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Leaving Cert Mass 2011
LEAVING CERTIFICATE MASS
On Tuesday the 24th May, our Leaving Certificate students held their graduation mass at 3.00p.m. in the Parish Church. It was concelebrated by Fr. Gannon. The Leaving Certificate Students under the guidance of Andrew Reynolds sang for the mass.
We had a lovely evening with parents and teachers attending the school afterwards for refreshments provided by the Home Economics teacher Sarah Coffey. There was also a slide show of photographs and videos of the leaving certificate class over the past 6 years organized by Mr. Noone and Mr. Holohan. We would like to thank Fr Gannon, Andrew Reynolds, Sarah Coffey and Ms. O’Sullivan for their valuable contribution to a successful and enjoyable afternoon.
Elphin CC News 20-5-11
LEAVING CERT Mass
The leaving Cert mass will take place on Tuesday 24th May.
CLASS OF 2010-11
JUNIOR FOOTBALL
Good luck to our junior footballers who play Drumkeerin Vocational School in the Connaught final next Wednesday 25th in Carrick.on.Shannon at 12.00;pm.
TRANSITION YEAR WORK EXPERIENCE
Our transition year students returned this week from their work experierence module. We would like to thank all the employers who allowed our students the chance to experience this valuable aspect of Transition Year.
TRANSITION YEAR GRADUATION
The tranisition year graduation takes place on Thursday 26th May at 7.30pm. The students are busy at present preparing for the evening where they will display their work and achievements from a very successful year.
FOOTBALL BLITZ – GIRLS
Our 1st year Girls travelled to Roscommon last Thursday where they took part in a very successful blitz competition.
SPORTSTAR AWARDS
Congratulations to our Senior Boys Volleyball tem who were chosen as the Roscommon Herald / Super Valu Sportstars of the month for January. This recognised their achievement in winning the Senior Final in UCD against St Bridget’s Vocational School, Loughrea.
SEAI National Finals – Cool Change
On Friday the 13th May, Cool Change a group of 6 T Y Students took part in the national Final of the SEAI climate change competition in Dublin Castle.
1st Year Hurling
On Thursday 5th May, the 1st year students had a brilliant hurling session with Prionious Killoran in the Orchard Park, Elphin. Students concentrated on the basics such as holding a hurley correctly while running. They really enjoyed this experience and would like to thank Prionious and Willie Hegarty for giving them this opportunity. The hurling sessions will run for another 3 weeks.
Elphin Boys Qualify For Connacht Semi in Soccer
Congrats to the Boys U-16 soccer team who beat Enniscrone in the Connacht Quarter Finals last Tuesday in Castlebar. The came from 2-1 down at half time to win the match 4-2. Elphin goal scorers were Austin Kielty (2), Shane Killoran (1) and Gerard McDermottroe (1).
Spikeball Blitz a Success
The Transition Year Girls from Elphin Community College, pictured below, who are taking part in the Spikeballs ‘Women in Sport’ coaching course, held there blitz on the 5th of April. This took place in Ballinagare community centre for the two national schools involved. There were 6 teams, each team played everyone. On the day, the winners were a team from Ballinagare N.S. The Abbeycarton team they played in the final put up a good fight, but unfortunately they couldn’t make up the points on the day. There was 2 other teams from Ballinagare N.S, and two other teams from Abbeycarton N.S . We would like to thank and congratulate all the kids for their participation.
Brónagh Weston.
The girls also organised a very enjoyable Blitz for first year boys and girls on Friday 8th April.
Taking Flight
Taking Flight, taking off!
Transition Year students from Elphin Community College are now in their fifth week of preparations for putting on a show in the Roscommon Arts Centre on Wednesday, 13th April. Entitled “Taking Flight”, it explores the stereotypes around teenagers and how these are transcended by the work, energy and spirit of young adults today.
The piece uses a combination of aerial and gymnastic skills, involving trapeze, ropes and mini-trampolines. Students will move, dance, lift, jump, climb and finally fly. This will be accompanied by multi-media, using music and video-imagery to help get their message across.
Students are now working with Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre, who are the Irish leaders in aerial performance. Fidget Feet will double-bill with their acclaimed performance of Hang On.
