Reuben the Entertainer presented a brilliant fun workshop ‘Hacked’ about how social media controls us to 1st year students this morning @jcsplibraries.bsky.social @staidanscs.bsky.social

Tonight, we celebrated with another group of students as they graduated from @staidanscs.bsky.social! We are sad to say goodbye & see them go, but more importantly, we are proud of their goodness, huge talent, achievements & potential to do great things. The future is exciting & brighter for us all!

We left areas of grass uncut @staidanscs.bsky.social to allow our thousands of newly planted native trees and hedgerows take hold. Look at what has sprung out of the ground in just a few short weeks! Why do we cut grass so short at all?

We learn together, we teach together, we grow together, we succeed together, we heal together, we help together, we laugh together and we win together @staidanscs.bsky.social.

And coming 1st seems to be @staidanscs.bsky.social thing lately!!! Bridge to College Overall Leadreship Award!!! We lead together!

I relived the 80s today, myself & @frbryanshortall.bsky.social used to do these back then. Darren the artist, actually knew us when we went to #breakdance at the Central Bank! Thanks to @foroige.bsky.social Brookfield for bringing even more colour to @staidanscs.bsky.social. Be kind to your mind!!!

This year just keeps giving back!! @staidanscs.bsky.social has another national winner! Sandisiwe O Khupe, Soroptimist Intenational, All Ireland public speaking champion. So proud of you Sandy! You are an inspiration and your future has no limits!

Lovely formal pictures being taken of our @staidanscs.bsky.social 2025 graduates this morning for their year book! Then the principal comes along to take a selfie and ruins it all!!!

#firedrill 2 of 24/25 went without a hitch! Check out the new fire officer get up! Thanks to the nearly 700 students & staff @staidanscs.bsky.social who were so careful, efficient, patient, courteous & mindful of others. School emptied in 1 min 53 secs. All assembled & accounted for in lass than 4.

Adding colour to a school is what it's all about & @staidanscs.bsky.social shines so brightly on & through all the colour within it. Today our TY students produced stained glass ornaments with artist Bianca Divito and Creative Engagement. I've rarely seen anything capture us as beautifully!

I feel like @carlowweather.bsky.social today. Just had a tutorial on our new solar panels on the roof of @staidanscs.bsky.social.
When the school was built, its cutting edge design maximised natural light. Now 40 years later we use that natural light in a different way. Education is the winner here!

No matter how bad the mess, it can always be tidied up. Broken things are fixable. Time does not stand still. What looks terrible today will appear infinitely better in the future. Feb. mid-term 24, we smashed out the ceilings & saw possibility. Feb. Mid-term 25, the chaos is consigned to the past!!

Show Up, Shine Bright. Our new regional attendance drive video hot off the press! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UcJ...

Just when we thought that this week couldn't get any better, 5th year @staidanscs.bsky.social student, Sandi O'Khupe has won the Leinster regional final of the Soroptimist International girls' public speaking competition. She will now represent our school in the national final in Castlebar in April.

Education is about recognising progress and rewarding it. The challenge is to make sure that every single participant experiences success and that all, including their families and friends are included and commended. Positivity and optimism are contagious!

Days like this! Some days in @staidanscs.bsky.social bring the joy of 1000 anywhere else. Watch with sound!

Change nothing and nothing will change! Everything should be on the table when looking at solutions to school participation issues. Let's concentrate less on asking students curricular questions in exams & more on asking them about the bigger issues in their lives
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I really believe the next generation, when given the opportunity, will change the world for the better. We launched our new Student Ledership tops today @staidanscs.bsky.social for our peer mentors who are truly inspirational, kind, inclusive, supportive, dedicated, humble, ambitious & full of hope.