Millstreet Community School

MCS is 50! Millstreet Community School has been serving the community for fifty years, and is going from strength to strength. This long tradition has been constantly evolving to meet the requirements of students in a fastchanging world. We will be looking back on this proud tradition at our celebration in the school on December 1st, where past and present students will wander down memory lane with Marty Morrissey, along with lots of music and song with special guests including Niamh Kavanagh, who obviously has great memories of Millstreet. Limited tickets so get your tickets in the school or in local shops. It promises to be a memorable night.

State Exam Results

Huge congratulations to all Leaving and Junior Cycle exams, with students receiving outstanding results. Best of luck to the class of ‘23 who are now on the next stage of their journey in apprenticeships, college and in the workplace.

GAA Future Leaders Bronze Award

TY ’22-’23 received a Bronze Award in recognition of the achievements of the GAA Future Leaders module in TY. The group got through an enormous amount of work, including two blitzes, with Primary schools and First years, as well as running “Millstreet’s Fittest Class” for the whole Junior School, Teacher -Student basketball games and completing all Future Leaders training.

This year’s group are already building on this with the Primary and First Year blitzes both huge successes, and the school skills competition also completed, with lots more to come! Well done to all and to coordinator Ms Lyons.

The school’s Senior Golfers were in action in Mallow. In terrible conditions and against outstanding talent, the team of Evelyn McCarthy, Luke Hickey, Cian O’Connor and Rory McCarthy brought in very solid cards, with Rory winning the net prize with 2 under par, a phenomenal score on the day. The school’s Junior Golfers were also in action in Charleville, with great performances from Danny O’Riordan, with Rory and Oisin McCarthy in Charleville.

MCS Concern debate team of Elizabeth O’Mahony, Abbie Lenihen, Katie Sheehan, John B. Sheehan, Emily Morris Murray and Tara Kelleher took on Scoil Mhuire Cobh as proposition on the motion “Africa will regret it’s reliance on China”. They developed understanding on the geopolitical landscape and global justice issues. They now await adjudication from the online judging process, and will be preparing for the next debate in their group.

MCS Transition Year Peer Mentoring team with KDYS Trainers

An Integration Workshop was facilitated for the First Year group, with the theme ‘We Are All Equal But Different!’ First Year students experienced a fun and lively Integration Workshop with plenty activities and games to get everyone involved and have their opinion heard. Students learned about power dynamics, personal choice and its impact. Learning through games allowed students to play with complex and sometimes difficult topics in a way that left them engaged with each other, laughing and energised and acutely aware that we are all equal but different.

The First Years and their families were welcomed to the First Year Mass, and thanks to all the First Years who participated so well at this

event. Everyone got a chance to meet afterwards with light refreshments in the canteen. Thanks also to the school musicians for helping to make the occasion so special.

MCS First Year Mass

The MCS Student Voice Team of Ally Moynihan, Maeve Flynn and Jiery Wang had a fantastic day in Dublin Castle, playing a key role in the day’s discussions and led out educational research on Student-Teacher Relationships. The team initiated and facilitated discussions in the ACCS Student Voice conference.

MCS Students who presented at ACCS conference in Dublin Castle

Ag. Science students at the Ploughing in Laois