Summerhill College

Champion in the Classroom

Summerhill College Notes

Double Successes
First Year student Ronan Anderson enjoyed a double success in recent weeks. He won the All-Ireland Under 14 Breaststoke event in the National Swimming Championships. He also won the Minor Race in the regional finals of the Schools’ Cross Country Championships.

The entire Summerhill College Cross-Country squad performed very well at the North West Schools’ Cross Country Championships held at Sligo Race Course Cleveragh on January 27th. The event brought together the cross country runners from schools in Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Longford.

There were also some fine performances from Cian Mc Bride ,Darren Kilcawley, Shane Kilcawley, Eoin Quinn and Cian Hamilton . Great credit is due to the boys and their mentor Mr. Leo Hegarty.

As we submit these notes we learn that Summerhill had a good outing in the resultant Connacht finals of the Schools’ Cross Country, held in Galway. Cian Mc Bride came second in the Junior race. Ronan Anderson came fourth in the Minor race while Darren Kilcawley finished eighth in the Inermediate category.

Mini Company Fund Raising
On Friday January 28 Transition Year students were involved in a mini company enterprise as part of their Transition Year Business programme. Delicious short cake biscuits and tasty muffins were on offer for the bargain price of €2 or on a ‘buy two packet get two’ basis.

Gaelic League final
The Senior Gaelic league final between Summerhill College and St. Jarlath’s Tuam is proving a difficult encounter to tie down. The game had been arranged for the last week in January in Curry. However, St. Jarlath’s requested a postponement. The new date was scheduled for February 16 but that proved unsuitable for Summerhill because many of the players are exam-tied as they are sitting Mock leaving Cert. examination on that day.

First Year Enrolment
Enrolment for Incoming First Years is up coming as these notes are being submitted. On February 10 parents can enrol their sons in the college for the academic year 2011-2012. If any parent is unable to attend on the night an application form can be obtained from the college office at any time.

Catholic Schools’ Week
To mark Catholic Schools’ Week a series of daily prayers and reflections were broadcasted over the college P/A system. The week commenced on January 31. The dedicated week is in response to Pope Benedict XVI s Pastoral Letter of March 23 2010.

Blessing of the Throats
To mark the feast day of Saint Blaise the traditional blessing of throats took place in the College Chapel on Thursday February 4 . Rev. Gerard Cryan performed the blessing.

Mini Company Fund Raising
On Friday January 28 Transition Year students were involved in a mini company enterprise as part of their Transition Year Business programme. Delicious short cake biscuits and tasty muffins were on offer for the bargain price of €2 or on a ‘buy two packet get two’ basis.

Gaelic League final
The Senior Gaelic league final between Summerhill College and St. Jarlath’s Tuam is proving a difficult encounter to tie down. The game had been arranged for the last week in January in Curry. However, St. Jarlath’s requested a postponement. The new date was scheduled for February 16 but that proved unsuitable for Summerhill because many of the players are exam-tied as they are sitting Mock leaving Cert. examination on that day.

First Year Enrolment
Enrolment for Incoming First Years is up coming as these notes are being submitted. On February 10 parents can enrol their sons in the college for the academic year 2011-2012. If any parent is unable to attend on the night an application form can be obtained from the college office at any time.

Catholic Schools’ Week
To mark Catholic Schools’ Week a series of daily prayers and reflections were broadcasted over the college P/A system. The week commenced on January 31. The dedicated week is in response to Pope Benedict XVI s Pastoral Letter of March 23 2010.

Blessing of the Throats
To mark the feast day of Saint Blaise the traditional blessing of throats took place in the College Chapel on Thursday February 4 . Rev. Gerard Cryan performed the blessing.

Senior Soccer match
In the quarter finals of the Connacht championship the senior soccer team scored a hard earned victory over Athenry in a game played in Strandhill. Summerhill went two goals up and seemed to be coasting their way into the semi finals but Athenry came back with two goals to make for a nail-biting finish. Mr. Fylnn’s charges drew on all of their reserves however and ending up getting the priceless third goal to win on a3-2 scoreline.

Basketball
Well done to the First and Second Year basketball teams and to their mentors Ms.. Emir Murphy and Mr. John Moran on decisive wins over St. Gerard’s Castlebar.

Parents’ Council
The Summerhill Parents Council members have recently been very active in raising funds for the college. Much work went into the staging of the Ready, Steady Cook night and more recently they were involved in running a Mega Raffle. First prize was tickets for two to Old Trafford to see Manchester United play and overnight accommodation. This was sponsored by Mullaney’s Travel. Flanagan Cycles sponsored a Merida bike and Source Cookery rowed in with a €200 voucher. There were also vouchers to be won for Tra Bán and Coach Lane restaurants plus a number of hampers. Tickets cost €2 each.

Non-Uniform Day.
A non-uniform day was held on Tuesday February 8.Proceeds went to aid the Kenya Building Fund.
On another fund raising project Mr. Pat Tuohy and his students recently raised €900 for The Lifeboats charity.

Soccer
In the quarter finals of the Connacht championship the senior soccer team scored a hard earned victory over Athenry in a game played in Strandhill. Summerhill went two goals up and seemed to be coasting their way into the semi finals but Athenry came back with two goals to make for a nail-biting finish. Mr. Fylnn’s charges drew on all of their reserves however and ending up getting the priceless third goal to win on a3-2 scoreline.

Sligo Rovers Signed Jersey
A beautifully framed Rovers jersey, autographed by the dual cup-winning team was the prize in a recent raffle run by Ms. Elaine Mc Goldrick’s 2L4 CSPE class as part of a fundraising drive for Sligo Lourdes Invalid fund. It was part of their CSPE. Action Project.
The lucky ticket holder was Ms. Charlotte Costello