ASCN News
6th Years Visit Maynooth University
As part of College Awareness Week, 6th year students visited Maynooth University on Friday. Students had the opportunity to get a tour of the campus, attend various talks and hear about all the options available in Maynooth University.
Gaeilge 24
Last week 95 students from 1st year to 6th year took part in Gaeilge 24 where students were encouraged to speak Irish for 24 hours. This initiative was promoted by Conradh and Gaeilge all over Ireland, with over 260 schools taking part and 25,000 students. Students...
Science Week at ASCN
As part of Science Week the TYs went to visit Ericsson's in Athlone . They were given a number of presentations on the history of Ericsson's, what Ericsson's actually do, AI and more. All Ty's went on a tour of the labs and were all given a fab goodie bag when...
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
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
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 🎁
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
🌈 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
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
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...