Pictured are our TY and 5th year Music students at the Viennese Opera last night before the performance of Figaro.
Congrats to our U15 and U14 Girls Basketball Teams and their coaches, Ms. Kathleen Martin and Ms. Marie O Mahony who recorded two wins over St.Vincents in the County League today. The second years were down by 5 points with 5 minutes to play and showed some strenght of character to come back and win by 2 points. Final score was 33 points to 31. The first year team also played a blinder and won on a scoreline of 39 points to 22. Well done to all. You have done us proud!
40 of our TY and 5th Year Music students are currently on tour in Germany and Austria. Yesterday they visited Dachau Concentration Camp and the Olympic Village in Munich. Today they visited the birth place of Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg and the famous Salt Mines. They also found time to build a snowman! We wish them a safe trip and thanks to Ms. Colette Brennan, Ms. Mags Breen and Ms. Mary Murnane for accompanying them.
Pictured here are 2nd year students making their St. Valentine's Day cards. The students learned about St. Valentine in Religion class and were given an opportunity to make their own cards afterwards. Well done to all and a special thanks to Shane Casey, Lewis Crowley and Cathal O’Brien for suggesting it!
Recorded interviews for 6th year LCVP take place in the school on Monday 26/2/18 and on Thursday 1/3/18. The written LCVP Exam is on Wednesday 2/5/18.
Pictures of 4th year students at the golf driving range last Thursday.
Hard luck to our U15 Girls Basketball Team and their coaches, Ms. Kathleen Martin and Ms. Marie O Mahony who put up a great battle against St. Angela's in the league. Unfortunately, they lost on a scoreline of 35 points to 25. The U14 girls had no luck either.
These extra classes are intended to support students with their classwork and all are welcome to attend.
These lost and found items are available for collection form the Deputy Principal's office. Any unclaimed items will be donated to local charities.
A couple of pics of second year R.E students making St.Brigid Crosses to mark the day.
On Saturday afternoon last, Jan 27th, nearly 100 young people aged between 15-30 from youth groups across Ireland gathered in Dublin to discuss the key issues affecting Irish youth today. The Young Voices consultation, organised by the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI), brought together spokespeople on issues such as education, access to work, advancements in technology, LGBT rights, rural isolation, gender equality, mental health and disability rights to exchange ideas ahead of the EU Youth Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria. The School Community would like to commend Brigid O Sullivan, 5th Year and Saoirse O Connor, 3rd Year on their involvement with the Council.
Congratulations to Darren Seymour, Leaving Cert 2017 and his Business Teacher, Mr. Donal Murphy on their awards from the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland and the Business Studies Teachers' Association of Ireland. Darren got the highest Business Studies result in Ireland in last year's Leaving Cert. The School Community are extremely proud of Darren and Mr. Murphy's achievements and we wish Darren the very best of luck with his studies.
Hard luck to the U14 Girls Basketball Team and their coaches, Ms.Marie O Mahony and Ms. Kathleen Lynch who lost to Carrigaline Community School by just one basket. The final score in this county League Match was 37 point to 35.
The School Bank was officially opened today by Ms.Breege Corkery, 11 time All-Ireland Football and 6 time All-Ireland Camogie winner for Cork. She is pictured with Mr. Euan O Donovan, School Bank Manager and his team with Ms. Ella Ryan, Business Teacher.
School bank opens for business on the 20th of February. First 100 accounts opened will get Munster rugby tickets or Republic of Ireland soccer tickets. They will also get a free slice of pizza. Students can claim a visa debit card, If you are over the age of 14, allowing you to shop online.
The School was delighted to welcome past pupils, Timmy O Donovan and Eoin Quinn who are both studying Marine Engineering and Nautical Engineering respectively at the Marine College in Haulbowline. Both gave a great talk to some of our current leaving certs and both have obtained contracts when they graduate. We wish them both well and thanks to Ms. Cliodhna O Sullivan, Career Guidance Department for organising.
The U16 Football panel played a cracker of a challenge match against De La Salle Macroom last Friday. The final score was SCS 16 points to De La Salle Macroom 1-6. The team play Colaiste Choilm tomorrow in the first round of the Munster Championship.
On Friday the 19th of January Transition year students took part in the VEX Robotic Competition in CIT. The students did extremely well reaching the quarter final stage of the competition.
Team members included: Cailum Hodnett-Kelleher, David Melero, Adam Ladziak, Jack Lowney, James Murphy, Stephen O'Donovan, Gearoid O'Driscoll, Seins Vizulins, Fionn Whooley & Micheal Veale. Well done to all.
The School was on show last night to 6th Class Students and their parents. A huge crowd turned out on a wet evening. Each subject department showcased their wares with demonstrations and displays. The Principal, Mr. Anton O Mahony addressed the crowd and gave the reasons why Skibbereen Community School may be a good fit for their son or daughter. We would like to thank all our students and staff who helped promote us last night. Students provided music, tours and gave presentations at the various stands. We would like to thank the Parents Council who organised the refreshments. Thanks also to Drinagh Co-op for their sponsorship. Well done to all involved!
