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Fifth Year students from Presentation Secondary School Tralee who completed the Gaisce Programme during their Transition Year receive their certificates and bronze medals. Front from left; Jane Lynch, Lily Pozzi, Ellie O’Connor, Keira Nolan, Kate Fitzsimons, Cliona Murphy, Karla Wisniewski, Sinead Libutlibut and Emma Dunican. Back row, Saoirse Mehigan, Niamh Healy, Shauna Harris, Gráinne Carroll, Aisling O’Donnell, Danielle Shanahan, Chloe Quillinan and Rachel Foley. Missing from photo are Hazel Parker, Julia Lelito and Leah Buckley. Photo by Dermot Crean
PRESENTATION Secondary School Tralee students received their Bronze Gaisce President’s Awards at the school on Wednesday.
Twenty Transition Year students of the 2022/2023 school year, under the guidance of TY Programme Co-ordinator Ms Marion Cronin, completed a physical challenge, got involved in their local community and enhanced their personal skills as part of the programme.
Deputy Principal Sheila O’Connell presented certificates and medals to each of the girls and congratulated them on their achievement.
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The Gaisce or ‘great achievement’ is a self-development programme for young people between the ages of 15-25 and has been in existence since 1985.
Over the 16 week programme, students completed a personal skill (learning a language, baking etc.) for one hour a week, a physical skill which could be taking part in a sport or gym work, while the community involvement aspect entailed volunteering for a charity or helping out in the breakfast club in the school.
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