Display of Projects and Presentation of Awards

The annual display of projects and presentation of awards takes place on the afternoon of Thursday May 29th. this year. The presentation will follow in the afternoon (1.30pm) after the raising of the Green Flag. This year Bishop Kelly will present the awards including Student of the Year, academic and sporting prizes and the Presentation of the Parents Council Shield. All Parents and friends of the school are invited to view projects and to attend Prizegiving on May 29th. As in other years a sample of the work of the school will be on display to include Construction Studies, Art, History and Engineering projects. Fáilte roimh gach duine.
Meanwhile Transition Years will present their Portfolios on Wednesday May 28th. in the school. Parents and friends of Transition Year pupils are invited to attend.

Major recognition for Home Economics Teachers and School

Teachers of Home Economics at St. Joseph's have been chosen by the Department of Education and Science to participate in a new publication called Quality Measures in schools. Teachers will write lesson plans for the new publication. The following is a quote from the Inspector's letter:

"I have selected/approached your school as I was very impressed with the very high uptake of Home Economics i.e. two thirds of junior cycle students and over half of senior cycle students. In addition the participation of male students in Home Economics is most impressive 27% at junior cycle and 18% at senior cycle (when I last visited, perhaps the figures are similar now), considering that the national average is around 10%. This uptake is highly commendable. The Chief Examiners report for LC Home Economics 2007 is now available on www.examinations.ie, for your teachers information."

This is a great tribute to the teachers and the school for their proactive promotion of equality of access to subjects in the school. Well done to all.

Transition Year News

Once again Transition Year students have been busy with many different activities and tours taking place. In April the students enjoyed a five day trip to Venice, Milan and Lake Garda in Italy. The highlight of the trip was a visit to "Gardaland", Europe's most famous theme park. Students had a thoroughly enjoyable week and got to see many places of interest.

One of the biggest achievements for the Transition Year students to date this year is the achievement of the Green Flag. This is a huge honour for the school and without the hard work and dedication of the Transition Year students, this would not have been possible.

One of the final outings planned for Transition year students this year is a trip to Killary Adventure Centre, which is taking place later this month.

The presentation night for Transition Year students will take place on Wednesday 29th May, where students will present their portfolios of work completed throughout the year and will be presented with their certificates of achievements from throughout the year.

St. Joseph's students winners at Science Festival

Six students from St. Joseph's entered 3 projects in the IT Sligo Sci Fest competition on April 26th. This is a regional competition, which encourages Science in schools. It is the first year the competition has been held in Connaught. Sinéad McLoughlin entered 'Study Habits' and her project was awarded best in the category. Meghan Smith and Aoife Boyle entered 'Addicted to Codine' and were awarded runners-up in their category. Finally, Aisling Reilly, Phoena Morris and Grace Moran entered 'An investigation into the depletion of Salmon in the river Moy' and this widely acclaimed study was awarded best project in its category. Well done to their Science teachers also.

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