Schools Out
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!
Category: LCA
Leaving Cert/Leaving Cert Applied Graduation
Congrats to all our students who graduated last Thursday. We celebrated their achievement by holding a LC/LCA Graduation Mass and Awards Ceremony, followed by some light refreshments and tea.
We hope you enjoyed the evening in DCS and the rest of the night! Special congrats to our “Claudia Gavin Student of the Year” award winner Colin Comer, the “Anne Flynn Science Award” winner Leah Noone and the “Pat Heaney Music Award” joint winners Colin Comer, the Sports Star Awards Dylan Hanley and Alife Sheehy, and the inaugural Sisters of Mercy Award winner Chloe Fleming. Also congratulations to all our Award Winners and those who received Certificates yesterday, and of course to all our students who graduated on the night. We are very proud of all of you.
Winner of the Claudia Gavin Student of the Year award, Colin Comer pictured with Conor Gavin 
Chloe Fleming winner of the inaugural Sisters of Mercy award 
Leah Noone won the Ann Flynn Science award and is pictured with Nora Walshe 
Colin Comer won the Pat Heaney Music Award. He is pictured with Neasa Heaney 
John Monaghan won a Special Contribution to School Life award 
Orna Burke won a prize for Contribution to School Life 
Sports award winner Conor Keely 
Senior Ladies Sports award winner was Aoife Sheehy, pictured with Principal Declan Quinn 
Sports Award Winners Catriona Ronayne and Nicole Connolly 
Senior Sports Star Dylan Hanly
LCA2 enjoy their final tutorial class
Ms. Scarry treated her LCA class to a trip to Howley’s Eurospar cafe to celebrate completing their English and Communications and Gaeilge Chumarsaideach oral exams this week.
LCA students welcome two guest speakers from the Dunmore Conference
On Thursday 2nd May, the LCA 6th Yr class and Ms. Scarry were given a very informative talk by Mary and Geraldine from the Dunmore Conference. The two ladies spoke about the work that the local St. Vincent de Paul Society does, how they fundraise and how someone could volunteer to join. The talk took place as part of a key assignment for Vocational Preparation and Guidance subject in the LCA programme.
Dunmore Community School host a very successful Careers Expo 2019
Ms. Scarry assisted by the Transition Year and LCA students in Dunmore Community School hosted a very successful Careers Expo in the school on Friday 8th March. Our 3rd year, TY, LCA, 5th and 6th year students got a fantastic opportunity to speak to representatives from 30 information stands which included third level colleges and universities, financial institutions and local construction and pharamaceutical industries. It was wonderful to welcome parents to participitate in this very informative event as well as students and staff from other post primary schools in the local area. Now that a little time has passed since the event hopefully students have had time to process the information they gathered and this is helping them make informed choices about TY, LCA and senior cycle subject choice options. Our 6th year students can also use this information to help them prepare for upcoming PLC interviews, decide on CAO ‘change of mind’ options or deciding on apprenticeships that they are interested in.
Senior Cycle Options Night
Thanks to everyone that came along tonight. We hope you found it informative but if you have any queries, please feel free to contact the office or send us an email.
I would especially like to thank our 3 students, Aryn, Andrea and Chloe, who spoke about their experiences of TY and LCA.
As promised, please find links to the presentations, relevant links and the Subject choice explanation video and please get in contact if you have any queries.
Simon Community Collection
Well done to Orna Burke LCA who did a collection for the Simon Community in Galway.
5th yr trip to tayto park
Fifth year Tour to Tayto Park 17th May with Ms Stockhaus and Ms Scarry.
LCA bank visit
The Leaving Cert Applied students visited the Bank of Ireland today and spoke to a bank representative as part of their English assignment. The students prepared questions and they were all answered. The bank was most happy to facilitate, they offered financial advice and informed the students about self-service facilities. They were delighted to assist in this project. 
Chloe Fleming
Senior Cycle Options Night
Thanks to everyone that came along last night, and especially our 2 TY students, Sean Ryan and Jane Ryder, who spoke so well last night.
As promised, please find links to the presentations and the Subject choice videos.
- Senior Cycle Options 2018 Presentation
- Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme Requirements
- Using the Qualifax website to find out about subject requirements
- Information on each of the Leaving Cert Subjects
- Entering Options Demo Video
- Careers Portal for Self Assessment
