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The first year girls and Transition Years participating in the Active 8 programme will travel to Kilfinane Outdoor Education centre on February 14th for a day of outdoor pursuits

The annual Differntial Apptitude Testing (DAT) of the school’s Third Years will take place on Friday 6thFebruary. The results of these tests are a great aid to the guidnace counselling staff in helping students pick subjects and courses appropiate to them for the Leaving Certificate and their future careers

The Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate classes will participate in a Retreat on January 29th and 30th respectivily

Dan Cool Show

Humourfit Theathre Company will visit the school on the 24th January to perform this year “Dan Cool Show”. The show deals with topics that affect and are relevant to teenagers. The show will be viewed by the whole school. After the two shows students will take part in a question and answer forum with the Artistic Director Mr. Micheal O’ Sullivan.

Hazelwood College Debators continue Winning Streak

On Tuesday last, Hazelwood College’s Concern debating team followed up on their recent victories against St Mary’s Secondary School, Charleville and Davis College Mallow in the fourth round of the Concern Schools Debating Competition. The team of Edward Lowe, John Ryan, Sarah Curtin and Triona Sheehy successfully opposed the motion that “ The West in committed to defeating the global Aids pandemic” against an excellent side from the Patrician Academy, Mallow. The teams hard work paid off as they won by a unanimous decision and now join the remaining thirty-one teams nationally, in the fifth round of the competition, to be staged in the near future.

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The Leaving Certifcate Biology class will visit the University of Limerick for a day in the Laboratories studying Biology and Forensic science testing on 18th January

Dail na nOg: Stephan Casey first year recently won the chance to represent Limerick in the 2007 Natioanl Dail na nOg. James Kinnane first year won the position of substitute.

Super Scientists at Hazelwood College

Pictured are the five teams from Hazelwood College who have qualified for the final of the Esat BT Young Scientist Competition. The projects through to the final are; ‘An investigation into the effects of pollutants on plants’ by Danielle Curtin and Emma Purcell, ‘An investigation into the amount of pollutants in water in our area’ by Anita Lucey and Ciara Fitzgibbon, ‘Chicken Litter’ by Jack Long, David Harrold and Emma Cronin, ‘Crashes don’t lie’ by Paudie Walsh and ‘Milk for life’ by Anne Hayes, Christina Kiely and Patricia Ahern. Good luck to all involved!

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Pictured are the five teams from Hazelwood College who are taking part in the Young Scientist competition in Dublin this week.

Congratulations to Una O’ Sullivan, Brian O’ Regan and Billy Fehin who recently won the Clare Limerick Round of the ISTA Science quiz and went on to finish 6th in the National Finals at Trinity College Dublin. The second school team of David Fitzgerald, Mary Eniis and Kevin Schulte finished 3th in the county and 11th nationally.