Several students had their work selected and were entered into the biannual German Olympiad which is organised by the ‘Goethe-Institut’ worldwide. This year the theme of the competition is “Meine Lieblingsstadt in Deutschland ist..” (My favourite city in Germany is…) Best of luck to Eva Kavanagh – who made a video about Berlin, Wicktor Pinski who wrote about Frankfurt and Aibha Kiernan who selected Düsseldorf as her favourite city in Germany...

Report on Berlin Trip by Sean O’Driscoll

On my way back from Berlin, Germany I decided to write a report on my experience taking part in the theatre workshop run by the Goethe Institute. This is how it went!

It began on a cold Tuesday morning in Berlin where the rest of the Irish team and I made our way over from the hostel to the theatre. In the theatre we...

Presentation, Carlow has enabled Transition Year students the chance to help the less fortunate by joining the Young SVP Committee for five years now. On Friday the 15th of November College the committee held a launch for Young SVP to inform students that the new committee is elected...

Monday 30 September saw the German and European flags raised at the entrance to the College. The German Ambassador HE Deike Potzel, Michael Hauke from the Goethe Institut and Louise Reeves the President of the German Teachers Association were among our honoured guests. In total we had thirty-seven speakers from four schools...

The graduation for Transition Year students took place on Tuesday May 21. Sixth Years had their graduation ceremony in the Cathedral with lovely mass - the theme of which was  ‘Take Flight and Remember Your Roots’. Take Flight is an artwork poster created for the Sixth Year Graduation Mass by Sixth Year pupil Roisín O'Connor, helped by ...

Take Flight

Transition Year students were visited by Anna Keegan from Trócaire this week. She informed students of the work Trócaire engages in to help communities ...Students also received their certificates and badges for all their work over the Easter period.

The Aloysius Foundation is a group of Transition Year students that represent St. Vincent De Paul in our school. We chose the name ‘Aloysius Foundation’ because St. Aloysius is the patron saint of young people.....Report written by: Abbie Nolan, Niamh Nolan and Caoimhe Connolly.