Dominican College Wicklow

TANZANIA

We are a group of 13 students from Dominican College Wicklow. Over the next year we will be fundraising for the School of St Jude in Tanzania. We will be organising events such as balls, camps and Christmas fairs to raise money towards our trip. In previous years, students from our school have raised over 100 thousand euro in their fundraising efforts.

Our goal is to help the School of St Jude fight poverty through education. All the money that we raise goes directly to the school. We will be travelling to Tanzania in summer 2018. All students and teachers who travel will pay for their own flights and accommodation.

The School of St Jude is a charity-funded school located in Arusha, Tanzania. It was founded by Gemma Sisia and her husband Richard in 1998. The school opened on January 29, 2002, with only three students. Today, the school has 1,899 students. They provide a free, high quality education to the poorest and brightest children in the area. If it wasn’t for this school they would have little to no education at all.

We hope that you will join in our fundraising events to help us fight poverty through education. (Written by Chloe O’Brien)

On Tuesday, November 14, the TY students took part in a ‘Speak Irish for a day’ challenge as part of a National ‘Conradh na Gaeilge’ campaign. Well done to all the students who engaged in this challenge.

A huge effort was made by the girls to speak in Irish at school as well as home the girls got to enjoy a pizza party during their Irish class and got a certificate, Irish booklet and of course got the T-shirt. Well done to all girls who took part in this challenge and to Ms Wadden for organising the lá bhí craic ann.

MUSICAL

Rehearsals for the musical are in full swing as the December dates approach we are really looking forward to the girls performances in ‘The Beauty and the Beast’ which will be held in Fatima Hall from the 13th to December 16. Tickets will be on sale soon.

TY SLEEP-OVER

The annual ‘Sleep-over’ for TY students will take place next Thursday, November 23, in DCW. A great nights sleep is not promised but lots of fun and games will be taking place. It is a very important fundraiser for the musical and we really appreciate all your support with it.

CHRISTMAS TESTS

Our Christmas tests are running this year from November 20 to the 24th. See the website for timetable details. Best of luck to all the students in these tests. Classes will resume as normal on November 27.