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Fun Cycle

Recently over 70 students and staff undertook a fun 12km cycle around Dromcollogher and Broadford.

Funds raised on the day were donated the Ms O’Connor who is undertaking an incredible cycling challenge this summer.

To raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Ms O’Connor will cycle the entire Wild Atlantic Way from South to North is approximately 25 days. To do this Ms O’Connor will need to average over 100km per day.

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Here is some video footage taken on the day.

To find out more about Ms O’Connor’s challenge visit her Facebook page here:

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Awards Day 2016

Here are some photos from the recent Hazelwood College Ethos Awards Day. Guest of honour on the day was Kerry Footballer Colm Cooper. Many more awards were given out on the day but too many to list here, congratulations to all those who helped to make 2015/16 such a successful school year

Picture 1: Hazelwood College Third Year student, Ciara O’Callaghan pictured with Kerry legend Colm Cooper receiving her Junior German Subject Award.

Picture 2: Neasa Fahy, Third Year Hazelwood College student, receiving her Junior History Subject Award from Kerry legend Colm Cooper

Picture 3: Ronan Cahill, Hazelwood College Third Year student, receiving his Junior English Subject Award from Colm Cooper.

Picture 4: Ronan Buckley, Third Year Hazelwood College student, is pictured receiving his Junior IT Subject Award from Colm Cooper.

Picture 5: Colm Galvin, Third Year Hazelwood College student, is pictured here receiving his Junior DCG Subject Award.

Picture 6: Mairíde Bennis is pictured here receiving her Junior Materials Technology Metal Subject Award from Colm Cooper at Hazelwood College.

Picture 7: Caroline Ahern is pictured receiving her Junior Business Studies Subject Award from Colm Cooper.

Picture 8: Ciara O’Flynn, Hazelwood College Third Year student, is pictured receiving her Junior Home Economics Subject Award from Colm Cooper.

Picture 9: Emma Browne is pictured receiving her Junior Music Subject Award at Hazelwood College’s recent Annual Awards Day from Colm Cooper

Picture 10: Edel O’Flynn, Third Year Hazelwood College student, is pictured being presented her Junior Art Subject Award by Colm Cooper.

Picture 11: Eilish Reidy is pictured receiving her Junior French Subject Award at the recent Hazelwood College Annual Awards Day from Colm Cooper

Picture 12: Ava Mullane, Third Year Hazelwood College student, is pictured here receiving her Junior English subject Award

Picture 13: Orlaith Hennessy is pictured receiving her Junior Maths Subject Award from Colm Cooper at the Hazelwood College Annual Awards Day.

Picture 14: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student John Ahern is presented with his Senior DCG Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 15: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Paula Reidy is presented with her Senior English Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 16: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Janice Reidy is presented with her Senior Business studies Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 17: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Jack Carroll is presented with his Senior Irish Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 18: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Meghan Banks is presented with her Senior Home Economics Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 19: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Cliodhna O’Keeffe is presented with her Senior Religion Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 20: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Kayleigh O’Brien is presented with her Senior Music Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 21: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Anthony Barrett is presented with his Senior Physics Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 22: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Aaron Walsh is presented with his Senior Chemistry Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 23: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Sarah Shanahan is presented with her Senior Agricultural Science Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 24: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Gerard Ahern is presented with his Senior Maths Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 25: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Ciara Lenihan is presented with her Senior Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 26: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Kate Farrissey is presented with her Senior German Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 27: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Albert Fenton is presented with his Senior Accounting Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 28: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Linda Brown is presented with her Senior Art Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 29: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Laoise Bennis is presented with her Senior Geography Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 30: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Sarah Lynch is presented with her Senior French Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 31: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Liam Doody is presented with his Senior History Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 32: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Laoise Bennis is presented with her Hazelwood College Principal’s Award by Colm Cooper (left) and Hazelwood College Principal Mr Brendan Burke (right).

ProdiJIG: The Revolution

Castlemahon native and past Hazelwood College student Darren Roche has been turning the traditional music world on its head with his colleagues in the band MOXIE. Moxie formed in late 2011 between Cillian Doheny, Jos Kelly, Darren Roche, Ted Kelly and Paddy Hazleton and are now busy taking over the rest of Europe. Their music has a solid traditional backbone, inspired and shaped by the surrounding of the west of Ireland, but with progressive, world and jazz influences creeping into their music it makes for a truly heady and distinctive sound, putting them at the forefront of new acoustic music from Ireland. In August 2014 they released their debut album ‘Planted’ to critical acclaim. With their unmistakable approach, MOXIE are becoming a festival favourite in Europe, America and beyond garnering a reputation for their highly charged live performances.

Prodijig won Sky’s “Got to Dance” competion in March of 2012. Their unique blend of hip hop, tap, flamenco and drill with Irish dance quickly captured the attention of viewers and judges alike. During their first round in the show the troupe showcased their new style to Kanye West’s hit song “Power.” Judge Adam Garcia correctly predicted then that the group could win the whole competition. Prodijig’s seven members include former “Riverdance” leads as well as regional, national, and world championship dancers. Kenefick is the dance crew’s leader and choreographer.

Now Moxie and Prodijig have joined together to create The Revolution, which will feature on The Late Late Show on RTE tomorrow night Friday 27th May

ProdiJIG: The Revolution is a ground breaking new Irish Dance show featuring Moxie and led by one of the most innovative choreographers and dancers in the world, Cork born Alan Kenefick. He will be joined on stage by 22 of the worlds best Irish dancers, leading Irish Dance in to a new era. ProdiJIG: The Revolution is exactly as the title suggests – a revolution in dance. Alan Kenefick’s innovative, spectacular style is at the forefront of this evolution of Irish dance. It looks different, it sounds different, it feels different, and it speaks to a whole new generation of people.

The show takes place in Cork Opera House and tickets are available now …here…
ProdiJIG: The Revolution

Preview: Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd July 2016
Opening: Saturday 23 July 2016, 8pm
Matinees 2:30pm

Tickets: €22-€32, Family Rate: €80-115*

SciFest 2016

Hazelwood College students recently attended the SciFest science fair hosted by Limerick Institute of Technology. Here are some photos from the day.

Picture a: Hazelwood College Transition Year students (from left to right) Aoife Kiely, Eoin Donegan, Laura O’Connell pictured above with their project, “To investigate whether e – cigarettes are beneficial after quitting regular cigarettes”. The three students entered their project for SciFest, which is a series of one-day science fairs for second-level students hosted locally in schools and regional level in third level colleges.

Picture b Transition Year students from Hazelwood College (from left) Aisling Cunningham, Nicola Madden and Bríd Flanagan are pictured with their project, ‘Defrost the Frost’ at Limerick SciFest, which was held in Limerick Institute of Technology recently. Their project set out to investigate the speeding up of the defrosting process of frozen foods.

Picture c Hazelwood College Transition Year students (left to right) Jamie Singleton, Andy Quaid and Paul Power are pictured at Limerick SciFest, which was held at Limerick Institute of Technology recently, where their project, an investigate if there is a correlation between the type of music people listen to and their academic results was among those displayed.

Picture d Hazelwood College second year student Elaine Kennedy is pictured with her entry to Limerick SciFest recently. The project, which won an award of Highly Commended was an investigation into the use of pesticides.

Picture e Hazelwood College second year science teacher Ms Martina Matthews congratulates Elaine Kennedy on the receipt of her Highly Commended Certificate for her investigation into the use of pesticides at the recent Limerick SciFest, which was hosted at Limerick Institute of Technology recently.

Picture f Hazelwood College second year student Elaine Kennedy, being awarded her Highly Commended Certificate at Limerick SciFest recently, for her project investigating the effect of the use of pesticides.

Picture g Hazelwood College students Roisín Noonan, Ciara McCarthy (both second year) and Aoife O’Callaghan (first year) are pictured with their project “Does Wisdom Come With Age?” for the recent Limerick SciFest. Their investigation focused on whether people were influenced by outside factors and whether different age groups would respond differently to a same question. The project won a trophy in the Maths and Science category of the competition.

Picture h Hazelwood College Science students (from left to right) Ciara McCarthy, Roisin Noonan and Aoife O’Callaghan are congratulated by their Science teacher Ms Martina Matthews on winning a trophy in the Maths and Science category of Limerick SciFest, held recently in Limerick IT. The students investigated the factors that affect how people in different age groups respond to questions.

Picture I Hazelwood College students Ciara McCarthy, Roisin Noonan and Aoife O’Callaghan are presented with their trophy in the Maths and Science category of Limerick SciFest recently.

Temple Dairy Visit

Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Damien Burke, Kevin O’Leary and Chloe O’Brien are pictured with Marie Curtin from Temple Dairy, who spoke to students as part of their Business Studies Leaving Certificate course and Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme Enterprise studies. Temple Dairy is a family run company, from Rosstemple, Athlacca, Co. Limerick. The company produces farm fresh food products which are healthy, natural and wholesome. The company promotes active lifestyles and mindfulness.

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Picture b Marie Curtin, of Temple Dairy, pictured with Hazelwood College fifth year Business Studies students. Marie spoke about the running of a family business and producing healthy and wholesome food.

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Proclamation of Ireland

Tuesday March 15th, 2016 was Proclamation Day. This was the day when every school in the country reflected on the events of Easter Monday which led to the birth of the Republic. Below are some images from Hazelwood College’s participation in the day.

Picture 1: Hazelwood College students and staff who participated and organised Hazelwood’s commemoration of the centenary of the 1916 Rising Pictured are (from left to right): Darragh Lane, Laoise Bennis, Jacqueline McCarthy, Mr. Danny Sheahan, Ellen Ryan, Aaron Walsh, Mr. Des Lambe, Megan Lenihan, Ms. Sinead Walsh, the Chairman of the Hazelwood College 1916 Rising Commemoration Committee, Ornagh Kiely and Brian Buckley. Missing from the photograph are Hazelwood teachers Ms. Sinead Clarson, Ms. Sarah Fogarty, Mr. Ronan Farrell and Matt Finn.

Picture 2: Hazelwood College students Brian Buckley (left) and Laoise Bennis (right) as they participate in the Hazelwood College 1916 Commemoration Ceremony, by reading the 1916 Proclamation in English and Irish, respectively.

Picture 3: Hazelwood College sixth year student, Aaron Walsh, who read ‘Mise Eire’ by Padraig Pearse in the course of the Hazelwood College 1916 Rising Commemoration Ceremony.

Picture 4: Hazelwood College fifth year student Darragh Lane reads Padraig Pearse’s poem ‘The Mother’ in the course of the Hazelwood College 1916 Rising Commemoration Ceremony.

Picture 5: Hazelwood College’s music group playing a selection of Irish traditional music as part of the Hazelwood College’s 1916 Rising Commemoration Ceremony.

Picture 6: Grainne Buckley (left) and Jack O’Sullivan (right) participate in the 1916 Rising Commemoration Ceremony in Hazelwood College.

Picture 7: Hazelwood College first year students Ornagh Kiely and Megan Lenihan who read a Prayer of Reflection at the ceremony which marked the centenary of the Easter Rising.

Picture 8: Noelle Lenihan, Cathy Foley, Leah Downes and Rachel Power are pictured participating in the choir which sang in the course of the Hazelwood College Commemoration Ceremony for the 1916 Rising.

Picture 9: At the Hazelwood College 1916 Rising Commemoration Ceremony, Derek Murphy (left) and Megan Boyce (right) raise the national flag.

Picture 10: Hazelwood College Principal, Mr Brendan Burke, is pictured at the close of the Hazelwood College 1916 Rising Commemoration Ceremony.

Picture 11: Hazelwood College students Nigel O’Callaghan (left) and Niamh O’Brien (right) pictured recently at Croke Park at a ceremony where they received the national flag from an army officer (centre) as part of the Easter 1916 Commemoration.

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Alan Quinlan Visit

Parents Association Hazelwood College Invites Mr Alan Quinlan to address Staff & Students on Mental Health.
November 30th 2015
By: Joan Twohill, Secretary.

The Monday morning blues were short lived in Hazelwood College last week, where students and staff were treated to a visit from Retired Irish Rugby Union Player and Positive Mental Health Ambassador Mr Alan Quinlan. Alan is a 2 time Heineken Cup winner and was in fact voted ‘’ Man of the Match’’ as Munster beat Toulouse in 2008 when Munster won the Heineken Cup for the second time. Alan Quinlan was part of the selection panel to play in the 2003 & 2007 Word Cups, retiring from Rugby in 2011.

Alan has spoken many times and has written about his own experiences of Mental Health, depression, anxiety and how he realised the importance of seeking help in his recovery played.

In Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher on Monday 30th November last, Alan Quinlan delivered an inspiring speech to over 600 Students and their teachers, reinforcing the importance of looking after our Mental Health. One could hear a pen drop in the room as Alan spoke of his own personal struggle with Mental Health. He gave some great advice to all of us, for example the importance of shearing our worries and fears with those around us, that we might look great on the outside but we never know how one is feeling on the inside. Exercise, Diet , hobbies, staying away from drugs & smoking all play a huge role in Positive Mental Health Wellbeing.

It is important to take time out to ask the person beside us ‘’ how are you ?’’ Simple but shows we care.
Alan Quinlan’s message with regard to Mental Health Awareness complimented the great work in this area already being carried out by the Students in Hazelwood College and their teachers. The School has entered in the Mental Health Association’s Public Speaking Competitions for a number of years, having won the Limerick County Final three times and making it to the All Ireland Semi Final stages.

This helped enormously to remove the stigma attached to speaking out about mental health, making Hazelwood College a better and safer place to be in for both students and Teachers.

‘’ In life we cannot stop the waves of challenge that we are continually faced with , At times we need help in figuring out how to conquer problems and really the solution is to talk and keep talking and sharing our worries and woes’’ This is a Quote from a Leaving Cert Student, Mary Cussen, who was preparing her speech for the Schools next Debate.

The Parents Association of Hazelwood College would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Alan Quinlan for his Inspiring visit to our School, to the Principal Mr Brendan Burke and his Staff, for facilitating this visit and we hope that this day will have a long-lasting special effect on us all.

I leave you with a lovely Quote which I came across recently.
‘’Never give up on someone with a Mental Illness. When ‘’ I ‘’ is replaced by ‘’ We ‘’ illness becomes Wellness. – Shannon L. Alder

Easter Raffle

The first fundraising event of Marie’s Spin for Multiple Sclerosis, a Monster Easter Raffle took place in Hazelwood College, raising €658′. We had the pleasure of Colm ‘The Gooch’ Cooper of the Kerry Senior Football Team to celebrate the results of the raffle. Many thanks to the students & staff who purchased tickets and a most sincere thank you to the sponsors of the raffle: Meaney’s Centra Dromcollogher, Dooley’s Supervalu Ncw, Sheahan’s Stores Ncw and Garvey’s Centra Ncw.

Marie is cycling The Wild Atlantic Way from Kinsale to Derry (2500km) in July this year to raise funds and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis. Any individual, group, organisation or business who would like to host a fundraising event or offer support/sponsorship for Marie’s Spin for Multiple Sclerosis, your efforts will be so greatly appreciated. Please contact [email protected], visit Marie’s Spin for Multiple Sclerosis on Facebook and @marie_spin on Twitter.

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Left-right: Orlaith Hennessey (3rd Yr), Danielle Ahern (5th Yr), Paula Reidy (6th Yr), Colm Cooper, Sandra Dineen (1st Yr), Aisling Brennan (2nd Yr), Marie O’ Connor & Mr. Kevin Grant!