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Presentation ‘Butterfly Bank’ Flies Into AIB Build A Bank National Final

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The Butterfly Bank girls from Presentation pictured earlier this year.

THE girls from Presentation Tralee kept up a rich tradition by qualifying for the AIB Build A Bank national final.

The Butterfly Bank management team is made up of TY students: Manager – Sadbh Kilgallen, Assistant Manager – Ciara Boyd, Innovation Executive – Michelle Doody, Digital Officer – Cara Segal, Finance Officer – Jennifer Hanafin and Marketing manager – Rebecca Poultney.

The girls showcased their School Bank at the  Regional Final in Cork city this afternoon where they presented to a panel of judges outlining what makes their School Bank best.

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Last year a team from the school ‘The Blossom Bank’ came second in the national competition winning €3,000 for their school, while in 2015 ‘The Dream Bank’ from the school came first.

Today, the top eight schools in Munster were awarded a prize with the “Best Newcomer” award this year going to Killorglin Community College’s entry.

The top 45 winning School Bank teams from each of the Regional Finals around the country will qualify for the National Final on April 25 in Dublin where the winner will receive a top prize of €5,000.

There will also be prizes awarded for Digital Bank, and for teams that excelled at backing their community and for backing their school.

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Walking On Cars Star Opens ‘Blossom Bank’ At Presentation

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Patrick Sheehy of rock band Walking On Cars officially opens The Blossom Bank at Presentation Secondary School.

THE Presentation Secondary School bank was officially opened on Monday by a very rock n roll guest.

‘The Blossom Bank’ is the school’s entry to “The AIB Build a Bank Challenge”.  Previous years have been very successful with last year’s bank “The Dream Bank”winning the National Finals of the competition.

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The bank was formally opened by their special guest, Patrick Sheehy from the well-known band, Walking on Cars.  This was a huge success with Patrick playing and singing some well-known songs to entertain the new depositors.

The Blossom Bank has six members Eimear Brosnan, Bank Manager, Isabel Horgan Assistant Manager, Muireann Moriarty, Financial Controller, Meadhbh Dowling Sales & Marketing Executive, Kate O’Connor Customer Service Representative and Sarah Fitzgerald Digital Officer.

The bank hopes to have many different themes such as sport themes, music themes and cultural themes over the next few months.

The Bank members would like to thank their sponsors for their generous gifts which will be raffled as prizes in the school – CH Chemist, DEALZ, John Fitzgerald Jewellers, and Penneys.

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Presentation Girls Win Overall National AIB Build A Bank Award

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The Presentation Tralee students involved in the Dream Bank who won the national AIB Build A Bank final in Dublin yesterday.

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 school with the full support of a dedicated AIB Student Officer.

The students get involved in everything from developing a Business Plan, branding their Bank and engaging with the community to sourcing new customers through creative marketing campaigns.

Having previously won the regional competition in March, the Transition year ‘Dream Bank’ team beat off competition from all over the country over the course of the school year to win the top prize of €5,000 for the school, while each individual member won a One4All voucher for €500.

 

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The dream team consisted of  Manager – Katie Ahern, Assistant Manager – Lauren Kelly, Customer Representatives –  Sarah Kilgallen, Aishat Lawal, Marketing Advisor – Laura O’Connell and Financial Advisor – Ciara Dennehy.

The team is a very worthy winner of the competition having given an incredible amount of their time and energy to build up a successful school bank this year  – opening for business every Thursday, encouraging all students to save regularly, running promotions and competitions, giving presentations to Junior Business students in the school on the importance of saving regularly etc.

The girls were supported all year by teachers Ms. O’Grady and Ms. O’Connor who accompanied the girls to Dublin on the day.

Well done to all involved in this fantastic achievement.