Nenagh College extracurricular Volleyball team was hosted by Portlaoise College for a friendly competition. Both schools had a fantastic day! Thanks to their PE teacher Pawel Nowakiewicz for organising the friendly. Ms Ruiz and Ms Maharaj run the lunchtime and afterschool Volleyball club and would like to say a huge thank you to the students on the team! A great effort put in by the junior and senior teams today.
Congratulations to Grace Quinn who represented our school in the All Island Healthy Home Chef Cooking Competition held in ATU St. Angelas on Tuesday 30th of April. Grace was one of sixteen selected from 100’s of applicants to showcase her culinary skills to ATU St. Angela’s panel of judges and head judge, celebrity chef, Neven Maguire.
Comhghairdeas le daltaí na cúigiú bliana a ghlac páirt in agallamh Ghael-Linn. Bronnadh Fáinní Gaeilge orthu inniu. Rinne siad ar fheabhas agus táimid an-bhródúil astu. Beatha teanga í a labhairt!
Congratulations to our 5th year students who took part in the Gael-Linn competition and won Fáinní Gaeilge. We are very proud of their achievements. Tús maith leath na hoibre!
Ms O Keeffe would like to thank Clodagh Lenihan (youth officer, with The Society of St Vincent de Paul, SVP) who spoke to 5th year LCVP and 6th year LCA students on Tuesday 30th April, about the foundation of the charity and the role they play in society.
They are involved in many projects such as personal house visits, education grants, supporting adult, older people, child and youths, social housing projects, holiday breaks etc.
The charity secures finance from donations and also from its 230 local Vincent’s charity shops located in every county around Ireland. The Vincent’s charity shops are a very important aspect of the service SVP provides. Not only do they provide people with new or lightly worn items at affordable prices, they also provide an income source for the Society, which is recycled directly back into the community.
We had an early start for our last day with a cultural tour of Fair Verona. Our students got to visit the 2,000 year old Roman Arena, one of the best preserved Amphitheaters in the world. The walked the historic steps and got to imagine life as a Gladiator in Roman times. It was then onto the more romantic setting of Juliette’s house and famous balcony from Shakespeare’s tale of doomed lovers. They were then free to explore the beautiful city of Verona before heading to the airport for the journey home. The accompanying teachers would like to compliment all the students on their impeccable conduct, attitude and manners throughout the trip. It was a pleasure to bring them on this trip. Well done to all. 
Our 3rd day was all about fun and entertainment. We spent the day at the excellent Gardaland Resort where our students got to go on the great variety of roller coasters and amusements. It was a day of freedom for them to make memories with their friends and scare the life out of themselves on the vertical drops and loops of the rides. They topped off the day with Bowling and McDonalds. A very tired bunch on arrival back to the hotel.
