Monaghan Collegiate School

News Flash:
U15 Boys Ulster School Table TennisChampions
The U15 boys team beat Ballymena Academy in the final on Thursday 25th November.
They will now represent Ulster in the All Ireland Finals next year. Team members:
Stephen Fawcett (cpt), Ryan McConkey, Dylan Scott, Jamie Fawcett, Jason Forde and Aaron Allister

U13 Girls Ulster Schools Table Tennis Runners Up
Team members:
Amber Harrison, Lauren Hall, Amy Allister, Rebecca Ross, Nicole Mc Carron and Naomi Condell
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Closing date for application for Secondary Education Grant: 28th February 2011

Homework Club: Operates 4 days per week from 4pm to 6.45pm. Supervised by MCS teaching staff.

Scripture Union:
Weekend trip to Rostrevor on the 19th -21st November Teaching Staff: Mr Reid and Mrs Sloan


Congratulation Joanne

Barry Flynn from Monaghan Rotary Club making the presentation to
the winner of the Monaghan Rotary Club Youth Leadership competition Joanne Wylie.
Also in the photo is Mr Johnston Reid.
Candidates from the secondary schools in Monaghan took part in the interviews for the Rotary Youth Leader. Joanne then represented the Monaghan Club in the Regional Finals where she won 1st place.
Joanne will now participate in a week long Leadership Development Programme, where she will spend 3 days in Belfast and Dublin before setting off for the European Parliment in Strasbourg to play a part in the Euroscola Programme in March 2011.
She will join 600 other students from most counteries across the European Union.

Congratulation to the following art students on their recent achievements:

'Taste of Monaghan' Art Competition winners : Jill Wylie (u15) and Edgarus Mickus (u18)

Credit Union Poster Competition:
Age11-13
2nd Luke Pollock, 3rd Ria O'Connor;
Age14-17
2nd Shannon Forde,3rd Cheryl Rowntree

3rd year C.S.P.E. trip to the Houses of the Oireachtas on 21st Oct (Mr. Pollock & Mrs. Gilmore)

5&6th year art students @ Market House to visit 'Artist's Proof' exhibition (Mr. Pollock)


Junior Certificate students celebrate their excellent exam results
on the 15th September 2010

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Careers
Sixth year students have recently attended the Open Day at the University of Ulster
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The Higher Options Conference, RDS, Dublin.

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New modules introduced to TY this term:

Diversity : A programme run in the school as part of the Monaghan Schools Peace and Reconciliation Project. It includes various aspects of diversity.

Safety: A course certified by the Health and Safety Authority of Ireland. It is an education programme which involves Student Safety at Work.

Keyboard Skills: Introducing students to the correct use of the keyboard. It will be a certified course with exams at the end of the year. Students will be taking the exam with the Commercial Examination Board of Ireland.

Bank of Ireland County Enterprise Award Regional Finalist...Joanne Wylie
Bank of Ireland Community Enterprise Award Regional Fianlist ...Nikola Buccholz

Bank of Ireland winners with their Business teacher: Mrs A. Gilmore and Tranisition Year
Co-ordinator Mrs V Shekleton

Transition year group which won the Regional Final and then went on to get 3rd place in the All Ireland Final of the AIB Build a Bank competition

Open night on the 13th October was exceptionally well attended. Mr Reid announced some major changes in timetabling for the incoming 1st yr students in Sept 2011.All 'choice' subjects will now be sampled for a period during 1st year. Students will choose, the subjects that they wish to study for Junior Certificate, at the beginning of 2nd year.

See below some of the activities on Open Night