After months of hard work coding and designing their Scratch projects, the TY's were ready to present their work to the two SciFest@Schools judges on Thursday 9th December.
The two judges - TU Dublin Computer Science lecturer, Brian Gillespie and SciFest Project Manager, Hugo Rowsome - joined the classroom online. Each of the five groups shared out their screen to explain and demonstrate their Scratch projects, including their design process and the technical challenges that they faced.
The standard of all the projects and presentations was extremely high. After considerable deliberation by the judges the following groups were awarded prizes:
1st Prize: Brendan, Josh, Hugo (with their ground-breaking use of webcam and Wii-like exercise game)
2nd Prize: Yoan, Charlie, Luke (with an extremely involved Junior Cycle quiz game)
AbbVie Young Innovator Award: Phoenix, Sam, Praise (with a super-charged solar-system game)
Well done also to Daniel, Dean and Tyrese who developed a very detailed Parkour game; and to Leo, Alex and Christopher who developed an innovative maze game.
The next stage will be the SciFest@College competition in May 2022.
Ms O'Kelly
Hugh congratulations to Stratford College Classics students who came 2nd and 3rd in the annual Ides of March Quiz in Blackrock College on Tuesday 28th April. Students from schools all over Dublin and further afield participated. Stratford scored an Olympian 41/46 to take second place and 40/46 to take third place. Thank you to Ms. Donohoe and Ms McGill for coordinating this great event.
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Delia Donohoe has been appointed as Permanent Deputy Principal of Stratford College, following her tenure as Acting Deputy Principal since August 2023. This milestone marks her 21st year as a dedicated member of the Stratford community, where she has made a lasting contribution both in the classroom and in leadership.
Speaking about her appointment Chair of the Board of Management Ms. Aoife Cassidy said: “I am delighted to announce the appointment of Delia as Deputy Principal; she has been a leader and teacher at Stratford College for more than 20 years. During this time, she has served in an acting capacity as Deputy Principal, including over the last three years. She has strong leadership skills and an unwavering commitment and dedication to our school community. We have every confidence that she will continue to lead with the same energy, warmth and dedication in the years ahead. We are delighted to formally confirm Delia’s appointment and wish her every success in the role going forward.
A brilliant afternoon for the 2026 incoming 1st years to meet each other and other Stratford students including our current 1st years, senior prefects & their year head Ms. Finnegan. Something for everyone to enjoy!
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