St. Angela’s College Achievements 2005/2006

As always there is a great buzz around the school as students support many fundraising efforts. There is a huge amount of goodwill in the school community and an awarenessof the fact that our help is required to make life a little more comfortable or bearable for those who are not as privileged as we are, both at home and in distant parts of the Third World. Our Head Girl, Denise Duffy,has shown leadership and initiative in her various fundraising attempts. She hopes to travel to Estonia next Summer and will personally see to it that the money she has raised throughout the year is put to good use. A cheque for €2000 was donated to the Red Cross by a group of prefects representing all classes.This was the money raised for disaster relief in Kashmir/Pakistan on the occasion of the Rebel Treble Red and White Day last November.

Our Fourth Year and Fifth Year girls took part in the annual collection last December and promoted a CD with the Manning Brothers in aid of SHARE. Our annual Christmas Raffle was extremely successful and the monies raised were dispersed to needy families known to the school and to a variety of local charities including Cork Simon, St Vincent de Paul Society, the Sick Poor Society and other worthy organisations.

On Valentine’s Day, the girls wore their ‘hearts on their sleeves’ and dressed in pink in aid of The Marie Keating Foundation.

The 24 Hour Fast for Trocaire was well supported and students raised enough sponsorship to provide eight people with thirty hours of literacy training in a third world where there are 87 million illiterate adults.

Cake Sales, Hamper Raffles and Quizzes the list is endless as St. Angela’s girls continue to show their spirit of giving, generosity and love.

2005 was a year of great individual and school achievements and our first months of 2006 have proved just as successful.

“The only place where successful comes before work is the dictionary”!

Two of our most successful senior debating students Karen Concannon and Rioghnach O’ Leary were selected to debate at international European Youth Parliament Conferences. Karen had a very exciting and successful trip to Bali in Italy, last November. Rioghnach will be leaving for Paris on the 24th of March to represent St. Angelas’. It is a great distinction for the girls to be chosen for this prestigious international event and a great honour for the school.

The European Youth Parliament Munster Regional Conference competition took place in St. Angelas in February which saw our student’s progress to the National stage.

St.Angelas’ girls have been showing their sporting prowess in all fields. They continue to prove to be supportive opponents in Hockey, Basketball, Table-tennis and in other areas such as Athletics, Horse-riding, Irish-dancing and many more.

Also many congratulations to Karen Hayes our Sixth Year student who came first, for her Solo-Singing in Feis Maitiu, for her third year running!!!

Notable Scholars - Congratulations to Emer O’Connell and Mai Twomey who have been invited to intend the UCC Enrichment classes in Mathematics as a result ofthe exceptionally high results they achieved in Mathematics in their Junior Certificate examination.

Past pupils Susan Spillane, Muireann Dennehy and Hannah Murphy continue to carry St.Angela’s light.

Susan was presented with an award at the beginning of March for her exemplary results in Applied Maths in last years Leaving Cert Exams. Susan achieved a spectacular nine A1s in her Leaving Certificate.

Muireann and Hannah both won ‘FULLBRIGHT’ Scholarships which will allow them to study abroad in an Ivy League College.

The dedication of the Mary Ryan Room,by our Chaplain, Fr. Christy O’ Shaughnessy took place last October. The room was presented to the school by the Parent’s Association in the memory of the very first student to cross the threshold in St. Angela’s in 1887 and who later went on to become the first female professor in the British Isles.

This year St. Angela’s said a fond and sad farewell to three of its long standing and dedicated staff members. Sr. Elizabeth Bradley and Ms. Kay Joyce retired in June 2004. This January Ms. Brid O’ Connor from our Science Dept. retired, to whom we wish her all the best.

Next year our Acting Principal for the year Ms. Geraldine Quilter and Acting Deputy Principal Ms .Pauline Honohan will return the helm of St. Angela’s to Ms .Rosalie Moloney. Ms. Quilter and Ms. Honohan are doing an amazing job in continuing to guide our school.

Committee members and teachers at the St.Angela’s College Debs Ball 2005