Stratford College is proud to celebrate the participation, success and achievements of all our students
Congratulations to the Junior Girls team who won the Schools Challenge trophy at the Terenure 5 Mile Run on Sunday, 20th May 2013.
Junior Girls Team: Alannah O'Byrne (1st Year), Carmel Grey (3rd Year), Fiona Maguire (3rd Year), Sadhbh Charles (TY) and Alice Murphy (5th Year)
See also the Sports blog.
The drama class took part in the Improvisation competitions at Feis Maitiu 2013 at The Mill Theatre on 14 May 2013. The under 14 group were Ryan Baker, Cormac Kelly, Alanah O'Byrne and Grace O'Dwyer. Their title was The New Neighbour and they did very well, coming in second place.
Our under 18 group was made up of Hugh Cannon, Rachel Jones, Alice Murphy, Diarmaid Kelly and Evan Matthews. Their title was The Therapist and they stole the show, coming first place. Alice Murphy took part in the under 18 solo drama competition on 16 May. Well done to all!
See also the English/Drama blog.
Congratulations to the 17 students from Stratford College who participated in the annual Ides of March Classical Studies quiz on Thursday, 21st March 2013. This year 21 teams took part in the quiz with students representing a number of secondary schools from Dublin, Mullingar and Drogheda. Stratford entered four teams and our success was remarkable. Stratford came second, third, fourth and fifth. Our team captained by Rory Murphy (3rd Year) came very close to winning first place. They scored 53/60 points, only one point behind the top spot.
See also the Classics/CSPE/History blog.
επιφ. συγχαρητήρια to the five students who entered the Classical Studies speech competition in Trinity College on Thursday, 7th March 2013, organised by the CAIT (Classical Association of Ireland - Teachers) and the Classics department TCD. Stratford College came 1st and 3rd - a truly remarkable achievement. Alice Murphy (5th year) came first for her powerful and moving recital from Sophocles' Antigone. Katie Richardson McCrea (5th year) came third for her poignant and heartfelt recital from Euripides' Medea. Evan Matthews (2nd year) came 3rd in the Junior Certificate Classical Studies category for his entertaining and informative recital from Plautus' The Swaggering Soldier.
See also the Classics/CSPE/History blog.
Congratulations to the Senior History team - John Nolan (6th Year), Katie McCrea (5th Year), Rory O'Neill (5th Year) and Diarmaid Kelly (5th Year) who won the 2013 Senior History Quiz, organised by the History Teachers Association of Ireland, on Monday 21st January 2013. They got 56 out of 60 answers correct.
See also the Classics/CSPE/History blog.
Congratulations to Bogdan Kuzmanovic (2012) who received a UCD Entrance Scholar Award in the O'Reilly Hall on Wednesday, 14th November 2012. 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.
Browse here to see a list of student prizewinners at the 2012 Awards Ceremony held on Friday, 26th October 2012.
Well done to our students and teachers of the Class of 2012 - 16% achieved 500+ points while 63% overall gained 300+ points. In particular, we congratulate Ailbhe MacMahon who gained 595 points in her Leaving Certificate.
The Transition Year Irish class won a 2012 Clobeo award for their Irish film, "An Loitiméireacht", which they wrote, acted, filmed and edited themselves. Watch "An Loitiméireacht" on the Clobeo.ie website.
See also the Irish blog.
[Photo: Ms. O'Kelly]
Congratulations to Katie McCrea (TY) who came 1st in the Under 16 Classical competition and to Leanna Morgan (2nd Year) who came 3rd in the Under 16 Vocal competition at the Newpark Music Festival on Sunday, 13th May 2012. Katie was invited to sing at the Prizewinners Concert on the 19th May.
See also the Music blog.
