SCHOOLS

IRELAND South MEP Deirdre Clune has praised students and teachers from Spa National School after a visit to the school this week. Ms Clune visited the school on Monday to speak to the students about her role as an MEP. The pupils of 6th Class are currently taking part in the […]

  GLENDERRY NS in Ballyheigue will be holding a fundraising night at the Kingdom Greyhound Track this month as they look to raise much needed funds for the development of their new astroturf pitch. The night will be taking place from 7.10pm on May 23 at the track with a great […]

  SCHOOLS all around the county and country are getting ready to take part in a national campaign this coming week to promote the benefits of physical activity on a school journey. Starting on May 11 and running until May 15, there will be a ‘National WOW (Walk on Wednesday) Day’ […]

HARD work came to fruition for IT Tralee Multimedia students who got a chance to showcase their final year projects in the North Campus on Thursday night. 14 multi disciplinary projects went on display by students who completed the BA Honours courses in, Interactive Multimedia, TV and Radio, Music Technology and […]

TRALEE students were among the winners at the IT Tralee North Campus for the SciFest science competition on Thursday. SciFest is a one day international science and technology competition for second level students who showcase original projects. IT Tralee played host to one of fifteen regional finals on Thursday. Students were judged on their […]

STUDENTS from Presentation Secondary School  went above and beyond themselves as they raised over €750 to help out one young boy in his battle against a debilitating disease. Daniel Collins is four years old and suffers from severe medical difficulties such as Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalous which have a massive impact on […]

CBS Primary School is getting ready to hold its very own fashion show with local celebrities and sports stars all set to take part. The school are organising the event which will take place in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday, May 14 at 7pm. There will be a star-studded line up on […]

  TRALEE school students took home a huge share of wins at an athletics meeting this week. The annual Kerry Colleges Track and Field Championships at An Riocht Athletic Track, Castleisland were held last Tuesday April 28, when over 400 athletes braved the less than desirable conditions to take part in the […]

  SECOND LEVEL teachers in Tralee and around the country are to hold a lunchtime protest outside their schools next Thursday, May 7. Teachers are objecting proposals for Junior Cycle reform which they say will undermine standards, equity and fairness. The protest is being organised by second-level teacher unions the ASTI […]

  MINISTER for Education, Jan O’Sullivan was in Tralee on Thursday and visited three schools with current and future construction projects on stream. Accompanied by Kerry North/West Limerick Labour Deputy Arthur Spring, Minister O’Sullivan began her visit at Blennerville National School, where the new school building is progressing on time […]

TEAMS of students and staff from IT Tralee participated in the SipITT fun triathlon on Wednesday evening. The event consisted of a 5km run, a 10km cycle and a 500m swim. Over a hundred students and staff participated or volunteered as marshals on the night. The winning team consisted of Trevor Dunne […]

TRANSITION Year students from Gaelcholaiste Chiarrai strutted their stuff in the newly opened Ashe Hotel on Wednesday night, to raise funds for their annual trip to Fenit for their foundation course in sailing. This was the 13th year of the fashion show and the students wore clothes from local retailers in front of around […]

BLENNERVILLE is celebrating this week after attaining another flag at the school. The staff and pupils at the school are delighted with the recent news that they have been successful in obtaining their second ‘Greenschool Flag’, this time in the area of Energy Conservation. There are seven Green Flags that you can […]

“Sometimes it’s okay not to be okay” This is the message that a group of local students from IT Tralee are hoping to get across in their new video for ‘Ó Lá Go Lá Support Services’. The video, which aims to highlight that we should not be afraid of asking […]

  GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí students travelled to Dublin last Thursday to receive an award from an Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. The school was one of 40 to get the Gaelbhratach award at McKee Barracks. This award was initiated by Gael Linn and is given in recognition of students’ efforts to promote the Irish language. The Coiste […]

  A LOCAL school will this weekend play host to over one thousand cyclists as they roll into town as part of mental health campaign, ‘Cycle Against Suicide’. They hope to promote the message that ‘It’s okay to not be okay and that you can ask for help.’ Mercy Mounthawk […]

  TRALEE Educate Together National School recently hosted an Open Day in the beautiful surroundings of Collis Sandes House, providing an opportunity for prospective parents to meet the staff and get to know the recently appointed principal, Mary Brosnan. Mary, a native of Lispole, took up her position last September, […]

STUDENTS from a local school were out and about on Friday doing their own little part in keeping their town tidy. It was definitely not the weather that the TY students from ‘Presentation Secondary’ school wanted on the day, but they chose to soldier on through the wind and rain armed with gloves, […]

ONE local school been getting the most out of the weather this week by getting its pupils up and out and getting active. CBS Primary School in Clounalour is currently taking part in their ‘Active Schools Week’ initiative where both staff and pupils look to get healthy by engaging in various forms […]

AN Bord Pleanála has given outline planning permission to Listellick NS to proceed with the building of a new school on the proposed site. The appeal lodged by the Commissioners of Public Works, on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan to appeal Kerry County Council’s refusal to grant […]

  THE staff and pupils of a Tralee school opened its doors this week. Located at Collis Sandes, the Tralee Educate Together school held an open day to show all the school has to offer. “We invited people to see how the school works in real time,” said Principal, Mary […]

        LOCAL students have been chosen to represent their school in the regional finals of the ‘Our World Irish Aid Awards 2015’ which will be taking place in Limerick on May 20. St Ita’s & St Josephs will be amongst 11 other schools and their pupils that […]

IT was a dream ending for a group of Presentation Tralee students on Thursday, when they won the national final of the AIB Build A Bank Award in Dublin. The AIB Build a Bank Challenge sees a team of six students selected to set up and manage a bank in their […]

MERCY Mounthawk transition year students faced off against teachers in a match with a difference. On Wednesday, competitors strapped themselves into wheelchairs for a charity basketball match with all proceeds going to the Kerry Hospice Foundation and the Irish Wheelchair Association. The initiative was the brainchild of Mercy Mounthawk PE teacher, […]

A LANDMARK occasion was celebrated at a local school in Wednesday as former members of a choir rolled back the years to mark a special milestone. The past members of the CBS Primary School Choir met up at the school for a reunion to mark the 7oth anniversary of the choir’s formation. The event began with a special mass […]

  A LOCAL school is getting ready to host a fundraising concert in memory of one of their former pupils on this Saturday. CBS The Green will hold the ‘In Tune For Life’ event in their school hall at 4pm with all proceeds going towards the Donal Walsh ‘LiveLife Foundation’. A […]

IT was a couple of nights for St John of God services in Tralee as they performed ‘I Have A Dream’ musical in Siamsa Tire on Tuesday and Wednesday. Volunteers and clients at St John of God had been working hard together over the past few weeks to try and get everything […]

LONG lost roll books from the old schoolhouse in Ballyroe have been handed over to the Kerry County Library. For many years the fate of the books had remained a mystery, until one day when former pupil of the school, Margaret Murphy, who was planning a Ballyroe school reunion at the […]

PUPILS of Moyderwell Mercy Primary gave a huge welcome to two new ‘students’ who enrolled for the day at the school on Wednesday. Great excitement filled the school with the arrival of twin lambs who are just nine days old from teacher, Mr Denis Griffin’s family farm in Clahane. They began […]

TWO Tralee students will represent Kerry in the Social Media category at the National Student Enterprise Awards next month and they need your help to win. Lauren Kelly and Maria Daly, Transition Year students at Presentation Secondary School Tralee, founded ‘Instant Cuimhne’ back in October and the mini-company has really taken […]