Year: 2012

6th November 2012

On Saturday 20th October the Senior Choir of C.W.C. along with the All Girls’ Choir of Loreto Balbriggan, were the Demonstration Choir for the Choir Workshop (S.A.T.B.) directed by Alan Leech at the P.P.M.T.A. (Post Primary Music Teachers’ Association) National Music Conference 2012, held in Malahide Dublin. Alan demonstrated several ‘best practice’ models, on how…read article

5th November 2012

Congratulations to Eoghan McLoughlin & Kento Arrue who have been invited to attend Mathematics Enrichment classes in N.U.I. Maynooth as a result of their excellent Junior Certificate Maths results. Congratulations to their teacher Mr. McNamara also. Well done lads.

4th November 2012

Welcome back everyone. All boys to return to school tonight for 8:30 pm. Looking forward to the rest of the term.

26th October 2012

Our very own ghastly ghoul, the Honourable, Admiral Howling Harvey sends his regards to all the C.W.C. community from the other side.  Happy Halloween! Enjoy the break.    

25th October 2012

On the 24th of October Transition Year was treated to a C.S.I. workshop by a member of the Sydney Police Department. The groups had to solve a murder case presented by the police using the same information that was available to the real police when they had been asked to solve the case. This evidence…read article

24th October 2012

Reminder: Rhetoric Parent/Teacher meetings will be held tomorrow starting from 3:30 p.m.

24th October 2012

The death has occurred of Father Paddy Kennedy, Catering, House and Functions Manager in Clongowes, 1978-99. Paddy died suddenly, age 77, on Friday, October 12, 2012 at his residence in Florida. Paddy came to Clongowes in 1978 as Catering, House and Functions Manager, a position he held until 1999 and as which he will be…read article

22nd October 2012

On Thursday the 18th of October transition year students went on a trip to Dublin to see what nano science was all about. They traveled in groups to different locations including the Science Gallery workshop where they made a complicated LED torch by soldering pieces together. After a meal at the trinity college canteen they headed of for a…read article

22nd October 2012

Pictured left to right Dr. Ann O’Meara, Dr. Michael McDermott, Dr. Kathryn McCreery, Peter Stapleton & Mr. Joe Quinsey C.E.O. Children’s Medical & Research Foundation, Crumlin Hospital. Congratulations to C.W.C. 2012 Duck Pushers who raised €70,000  for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin last year. On Friday past, the Poetry boys presented a cheque for the…read article

19th October 2012

At the end of last year when I was considering where to take the Third Years (Grammar Year) on retreat, I was thinking of all the magnificent places we have in Ireland. I thought it would be nice to expose the boys to some (or at least one) of these and so I started to…read article