SCHOOLS

STUDENTS, teachers and parents in Kerry and across the country are being offered the opportunity to participate in a unique virtual science event as part of Science Week. ASPIRE with Abbott takes place on Nov. 12th in association with Science Foundation Ireland and is one of the flagship events of […]

PRESENTATION Secondary School, Tralee will host a virtual tour of the school on this coming Wednesday, November 11, at 7pm. Presentation Secondary School is a school community where all individuals have the opportunity to develop their abilities and reach their potential in a caring and happy environment. A spirit of […]

TWO murals were officially celebrated at St Joseph’s NS in Ballyheigue during the week. The murals, painted by a former pupil, were inspired by two significant deaths over the past few months, that of George Floyd and John Hume, as principal of the school Terence Dineen explains. “During the lockdown […]

By Principal, Katherina Broderick PRESENTATION Secondary School Castleisland will host a virtual tour of our school on Thursday, November 5 at 7.30pm. Presentation Secondary School Castleisland is a CEIST School with a strong focus on our Christian ethos where the care and respect for every person is at the centre […]

IT may be only October, but some students at CBS The Green Tralee have been very busy since going back to school and are looking forward to displaying their scientific prowess at Ireland’s most prestigious competition for schools. The school has three projects through to the BT Young Scientist Competition […]

A FORMER student in Mercy Mounthawk has won a prestigious scholarship. Diana Meriakri is now studying Biomedical Engineering at National University of Ireland, Galway, and is one of 36 students in the country to receive a Naughton Scholarship. The Naughton Scholarship is currently worth €20,000 (€5,000 for each year of […]

A SPECIAL wellbeing day for all first year students at CBS The Green was held last Friday with fun events lined up to give the 125 young lads a break from their studies and a chance to enjoy much needed timeout. The boys’ Year Head Mr. John Culloty and Academic […]

A CHEQUE for €1,000, the proceeds from a Positive Mental Health Day at CBS the Green, was presented to Con O’Connor of charity Pieta House on Friday morning by the staff and students. To coincide with the cheque presentation, a tree planting ceremony also took place. Con O’Connor of Pieta […]

CBS The Green students held a Positive Mental Health Day on Friday to coincide with the 10th anniversary of World Mental Health Day. The objective of which is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and shape efforts to support mental health. Last year the school became an Amber Flag school. Wellbeing school co-ordinatior […]

KERRY College of Further Education and Training (Kerry College) virtually welcomed Niamh Doyle of Kerry County Library Services this week as she presented an online tutorial on what the Kerry Library service has to offer. The interactive tutorial was streamed to multiple classes across both the Clash and Denny street […]

WE may be living in strange times, but it was appropriate that the retirement of two teachers from Moyderwell Mercy Primary School was marked on Friday. Aileen Fuller and Mairead Devine from Moyderwell Mercy Primary School Tralee both have around 80 years of teaching service between them and some of the […]

IT’S been a long time coming, but the former pupils of Presentation Primary finally got to receive the sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday afternoon. They’re scattered among secondary schools all over town now, so it was nice for them to reunite again for the special day and meet old friends. […]

OCTOBER is hardly Confirmation season, but for the times we live in it has to be thus for schools in Kerry. Former pupils of St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville may be scattered throughout secondary schools in town, but there was a reunion of sorts on Saturday afternoon in St John’s […]

SCHOOLDAYS are difficult for secondary school students in this COVID-19 world, so anything that makes the experience a little easier is welcome. With this in mind, CBS The Green have introduced some al fresco dining options so students can have breaks from wearing masks. New outdoor furniture has changed the […]

Billy Ryle gives no marks to the Department of Education in the calculated grades blunder reported yesterday… The Leaving Cert calculated grades process has been a comedy of errors by the Department of Education and Skills (DES) and an emotional roller coaster for exam candidates. The first mistake, in a […]

THEY may be scattered around the town’s secondary schools now, but the former pupils of Moyderwell Mercy Primary School were reunited on Sunday afternoon. The two sixth classes couldn’t receive the sacrament in the spring because of COVID-19 restrictions but they got together at St John’s Church for the belated […]

OVER six months since their schooldays ended prematurely thanks to COVID-19, the former sixth class pupils of Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn met up again on Saturday afternoon. The occasion was their rescheduled Confirmation Day and the sun shone down as they renewed acquaintances at St John’s Church. It was a special […]

BEAUTIFUL weather on Saturday made it an even more special occasion for third class pupils of CBS Primary School. Around 30 boys and girls from Ms Ryle and Ms Griffin’s classes couldn’t enjoy First Holy Communion Day earlier this year, but it was better late than never at St John’s […]

BRILLIANT sunshine greeted families arriving at St John’s Church on Sunday for CBS Primary School’s Confirmation Day. Postponed since the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were imposed in March, it was a chance for the pupils of Mr Smith and Ms O’Sullivan’s sixth classes to meet up again. Nearly 50 children and […]

FEW places of worship in the county can rival the Church of the Purification in Churchill for views on a fine day. Lucky then for the fourth class pupils of Spa NS that the sun was beaming down on them as they arrived at the church on Saturday morning for […]

FIRST Holy Communion Day finally arrived for the pupils of St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville on Saturday morning. While the event is usually held in St Brendan’s Church in Curraheen every May/June, we’re living in a different world now and more space was needed to accommodate the children and their […]

PRESENTATION Tralee students received their Gaisce President’s Awards at the school on Tuesday. The Transition Year students of the 2019/2020 school year under the co-ordination of Ms Ann O’Mahony, completed a physical challenge, got involved in their local community and enhanced their personal skills as part of the programme. They […]

ST John’s Church was a busy place on Saturday as pupils from Moyderwell Primary School finally go the chance to make their First Holy Communion. The pupils had been preparing earlier this year in Siobhan Moriarty and Sarah Keane’s third classes, but COVID-19 scuppered their plans for an early summer celebration. […]

MINISTER for Education Norma Foley officially launched the 2020 Lee Strand Homework Journal on Saturday at the Lee Strand milk plant in Ballymullen. Once again, over 10,000 Lee Strand hardback homework journals will be distributed to national school pupils in Kerry and West Limerick. Speaking at the launch of the […]

IT’S been a hectic couple of weeks for the third class pupils at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn. After six months away, they resumed their education on Thursday, August 27, meeting old friends and getting used to the classroom environment again. Then, just over a week later they made their belated First […]

Guidance Counsellor Billy Ryle says if any Leaving Cert cohort ever deserved success, the Class of 2020 most certainly does… The long wait for 61,000 Leaving Cert candidates finally comes to an end on Monday, when the results of the calculated grades process will be published. Leaving Cert results will be […]

LAST Thursday saw 36 young boys and girls begin their education journey at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn but, of course, it was a first day with a difference. Moms and dads were relieved and delighted to see the new entry system at the school run so smoothly, as they waved their […]

IT was a very busy day for Fr Padraig Walsh at Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Saturday as he oversaw the First Holy Communions of over 60 pupils from Scoil Eoin Balloonagh. Because of Government guidelines, there had to be three separate services — one for each class […]

IT Tralee has a number of laptop computers available for disadvantaged students as part of the grant package of COVID supports from the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for higher and further education institutions. For the academic year 20/21, IT Tralee will have a limited number […]

KERRY’S primary school pupils around the country are being challenged to get creative in how they learn and think about Europe through the Blue Star Programme. The Programme, coordinated by European Movement Ireland, teaches primary school children about Europe through creative activities and projects that complement the national primary curriculum. Since […]