1st Years raise almost €300 for MS-Readathon
Well done to all the 1st Years who participated in this year's MS-Readathon in aid of Multiple Sclerosis Ireland. They raised €282 and read many books between them!
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Careers Evening for Senior Students: guest speakers Peter Cosgrove and Dr Laura Creevey
Will robots take all the jobs? Peter Cosgrove, Future of Work expert and Dr Laura Creevey (Admissions Maynooth University) will be speaking at Stratford's Annual Careers Evening this Thursday evening, 14th November at 7pm about what we need to know about the future of work and student progression.
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1st Years visit Rathmines Library to borrow books for the MS-Readathon
On Thursday the 31st of October, 1st year students went on a trip to the Rathmines library, where we got a chance to see how everything worked in a library and got to borrow some books for MS Readathon.
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Stratford's 2018-2019 Year Book published!
Read Stratford's latest Year Book which was published in early October with the support of the Parents Association.
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Great Reads Award 2019 - Shortlisted Junior and Senior Books
The 2019 Shortlist of Junior and Senior books for the Great Reads Awardwas announced in September. Set up in 2016 by a group of Irish School Librarians this is a yearly award where students read the books, rate them and the award-winning authors (at Junior and Senior level) emerge! The deadline is early January 2020.
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Bloomsday in Rathgar: 15th & 16th June
Bloomsday celebrates 16th June 1904, the day depicted in James Joyce's Ulysses. As part of the Bloomsday Festival (11th - 16th June), Rathgar village is celebrating Bloomsday on Saturday 15th from 1pm onwards. On Sunday, 16th June 2019 local historian and auther, Ged Walsh is leading an historical literary walk around Rathgar starting from Herzog Park (beside Rathgar Tennis Club) starting at 11am.
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Stratford celebrates Wellbeing Week - 'Healthy Body, Healthy Mind'!
Stratford's Summer term started with a bang with a Wellbeing celebration week called "Healthy Body, Healthy Mind" from Monday, 29th April through to Friday 3rd May.
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Stratford students and staff celebrate Purim by dressing up as Literary Heroes
This year Purim was celebrated on Thursday, 21st March. All students and staff were encouraged to dress up as their Literary Hero - there was great creativity to be spotted! The theme was decided between Student Council and the Library prefects.
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World Book Day celebrations: 'Booky Breakfast' book swap sale raises €180 for charity
World Book Day 2019 in Stratford College kicked off with high-powered fruit juices and smoothies made on the spot by the TYs, while students, staff and parents browsed the many, many books in the book sale. Student, staff and parents were actively encouraged to bring in two books and €2 to make it the best book sale and 'booky breakfast' ever! And it was - we raised €180 for St. Michael's House. The juices and smoothies were also awesome!
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World Book Day Book Sale on Thursday, 7th March: Parents invited! We need books too!
World Book Day is on Thursday, 7th March. The day will kick off with a 'Bring a Book, Buy A Book' sale in the school hall from 9.30am to 11am, in aid of St. Michael's House. Parents/guardians and students are all invited to the book sale and you can buy 3 books for the price of €2!! The TYs will be running the book sale.
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