Ms Catherine McCormack, Ceist School Co-ordinator was guest of honour at the recent Scoil Mhuire, Kanturk Awards Ceremony. Awards were presented in an array of areas including sports, performing arts, school spirit, exemplary attitude, initiative and the academic.
The awards for best Junior and Leaving Certificate were sponsored by AIB Kanturk and Emer Crowley was on hand for presentations to Jogaile Aidukeviciute and Muireann Vaughan respectively. The Junior Student of the Year Award was presented to Aoife Magee. This award was kindly sponsored by Aspel’s Spar, Kanturk which Tommy Mullane presented to Aoife. Meanwhile, the Senior Student of the Year Award was won by Nikoletta Zmuda. This award was kindly sponsored by Twohig’s SuperValu Kanturk and was presented to Nikoletta Zmuda by Mrs Noreen Twohig. The Transition Year Award was presented to Jackie Osei which was kindly sponsored by ASE Cultural Exchange.
In her address Ms Miriam Downey, Principal said that each student in Scoil Mhuire is encouraged to give of their best to reach their maximum potential. “For those students, who are sitting in the audience observing the success of others, you too have talents and I would encourage you to aspire to be award winners next year”.
Musical interludes were provided by the Scoil Mhuire Choir and the Trad Group. Introductions and citations were read by Deputy Principal Denis Keating and staff members Mr Rickie O’Keeffe and Mrs Julia Barry.
Scoil Mhuire Award Winners 2018
| Sports Awards | |
| Boys’ Senior | Evan O’Brien |
| Girls’ Senior | Rebecca Burke |
| Boys’ Junior | Jamie Harrington |
| Girls’ Junior | Sadhbh Neenan |
| Year Awards 2017-2018 | |
| 1st Year | Gemma Healy |
| 2nd Year | Caoimhe O’Sullivan |
| 3rd Year | Cyruz Rodrigo |
| 5th Year | Orla Gillespie |
| Transition Year Award | |
| Jackie Osei | Kindly sponsored by ASE Cultural Exchange |
| Performing Arts Award | |
| David Alexandre | |
| School Spirit Award | |
| Ruth O’Connor | |
| Exemplary Attitude Award | |
| Jack Forde | |
| Initiative Award | |
| Cathal Leahy | Lisa Finn |
| Marcella O’Connor | Jennifer Hallihan Buckley |
| Caoimhe Quinlan | Paula Lisauskaite |
| Friso Siewers | Julia Rodrigo |
| Outstanding Junior Certificate Awards 2018 | |
| Deirdre Leahy | |
| Sebastian Sarna | |
| Donal Jones | |
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| Best Junior Certificate 2018 | |
| Jogaile Aidukeviciute | Kindly sponsored by AIB Kanturk |
| Leaving Certificate 2018 Subject Areas | |
| Technology | Ruairi O’Mahony |
| Home Economics | Rebecca Burke |
| French | Fernando Fierro |
| Geography | Darren Heffernan |
| History | Gearoid Meehan |
| Outstanding Leaving Certificate Awards | |
| Ronan Buckley | Neil O’Connor |
| Diarmuid O’Mahony | Eve O’Shaughnessy |
| Sonja Cappello | Colm O’Keeffe |
| Tadhg Jones | John Lynn |
| Rachel O’Riordan | Jan Unterhofer |
| Best Leaving Certificate 2018 | |
| Muireann Vaughan | Kindly sponsored by AIB Kanturk |
| Ceist Award | |
| Gearoid Meehan | Kindly sponsored by Aspel’s SparKanturk |
| Junior Student of the Year 2018 | |
| Aoife Magee | Kindly sponsored by Aspel’s SparKanturk |
| Senior Student of the Year 2018 | |
| Nikoletta Zmuda | Kindly sponsored by Twohig’s Super Valu, Kanturk |
