Leaving Certificate Results 2010
Congratulations to the class of 2010 who performed exceptionally well in this year's leaving certificate examinations. The overwhelming majority of our students have secured their first options for further study and Lucan Community College has yet again proved itself to be one of the best performing schools in the Lucan area in state examinations.
Our Leaving Certificate Applied class performed outstandingly well in the examinations, achieving 7 distinctions and 5 merits; the best performing LCA class in the school's history. Particular note must be made of students Gavin Kelly and Constantine Manole, who between them amassed an impressive 1630 points in 17 subjects. Constantine actually achieved the school's best results ever with 7 A1s and 2 A2s and finished joint 10th nationally. In fact, only seven students nationally scored higher than Constantine!
Well done to each and every one of you and you can be very proud of what you have all achieved. We in the college would like to thank for your work, enthusiasm and effort over the past 5/6 years and we wish you every success in your future.
Junior Cycle Subject Information Sheets
The NCCA has put together a set of fact sheets which give information about the different subjects available in junior cycle. While the fact sheets have been designed with sixth class pupils and first year students in mind, they will also be useful for parents.
They can be used by first year tutors and guidance counsellors in post-primary schools and teachers of senior classes in primary schools. They will also be useful for school information evenings and open days. You can access them by clicking on the following link http://www.ncca.ie/en/Curriculum_and_Assessment/Post-Primary_Education/Junior_Cycle/Fact_sheets/
Start-Up 2010
Wednesday 18th August |
Leaving Cert results delivered |
Thursday 26th August |
10.00-12.30 All 1st Year students in school |
Friday 27th August |
9.40-12.00 All 1st year and TY students in school |
Monday 30th August |
No 1st years or T.Y. students in school today |
9.00-11.00 |
All 2nd year students in school |
9.30-11.30 |
All 3rd year students in school |
10.00-12.00 |
All 5th yearstudents in school |
10.30-12.30 |
All 6th year students in school |
Tuesday 31st August |
All students in classes as per timetable. Classes finish at 12.45 |
Wednesday 1st September |
All classes as per timetable. |
Booklists 2010-2011
The college's booklists are now updated and available online. You may access these by going to the 'programmes' section on the left hand side of the site and clicking the relevant programme of interest. All books are available from Abtree Bookstore, Lucan and remember that book grants are available by contacting Mr Purcell in the school on 01 6282077.
School Calendar 2010-2011
The Calendar for the school year 2010/2011 has been announced by school management. If you would like to view this calendar simply go to the section marked calendar from the top of any homepage or access it directly by clicking here. Please note particularly that our first day back after the summer recess is Thursday August 26 2010. Please try to bear this in mind when planning summer holidays.
Forthcoming Graduations
This is an extremely busy week in Lucan Community College with our transition year and sixth year graduations on Tuesday and Wednesday night. This is an opportunity to celebrate and reminisce about the year gone by in relation to the transition years and to mark in a special and poignant way a major rite of passage for our sixth year students. Special academic and extra-curricular awards will be presented on both nights, with the much coveted award of Student of the Year being announced at both ceremonies. Huge amounts of work have been put in to both ceremonies and we look forward to meeting and greeting all of the parents who have been invited to both events.
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Chamber Choir Summer Concert
On wednesday last, 19 May, the school chamber choir performed its bi-annual choral/orchestral concert to an extremely appreciative audience in St Andrew's Church of Ireland. The choir, under the direction of Ciarán Duffy, performed Haydn's St Nicholas Mass, with guest soloists Joan Farrell, Maria Kelly, Cian Elliott and Nathan Morrison. The second half of the concert featured choral favourites such as the opening movement of Vivaldi's Gloria, Howard Goodall's The Lord is My Shepherd, Handel's Zadok the Priest and Hallelujah Chorus,Mozart's Ave Verum and Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. A small presentation was made to Ms Helen Ryan on the night who has been instrumental in the staging of all choral concerts in St Andrew's. A presentation was made to six of our leaving certificate students who have, for the most part, been members of the school choir since first year. To John, Gavin, Rebecca, Ruth, Owen and Bill we say thank you and wish you all the best in your forthcoming examinations.
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TY Musical Plays to Full Houses
The transition year musical has just finished a very successful run of The Music Man. Weeks and months of hard work and dedicated rehearsals all paid off for all of the students and teachers concerned. The show was completely sold out for each of the three nights it was staged in the school hall. Craig Carabini and Amy Duffy wowed audiences every night with near professional performances. They were more than ably supported by Abigail Malone, Mall Kelly, Stephen Jones, Conor O'Neill, Andrew O'Neill, Shane O'Neill, Shauna Callaghan and the many singers and dancers who all added to one of the school's most enjoyable shows. Most audience members commented on the comedic talent of the students and in particular the talented quartet of Kevin Nolan, John O'Keeffe, Dean McHugh and top Soprano, Cian Spollen! A special word of thanks is due to Mr Purcell, Mr Mc Guinness, Ms Robbins, Ms Lillis, Ms McKenna, Ms Clifford, Ms Hickey and Ms Kerwick for all of their help in the staging of the show. In particular, the cast was extremely appreciative of the driving force behind the show, Mr John M. O'Connor. We look forward to next year's show already.
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Start of Term 2010
Please be advised that Lucan Community College will start back on Thursday August 26 2010. We would appreciate it if plans for summer holidays could bare this in mind so as to ensure a smooth start to the next academic year.
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Leinster Cup Success for U18 Soccer Boys
Well done to the U18 soccer squad which defeated Drimnagh Castle last week to record another cup for the soccer team this season. Our senior team created history by becoming the first soccer team from the college to win a Leinster title by winning the League Division 1 title. The game ended on penalties which didn’t reflect the dominance that the Lucan team had for the first 75 minutes. At that stage they were 3-0 up thanks to goals from Ciarán McHugh (2) and Dara Mylod. However, they conceded 3 goals in the last 12 minutes of normal time. There were no goals in extra-time and Lucan secured a sudden death penalties win. Well done to Mr. Brett and the players.
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Maths Whiz Differentiated from the Rest
Great news for one of our 6th year students! Mel O’Leary finished first from a panel of Mathematical Olympiad Trainees in NUI Maynooth. He was confirmed last Friday as having finished 4th in Ireland and has been awarded a place on the 2010 International Mathematical Olympiad Irish team. The competition will take place in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan from the 6th until the 12th of July, 2010.
This is a wonderful achievement for Mel who has always shown an intense love of mathematics and who studies Maths, Applied Maths and Physics at the college. He has ably represented our college at a number of team maths and applied maths quizzes over the years. The Olympiad is not just a competition, but an unforgettable holiday. It will be a fascinating time full of mathematical feats and new friendships. We wish Mel and all of his year group every success in the approaching Leaving Certificate exams and we look forward to following Mel’s progress in Kazakhstan with pride in July. Congratulations to his teachers Ms Birnie, Ms Gamburyan and Ms Gaffney and to all of his family and friends. Well done Mel! For more detailed information on the International Mathmatical Olympiad please check out http://www.imo-official.org/
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Orals and Practicals Complete
Congratulations to all of our 3rd and 6th year students who have had two very busy weeks of home economics and music practicals and Irish, German and French orals. A special word of thanks and congratulations to all of their teachers for preparing their students so well and a special word of thanks to our exam secretary, Ms Regan who organised the exam process with her usual degree of professionalism and enthusiasm. Let's hope that the written exams go as well in June.
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Update on Extra-Curricular Activities
Mr Brett, our extra-curricular coordinator has compiled a thorough overview of what's been happening lately in the school in terms of extra-curricular activities. Please take a moment to brief yourself on the myriad of activities which take place in our school on a day-to-day basis.
Athletics:
Congratulations to the whole team who took part in the recent West Leinster Cross Country Championships. Patrick Elliot finished 1st and went on to finish 3rd in the Leinster Championship. Training for the upcoming Track & Field Championships are underway – thanks to one of our parents, Gerry Martin, for organising training and spearheading the development of the sport in the school.
Hurling:
After suffering defeat in the first round – U14 team due to play Colaiste Phadraig in the next round. We wish them and bainisteoirí Messrs MacCraith & Morrissey, the best of luck.
Rugby:
Great run for the Junior rugby team who narrowly lost to Confey College in the Quarter Final of the Junior Shield.
Language
French Trip to Paris was a huge success again this year thanks to dedicated coordination of Ms Harris. The German exchange was another success and thanks to all for making it so. Our thoughts are with Ms Clarke who is currently Verloren in Deutschland – Viel Glück
Badminton:
Great success in this thriving sport – winning majority of games in the league and narrowly missing out on quarter final place. Paul Lombard showing great improvements as are the new first years. The first ever school badminton kit was presented to the students in March. Thanks to Ms Gaffney and Ms Gallagher for their continued hard work.
Soccer:
The Under 18 team beat Tullow Community College 2-1 in the quarter final of the Senior Leinster League Cup on March 9th at home. They went on to beat Moyne, Co Lonford away in late March in the Leinster Cup. This has been a historic season with the team already reaching and winning the Metro West title and now making it into the Leinster Final for the first time. We wish them, and coach Mr Brett all the best of luck in the final.
The Under 14 team beat Clonkeen College in their first playoff match in the Metropolitan Cup. They are playing St Fintan’s High School, Sutton in the quarter final this week. We wish them and Mr O’Gorman the best of luck.
Camogie
Winner Dublin C League Senior Championship
Quarter Final of All Ireland Senior Championship – unfortunately lost. A great season with great success for the senior girls. The junior team has taken up where the seniors left off beating Colaiste Cillian, Clondalkin 7-14 to 2 in the first round of the championship. Thanks to Ms Freeman for her exceptional coaching skills.
GAA Football:
The Under 14 team narrowly lost to Terenure College last week in the championship semi-final. Well done to the team for their success this year and thanks to Mr Carey for his hard work with the team.
Basketball:
The boys 1st and 2nd year teams finished 3rd in their respective leagues – a fine achievement. The girls 1st and 2nd year teams will be taking part in a national blitz competition in the Basketball Arena this week – we wish them the best of luck. Thanks to Ms Quirke, Mr Kavanagh and volunteer Bob Lambert.
Choir
The Festival of Music took place in the National Concert Hall on Monday 8th March. The school choir performed at the event and student John Maher performed a magnificent solo on the night. Thanks to Mr Duffy for his continued dedicated work with the choir.
Music Dept
The annual music department recital evening took place on the 15th April. It was a great success once again – well done to all the performers who took part on the night and for the music department for organising a tremendous night of music. Thanks to Ms Bean, Mr Purcell, Mr McGuinness and Mr O’Gorman for their time and efforts.
Arts Week:
Great success in February 2010 again with the battle of the bands, numerous workshops (dance, puppetry, juggling, stilt walking) and the now infamous teachers night (where teacher don wigs and perform on stage much to delight of the watching students). Thanks again to the Arts Week committee and Mr Duffy for their continued hard work.
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Chamber Choir Summer Concert 2010
The school chamber choir has been working hard for its upcoming annual summer concert, which will take place on Wednesday 19 May at 7.30pm in St Andrew's Church of Ireland, Lucan. The concert will feature Josef Haydn's St Nicholas Mass in G Major along with other much loved choral favourites including Mozart's Ave Verum, Handel's Zadok the Priest and Hallelujah Chorus, JS Bach's Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring and excerpts from previous summer concerts. This concert will be fully accompanied by our usual professional orchestra and we will be joined by some of the country's top young soloists for the Haydn Mass. Tickets, priced at €10 (€5 concessions) will be available from any choir member or on the door on the night, or direct from the school office at 01 6282077.
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National Success for 2nd year Students
Congratulations to Gavin Pacini and Mark Hanley, class Magellan, 2nd Year, who won the Games Fleadh XNA Ireland Challenge Schools Cup.
The Games Fleadh XNA Ireland Challenge is Ireland’s biggest computer and console games designing competition for schools and colleges. It is held in Tipperary Institute every year with different themes each year. This year the theme was Pac Man. Mark and Gavin decided to give it a disco angle and incorporate a dance mat and dance mode into it also. Lucan Community College has taken part and won the competition in the last two years. The judges were extremely pleased with the creation and were also glad to see Junior Certificate students taking part as most students were Leaving Certificate students. We look forward to even more success in the future. Well done lads great achievement. Thanks also to Ms Bean, tutor to class Magellan, for her support and encouragement of the lads' talent.
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The Music Man - Dates Announced
The Music Man is a musical written by Meredith Willson. The show is based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organiser and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naive townsfolk before skipping town with the cash. In River City, Iowa, prim but progressive Marian the librarian sees through him, but when Hill helps her younger brother, Marian begins to fall in love with Harold. Harold, in turn falling for Marian, risks being caught to win her.
The Lucan Community College production will take place from Tuesday 11 May to Friday 15 May. Tickets will be on sale after we return from the Easter holidays so look out for notification of same, as tickets always sell out quickly.
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Class Dingle Enterprise Task
Congratulations to all of the students in class Dingle who ran a very successful Easter Raffle last week for charity. They were extremely busy all week making posters, selling tickets and advertising their chosen charities and all of their hard work paid off in the end. A special word of thanks to Ms Murphy for her hard work and particulalry to Ms Clifford, tutor to class Dingle for the exceptionally hard work she does for the class. Well done to all concerned.
Class Shackleton - Sponsored Walk
The following is an article written by students in class Shackleton, 2nd year, who organised a sponsored walk for their CSPE action project.
On the 24th of March, Lucan CC, 2nd year, class Shackleton organised a fundraising walk for the Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA). The ISPCA is an organisation which prevents cruelty to animals in Ireland. It takes in domestic, farm and wild animals who are injured, sick, mistreated or neglected all around the country. It provides shelter, medical care and loving homes for these animals. Our class organised a fundraising walk as an action project for our Junior Certificate, CSPE course. We walked for over three hours around Lucan Demense on March 24 2010. The ISPCA sent in a chief inspector and a Great Dane called Scooby with us on the walk. We brought four dogs of our own on the walk too - Sally, Jack, Rex and Ralph. In the end we raised over €800 for the charity. We would all like to thank the ISPCA for looking after all of the stray, mistreated and abandoned animals and we hope that more people will continue to support them in their efforts. Finally a huge thank you to Ms McCarthy, our CSPE teacher for her hard work and dedication and to Mr carey, our class tutor for accompanying us on the walk.'
Class Shackleton
Race Night
The Parents' Association organised a very successful race night in the Lord Lucan on Friday 12 March. The night was organised to raise funds for the school and it was well supported by the local community on the night. The event was particularly well supported by the staff of the college and Ms Diane Birnie thanked the staff for their participation on the night. She particularly thanked Mr Sean Morrissey, liaison teacher with the association for his endeavors and all of the parents for doing such trojan work on behalf of the school. Despite the number of losses endured by many of us on the night, a great evening's entertainment was had by all.
Poverty Week
Class Bancroft of 2nd year is currently organising to participate in Poverty Week organised by our school's partner charity, Self Help Africa. 7 students will undertake to live without cush modern luxuries as mobile phones, iPods, television, computers etc, and will live on three basic meals a day. A number of other students in the school and some teachers are also participating in this event. We will keep you posted on their progress.
Haiti Appeal
Following the earthquake which recently devastated Haiti, one half of the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, class McAuley of transition year organised a non-uniform day, together with their class tutor, Ms Higgins. In total, they raised €1,190 for Goal and €1,000 for the Irish Red Cross, two aid agencies working in the heart of the affected area. The class would like to thank everyone who contributed so generously to their Haiti appeal and we hope sincerely that their contribution will go a long way to improving the tragic conditions in which the population of Haiti now finds itself.
Mock Examinations 2010
All of the staff in Lucan Community College would like to wish our 3rd and 6th year students the very best of luck over the coming two weeks in their mock examinations. This is the first time that the students will experience what the real thing will be like in June, so we hope that they give it their all and remember that there is plenty of time to right those bad study habits.
Successful trip to Rome
Welcome home to 35 of our 5th year students who enjoyed a school trip to Rome during the February mid-term break. They visited the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, the Forum, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, Pompeii and Vesuvius in an action packed four day excursion. The students behaved in a respectful and dignified manner at all times, were courteous, well-mannered and positive at all times, especially the 'Elevator 6,' who know how to act in tight situations! Thanks to Ms Duggan, Ms McKeever, Mr O'Gorman and Mr Duffy for accompanying the students on the trip.
Concern Debates Come to an End
Hard luck to our senior Concern Debating Team which lost narrowly to St Joseph's Secondary School, Rochfortbridge on Monday night February 22nd. The team has performed exceptionally well over the last four months, finishing joint top of the national league table, remaining undefeated in the process. They were opposing the motion that 'Genetically modified food is essential in the fight against world hunger.' They served our school admirably and are a credit to themselves and their families. Well done and thanks for all of your hard work to Gary Hartigan, Dean McHugh, Rachel Bridgette and wonder-captain Abigail Malone.
Team Maths Challenge
Congratulations to four of our sixth year students - Gavin Kelly, Constantine Manole, Mel O'Leary and Aoife Ruane who recently came 3rd in the Dublin heat of the IMTA Higher Level Maths Table Quiz in St Andrew's College, Booterstown. They were competing against some 57 other schools and obtained 14 correct answers out of a possible 20. The winning team from Gonzaga College obtained 19 correct answers. Congratulations to all involved, including their teacher Ms Diane Birnie and we wish the team, and all of our exam students the best of luck in their up coming mock examinations.
Arts Week 2010
Lucan Community College's annual Arts Week commenced today with 2nd year students availing of opportunities to do various artistic activities including stilt-walking, modern dance, belly dancing, face painting and drama. Tomorrow sees our 1st year students take to the floor with puppetry, cartooning, drama, theatrical make-up and modern dancing. The Students' Variety Show was an amazing success which included several dancing acts, singers, bands, a beat-boxer and the occasional drag act here and there too! Let's hope the teachers will be up to a similar standard on Wednesday night; they'll have a lot to live up to.
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German Exchange
This coming Friday we say Gute Reise to a number of our 4th and 5th year German students who will travel to Munchberg, Germany for our annual German Exchange educational trip. they will be accompanied by the exchange's most enthusiastic member, Mrs Colette Clarke and new school principal, Ms Diane Birnie. The exchange was established by Roswitha Böhne and Diane Birnie in 1990 and the students of LCC have been travelling to Germany since 1991. The program for the Irish students usually consists of day trips to Prague, Nuremberg, Wurzburg, Munich / Dachau or Weimar, Buchenwald. Field trips to Bayreuth, and Helmbrechts Mödlareuth are also included where possible. We wish them the very best of luck on their educational exchange and look forward to hearing about their trip on their return.
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U18 Soccer Victory
Lucan CC's amazing sporting success continued unabated last week with our U18 soccer squad winning the Dublin West Metropolitan League Final comfortably. Mr Brett and the school team brought the first ever trophy in soccer back to the school in some style last Tuesday afternoon, following a hard-fought final which they won 2-0, both scored by Scott Geraghty of 6th year. Well done to all concerned but particularly to the lads who have trained hard over the past number of months. We await with excitement the upcoming Dublin and Leinster games and wish Mr Brett and the lads all the best of luck.
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Basketball Heart Ache
The senior boys team had a heartbreaking last minute loss in their All-Ireland qualifiers. They had travelled to Carrickmacross last week with high hopes and had led their match with only minutes to go. Unfortunately they conceded the lead in the last minute. They should be very proud of their achievements this year and look forward to next year with fresh optimism. Full and detailed report will follow in the coming days.
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Young Scientist Results
Congratulations to 5th year students Thomas Butler, Rachel O'Neill and Sarah Vu who were highly commended in this year's BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition with their project, entitled 'An experiment to determine the levels of bacteria in rain water collected for drinking in Kenya.' These students have worked tremendously hard over the past number of months, with their teacher Ms Healy, and were rewarded at the end of a hectic week with such an excellent accolade. Our 4th year students (Shauna Callaghan, Greg Copley & Joseph Eiffe) were highly praised by the judges on Thursday and have already started tweeking their project for re-entry next year with their cooperating teacher, Ms Gaffney.
Richard O’Shea, 18 year old sixth year student from Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co Cork was named the overall winner of the exhibition, with his project entitled, “A biomass fired cooking stove for developing countries”.
Richard received the prestigious honour for his pioneering work on the design of a biomass-fueled cooking stove for use in developing countries. Over 2 billion people in the world depend on stoves to cook their meals every day, and his project built a new one which uses as little fuel as possible and which ideally produces no smoke. Richard made a strong impression on the judges with his detailed research into the chemical processes involved in burning timber, and with the various designs he came up with using very simple materials such as tin cans and nails which are very easy to find in Third World countries. An added bonus is that his stoves can be built using simple tools such as a Swiss army knife. Richard impressed the judges with both his scientific knowledge and the engineering skill he showed in his construction work.
1,135 students competed during the week with 509 projects from all 32 counties across Ireland. The RDS welcomed thousands of visiting students, teachers, parents, and members of the general public during the exhibition, including all 144 of our own first year students.
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1st Year Enrolment
On Monday 18 January 2009 all in-coming 1st year students will be afforded the opportunity to experience their first taste of a second level school when they sit their entrance examinations. Their parents and guardians will also be afforded an opportunity to talk to many of the staff of Lucan Community College and will be informed of our rules, numerous policies, extra-curricular activities and will be able to meet with our school's management team. This is an extremely important day for all incoming first year students as they get an opportunity to see what life will be like when they start second level education in September and gives us as a school an opportunity to welcome them and their parents to our thriving school community. We look forward to welcoming you all on Monday and wish all of the students the very best of luck in their entrance examinations. All queries in relation to 1st year enrolment should be directed to Mrs Deirdre O'Donoghue through the school office on 01 6282077.
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Sublime Hurlers Capture Gold for Lucan CC
Lucan Community College 8-2 Templeogue College 4-11
Earlier this year, our exceptional hurling team was victorious in the Dublin Schools Senior Hurling Final. Their dedication and commitment in training and matches all season, and in previous years, finally paid off as the lads brought the first major piece of sporting silverware back to the Esker school in quite a long time. The final score of 8-4 to 4-11 reflected an exciting high quality game of hurling. LCC got off to a great start with two early goals from Sean McClelland before Templeogue got their opening point. Liam McClelland joined his brother in the scoring stakes with a goal. Stephen Jones got a point and Sean Mc added another 1-1 to leave the half-time score at 4-2 to 2-4.
The defence came into their own in the second half. Shane Claffey in goal was excellent and captain James Cavanagh led by example at full-back. Shane Donoghue was outstanding at centre-back and managed to score a goal and a point. Templeogue drew level with only 8 minutes remaining but this hardworking Lucan side battled to end. Other outstanding performers were Craig Carabini, Ross Fagan and David Bellew, but this day belonged to Sean McClelland who finished with an amazing 6-2 personal tally. Well done to all concerned and particularly to Mr Seán Morrissey and Mr Eoin MacCraith for their time, dedication and commitment to the sport.
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Night Classes Term 2
Enrolment for the second term of our night classes will take place on Monday and Tuesday the 18 and 19 January between 7 and 9pm. You may enroll online at www.codubvec.ie and leaflets should have been delivered to all homes in the locality at this stage. If you have not received one, you may collect one at the school. If you have any queries about Adult Education at Lucan Community College, contact our Director of Adult Education, Mary Harris at +353 1 6282325
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ISSU - International Student Identity Cards
On Friday 9th October Lucan Community College Student Council invited Leanne Caulfield, President of the Irish Secondary Students' Union (ISSU) and former Chairperson of our Student Council to a meeting to inform us about the International Student Identity Cards. Lucan Community College is one of the first schools in the country to be taking part in this programme. As a pilot school we will be one of the first to be able to avail of the Student Card and to avail of the many brilliant advantages that comes with it. Students are encouraged to apply for a card as they provide many discounts and are a recognised form of Student I.D. worldwide. More information is available on the website www.studentcard.ie These cards are currently being enjoyed by huge numbers of students throughout the school. For more information on the school's students' council please check out Lucan Community College Students' Council page.
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