The staff and students of St Joseph’s Mercy Secondary School wish to thank everyone who attended our Christmas Carol Service in St Mary’s Church Navan Parish on Tuesday December 11th for what was a beautiful evening of music and prayer. If you missed it, a full video of the service can be viewed on our school Facebook page.
As part of their Geography course, our Transition Years visited Turlough Hill ESB generating station on Thursday November 29th. They toured the station deep within the Wicklow Mountains and visited the control room and the artificial lake 700m above sea level. Thank you to the ESB for hosting us and to Mr McCoy and Ms Walsh for organising.
Our Under 19 team won their basketball quarter final with a score of 41-26. We are now into the Semi Finals of the Meath Basketball Schools League!
Thank you to our basketball coaches, Ms Walsh, Ms Dignam and Ms Commane.
Well done to Tara Fay (Class of 2018) who received an Entrance Scholars Award from University College Dublin on November 14th. We wish you well in your future studies.
On Wednesday 14th November, we held our November Remembrance services in the school. Each year group gathered in the Phoenix Theatre for a time of reflection, prayer and song to remember our loved ones. As part of the service, students wrote the names of those they wish to remember on leaves and placed them on our Memory Tree.
Our Modern Foreign Languages tour for 3rd year students took place from the 17th – 20th October. Students travelled to France and Germany to put their language skills to use and to sample French and German culture. Many thanks to our teachers who accompanied students on the tour.