Author: Hazelwood College

Basketball News

Hazelwood College’s Limerick Schools Junior Girls Basketball League team are pictured after their recent success against Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh on a 36-21 score line. After beginning the encounter with at a blistering pace, Hazelwood ratchetted up an impressive 25-8 lead by the midway mark. However, Hazelwood had to withstand an impressive fightback by Gaelcholáiste, who thundered through the third quarter, in order to advance to the next round of the Limerick Schools’ Junior Basketball League. Pictured are (back row, left to right): Melissa Duggan, Melanie Gilbourne, Chloe Farrell, Fiona Wright, Sinead Wright. Front row (left to right): Ciara McCarthy, Sara Enright, Evelyn Mancassola, Roisin Normoyle and Aisling Shanahan

Day Care Centre Visit

Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate Applied students Darren Wright (second from left) and Rebecca Carroll (far right) are pictured here on a school visit to Dromcollogher Day Care Centre, which they visited as part of their Social Education course. The students visited in order to meet with and talk to senior citizens and bridge the generation gap.

Hazelwood College’s Declan Leahy (left) is pictured with one of the people who avail of the services of Dromcollogher Day Centre, which Declan and the other Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate Applied students visited as part of their studies.

Car Safety

Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate Applied I students are pictured with Michael Gleeson and his MOG car. Michael Gleeson spoke to students about the importance of road safety and allowed students to use his specially customised vehicle in order to practice the skills which will save lives on the road. Pictured are (back row, left to right) Colm McMahon, Liam McDermott, Michael Geary, Eugene Barrett, Timmy Brosnan and Conor Roche. Seated are Christopher Cotter (left) and Jack McCarthy (right).

Ty’s on Live95fm

Three Transition Year students from the schools bank, The BumbleBee Bank, were live on air on Limerick’s live 95 FM today to talk about their upcoming sleep-out in aid of Focus Ireland. The sleep-out requires the TY students and teachers to brace the cold for one night. Each student has a sponsorship card to fill to raise much needed funds and awareness for the homeless charity.

Here is the girls interview:

Building Works Update

The building of our extension is still progressing well. The new basketball courts are close to completion and the new building remains on schedule to be completed over the summer months.

Here is a short video of the progress from late December to the 1st March.

In case you missed it, here is a video of the progress from October to December 2016.

Annual First Year Reading Challenge

Hazelwood College 1B group with their teacher Ms Mairead Daly being awarded their certificates of recognition for participating in the Hazelwood College.

Hazelwood College 1C group after being awarded their certificates of recognition for participating in the Hazelwood College Annual First Year Reading Challenge.

Hazelwood College 1D group after being awarded their certificates of recognition for participating in the Hazelwood College Annual First Year Reading Challenge.

Voting Closing – Last Chance to Vote

Three Transition year students Ciara O’Callaghan, Edel O’Flynn and Molly Kirwan are through to the regional finals of the Junk Kouture competition. They need your support. All you have to do is go onto the BOIstudents Facebook page …here… and vote for their dress ‘Illoominate’ You can vote once a day from the 20th-24th of February. Your support is greatly appreciated .

For More information visit the Junk Kouture website …here…

Some Pictures of the dress and its detail