ColáisteChill Mhantáin

YOUTH LEADERSHIP

On Monday, May 8, the Rotary Club hosted the annual Youth Leadership and Rotary Young Chef Presentation Dinner in the Grand Hotel. Emma Cruise of fifth Year, Sophie Richardson of TY and Ronan Murray of fifth Year were recognised for their participation in the Rotary Youth Leadership Competition. Matthew Nolan, fifth Year, was presented with two certificates, one for winning the school round and a second for being the overall winner among the schools in Co. Wicklow. A cup will be presented to him at a later stage. During the evening, there was a short but interesting presentation from an American third level student who is currently studying in Trinity thanks to a scholarship from Rotary International. Mollie is pursuing a course on conflict and peace studies.

MICROSOFT SUCCESS

Congratulations to TY student, Katie Docherty, who competed in the first National MOS Championships hosted by Microsoft and Prodigy Learning, in the Microsoft Building in Sandyford, Wednesday, May 10. Katie competed in the MS Word Expert 2016 category, having scored in the top 20 of the 20,000 exams completed nationwide in the school year 2016/17. Katie scored very well on the day in her exams and was ranked fourth overall. Katie was also treated to the full Microsoft treatment and spent the day experiencing coding workshops, application development and inspiring careers meetand-greets with Microsoft staff.

JCSP NEWS

The annual JCSP summer Celebrations took place on Wednesday, May 10. All JCSP students received a presentation and reward for their efforts in initiatives, activities and classes on the programme this year. Certificates were presented for several initiatives including; Science, Home Economics and History. Also awards for participation in literacy and numeracy programmes and classes were awarded.

The highlight of the morning was the presentation of the JCSP profiles to Third Year students. This includes a certificate from the Department of Education, the statements they have completed over the three years and a reference from the school. Students were addressed by Mr Donoghue and congratulated for their work this year and they enjoyed refreshments afterwards.

‘WALK IN MY SHOES’

Kayleigh Clare Malone attended the ‘Walk in my Shoes’ Graduation Ceremony last Friday, May 5. This was as a follow-up to the week-long ‘Walk in my Shoes’ programme she attended in St Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin in March. Kayleigh thoroughly enjoyed the programme and the Graduation Ceremony is another lovely memory of her TY experience this year.

SVP SLEEPOUT

On Thursday, May 4, the SVP team took part in their annual sleepout in aid of the Mustard Seed, a homeless charity in Dublin. The group battled the great outdoors from 7 p.m. till 7 a.m. which proved to be a very rewarding experience. The senior students were joined by Ms Cawley, Ms McQueen, Ms Lynch and Mr Tierney and raised over €500 for the cause. A big thank you to everyone for their generous donations.

AMBER FLAG AWARD

The Amber Flag is an initiative set up by Suicide Aware which sets about rewarding schools for their promotion of positive Mental Health. This is our second year to have been awarded the Amber Flag. The award ceremony will be held in Rochestown House in Cork on Thursday, May 25, where Alan Quinlan will be presenting the awards.

NON-UNIFORM DAY

Last Wednesday, the school hosted a non-uniform day in aid of Purple House Cancer Support, the Martin family of Rathnew and the Lourdes trip. We raised just over €1,200 which was divided equally among the three charities. Thank you to everyone who organised and contributed to these very worthwhile causes.

PI QUIZ

Pi Quiz is a team competition for Junior Certificate Students organised by the Cork branch of the Irish Maths Teachers’ Association. The competition was carried out in nine different venues across the country on Friday evening, May 5. The competition offers students an opportunity to practice Junior Certificate style questions in a team setting. There are eight rounds to the quiz where each round is carried out over a six minute period.

Seven teams worked through the questions and the standard of work on the evening was very high. Temple Carrig Secondary School came out with the highest score on the night, followed by our own team in CCM, comprising Mark Britchfield, Jaafar Ali Jaafar, Jessica Finnegan and Wiktoria Dolgoruki, and East Glendalough came in third.

It was a really enjoyable evening and an interesting one to see young talent work together through problems and come up with a solution that all were happy with.

MATHS COMPETITION

Irish Junior Maths Competition is a competition for First Year students, organised by the Irish Maths Teachers’ Association. The first round of this competition occurred in school where all First Year students completed the questions in their maths class. The results were then sent to the Irish Maths Teacher Association, who then invited students with the highest marks to attend the final round. During the final, students worked individually through problem-solving questions. Twenty eight students, representing seven schools, were invited to CCM on Friday night, May 12. The students who represented CCM on the night were Adam Darcy, Áine Byrne, Patrick Keaney, Conor Leonard and Aaron Lynch. All five students performed very well on the night.

Congratulations and very well done to Patrick Keaney of Coláiste Chill Mhantáin who was awarded joint First Place in the competition.

AUTISM AWARENESS

A number of First Year pupils hosted a ‘Blue Café’ coffee morning last Thursday from 10.30 a.m. – 11.20 a.m. Staff and students were invited to pop down to the Blue Café for a cuppa, a bowl of soup or a slice of cake and a chat. This was a most enjoyable event which successfully raised awareness and funds for Autism Awareness.

LUAN PARLE

Singer/songwriter Luan Parle, visited the school last Monday to record a song the students composed in a workshop with Luan a few weeks ago. Luan was very impressed with the song which is now being used in a campaign to support families affected by Alzheimer’s. Congratulations and best wishes to all involved.

ATHLETICS

Congratulations and well done to both Aimee and Bonnie Bell King, who came fourth and sixth in the Leinster Athletics Championships last Wednesday in the minor age group of the Minor Javelin category. Both threw superbly well reaching 22 and 21 metres. Aimee missed a spot in the all-Ireland by one place, but was very happy with her performance.