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Congratulations to the SCT who won the first round of the leinster Senior Cup 18 -3 against St. Mary's in Donnybrook, Jan 31st. Have a look at one of the scores below.
The schedule for the leaving and junior cert mock examinations is available here
Dates for forthcoming rugby fixtures can be found here for seniors and here for juniors
Good luck to the Senior Team as they play St Mary’s on Tuesday Jan 31st (k.o. 2.30 pm) at Donnybrook. Entry into the match is: Students: € 3 entry and € 2 into the stand, for adults: € 10 entry and € 5 into the stand. The cost for the bus is €2. We would like to see every student there as our ‘16th Man’. It is a long tradition going back over 100 years that the entire school attends these matches. It is part of what we are.
This year’s Annual Business Lunch will be held in the Berkeley Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 on Friday 9th March, eve of the Ireland v Scotland rugby international.
The Union welcomes parents and friends of the College to our Business Lunch, the biggest event on our social calendar. It is the ideal occasion to entertain friends and business associates in a lively and relaxed atmosphere.
| Castleknock College Business Lunch |
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| Friday, 9th March 2012 |
| 12.30pm (Lunch starts at 1pm sharp |
| Berkeley Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, €50.00 |
Congratulations to...
...Castleknock College won the History Teachers’ Association of Ireland Quiz, beating 40 other schools. The winning team was: Robert Farrell, Fintan Doherty, Niall Williams & Kevin Bassett. Congratulations to all involved including Mr McGauley and the History Department.
...and to to Keelan Daly who won the DCU Business School Annual Junior cert Business Studies Award. Keelan was presented with his prize at DCU on Thursday night during an awards ceremony held by the University.
...and to all who took part in this years ACM8 maths contest. Cathal Bermingham scored 16 which is the highest ever score by a Castleknock student (putting him in the top 5% of the 250,000 students who took part worldwide. Cathal was closely followed by Conor Stinson, Seán Pardy and Matthew Tallon who all scored 15.
...and to Bernard O’Connor and Eoin O’Gorman who received prizes at a computer programming course for TY students at DCU.
...and to the boys U 13 Table Tennis Team who travelled to Scoil Bhríde to play them in the quarter final. The boys were victorious in this nail-biter of a match and are now through to the semi-final. Congratulations and best of luck.
...and to the Spanish debaters who have progressed into the semi-final. The team is made up of: Eoin Graham, Rory Gleeson, Darragh McGabhann, Conor McMeel and Sub- Alex Dunne. We wish them the best of luck.
... and to the Science debaters: Adam Boyle, Stephen Quinnlan, Dylan Stuart and Shadi El Marsi who beat Loreto of Dundalk in Trinity recently.
Junior debating continues each week in room 1-21 on Thursdays at 1.15pm. Next week the motion before the house is “That this house believes that Irish should remain a compulsory subject in schools”. All welcome.
David Baigel, Vice Captain of the College, was one of only 20 students from the island of Ireland to be awarded a medal and further prizes as part of the Pramerica Spirit in the Community Awards. The final is taking place in Derry on the 28 March 2012, at which David will receive €500 and a medal. Congratulations to him on this well-deserved win. He wrote about his experiences in Ambo, Ethiopia, to achieve the award. Thanks also to James O’Loughlin who helped David with his application.
The 1st and 6th year Core Groups are meeting on Monday evening Jan 30th, at 7.30pm, if there are any issues you would like raise
Castleknock College Barbershop was delighted to perform at St Vincent’s Centre, Navan Road and St Joseph’s Centre, Clonsilla on December 22nd. The Junior Concert Band will have its first rehearsal on Thursday 20th of January at 8am in room 1-27. The ensemble will focus on a mixture of popular music, with a focus on recent chart hits. All students who have woodwind and brass lessons are warmly invited to attend
Congratulations to Seán O’Héir, Colm Peelo and Ross Ward who had projects entered in this year’s BT Young Scientist Competition. and did themselves and the school proud. Last years winner Alexander Amini was on RTE's Nationwide programme, now available on i-player.
Congratulations to Kealan Daly who will be awarded a DCU Business School Annual Junior Certificate Business Studies Award. Keelan will be presented with his award on Wednesday the 25th of January.
Setanta TV have asked the public to vote on which SCT game they should televise. To secure "Knock on the Box", Pupils their Parents, Teachers & staff could vote also, and they can do that at http://polldaddy.com/poll/5808044/ This must be done from your PC at home as all votes from the same IP Address (e.g. the College) will only count as one vote
Junior Debating takes place at lunchtime every Thursday at 1.15 in Room 121. The first debate next week will be on the motion: That this house believes that Castleknock College should be co-educational.
The Rugby Senior and junior cup draws have taken place. See the draw here
Here we have the short film produced to mark the College's 175th anniversary, and shown for the first time at the recent anniversary dinner
St. Vincent's Castleknock College - 175 Years from Fegan Films on Vimeo.
The order form for sports gear can be downloaded here
To celebrate the launch of Schoolpix.ie website, Schoolpix are offering a discount of 50% off the price of your first strut mounted 10 x 8 prints (Total value of Discount is 6 euros). To view your print, go to www.schoolpix.ie, enter the password knock175, to gain access to the Castleknock College Photographs. Search galleries by entering a student’s name. Order online by credit card or paypal and receive 50% of your first10 x 8 print by entering the code schoolpix50
Congratulations to Eoghan Quinn on being part of the Castleknock Gaelic Team who won the Division 1 Dublin title.
Good luck to Fintan Doherty and Daniel Byrne who will take part in the Inter County Cross country Championships in Sligo on Sunday.
Any 1st year students interested in receiving Discus and Shot Putt coaching please contact Mr Gallagher as soon as possible.
Congratulations to Liam Byrne (our tennis coach) who won the Irish Universities Tennis Championship.
6th Year Parents: Reminder of upcoming events, Thursday 17th parents teacher meeting, Tuesday 22nd CAO information night for both students and parents & 8pm.
Comenius: A number of students have been chosen to take part in our Maths Comenius Project which will involve using ‘Mathematica’ (a new software Maths program) to teach and learn maths. They will try out the new methods and will travel to different European schools to compare notes. This project is supported by the EU.
The new Astro-turf is opened each day at lunch time. We want this excellent facility to last – so only trainers are allowed. We are enforcing this strictly, as our 10-year guarantee depends on it.
Table tennis, tennis, cross-country and cricket continue every Tuesday after school. There have
been great numbers taking part. Keep it up.
Basketball after school on Thursdays and Fridays.
Gymnastics take place after school in the gym on Fridays. The numbers are increasing weekly.
Library Books: New books are displayed regularly in the Library. Mr Power and Ms Hague would like to
encourage boys to visit often and avail of the borrowing facility.
Alex Amini, of 5th year, has won the 2011 European Young Scientist of the Year award in Helsinki, Sept 27th. His project was a development of the BT Young Scientist award from last year on Tennis Sensor Data Analysis. Read more here
Alex at his stand in Helsinki
The Transition year Programme for 2011/12 can be seen here
The Barber Shop Club meets on Fridays at lunchtime. They have got off to a great start.
The Soul Band will have its first meeting on Monday 26 th. Don’t forget your instruments.
The Castleknock College Vincent de Paul Society meets every Thursday at 1.25 pm. All
welcome.
Golf lessons available for 1 st and 2 nd year students contact Mr. Gallagher. The golf outing
to Hermitage Golf Club takes place on Friday 30 th .
Newspapers are available for collection from the Library every morning.
Congratulations to Mark Boucher of 2nd year, who won the GUI 2011 Irish Under 15 Boys Amateur Open Golf Championship. Read the story here.
Chess Club...begins Tuesday after school contact Mr. Power in the Library. Chess is extremely strong at the College. Beginners welcome.
Key Dates for this year:
| Sixth Year | |||
| Friday | 26th August | Registration | 09:00 |
| Thursday | 17th November | Parent Teacher Meeting | 16:00 |
| Tuesday | 22 Nov | Meeting for parents and students re CAO | 20:00 |
| Fifth Year | |||
| Thursday | 25th August | Registration | 14:00 |
| Wednesday | 14th December | Parent Teacher Meeting | 14:00 |
| Sunday | 29th Jan | Family Mass | 11:00 |
| Fourth Year | |||
| Thursday | 25th August | Registration | 11:00 |
| Tuesday | 13th September | Transition Year Meeting, Parents and Boys | 19:30 |
| Wednesday | 14th March | Parent Teacher Meeting | 14:00 |
| Third Year | |||
| Friday | 26th August | Registration | 11:00 |
| Parent Teacher Meeting | |||
| Thursday | 14th April | Meeting for Parents and Boys re Transition Year | 20:00 |
| Second Year | |||
| Friday | 25th August | Registration | 12:00 |
| Sunday | 23rd January | Family Mass | 11:00 |
| Tuesday | 8th Feb | Parent Teacher Meeting | 16:00 |
| First Year | |||
| Thursday | 24th Aug | Registration | 09:30 |
| Thursday | 22nd Sept | Familiarisation Night - Parents and Boys | 20:00 |
| Thursday | 20th Jan | Parent Teacher Meeting | 13:30 |
| Sunday | 27th Mar | Family Mass | 11:00 |
The 175 Jubilee Photo of the whole college is now available. The photograph measures 8 x 25 inches and is available in two formats. 25 euro photo only, comes in a cardboard cylinder. 35 euro for photo in a cardboard folder and mount, with College crest embossed in Gold. 20% of each sale will be donated to the College Ethiopia Appeal Order Here
Click above to see some summer sports photos from the college
Buses the departure time for the Navan Bus are as follows
Mon 5pm / Tue 4.45pm / Wed 4.30pm / Thurs 5pm / Fri 4.30pm
Have a look at the new short stories published on our student-maintained pages at www.knock.ie
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