While the works are progressing on the inside, we decided to give the school entrance a little tidy up by felling the tree and removing the old canopy before the new doors and windows are fitted in the next few weeks.
Thanks to Mr Fleming & Mr Gannon (two past students, who were more than willing to help with the demolition) and to Brendan Gildea for his assistance in the safe removal of the porch.
Best wishes to Kathy (KiaXin He) who has now returned to her home in China after spending three months with us here in DCS. During her time here with us, she had the opportunity of learning our culture, our language and attending classes. It was a pleasure to have had her with us.
Also, safe travels to our 2nd-year student, Hannah Kenny, who has now travelled back to China on a reciprocal exchange with Kathy for the summer. I hear Hannah is thoroughly enjoying experiencing Chinese culture, learning some of the Chinese language and she has already visited the Great Wall of China.
Well done to all the students, staff and parents of our school on another successful year in DCS. This was, yet again, a year of outstanding academic performances, excellent attendance achievements and remarkable extra-curricular successes. We were delighted to welcome our special guess, Mr Joe Healy, IFA President, to present awards to some of our students to acknowledge their excellence in various areas of school life.
Special thanks to the students, staff, parents and the broader community of Dunmore for all the support, help and commitment they have given to our school throughout the year. I hope you are all enjoying the lovely weather and the break from school. D.Quinn,
Thanks to Ms Colleran for all the photos and captions. Apologies for the delay in posting these photos.
During our building works a little issue of 30 or 40 thousand bees caused a small delay in the fitting of our external lighting. As much as we would love to have left them in their natural hive, the position of it was unsuitable. They have now been carefully removed and are happily located in a much more suitable location and home!
All our old inefficient and faulty external lighting has already been replaced with new modern energy efficient LED lighting.
We are delighted our planning permission application for 30m2 of Photovoltaic Panels has been granted by Galway Co Co, During the summer these panels will be fitted to the south facing roof of our building to further enhance our green energy rating.
The Department of Education and SEAI have concluded the Etendering process, and have appointed E.T. Burke Construction as the contractor to carry out our Deep Energy Retrofit. Everything is on schedule and we have moved out of the building this evening. As of Monday the 24th the work begins and is expected to be completed before the 22nd August. As the main school building is now a construction site, no unauthorised access is permitted until works are completed. Please note we will be based in the prefabs for the summer if you need to see us and are still available on 093 38203 and via email as usual,
Well done to all our Junior Cert, Leaving Cert Applied and Leaving Cert students who have all finished their state exams, Enjoy a well deserved rest!
1st, 2nd and 5th-year reports are now available to view online via our VSWare system. You also have access to your child’s records, view their attendance, Behaviour and Term Reports.
Please watch this 4 minute video for a clear explanation of how this works. Our VSWare portal is accessed via our website and with a Username and password that has been texted to you. If you have any problems please email vsware@dunmorecs.ie for help or please call the office should you need the password sent out again.
NB:- If you have more than 1 child in the school, there will be arrows under your child’s photo to allow you to move between each of your children.
It is now also possible to print the report by clicking in the top right fo the report and downloading the Word Version of the report.
Wishing the very best of luck to all our students who are starting their exams tomorrow., Wednesday the 5th June, at 9.30 p.m. All the effort you have put in will reap rewards. You are in all in our thoughts and prayers. Just do your best!
Students should be in for 9 am at the latest to ensue they are ready and organised for the 9:30 start. Students are to wear full uniform.
During the period of the exams, should anything arise, please contact us immediately by email at: principal@dunmorecs,ie or cgreally@dunmorecs.ie or phone 093 38203.
