JANUARY - JUNE 2005

6A4: Outside Our Door Some photographs from the opening of the Art Exhibition of new paintings by students Jean Connor, Alva Conole, Denise Flattery, Alison Hickey, Hayley Jenson, Hannah McGrogan at Galway Arts Centre opened by the Artist Jay Murphy

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS The TY Mini-Company "Rhythm of the Night" came 2nd in the Regional Final of the Junior Achievement Awards, 2005 held in Sligo I.T. on 3rd February. The mini-company made a profit of over €2,000 from their Talent Show involving students from the Pres, local Primary Schools and senior citizens from the TY Living Scenes Project.

Here they are, pictured at the Junior Achievement Awards Annual Recognition for Business Volunteers held at the Radisson Hotel, Galway together with their teacher, Mr.P. Murphy & Mr. Eamon O Cuiv, Minster for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs

SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2004

• Concern Fast before Christmas raised €4360
• Senior Basketball team won "C" Division Plate, West Region - 11 December 2003
• Ski Trip to Axamer Lizum in Austria: 3 January to 10 January 2004. O. Madden and G. Murray accompanied
  10 students on the trip. No injuries to report!
• TY Trip to Dublin with A. deBurca and Sr. Gabriel: 13th & 14th January, 2004. Visited National Gallery,
  Chester Beatty Library, and went to a performance of "Jane Eyre" in the Gate Theatre. A great trip by all accounts.
• TY class have taken part in the Junior Achievement Project Competition {"Santa Service"). Interim report has
  been submitted in Dublin. Awaiting results to see if they go forward to the Regional Final.
• Careers Fair took place on Friday, 9 January 2004 in Primary School Hall. Approximately 35 past pupils took part,
  representing a host of different career options. All Leaving Cert.& Fifth Year students attended. Feedback was very
  positive. Past pupils ranged over the past three years, and all were very willing to take part.
• CAO Information Evening for Parents held on evening of Tuesday, 20 January, 2004.
  There was a very good attendance at the talk given by A. Finneran. Details re career options, requirements for various
  courses etc. were outlined. Feedback is very positive.

DECEMBER
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SANTA SERVICE 2003 !
	Members of TY class at the launch of their Junior Mini-Company project. Santa Service was set up to send out personalised letters from Santa as he is too busy to post them himself.
Front Row: Mr. Murphy (Teacher),Magali Le Rhun, Maria Higgins,Marion O'Riordan, Elena Kampe, Amy Galvin,Geraldine Mangan; Back Row: Debbie Flanagan, Tara Ruddy, Lisa Quinn, Alice Ward, Eilish Cribbin, Lisa Campion, Fiona Joyce, Maria O'Donnell, Leona Doorley

NOVEMBER

MALAWI FUND BENEFITS FROM NAPD DRAW
A draw held at the Annual Conference of NAPD - the National Association of Principals & Deputy Principals - raised € 5,140 for the charity nominated by the outgoing President of NAPD, Pres Principal, Mr. Michael McCann. Mr. McCann nominated the school in Malawi, Africa which was visited in May 2003 by Pres TY pupils, Olivia Nyland and Susan Trill and which has now been "adopted" by Presentation, Galway students.
The photograph shows the presentation of the cheque to Susan Trill by Mary McGlynn, Director NAPD on Monday 24 November

OCTOBER

A second computer room has been opened in the Pres to cater for the expanding needs of the computer generation. The school already has a fully equipped computer room but, due to the increase in computer based learning, further expansion was / is necessary. Thanks to the generosity of the Hewlett Packard Company (whose Galway operation is based in Ballybrit) we now have a new fully equipped computer centre. Because of this addition, teachers of all subjects will be able to use this powerful tool as an aid to learning........ English, Maths, History, Geography, Business, Science, Languages, etc.....what an exciting prospect for both teacher and student ! So it was with pride and sense of achievement that the official opening of the computer room took place early this month. We recorded the event pictorially. See a selection of these photographs below.

At the launch of the new computer room: Sr Kathleen, Chairperson Board of Management; Kieran Folan, Galway Education Centre, IT Co-ordinator; Mike Turley, Hewlett Packard; Michael McCann, Principal; Colette MacWalter, FETAC Co-ordinator.	Mary McMullin, Programme Co-ordinator, Cliona Ní Néill, Deputy Principal; Colette MacWalter,FETAC Co-ordinator; Sinéad Nally, Hewlett Packard; Sr Kathleen, Chairperson, Board of Management
Karen Walshe,Languages Dept.:Caroline Rochford, Special Needs Teacher; Georgina Murray, Business Teacher; Michael McCann, Principal.	Anthony Finneran, Career Guidance Counsellor, Pauline Eagney, Board of Management, Keith Davies, Board of Management; Sr Gabriel, Board of Management; Sinéad Nally, Hewlett Packard; Sr Kathleen, Chairperson, Board of Management