Tom Gleasure and Rí-Ann Zhang at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanTHE academic year is coming to an end so naturally it’s time for schools to look back on the last nine months and honour students’ achievements.
On Thursday night, the Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School Sports Hall was packed with students and their families to do just that.
The annual awards saw a host of awards presented for academic, sporting, artistic, cultural and civic achievements.
Some of the awards presented were;
• Leaving Cert Applied Award – Ben Hickey & Abbie Russell O’Shea
• The Student Choice Award – Áine Cagampang
• CEIST Award – Tom Gleasure & Grace Reilly
• Board of Management Award – Benedek Hernold Csorba & Kai Seino
• The Principal’s Award – Anna Collins & Laura Falvey
• The Catherine McAuley Award – Rí-Ann Zhang
• Martha Brassil Award – Gavin Davies
Scroll down for photos and a list of more award recipients…
Student Grace O’Dowd with Clodagh O’Dowd at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Student Michael Carmody with Patricia and Pat Carmody at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Students Lauren Hayes and Moira Butler with Sarah Hayes at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Student Charlotte Foley with Louise and Garrett Foley at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Student Darragh Murphy with Gillian Murphy at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Student Darragh O’Shea with Dyanne and Paudie O’Shea at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Student Aoife Kennedy with Annette Kennedy at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Liam Swords, Rí-Ann Zhang, Ellen Shaughnessy and Aaryan Nair at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Jamie Cleary Lynch, Sophie Candy and Niamh O’Shea at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Teacher Patrick Lyne with students Grace Anegbote, Emmanuela Martin, Caragh McElligott, Arina Sucaci at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Student Mya Dennehy with Linda and Mike Dennehy at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Amina Aidinova with her mom at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Katelyn Broderick, Eve O’Regan, Ruth Dowling, Ava Flaherty and Ella O’Sullivan at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Student Caoimhe Hallinan with Riain Hallinan at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Student Ansha Rahman with Sultana Afroz at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Jack Shanahan with parents Brian and Susan at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Student Mark Hassett with Katie Hassett at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Grace O’Dowd and Hanna Khidr at the Mercy Mounthawk Awards on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot CreanSPORTS
Soccer-First Year-Kourtney Moroney Connolly & Daragh MurphySoccer -Third Year -Mathias Panxhi /Arina Sucaci /Xavier Kurowski
Soccer-Sixth Year -Grace Reilly/Laura Falvey/Alex Tuohy
Excellence in Golf-Lucy Grattan
Camogie- First Year -Caoimhe Duffy/Third Year Sophie Brick & Maria O’Connell/Sixth Year -Clara Daly & Máire O’Connor
Boys’ Basketball -Junior-Solomon Abubakar & Leo Paczuski
Boys’ Basketball-Senior-Johnny Dawson & Ruairí Kennedy
Girls’ Basketball- First Year-Mya Dennehy & Third Year Clodagh Morris/Sixth Year-Anna Collins
Hurling -First Year-Daniel Lawlor/Third Year-Andrew Redican/Sixth Year-Thomas Breen
Ladies’ Gaelic Football -Junior/First Year -Mya Dennehy
Ladies’ Gaelic Football-Senior/Sixth Year -Anna Collins
Boys’ Gaelic Football -Junior-First Year-Scott Akinyemi /Third Year-Billy Kirby Michael Carmody Michael Somers
Boys’ Gaelic Football -Senior-Sixth Year-Aaron Harty & Ruairí Kennedy
Athletics-Junior Award/First Year-Hannah Redican
Athletics -Senior Awards- Bao Foley Victor Malakhov Niamh O’Shea
Sportsperson of the Year- Laura Falvey /Lucy Grattan/Ruairí Kennedy
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ACADEMIA/ARTS
Maths Award-Benedek Hernold Csorba
Engineering-Bao Foley
Construction Studies-Sé O’Neill
Excellence in STEM
Aidan Griffin
Benedek Hernold Csorba
Brendan Maunsell
Grace O’Dowd
Máire O’Connor
Marc O’Connor
Contribution to Science-Kai Seino
Regional ISTA Science Quiz-Adedamola Idowu/Hasan Alsaed/Marc O’Connor
Outstanding Achievement in Lego Robotics-Aaron McElligott/Jack Lane/Tom Kissane/James Daly
Physics/Tadhg O’Connell Memorial Award-Bláthnaid Walsh
French Award – Charlotte Foley
English Award – Siobhán Griffin
Gradam Gaeilge -Jamie Cleary Lynch & Rachel Sargent
Sr. Joan Award – Ciara Gallagher & Máire O’Connor
Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Studies – Ethan Gilroy
Music and Drama
Outstanding Service to Choir Award-Joanne O’Sullivan
Outstanding Contribution to Music Amy Cronin & Róisín Sugrue
Traditional Music-Kayleigh Enright
Music & Drama Award-Third Year-Laura Van de Kamp
Artistic Performance-Zack Hayes
Arts
Art Awards – Wiktoria Gasienica-First Year/Eve O’Regan Aoife Kennedy Ruth Dowling Third Year
Art Awards – Saban Bashir Sixth Year/Rachel Moynihan Sixth Year
Service to the School Community
First Year -Joshua Olanrewaju /Mourad Elhanafi
Third Year- Ethan Carne/ Mark Hassett
Celebrating Culture-In Recognition of Outstanding Contribution To Multicultural Events
Grace Anegbode
Saban Bashir
Artem Stravinsky
Rí-Ann Zhang
