St Josephs Secondary School Rochfortbridge

Final day of TY coaching in our local primary school. Huge thanks to Mr Claffey and Mr Cleary and all the wonderful primary school students!!

This week, our school community welcomed Edwina and Michelle from the Mullingar Youth LGBT+ Support Group. The Ally Committee were treated to an engaging and informative workshop. We were so proud of our students who eagerly collaborated with the ladies!

Well done to all who participated in the MasterChef competition yesterday. The judges were very impresssed with the variety and standard of dishes presented!!

Our TY boys are heading to the Leinster Shield Final after defeating Gaelcholaiste na mara from Arklow in a tight affair in the semi final in Crumlin on Monday 24th.

The TY Horticulture and TY Ag Science classes have been busy this term getting ready for May Day for sustainability.

A huge well done to the First Year Girls who reached the final of the Leinster blitz in Maynooth yesterday. They beat Leixlip, Clane, and Confey only to be beaten narrowly in the final against a very strong Maynooth!

Great day at North Leinster Championships today. 71 students competed! Well done to everyone involved and their coaches and mentors!!

We are very proud of our All Ireland Pi Quiz Finalists who came 8th place overall in Portlaoise on Saturday. This was a huge achievement for a hard working team in a very stiff national competition. Well done to Max, Anna, Kahil and Yaxin and their mentor Ms Heduan

Wishing our All Ireland Pi Quiz finalists and their mentor, Ms Heduan, the very best of luck today. Anna Johnston, Kahil Vaidya, Max Flynn and Yaxin Liu are representing St Joseph's in Portlaoise today and it is a huge achievement to be there. Best of luck to them!! 👏

TY Robotics Students busy assembling and programming lego spike robots for their first lego league challenge. Winners progress to TUS blitz on May 4th!!!

Well done to our 2nd year girls basketball team who qualified for the All Ireland semi finals after winning their playoffs this week. The girls will now play in the All Ireland semi finals next Tuesday. 🏀

A group of TYs had great fun yesterday at the RDS Dublin when they participated in the Bank of Ireland Money Smarts challenge. The day was full of financial wellbeing activities hosted by James Patrice!!

Congratulations to the dancers from The Emerald Lakes Academy of Irish dance who competed in the WIDA World Championships in Killarney recently!!

Our TY GAA coaching group are busy coaching 4th class in Scoil Croi Naofa in the sun this morning!!!

Well done to the students representing us today at the CEIST Student Leadership Conference in DCU; Cian Colgan, Emma O Connor and Adam Carroll, along with their guiding teacher Ms Heduan. We look forward to hearing all about it and to more good work from our Mercy Leaders!

Well done to TY Class 4D who ran a blitz with our local primary school today to promote their YSI project "Cheer, Don't Jeer". A full report to follow!

Brother Hubert Leinster Final : Win for the Bridge!!! 1-6-4 points 👏👏👏👏

Congratulations to Judith Flynn who has received a prestigious Entrance Exhibition Award from Trinity College Dublin. These awards go to the students accepted into the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree programme who achieve the highest points among Trinity Entrants!

Wishing all our Leaving Certificate Students the very best of luck today as they begin their oral exams. We are looking forward to a productive week of supervised study next week for our Third and Sixth Years.

The very best of luck to TY students, Dara Fagan, Laoise Byrne and Elizabeth Carey in the final of the Certified Angus Beef today in Croke Park. It is a great achievement to reach the final from over 170 schools!!!