Wexford CBS secondary school as guest speaker at the annual awards ceremony for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th Years in the Riverbank House Hotel.

A pupil of Wexford CBS from 1968 to 1973, David is an Executive Director and Senior Vice President at Salesforce, a company recognised by Forbes as the World’s Most Innovative Company in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Salesforce has also been named one of Fortune 100’s Best Companies to Work For, eight years in a row.

At the Transition Year awards, held in the school, TY head Sinéad Breen gave an overview of what has been a very successful year, while principal Michael McMahon spoke of the widely acknowledged benefits of that extra year in school.

Transition Year students gave detailed accounts of their trips to China and Germany, as well as numerous activities they did throughout the year. Certificates were then awarded to each student for their achievements.

At the Leaving Certificate class of 2017 presentations in the school, at which various subject awards were handed out, the most prestigious award, The Edmund Rice Award, was this year presented to two students, Alex Eydt and Tony Wilde.

Nominees and winners of this award are considered to be the students who best exemplify the spirit of the school.

Principal Michael McMahon congratulated the award winners and praised the boys for their hard work and commitment during the last academic year.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

FIRST YEAR Academic: Roko Strgar, Corey Lacey, Conor Dobbs, Conor Wall, Adam Ffrench, Leon Beaver, Cillian Doyle, Dylan Waters, Eoin Hartigan, Evan Buggy, Jack Wilde and Asjadullah Shori. Merits: Eoin Doyle, Quinton Kelly, Tom Murphy, Adam Ryan, James

Gardiner, Patrick Snatchev, Patrick Healy and Calum Corcoran.

SECOND YEAR

Academic: Gergely Pap, Noel Browne, Andrew Tsebrynskyy, Jahnavi Parimkayala, David Kelly, Darragh Collins, Conor Keane, Adam Connolly, Jack Walsh, Eoin Foley, Shane Clancy, Denis Miculescu, Sean White, Jack Forde and Eoin Afolabi Joseph.

Merits: Matthew Colgan, Sean Byrne, Cian Hunt, Cian Black, Owen McNulty, Luke O’Rourke, Daniel Nolan, Conor Furlong, Jordan Murphy and Aaron Doyle.

The 2nd Year Academic and Merit award winners with David Dempsey, who presented the awards; Michael McMahon, school principal; and John Hegarty, deputy principal.

Joint winners of the Edmund Rice Award, Tony Wilde and Alex Eydt, with school principal Michael McMahon.

Performing Arts award winner Ryan Kavanagh with music teacher Niele Byrne at the Transition Year Awards in the school. Principal Michael McMahon with sixth year Academic Awards recipients (from left) back - Thomas McGuinness, Deoneal Binazaharan, Tony...

Sixth year Student of the Year nominees (from left), back – Richard Kielty, James Bartlett, Enda Doyle, Andt Wongprachan and Brien Sweetman; front – Graeme Smyth, Tony Wilde, Michael McMahon (school principal), Alex Eydt and Matthew Creane

Michael Mc Mahon (left), principal, and John Hegarty, deputy principal, with sixth year Sports award winners Dion Murphy, Kieran Murphy, and Cormac Byrne.

The nominees and winners of the Spirit of Transition Year awards (from left), back – Michael McMahon (principal), Fionn Roche, David Harte, Carlos Sasaran, Eoin Bergin, Daniel Tsapchuk, Niall Reck, Cian Dempsey, Ryan Healy, Shane Bergin and teacher...