Causeway honours young talents

THE hardworking and talented students at Causeway Comprehensive saw their achievements recognised at the school’s annual awards ceremony this past week, where they were joined by the guest of honour on the night, ASPEN Grove CEO Sean Ryan.

Mt Ryan was certainly kept on his toes throughout the night as he helped to present over 140 different awards on the night to students who had notched a number of great achievements over the course of the academic year.

On an evening described by teacher and organiser of the night Tim Leahy as the “culmination of the hard work and dedication of the students of the Comprehensive,” there were smiles all around as the students beamed with pride as they posed for countless photographs with their well deserved awards.

The night saw Niamh Brouder receiving the award for ‘Outstanding Student of the year in Leaving Certificate’ while Katelyn Diggins received the same honour in the Junior Cycle.

Megan Lynch received the Canon Willie O’Connor award for receiving the highest result in Irish in Leaving Certificate 2016 while Laura O’Sullivan and Killian Horgan received the John O’Regan award for achieving outstanding results in the Leaving Certificate overall.

Hannah Grace won the Lucille O’Sullivan award for overcoming many challenges in her six years of school while Emma Lawlor won the Spirit of the School award in memory of the late Eileen Sheehan whose family has made a major contribution to the school.

Other awards presented on the night included sports awards, attendance awards and diligence and achievement awards.

A special award was presented to Nathan Dineen and Shane McElligott who accomplished the incredible achievment of full attendance in their five years at the school.

And the sports awards go to (front from left): Aoife O’Connor, Colin Walsh, Sean Sheehan. Back from left: Tim Leahy and Ann Marie Hassett with Micheal Kelliher and Robert Silles.

Students honoured for their outstanding attendance were, front, Shane McElligott and Rachel Burke and, back from left, Ronan Godley, Owen O’Sullivan, John Crowley and Sean Griffin.

Adam Farrell, Darren O’Sullivan and Adam Segal receiving their honours at the Causeway Comprehensive School annual awards night last week, pictured with Principal Cathal Fitzgerald on left and teacher Tim Leahy, one of the organisers of the event.

Principal Cathal Fitzgerald presenting awards to, from left, Aoife O’Connor, Emma Lawlor and Kate Austen-O’Sullivan with teacher Tim Leahy on right.

Causeway Comprehensive students of the year: Deputy Principal Ann Marie Hassett with Junior-cycle student of the year Katelyn Diggins and senior student of the year Niamh Brouder.