On the first week of December, from the 7th to the 11th the school celebrated Mitzvah week. Every year, we have an annual Mitzvah Box collection, where we collect non-perishable food donations from each class group and donate to charities such as Focus Ireland.
A “mitzvah” is a Hebrew word means a good deed done by a person, and there are 613 central “mitzvot” that can be done in Jewish law. Usually, each class group would bring in products to donate to charities, but this year we had to change things because of the pandemic. Instead, we asked students to purchase food vouchers from local supermarkets, which we collected on Wednesday, December 9th. Overall, we are very happy with the efforts of students and teachers and we would like to thank you for your generosity. The photo shows some of the vouchers collected by the 1st years - approximately €1000 was collected in food vouchers.
Josh Barling (6th Year)
Our Transition Year (TY) students hosted a successful coffee morning in the school hall to raise funds for Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services in Harold's Cross. Year groups visited the hall in turn for tea, coffee, and treats. Thanks to Ms. Maxwell, Ms. Talbot, Ms. McGill and all our TY students.
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On Wednesday, the 23rd of September, a group of us TY students had the opportunity to welcome Irish writer Elaine Garvey to our school, where we took part in a two-hour workshop with her. On Friday the 25th of September, we embarked on our weekly trip which brought us northside, to Glasnevin Cemetery, so write Ianis, Vihaan and Matthew B (TY Weekly editors).
Some of our Chinese students celebrated the Mooncake Festival this morning with traditional treats, and stories about the holiday. The round shape of the mooncakes mirrors the bright harvest moon, symbolizing family togetherness and completeness.
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