SCHOOLS

STUDENTS at Presentation Tralee raised over €800 for Arthritis Ireland  to mark ‘Children With Arthritis Awareness Month in May. Ms. Kingston’s TY Home Economics group at Presentation Secondary Tralee organised a Monster “Sweet and Savoury” Bake sale on Friday, May 13. Continued below… Arthritis is actually the biggest cause of childhood disability in Ireland […]

KERRY Comhairle na nÓg members, including six from Tralee schools, recently enjoyed a trip to Strasbourg to the EU Parliament. This year the Kerry Comhairle na nÓg was invited by Sean Kelly MEP to attend the European Youth Event (EYE) which took place in the European Parliament in Strasbourg from 20-21 May. […]

AROUND 80 or so Moyderwell Primary School pupils added another string to their bow when they performed at the school’s ‘Colour My Strings’ violin concert. Moyderwell pupils from classes , 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th performed in front of a proud bunch of parents and teachers. As part of […]

A FORMER teacher from Presentation Secondary School, who died in a road accident in 2014, was remembered in a competition run by the Irish Austrian Society and was won in its inaugural year by Presentation. The 19th Irish Austrian Society’s Essay competition for second- level schools included this year, for […]

OVER 120 First Year pupils celebrated the end of their first year in C.B.S The Green, with an awards ceremony held in the school recently. Individual awards were handed out to over 50 students including sports, academic and music awards. These awards were given to the individual students in recognition of their […]

Career Guidance Counsellor and freelance writer, Billy Ryle, offers some last minute tips for the upcoming State Exams which begin next Wednesday…  Self-Maintenance • Concentrate on subjects being examined in the first week • Complete major revision by Sunday night • In a relaxed study session on Monday concentrate on […]

PROCEEDS from the sale of a book on the old Blennerville school and community, were donated to the new school on Thursday afternoon. The book, ‘Blennerville National School And Community – A Story Worth Telling’ is a compilation of stories, photos and a history of the area which went on sale last […]

MOYDERWELL pupils travelled back in time to medieval Tralee as part of a schools competition that celebrates the town’s 800th anniversary this year. Around 60 third and fifth class pupils took part with some decked out in the garb of the middle ages. The pupils also created their very own […]

THERE was standing room only in Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Friday afternoon as sixth year students from Mercy Mounthawk celebrated a milestone event in their lives with their graduation from their schooldays. Over 200 students, family members and staff from the school were there for a Mass and […]

JUST over 90 students gathered at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night to celebrate their graduation from Brookfield College. Watched by many family members, the night was an occasion to reflect on their time in school and look forward to the future with enthusiasm. John Carroll made the Student Graduation Speech […]

THE school year is coming to a close and awards and graduations are taking place in schools all over Tralee. On Thursday night, it was the lovely setting of Ballygarry House Hotel for 40 Leaving Certs from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí who joined other award winning students form other years in the school and their families for […]

IT WAS a very important day for 16 students of the Down Syndrome Kerry – MOTE/Latch On postgraduate course who graduated on Friday at the IT Tralee. There were smiles aplenty also from family members and tutors who gave their time and worked with the students over the course of the year. […]

CBS pupils left the books in the classroom and enjoyed a day of exercising and fun at the Clounalour school Uniforms were replaced by  tracksuits as all students spent the day taking part in a huge variety of sports including basketball, athletics, spikeball, yoga, tae kwon do, handball, aerobics, tennis, hurling and much […]

COLÁISTE Gleann Lí celebrated another successful year on Tuesday with its annual awards. The ceremony celebrated the school’s successes and also acknowledged the varied achievements of Coláiste Gleann Lí second level students over the past academic year. The 2015/16 year was another huge success for the growing school which has seen enrolments double […]

A GROUP of Presentation Secondary School students came second in a national competition recently and won €3,000 for their school. The girls took part in the AIB Build a Bank Challenge which offers transition and 5th year students a chance to run their own School Bank. Joe Shannon, Manager of […]

PRESENTATION Secondary School sixth year students celebrated their graduation on Friday. The weather may have been awful, but it didn’t spoil the day for the many students and their families who attended a mass in St John’s  Church. Later there was a reception in the school hall where students no doubt reflected on […]

ST BRENDAN’S NS in Blennerville is in the running to win a national garden competition where the winner’s story of their entry will feature at the Bloom Festival in Dublin on the June Bank Holiday Weekend. In October 2015, the school agreed to take part in the pilot of “The Garden […]

HUNDREDS of people gathered at the CBS The Green gym on Thursday night for the annual Graduation Night and Awards. Staff, students and parents were present for a Mass followed by the awards ceremony and an address by Principal Anne O’Callaghan. Awards were given for sports and academia with the […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn  are celebrating yet another win at the recent Féile Peile Gael Linn held in Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh in the Muskerry Gaeltacht area of County Cork. In a repeat of last year’s final, the young Tralee footballers this time outscored their opponents,  a combined team from Corca Dhuibhne, Scoil […]

SPA NS were announced as the third winner of the Lee Strand Cash 4 Schools €500 draw. Mighty Mikey Milk created lots of excitement when he visited Spa NS in Tralee this week to present a cheque of €500.  Speaking at the presentation Principal Peter Lenihan said; “Everyone here in Spa NS […]

WHAT a day for  Presentation Secondary School Tralee in Dublin yesterday when they won three prizes at the Eco-Unesco Young Environmentalist Awards. Transition Year Science students at the school travelled to the Mansion House Dublin at the awards on Wednesday and Ms. Rita O’Donoghue’s group ‘If Your Dog Poops, You Scoop’ won the Senior Waste […]

THERE was a real buzz of excitement and anticipation at Spa NS as the 2016 ‘Donal Walsh Spa 6K Challenge’ was launched. This will be the third year of the event and the whole school community is busy organising another family fun day in honour of Donal, their past pupil, on […]

PUPILS from St Joseph’s National School Ballyheigue showed their movie-making skills by being named the overall prize winners in Trend Micro’s  “What’s Your Story?” competition. The 2016 Online Digital Safety Competition aims to promote and encourage conversations about being online amongst young people. The young pupils /filmakers were presented with a cheque […]

MERCY Mounthawk secondary school has been announced as a winner of Lidl’s Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) post-primary schools store competition. The school was announced as the winner for the Lidl store in Tralee, following a six-week nomination period which saw local schools battle it out to win votes from customers. Mercy Mounthawk […]

CAUSEWAY Comprehensive School held their annual Awards night in the school on May 9 and as usual it was a successful occasion. Over 400 people were in attendance, including all awards winners, their families and guests. The awards night celebrates all the dedication, hard work and commitment of the  students throughout the […]

SECONDARY students in Castleisland were collectively star-struck after meeting GAA legends Killian Young, Henry Shefflin, Liam Sheedy and Aidan Walsh at a special event at Presentation Secondary School in the town. The men, who have numerous All-Ireland and Provincial Football and Hurling Medals between them, visited the school after winning […]

MORE than 1,000 primary school pupils in Kerry today kicked off a nationwide showcase of junior entrepreneurship. In the coming weeks, over 10,000 children, aged from 9 to 11 years old, will be presenting the businesses they have created and managed through the Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP). JEP is the only programme […]

SCOIL Mhic Easmainn pupils showed their generosity recently to help out a great cause. Rang a cúig pupils had a used clothes and sports drive to raise funds for their school but also donated €100 of the proceeds to the Kerry Cancer Support Group. The event was held in the school and was a […]

THE proceeds from an event at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium were handed over at St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville today. Their night at the dogs raised much needed funds to provide sports equipment and library facilities for the school and it was a huge success with the community turning out in force for a great […]

A GROUP of three Mercy Mounthawk students have won first prize in a prestigious national competition. Mounthawk transition year students, Richard Bowler, Lauren O’Grady and Nessa McGarty will be awarded with the CSO John Hooper medal for statistical analysis and also bagged€1,000 for the school and €600 for themselves after the […]