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STUDENTS from Tralee schools are ready to showcase their projects at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition next month. The event returns as a full, ‘in-person’ event for the first time since 2020 and takes place from January 11 – 14. There are 27 projects from nine Kerry schools […]

TRALEE Tidy Towns collaborated with Mercy Mounthawk students’ council  and Team Bramble last Tuesday to plant hawthorns. Brendan O’Brien, Chair of Tralee Tidy Towns said: Tralee Tidy Towns was delighted to spend some of the funding from Tralee MD councillors on native Hawthorns. They planted 150 of them to add […]

MERCY Secondary School Mounthawk are preparing to welcome parents of prospective students to their Open Day which takes place this Saturday, November 12. The tours of the school will take place at intervals between 10am and 1pm. Contact the school on 066-7102550 for more information. This will be the first […]

IT was a record-breaking year for Leaving Cert results at Mercy Mounthawk, so it was only fitting that these students were honoured at the school on Saturday. An incredible 22 students achieved over 600 points in the State Exams this year, far exceeding previous records. The school had 38% of […]

    STUDENTS are bringing Broadway to the catwalk later this month as Mercy Mounthawk’s Transition Years prepare for the annual fashion show. The show has been put on by TY students at the school since 2003, with thousands raised for great causes over the years. In fact last year, […]

MERCY Secondary School Mounthawk, Tralee, as an equal opportunities employer, is inviting applications for a Caretaker position. The successful applicantwill work 20 hours spread over three days to include either a Saturday or Sunday. There is flexibility in the delivery of hours on the weekdays Monday to Friday between 2:00p.m. and 10:00p.m.  (closing […]

ST John’s Church was packed on Wednesday afternoon as nearly 220 Leaving Cert students from Mercy Mounthawk, joined by their families, attended their graduation ceremony. It’s the first time since 2019 that the ceremony was held and a change of venue from St Brendan’s Church to accommodate the large numbers […]

TWO cheques were presented recently to worthy causes thanks to the actions of students at Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School. Yesterday, TY Active Leisure presented a cheque for €1358.30 for Kerry Cancer Support Bus after they ran a First Year Olympics, 2nd Year Basketball blitz, First year girls football blitz and a […]

HUGE crowds attended a special 20th birthday celebration for Mercy Mounthawk on Sunday as they held a Garden Fete. The whole school community, present and past,  gathered to mark the milestone on the school grounds with many stands set up in the sports hall and marquees outside with a range […]

WITH the school year almost at an end, it was time to honour the achievements of Mercy Mounthawk students at their annual awards on Tuesday evening. For the first time since 2019, families could once again gather in the Sports Hall with the students, who received awards for academic, sporting, […]

MERCY Mounthawk Parents’ Council has launched a ‘Mega Raffle’ to kick off the fundraising for an Astro Turf pitch for the school. The school believes the time is right to install an all-weather AstroTurf pitch so the students of Mounthawk can reap the benefits of being able to play regardless […]

MERCY Mounthawk is celebrating 20 years since the school was opened in 2002 and is extending an invitation to the whole school community, present and past, to gather to mark the milestone at a Garden Fete this Sunday, May 22, on the school grounds. There will be fun activities for […]

WHILE the Christmas or Summer holidays are the normal times for Debs Balls, the past two years have been anything but normal. The students from Mercy Mounthawk were unable to hold their debs at Christmas due to COVID restrictions, so the mid-term break proved an opportune time to get together […]

THE students of Mercy Mounthawk Transition Year are showing their inventive side for this year’s Young Social Innovators (YSI) Programme. The YSI is a Social Innovation Education Programme encourages students to use their talents, insights, passion and creativity to take action and come up with innovative solutions to social challenges […]

SIAMSA Tíre hosted a production of the Oscar Wilde classic ‘The Importance Of Being Earnest’ last week where students from Mercy Mounthawk excelled in their dramatic roles. While attendances were limited to around 150 for Thursday and Friday, people on the waiting list for Saturday’s performance were allowed attend thanks […]

MERCY Mounthawk have won the Pinergy All-Ireland Schools Cup U16 A Boys Final this afternoon. They beat Malahide Community College at the National Basketball Arena by 56 to 39. The school will be hoping to complete the double when the U19 side play in their All-Ireland Final against St Malachy’s College. […]

IT’S been a fantastic afternoon for Tralee schools, but especially for Mercy Mounthawk at the BT Young Scientists and Technology Exhibition as the award results were announced. Dara Newsome, David Hughes and Conor Bradshaw’s project ‘Specs – A Wearable Smart Device for Dementia Patients’ was Overall Runner-up in the competition, […]

EXCITEMENT is building in the Transition Year classes at Mercy Mounthawk as they prepare for the national #ThinkLanguages2021 event which will take place on Monday, November 22. #ThinkLanguages, an annual initiative organised by Post Primary Languages Ireland  has gone from strength to strength, enjoying the participation of over 12,000 students […]

THERE was great style on show last night as Mercy Mounthawk’s annual fashion show went ahead as a ‘hybrid’ event…and they even received the support of a famous rock star! The Transition Year students pulled out all the stops to put on an entertaining show, enjoyed in person by their […]

MERCY Mounthawk’s annual fashion show will go ahead as a ‘hybrid’ event this year with a green theme to the event. Staged annually by the Transition Year students at the school, the TY year will attend, but everyone else will tune in from home. The link will be available through the […]

A TRALEE school was today honoured at the Young Social Innovators of the Year Ireland (YSI) Awards for its positive impact in helping to create a more equal, fair, and sustainable world. Picking up the Gold Award, the team from Mercy Secondary School, Mounthawk, Tralee were crowned overall winners of […]

STUDENTS from Tralee schools were successful with their entries in this year’s BT Young Scientist And Technology Exhibition which took place online this year. The awards in various categories were announced this afternoon in an online ceremony. The Science Foundation of Ireland award and Technology Junior Group 1st place went to […]

IN this most surreal of years, some things remain the same…well, sort of! The annual Mercy Mounthawk Fashion Show will return once again but, of course, it’s going to take place online due to COVID restrictions. “The theme of this year’s show is ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. Reflective of the times we […]

MERCY Mounthawk Parents’ Council is running a Christmas Technology Raffle with some fantastic prizes to be won by parents of students in the school. Tralee-based Aspen Grove Solutions has donated a generous amount of money to the parents’ council to help them raise funds for technology within the school. This […]

THREE Mercy Mounthawk students were celebrating this week after winning two prestigious awards at Scifest 2020, which was held over the past weekend. Dara Newsome, David Hughes and Conor Bradshaw’s ‘Specs’ project — an adapted spectacle system for Dementia patients — won both the Intel Technology Award and the Boston Scientific […]

THREE Mercy Mounthawk students are competing for the Scifest STEM Outreach Award 2020, but they need your votes to win. At the moment, Dara Newsome, David Hughes and Conor Bradshaw are in second place in the online competition with their ‘Specs’ project which is a spectacle system for Dementia patients. You can […]

A FORMER student in Mercy Mounthawk has won a prestigious scholarship. Diana Meriakri is now studying Biomedical Engineering at National University of Ireland, Galway, and is one of 36 students in the country to receive a Naughton Scholarship. The Naughton Scholarship is currently worth €20,000 (€5,000 for each year of […]

A MERCY Mounthawk student has received an award in the Stagewise inaugural School Musical Awards competition. The school received six nominations for their musical ‘Hairspray’ which ran in January, in Siamsa Tíre, and Promise Ekwuhama won the award for Best Female Singer. This year the school entered a new School […]

STUDENTS from Tralee schools were among the winners of a national journalism and writing competition. The result of ‘Press Pass’ run by NewsBrands Ireland were announced yesterday and Caylin Murray, Mercy Secondary School was deemed winner of the ‘Opinion’ category, while Cian Ó Grifín of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí was second in the ‘Photojournalism’ […]

MERCY Mounthawk has received six nominations in the Stagewise inaugural School Musical Awards competition. Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School staged their musical ‘Hairspray’ in January, in Siamsa Tíre. The show was a resounding success with a full house for all five performances. This year the school entered a new School Musical […]