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Congratulations to the 1st year team from St. Joseph's who are now through to the final stage of the National  Dairy Council Secondary Schools Advertising Awards Milk It Awards. They ran an exciting campaign to encourage their teenage peers to consume the recommended daily allowance of 5 dairy portions a day. They will present their exhibition to the judges in The Mansion House Dublin on 9th May. Best of luck to the team.

Green Schools -St. Joseph's have been awarded our 5th Green Flag. This years theme is Biodiversity. Visit our Green Schools Page and check out our latest action last week on Fruit Tree and Nut Tree planting   - Click here  to read more

Who wants to be a Thousandaire? Exciting fundraiser for St. Joseph's  Sat. 26th May in The Welcome Inn Hotel. Please support. Thanks to all who attended Launch night on Thurs  19th April, TF Royal Hotel.

Junk Kouture Success - Well done to all the 10 TY teams who got through to the Connaught Fianls of the Junk Kouture Competition which were held in the Hudson Bay Hotel on 29th March. 24 costumes were chosen t o represent Connaught in the All Ireland finals in the City West Hotel Friday 20th April. One of our costumes "Yes we Can" modelled by Aisling Walsh TY4 is going forward to represent Connaught. Well done

Film Fleadh success - St Josephs entered 5 films into this competition in February. The 5 films were chosen and shown at semi finals in Galway on 29th March where 2 of the films were chosen to represent Connaught in the All Ireland finals in Limerick 28th March. Niamh Naughton with her film "The Almost Great Escape"  and Kate Poelenjee with her film "Reality" were chosen to go forward to "Europe"

Mental Health - Design a Cover Art Project 2012 - Shannagh Rowland 5(3)  was selected as the "Mayo County Winner" - she won a €20 cheque and a certificate. Congratulations

Seachtaine na Gaeilge - Congratulations to the Irish Department on the many activities which were organised to promote the speaking of our native language

  Two trophies for Senior Choir
Congratulations to St. Joseph's Senior Choir who came first in two competitions at the Kiltimagh Choral Festival on 24th Feb. They took home 2 trophies and received excellent comments from the adjudicators. Well done to all!

Masquerade Ball - Mask making competition
Well done to Darina Gibbons and Dervla Mulgrew (5th Yrs) who won 1st prize in the mask making competition and won tickets to Circus de Souile in Dublin in April. Well done girls   

St. Joseph's Enrolment/Open Night took place Thursday January 26th from 5pm - 7pm

Students awarded for Junior Cert. Business Results
Ailis Moran, Orla Barry, Louise Dervan, Eleanor Thornton and Sophie O’Donnell from Transition Year were recently awarded for their “A” grades in Junior Cert Business Studies. Students, parents and teachers attended a special ceremony in NUIG organised by the Business sector. Public Policy and Law in conjunction with the Business Studies Teachers Association of Ireland (BSTAI) . Students were presented with a certificate of achievement. Congratulations to all...

The Generation Euro Students Award  
Three students from St. Joseph’s Secondary School in Transition Year have qualified for stage two in a European competition called ‘The Generation Euro Students Award’ . Ailish Gillespie, Sophie O'Donnell and Eleanor Thornton are currently working very hard on their assessment of the euro interest rate. They are hoping to proceed to round three where the top five assessments in Ireland will be chosen.

Swimming Achievements:
• Sinead Mylett (1st Year) –Gold in 100 metres butterfly. Gold in 100 metres freestyle and swam the 100m free in 59 seconds breaking the minute margin and setting a new personal best.

• Louise Dervan (TY)– Gold in the 100 metres breaststroke and qualified for the all Ireland schools in the 200 individual medley.

• Niamh Heneghan (1st Year)- qualified for the All Ireland Schools in Dublin in the 100 metres butterfly.

• Relay – Niamh Heneghan, Louise Dervan, Sinead Mylett and Anna Touhy(3rd Year) achieved silver medals in both the freestyle and medley relays.

“Footloose”  TY 2011/2012 Musical DVDs for sale in St. Joseph's – Excellent performance  - Well worth watching

Transition Years are working on design and creation of Junk Kouture Costumes 2012 to be modelled in Junk Kouture Fashion Show

TY Junk Kouture  Winning Costumes 2011 featured on Exposé on TV3 on Wednesday 8th November - Winning Costume 2011 - "Call on Me!" looked well on the TV screen - Well done girls! View Exposé   Photos of tv filming

Also - Golden Pages have their eye on   "Call on Me!" -  the costume which transformed the Golden Pages into a creative dress ing they are already raising awareness and encouraging teenagers  to take more diary. Watch this space for more....  

Congratulations to Sarah Granahan whose design has been chosen for Tesco Calendar 2012

Congratulations to Niamh Donnolly, 5th Yr, winner in the Rotary International Youth Leadership Competition . Niamh's vast experience as a leader in various youth projects sends her on a 6 day adventure reward. Well done and Good luck Niamh....More details later

Congratulations to St. Joseph's Credit Union Poster Competition Winners......Click here for more

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St. Joseph's Secondary School
Convent of Mercy
Castlebar
Co. Mayo
Ireland

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