A group of students from Athboy Community School had been so impressed by a visit to the SOSAD premises that they decided to help out in a practical way.  Assisted by Programme Co-Ordinator Miss Emma Mooney and other staff members they raised a total of €1262.92 for the group.  Many members of the local community attended the Coffee Morning and it proved to be highly enjoyable for all.

Members of the Leaving Certificate Applied Year 2 Class in Athboy Community School present a cheque to SOSAD.  Also included are Miss Emma Mooney, Mr. Anthony Leavy (Principal) and Mr. Tom O’Dowd (Deputy Principal)

Athboy Community School qualified for the North Leinster School Division 2 final by defeating Scoil Ui Mhuiri of Dunleer in their semi final in Dundalk last week.  In an entertaining game played in near perfect conditions, the Athboy lads withstood a spirited fight back from the County Louth  opponents to continue their defence of a title they won last year.

The Meath side hit the ground running and were two goals up inside the first quarter of an hour. First, winger Aaron Ryan curled a free kick over the Dunleer wall after seven minutes and five minutes later, then livewire striker Chris Lynch had raced on to Ryan’s long crossfield pass to round the Dunleer keeper and slide the ball into the net.  Athboy spurned a few great chances to end the game as a contest in the following twenty minutes and the rampant Ryan was unlucky to see a 25 yard shot come back off the underside of the bar.  Ten minutes before half time, Athboy were made to pay for this profligacy when Dunleer scrambled the ball over the line from close range to pull the score back to 2-1.

After the break Athboy were very solid and professional. The defence, led by captain, Glenn Darcy, withstood some pressure from the Dunleer attack but after an hour Athboy put the game beyond doubt when striker Keith Molloy cut in from the left to hit a stinging shot across goal.  The ball was parried by the keeper but landed at the feet of the inrushing  Athboy substitute Ben Rogers who crashed the ball home. A minute later Chris Lynch notched his second from close range and the game was over as a contest.

Athboy comfortably saw the remainder of the game out to qualify for the final against O’Fiach College Dundalk, to be played in Oriel Park in the coming weeks.

Athboy Team: Adam Uzzell, Gary Daly (sub Brendan Roe) , Glenn Darcy, Caoimhin Griffin, Ryan Hopkins (sub Daragh Griffin), Connor Hynes (sub Karl Larkin), John Murray, Gareth Corrigan (sub Ben Rogers), Aaron Ryan (sub Mark Chesser), Keith Mlloy, Chris Lynch.

On Thursday December 22nd, the Senior Heat of the ‘Athboy Community School’s Got Talent’ show organised by Transition Year class took place in the General Purpose Area was full with a packed audience of students, parents, staff and members of the Athboy public. The arena was awash with colour and excitement as 16 acts battled it out for a place in the finals later this Spring.

The M.C. on the day was TY student Josh Reid. The whole TY class had backstage roles ranging from sound, lighting and filming to make up and running a shop on the day.

First on stage on the night was student Rut Ni Theimhnean who got things going with a rousing rendition of Katie Perry’s ‘Last Friday Night.’ She was followed by third year Emma Reilly with a beautiful rendition of a Garth Brooks song, and Sean Raymond and Jesse Mooney who performed Tenacious D’s ‘The Greatest Song in the World.’ Next up was 5th Year student Claire Murphy who sang Adele’s ‘Chasing Pavements’ followed on stage by Roy Quinn, Meghan Ennis and Louise Smith. Third Year student Leanne Weir completed the first half of the programme.

Leaving Cert student Patrick Conlon started the second half on a high with a beautiful piano piece. He was followed by Aoiffe Flynn’s powerful rendition of the Christina Perry anthem ‘Jar of Hearts.’ Next up was Shauna Murphy who brought the auditorium to a standstill with a stunning performance of Andrea Boccelli’s ‘Con Te Partiro (Time To Say Goodbye)’. Melissa Cooke was next on stage, followed by Aine Mooney’s contemporary dance routine. Kasey Corrigan sang a beautiful version of Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ and Riona Fox produced a fantastic rendition of some of the songs from the musical ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ The final act on stage was the TY class who had organised the event so magnificently. They did a brilliant version of the Beyonce classic ‘Put a Ring on It’ complete with lively dance moves.

As the audience submitted their voting papers there were two more acts on stage. First up was the Junior Choir conducted by music teacher Jacqui McGowan who sang a selection of carols with soloists including second years Saidhb Farrelly and Chelsea Nolan. But the final act was the biggest surprise of all with the teaching staff taking to the stage to perform a few carols of their own much to the delight and amusement of the watching students.

The programme of events finished on a real high with the announcement of the acts to carry on to the finals. After the cheering died down the voting commenced and amidst scenes of much tension and excitement Claire Murphy, Aoiffe Flynn, Shauna Murphy, Kasey Corrigan, Riona Fox, Louise Smith and the TY Class were the lucky ones to scoop finals slots.

All the students in the show would like to record their thanks to the TY class and musical director Ms Jacqui McGowan for all their help in preparing for the show. Meanwhile, the students are busily looking forward to the Junior Heats which promise to be just as entertaining.

]]> http://athboycs.ie/575/feed/ 0 http://athboycs.ie/hello-world/ http://athboycs.ie/hello-world/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:52:53 +0000 Admin http://scoiltech.net/athboycs/?p=1 The Parent Association Executive Committee for 2011/12 is as follows:

Sandra Mc Donnell (Chairperson)

Colum Doyle (Vice Chairperson)

Heather Reilly (Secretary)

Ann Murray (Assistant Secretary)

Elizabeth Kennedy (Treasurer)

Jane Thomas (Assistant Treasurer)

Leo Corrigan (Public Relations Officer)

Peter Garry

Ellen Garry

Isobel Maisto

Martina Sheridan

Gillian Foy

Theresa Newman

Bridget Swaine

Sheila Monaghan

Camillus Perry

Ann Marie Walker

Caroline Goodman

Noreen Whelehan

Colm Brown

Mary Finnegan