Basketball News
Well done to our 1st and 2nd year girls’ basketball teams who won competitive games against Tullamore College last week. They displayed great teamwork and shooting. Well done to coaches Ms Nally and Mr McGivney. Unfortunately, the U19 team lost in the Midlands A Plate final against a very strong Pipers Hill College team. The girls can be proud of their efforts and gave everything they had from start to finish. Thank you to coaches Mr McGivney and Ms Cribben. Meanwhile, our U16 boys basketballers beat Rochfortbridge in the final in Portlaoise. The boys demonstrated some excellent composure in the final few minutes in a tight game with often 1 point separating the sides to win on a scoreline of 35-27. Well done to the lads and their coaches Mr. Guerin and Mr. Gately.
Mercy Ballymahon’s U19 girls’ team who played in the Midlands A Plate final last week pictured with coaches Ms Cribben and Mr McGivney.
Soccer News
Well Done to our U15 Boys’ Soccer team on winning the West Leinster Cup last week with a 1-0 victory over Oaklands College, our only goal coming from Ryan Kenny. The lads now progress to the Leinster Competition. Thanks to Mr Flynn and Ms Beirne for their continued hard work with the group.
Mercy Ballymahon’s U15 Soccer team who won The West Leinster Cup last week.
Catholic Schools Week
Last week we celebrated Catholics Schools Week 2024, focusing on various communities of service; Community of Friends, Our School Community, Our Family Community, Our Local Community and Our Faith Community. During the week our 5th years enjoyed an excellent retreat with An Tobar Nua. We are also preparing for Céiliúradh Ceist on Thursday 1st February, the theme of which will be ‘Home, School and Parish – Working together.’ Thank you to our religion department for their work in preparation for this.
TY News
All TY students are engaging in sports leadership workshops in association with Longford Sports Partnership. Thank you to Brendan for facilitating. Last week, TY classes also completed a Law workshop in the school when students engaged in a full day workshop about how our legal system works and also participated in Mock Trials.
Parent Teacher meeting
Thank you to all parents of 1st years who attended our Subject Learning Review Meeting on Thursday last. Our next meeting for parents will take place on Thursday March 7th for parents of Transition Years.
Mock Exams
Mock exams began on Friday January 26th for Leaving Certs and will begin on Thursday February 1st for Junior Cycle students. Well done to our 1st year students who made cards for their 6th year ‘buddies’ to wish them luck in their mocks as part of the ‘Best Buddies’ programme. Thank you to Ms Fox for organising.