SCHOOLS

CATHOLIC Schools Week is running this week until Sunday and provides an opportunity to reflect on how Catholic schools contribute to education. This year, the theme for Catholic Schools Week is; ‘Living in Harmony with God’s Creation.’   The Diocese of Kerry prepared for this week through an engagement with a number […]

WHILE the school’s basketballers were rightly feted for their All-Ireland U19 A Schools Cup-winning exploits, another team from Mercy Mounthawk also picked up a national title last week. The first year Spikeball team won the All-Ireland title in NUIG Galway last Thursday. Spikeball is a sport which is adapted from volleyball […]

THE best maths students in the county gathered in the IT Tralee South Campus last night for the Irish Maths Teachers Association Kerry final. Ten teams from six schools around the county took part with half of them – three from Mercy Mounthawk and two Presentation — from Tralee schools. […]

OVER 200 people from across the county attended the Lee Strand/Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards 2019 in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel in Tralee on Friday night. The evening commenced with dinner and was followed by a presentation of 25 awards, accompanied with an inspiring citation of each winner’s achievements. There […]

IT’S been a long time coming but the top schools basketball trophy is finally residing in Mercy Mounthawk. The boys were crowned Under 19 A All Ireland Schools Cup champions yesterday for the first time when the beat St Patrick’s Secondary School, Castleisland by 81 to 64 at the National […]

THEY’RE a very creative bunch in Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí and students there always make a huge effort for an annual competition to highlight environmental issues. Junk Kouture is a fashion competition using recycled materials, which challenges young people to design, create and model high-end couture from everyday junk. Teacher Deirdre Ní Shíocháin […]

THE annual Kerry ETB Student Award ceremony took place on Friday last at IT Tralee. It is an event when Kerry ETB celebrates the achievements of students and learners from their Post Primary Schools and Youthreach centres. Sixty-four student awards were presented with awards at the ceremony, which is a […]

KERRY ETB’s Kerry College students ended 2019 on a very positive note by hosting a number of events for local charities and the funds were presented this Tuesday morning. Representatives from Pieta House, the Tralee Soup Kitchen, the Irish Cancer Society and St Vincent de Paul were present to accept […]

IRELAND South MEP, Sean Kelly, paid a visit to Mercy Mounthawk on Friday for the opening of the STEAM Academy at the secondary school. Students in Mounthawk are embracing STEAM educational approach to learning the uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics have in everyday problem solving, student inquiry, […]

STUDENTS from all Tralee’s secondary schools were represented at a Neat Streets schools conference ‘The Tralee Town Takeover’ at The Rose Hotel on Wednesday. An Taisce’s Neat Streets programme aims to inspire young people to take environmental action in their town. The Tralee event, which was supported by Kerry County […]

MERCY Mounthawk students have been working hard over the past few months rehearsing for their latest stage production, with some even coming in the morning after their school debs. With a cast of about 140, taking in students from all years, they will bring the much-loved musical ‘Hairspray’ to the […]

TWO Tralee CBS students came third in a category at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS in Dublin yesterday evening. Josh O’Sullivan and Swithin Pais project was ‘A statistical analysis into vaccine hesitancy in first year males’ and the boys were called on stage to accept their […]

Guidance Counsellor, Billy Ryle, looks at an important few weeks ahead for prospective third level students… With CAO applications season in full swing during January, it’s shaping up to be a very promising year for the 80,000 plus applicants seeking a third level college course. There should be more than […]

STUDENTS at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí showed their generosity just before Christmas with a shoebox collection for a homeless shelter. Elma O’Sullivan’s Transitiion Year class co-ordinated with the whole school to put together shoeboxes and fundraise for Arlington Lodge. “We felt it was a very worthy cause especially at Christmas time and […]

SEPTEMBER 1981. Adam And The Ants were flying high in the charts with ‘Prince Charming’, Kerry were to claim their fourth All-Ireland in a row and a young teacher walked into a classroom in Listellick school to begin her career. Some 38 years later, Aileen Bulman, will walk out of […]

WHILE you might expect the attentions of young pupils at Blennerville NS to be firmly focused on they are getting from Santa this Christmas, they also found time to help out those less fortunate. Collette Price of Tralee Soup Kitchen gave a talk to sixth class pupils recently about what […]

STUDENTS at CBS The Green have entered the world of banking with the help of AIB Tralee. A team of students at the school has entered the AIB Build A Bank Challenge, which offers students in Transition Year & Fifth Year an opportunity to showcase their creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. […]

THE pupils of Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn were out singing during Tuesday and all for a good cause. About 90 of the pupils had a spell carol singing in town and the public gave generously to add to funds raised last year to make €1,529, which was donated to Pieta House […]

THE Town Park was awash with noise and colour on Tuesday morning as more than 400 pupils from Moyderwell Mercy Primary school, their teachers  and some parents took part in the annual Christmas fun run. The initiative was started a few years ago as part of the Active School campaign […]

IT’S the final week in school before the Christmas holidays and Monday ended on a musical note for the pupils of St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville. The first to sixth class pupils had been practising for a couple of weeks before they took to the altar of St John’s Church to […]

LEE Strand visited Kiltallagh NS in Castlemaine to present a cheque of €500 in the Cash 4 Schools Draw. Speaking at the presentation Paula Ní Bhriain, Principal stated; “On behalf of Kiltallagh National School, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to all who have so generously been gathering […]

TEAMS from CBS The Green and Mercy Mounthawk in Tralee, emerged victorious from the Kerry final in the Bank of Ireland Money Smarts Challenge, held in the Killarney Convention Centre on Thursday, December 12. A total of 132 students from 15 schools across Kerry took part in the final, comprising […]

THE annual Kerry Education & Training Board Christmas Card Art Competition saw over 200 entries from their eight Post Primary Schools throughout Kerry. As always the standard was very high, but there can be only one overall winner with three runners up selected and they were invited to Kerry ETB Head […]

ST John’s Church was bustling with activity just before 7.30pm last night, as children from Caherleaheen NS prepared for their annual Christmas concert. Hundreds of family members were in attendance to watch the little ones perform a nativity inspired segment, while other classes filled the church with the festive favourites […]

THE excitement was palpable on Wednesday when we called to Scoil Eoin to catch the pupils preparing for the annual Christmas concert. Taking place over Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, it’s always a huge undertaking with hundreds of pupils taking part every year and teachers have been getting their charges ready over the […]

PRESENTATION Primary School broke with tradition this year to deliver a Christmas show with a difference at the school hall on Wednesday. Entitled ‘Save Our Planet’, this was a musical play involving all children from Junior Infants to Second Class and it didn’t disappoint those attending. “As we are participating […]

A FORMER CBS The Green student met President Michael D Higgins in person at Dublin Castle last Wednesday to receive his Gold Gaisce award medal and certificate during a special ceremony. Jaison Hellstrom sat his Leaving Certificate last June but completed the highest level of the national award programme while […]

THE student council at CBS the Green have been working very hard to ensure the real spirit of Christmas is brought to life at their school with a schedule of festive activities taking place through December until they break up for the holidays. A magnificent Christmas tree kindly donated by Norman […]

THREE CBS The Green Tralee Secondary School Students have been selected to represent their school and the young people of Ireland on this year’s webwise.ie Youth Panel for 2019-2020. Webwise.ie is an internet safety awareness initiative focused on the education of young people, teachers and parents on the safe use […]

MERCY Mounthawk Parents’ Council hosted a ‘A Polish Christmas’ in a home economics room at the school on Thursday night. Guests were treated to traditional Polish recipes from two parents Monika Mikotajczuk and Katarzyna Sas with the help of Monika’s son Jakub and Katarzyna’s  daughter Wanesa. Those present also learnt […]