SCHOOLS

KERRY Education and Training Board received over 200 entries from their eight Kerry ETB Schools throughout the county for their annual Christmas Card Competition. The standard was so high, that apart from the one overall winner, this year there were four runners up picked by the judges. The winner and runner-ups were invited […]

COLÁISTE Gleann Lí Second Years organised a Shoebox Appeal recently for Arlington Lodge, Kerry’s only temporary-supported homeless facility, situated on Church Street. The students wanted to do something for local people in Tralee in need this Christmas so they gathered cosmetics, games etc for the boxes. Tom Wall from Novas Initiative who run Arlington […]

THE community turned out in force for the Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn Christmas Fair on Sunday. There was a host of goodies, bric a brac, toys, Christmas wreathes and much, much more on sale at the event which drew a massive crowd to the school. Tim Lynch and Tomás Ó hAiniféin […]

BANK of Ireland and Athletics Ireland have called for secondary schools in Tralee and around Kerry to sign up and participate in a programme to identify and foster talented students. The Talent ID programme, which aims to encourage greater participation amongst secondary school students in athletics, will culminate in an athletics […]

Students Saibh Norris and Rebecca Dennehy tell us about a special event in Mercy Mounthawk on Wednesday evening… On Wednesday night, our Youth Social Innovators group URAC (Uniting Race and Culture) organised a multicultural night, held in our school Mercy Mounthawk to unite and celebrate the differences between people within our community. […]

THE school Christmas concert season is upon us and children all over town are running through their lines and rehearsing songs for the big performance. Listellick NS held the first of their festive shows on Tuesday night where pupils from Ms Rohan’s, Ms O’Driscoll’s, Ms Sexton’s and Ms Reynolds classes […]

THE hall at CBS Primary School was hive of activity when we called on Tuesday morning to hear about the benefits of a programme they have been running since last year. Every morning, children gather there for The Breakfast Club. No, not a screening of the 80s teen classic, but a club which […]

THE gym at Mercy Mounthawk was packed to capacity last night to see students from Mercy Mounthawk take to the catwalk for their annual fashion show . This year the secondary school’s Transition Years had a theme of ‘All Things Irish’, so the audience was greeted with the sights of rainclouds, Roses, sports outfits of […]

A report on the Kerry Schools U16½ Dunloe Cup Semi Final between CBS The Green and St Brendan’s Killarney… Tralee CBS 1-20 St Brendan’s Killarney 3-11 Tralee CBS marched on to the Dunloe Cup final following a five star performance in which they led start to finish on Wednesday. Following […]

KIND-HEARTED pupils from Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh, did a very generous thing recently when they raised over €1,000 for a charity which helps African families. Each year the school fundraises for the missions and the pupils held a Halloween fancy dress party day at the school on October 28 where they […]

THE Presentation Secondary School Night at the Dogs was very well supported at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium. Staff members, students and their families all turned up for the night of entertainment with funds raised going towards improving facilities at the school. As well as the races, there were many spot prizes on the […]

THE history of two Ballymac schools will be explored on Saturday with a special event in Flemby school. In January 1966, the pupils of Ballymacthomas National School moved to a new school in Flemby after almost 100 years. With the school celebrating its Golden Jubilee, it was thought fitting to include […]

Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí students took part in a Model United Nations event at the weekend where and took home some awards for their participation. Conor Ó hArgáín won “Distinguished Delegate”(2nd) and Vince Ó Cathasaigh achieved “Honourable Mention”(3rd) in the event at UCC. “Model United Nations or MUN is simulation in which […]

STUDENTS at Mercy Mounthawk are gearing up for their annual fashion show and they’re planning something special this year. The secondary school’s Transition Year event will commence Thursday, December 1 and this year’s show has a theme of ‘All Things Irish’. With it being the centenary of the 1916 rising, it seems the […]

PRESENTATION Secondary School, Tralee are holding a “Night at the Dogs” at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium on this Friday, November 25, doors open at 7pm. The school hasn’t done a major fundraising campaign like this in 20 years and they are hoping for a big attendance on the night. There will be […]

A look forward to the U15A Br Colm Taft Final with St Brendan’s Killarney v Tra Li CBS at Fitzgerald Stadium this coming Friday at 1.30pm… Tralee CBS will go head to head with their age old rivals The Sem in Fitzgerald Stadium next Friday as their respective under 15 teams […]

THOUSANDS of people passed through the corridors of IT Tralee on Saturday as the college hosted an exciting STEM  (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) showcase day as part of Science Week. The day included a Careers in STEM exhibition and panel discussion facilitated by broadcaster and lecturer Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin where company representatives talked […]

SCIENCE week is winding down and the pupils of Holy Family made sure it ended with a bang…well a few eruptions anyway. The pupils held a exhibition of what they learned in the school hall on Friday morning. “The pupils were doing various experiments in the classroom for Science Week […]

THE pupils and staff of St. Teresa’s National School in Kilflynn are the latest to get in on the Mannequin Challenge fad and they’ve done a great job. Pupils, teachers, principal, parents, grandparents and members of the community gathered in the school to make time stand still together. The whole school […]

A TEAM from CBS The Green came first in the ISTA Senior Science Quiz Kerry regional finals in IT Tralee on Thursday night. The winning team included Alan McLoughlin, Sean Cahill and Cathal Hannafin with their teacher Aine Knightly. Science pays too, as the boys won €100 euro each for […]

A SECOND year student from Killorglin Community College competed among the top young scientific minds at SciFest 2016 and was awarded an Excellence in STEM award, for her project “Does playing board games help people with dyslexia?” Natasha Myers was one of 58 students who went on to exhibit their 31 […]

PUPILS all over town are taking part in Science Week events and they were really getting into the spirit of things in the county’s biggest primary school on Wednesday. There was more vinegar in the air than a Saturday night in The Green Rooster when we visited  the school gym […]

THREE students from Mercy Mounthawk have shown great entrepreneurial spirit to come up with a Christmas product to help raise funds for a worthy cause. Katie Nagle from Ballyroe along with Caherslee girls Amy O’Mahony and Jenny Fox, are Transition Years who decided to enter the Young Entrepreneurs Programme under the name JAK Christmas […]

A MERCY Mounthawk student was among the winners at the regional finals of the Rotary International Youth Leadership competition announced this afternoon. Darragh Clark from Leith, a fifth year student, was among the seven finalists in the competition, nominated by Rotary Clubs in Kerry and Cork, with three selected as winners. “I’m ecstatic […]

ST Brendan’s NS in Blennerville is looking for someone to design a sculpture for the school grounds at their new building as part of the ‘Per Cent For Art’ Scheme. The school is inviting submissions for a fixed, permanent sculpture piece that is child friendly,  functional (for example a weather shelter), tactile and visually […]

CHILDREN and students across Kerry are being asked to bring their imaginations to life, grab their pens, crayons and paintbrushes and get doodling as the deadline approaches for this year’s Doodle for Google 2017 competition. Twenty students from Kerry made the regional finals in previous years and it is hoped more […]

THE pupils from Scoil Eoin have been very busy this past week gathering items for the annual Christmas Shoebox Appeal for those less fortunate. The appeal was co-ordinated by the Students Council and by Thursday they had gathered 45o boxes and €1,100 in cash to donate to Team Hope who bring […]

GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí are celebrating their annual Positive Mental Health Week at the moment and a number of events and activities are taking place at the school. The week is part of an overall health promotion initiative in the school following on from the Mental Health Amber flag that the school was awarded last […]

AN Open Day will be held at Kerry College of Further Education, Tralee this Friday, November 11 from 10am to 3.30pm. The college, which is based in Clash, is now one of the leading colleges of further education in Munster serving the needs of school leavers, the unemployed, those wishing to upskill or […]

THE Monsignor O’Flaherty Memorial Weekend just took place in Killarney and part of the event was a schools’ literary competition. The winners were announced recently and students from Mercy Mounthawk in Tralee and Ardfert NS emerged as winners. In the Primary Schools category, students were invited to write a short […]