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Aisha Thomas, Aoife Hogan, Maiya Rivas McHugh, Amy Darcy, Lauren O’Driscoll, Niamh Lynch, Ruth O’Neill and Ciara Kerins, with the letters they sent themselves as first years, at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee graduation on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
THE academic year is coming to a close and for sixth years it’s a time of mixed emotions as they say farewell to schooldays.
While there’s the small matter of the Leaving Cert to be tackled next month, the attention of final year students at Presentation Secondary School was focussed on their graduation ceremony last Friday at St John’s Church.
As always, it was an emotional experience for everyone present as they reflected on their years at the school.
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A mass was celebrated by Fr Mark Moriarty, including a ‘celebration of light’ with speeches from head girls Olivia Dillon and Maiya Rivas McHugh. Deputy Principal Chrissie Kelly and Principal Mairead Finucane also addressed the students and their families.
The ceremony ended with the students singing Miley Cyrus’ ‘The Climb’ but that wasn’t the end of the graduation day experience.
While families went straight back to the school assembly hall for refreshments, the students first opened the letters the girls wrote to themselves when they were first years starting in Pres back in 2016.
Cue gales of laughter, cringing and more tears on a day to remember for the girls. Scroll down for photos…
Megan O’Connor, Amani Memon, Ciara Yong, Rachel O’Connor and Jennifer Olanrewaju, with the letters they sent themselves as first years, at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee graduation on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Eve Hennessy, Eleanor Murphy and Jennifer Brosnan, with the letters they sent themselves as first years, at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee graduation on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Olivia Dillon, Kate Feeney and Nicole Walker, with the letters they sent themselves as first years, at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee graduation on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Ailisha Daughton and Kiera Poultney at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee graduation on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Lauren McGillicuddy, Lisa Rowan, Clodagh Fitzgibbon and Lucy O’Donoghue at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee graduation on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Katelyn Brosnan with Darren Brosnan, Caroline Brosnan and Valerie Prendiville at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee graduation on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Colombe Haentjens, Deonne Moyo, Azenor Delespaul and Sylwia Pierog at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee graduation on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Khadicha Suhrobzod with Nejrna Suhrobzod at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee graduation on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Leonie Hurley with James, Rebecca and Rhys Hurley at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee graduation on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Zara Reka with Fatmir and Zejnepe Reka at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee graduation on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Saoirse Doyle receives her laptop Teresa Walker of Lee Strand after winning the Lee Strand Award at the Presentation Secondary School on Friday. Also included is Deputy Principal Chrissie Kelly and Principal Mairead Finucane. Photo by Dermot Crean
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