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Book Review: ‘The Teenage Brain’

21st January 2015

The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults by Dr. Frances E. Jensen “ Scientists believed for years that the adolescent brain was essentially an adult one- only with fewer miles on it……Motivated by her experience of parenting two teenagers, Dr. Jensen gathers together recent discoveries about adult brain functioning,…read article

Under the Influence

20th January 2015

Learning to Love the World as God Does A lecture by Dr David Tuohy SJ on Jesuit Humanism in Education and a major exhibition entitled In the Spirit of the Saints: the Jesuit Influence on Baroque Art will mark the end of a series of events to mark the Jesuit Restoration (1814-2014) organised by the Irish…read article

Connacht Alumni Gathering

19th January 2015

Friday January 30th, 2015 at 7.30pm; The Ardilaun Hotel, Galway.

Senior Cup Success

19th January 2015

Although soccer in Clongowes is now one of the little brothers of the oval ball game, there was a time when it reigned supreme. It was first introduced to the school shortly after the amalgamation with Tullabeg in 1886 and notable participants included Oliver St John Gogarty (the Buck Mulligan of James Joyce’s Ulysses) and…read article

Quizmasters

16th January 2015

Inter-schools 5th Year Library Quiz Five students from Poetry did an excellent job representing the school at the Inter-school Library Quiz held at Sandford Park on Jan 15th. This is an annual event for 5th year students, initiated originally by Ms Aileen Ivory, Librarian at Alexandra College. Over the years a number of personalities have…read article

Another Milestone for Jack

14th January 2015

The European Cross Country Championships held in the Bulgarian mountain resort of Sarakov last month marked another milestone in the promising athletic career of Poetry student Jack O’Leary. Following a medal winning performance at the All Ireland Club Cross Country in November (pictured above), Jack secured his berth on the Irish team. What makes this…read article

Orchestral Manoeuvres

12th January 2015

Mark Thomas, Sang Gyu Park, Darren Cormican, Conor Breslin, Robbie White, Mrs. Theresa Thomas, Cormac Hegarty, James Collins Caffrey, Marcus Jankola, Mr. Philip Thomas (behind), Rhys Hylle, Cathal Duffy (behind), Mr. Niall Leahy, Mr. Noel Mason. On Tuesday the 6th of January eight Rhetoric Orchestral musicians and two Elements Schola singers, accompanied by Mr and…read article

Parent Pilgrimage to Spain

9th January 2015

You are invited to take part in the “Footsteps of Ignatius Pilgrimage” which will take place in Spain in May 2015. The trip will begin in Ignatius’ birthplace, Loyola and much time will be spent in places of significance to Ignatius. These will include the Franciscan Shrine at Arantzazu in the Basque Country, as well…read article

Clongowes Young Scientists

7th January 2015

Following on from last year’s mathematical modelling project Tim Burke and Daniel Kilmartin (Poetry) decided to enter the BT Young Scientist Competition with a mathematical modelling solution to the problem of optimising airline-overbooking strategies. Tim and Daniel have produced a very elegant solution to this problem, which establishes precisely the percentage of seats by which…read article

Grammar Parent Day

5th January 2015

Creating Resilience in Families This year, the Grammar Parent Day will take place next Sunday 11th January 2015. Dr Fergus Heffernan a Clinical Psychologist, with an MSc in Family Therapies, and a PHD in Neuro Science (pictured here speaking at the Kilkenny Campus of NUI Maynooth) will be our speaker. Dr Heffernan has spent almost 35…read article

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