ASCN News

Clara GAA Donation

Clara GAA Donation

Many thanks to our friends @An Clarach Gaa Club after the donation of Gaa Footballs for the school. Pictured is a selection of members of both Junior & Senior Football panels. Both teams are due to start their season in the coming weeks.  The support is greatly...

TY Intergenerational Project

TY Intergenerational Project

TYs have been taking part in the Intergenerational project working on a mosaic mural which will be displayed permanently in a yet to be decided location in the town. The students really enjoyed getting to know and collaborating with the senior members of their...

ASCN Podcast on Spotify

ASCN Podcast on Spotify

Last Thursday, our podcasters at ASCN welcomed Noragh Kavanagh and Finn Farrell from St Vincent de Paul, Clara to take part our first Podcast  of 24/24. This podcast highlights the wonderful work SVP does in the community and it will be soon published on Spotify. Keep...

Team Hope Shoebox Appeal 🎁

Team Hope Shoebox Appeal 🎁

Today some of our TY students, teaching staff and catering staff sent off over 40 shoeboxes to Christmas Shoebox Appeal Offaly who are collecting on behalf of Team Hope. Team Hope is an Irish Organisation who works to help children in Africa and Eastern Europe...

Stand Up Week 2024

Stand Up Week 2024

🌈 This week, ASCN joined schools across Ireland in celebrating Stand Up Week – a time dedicated to showing our respect, support, and inclusion for those in the LGBTQ+ community. The highlight of the week was our Coloured Jumper Day, where students and staff...

LOETB Podcast Training

LOETB Podcast Training

Yesterday, five of our talented students had the incredible opportunity to attend a training session at the Portlaoise Education Centre. They learned how to create and engineer their very own podcast! 🎧This hands-on experience was part of the LOETB STEAM...

Boys Soccer Successes

Boys Soccer Successes

JUNIORS Well done to the Junior Boys Soccer team who defeated O’Fiaich College, Dundalk, 2-1 in the Leinster Junior Cup. It was a close encounter from the first minute but goals from Dylan Deehan Kavanagh and Dylan Dunne helped us secure the victory. MINORS...

The Engineering Olympics TUS Athlone

The Engineering Olympics TUS Athlone

On Friday 25th October, some TY and 5th year students visited TUS Athlone for The Engineering Olympics. The students teamwork skills were put to the test in a number of different engineering events. They got to explore the Engineering building and heard about the...

Young SVP

Young SVP

The Young SVP group at the school recently had a visit from Clodagh Lenihan of St Vincent de Paul. During the session, they learned about the challenges and dilemmas poverty can bring. We also made a donation of lots of socks for homeless shelters which were kindly...

Midlands Skills Trip

Midlands Skills Trip

On Tuesday 22nd October, students from 5th and 6th year visited Midlands Skills in Tullamore. The focus was on Construction Apprenticeships - Electrical, Carpentry, Bricklaying, Plumbing and Insulation. The students got a great insight into the many opportunities...