Stratford College is proud to celebrate the participation, success and achievements of all our students
Congratulations to a group of 1st Year Business Students were awarded the Social Media Award at the Dublin City Finals Student Enterprise Awards Ceremony on Thursday, 12th March 2015. They were presented with the award by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD.
See also the Business/LCVP blog.
On Tuesday, 10th March 2015, four teams of four students entered the Annual 'Ides of March' Quiz organised by the Classical Association of Ireland Teachers. Well done to Ryan Baker (3rd Year), Hannah Kearns (6th Year), Oscar McHale (TY) and Rory Murphy (5th Year) whose team were joint first for the last three rounds. At the end of the Quiz, Stratford College and Gonzaga College were joint first. Gonzaga College were deemed the winners based on their answer to the tie-breaker question. All of Stratford's teams were in the top ten.
See also the Classics/CSPE/History blog.
Congratulations to Alice Murphy (2014) who received a UCD Entrance Scholar Award in the O'Reilly Hall on Thursday, 13th November 2014. UCD Entrance Scholars are first year students who have achieved 540 points or more in their Leaving Certificate. These awards recognise exceptional students when they join UCD.
The Awards Ceremony were held on Friday, 24th October 2014. Browse this PDF file to see the full list of recipients. Congratulations to all students, past and current, who received awards on the day.
See also the School News blog.
Feis Maitiu is an annual Speech and Drama festival that is held in mid-May at The Mill Theatre, Dundrum and attracts entrants from all over the country. Stratford College were placed 3rd in the Under 16 Group Improvisation Category. 2nd Year students, Ryan Baker and Cormac Kelly brought the house down with their farcical piece Skungpoomery, claiming 3rd prize in the Under 16 Duologue Category. Congratulations!
See English/Drama blog for more details.
On 29th April 2014 Stratford College hosted its first SciFest@Stratford. TY students were judged on their Scratch programming projects. Three external SciFest judges visited the school. Congratulations to Andrew Enright and Rory Murphy who were placed 1st, Svetlana Cvetica and Jessica Nelkin who were placed 2nd, and to Nicole Lawlor and Kate Dempsey who were placed jointly in 3rd place. Not only was it a first for Stratford College, but it was a first for SciFest@Schools - this was the first time in Ireland that Scratch programming projects were entered into the competition.
See Science/Maths blog for more details.
On 25th March 2014, Stratford College entered four teams and all teams came in the top ten - out of 27 teams. Stratford College won first place with a remarkable 55/60. Our team was captained by Oscar McHale (3rd Year) and was comprised of Rory Murphy (TY), Alice Murphy (6th year) and Rachel Jones (6th year). Well done to all the teams who entered.
See Classics/CSPE/History blog for more details.
Congratulations to Jake Regan who was awarded an Entrance Exhibition Award by Trinity College Dublin, on Monday 18th November 2013, as a result of his high performance in the Leaving Certificate 2013.
The Awards Ceremony were held on Friday, 25th October 2013. Browse this PDF file to see the full list of recipients.
Congratulations to 5th Year Chemistry students, Michael, Sae and Rachel on winning the Marsh's Library 'Curious Experiments' on 29th May 2013. The students had to submit a video of them doing at least 5 experiments inspired by an 18th Century poster (see image) suggesting 50 experiments "For the Amusement anf Entertainment of Ladies as well as Gentlemen".
See also Science blog.
[Image: www.marshlibrary.ie]
