The Lee Strand/Garda Youth Achievement Awards took place in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel, Tralee with over 200 people attending. The awards recognise the great contribution young people have made and continue to make in their communities. There were 20 individual awards, two group awards and one safety award – which Castleisland Community College students won…
‘The Global Gang’ comprising Transition Year students from Castleisland Community College won a national award at the Young Social Innovator’s competition held in Croke Park, Dublin. Young Social Innovators is Ireland’s largest social awareness and active citizenship and education programme. 400 Projects Entered Over 400 projects were entered this year and a total of 30…
Kerry Education and Training Board (ETB) held its annual student awards ceremony on Friday January 18th 2019 at its headquarters in Tralee. Eight post primary schools throughout Kerry make up this organisation which serves close on 3,000 students and Castleisland Community College is one of these schools. The awards cover all areas of school life…
Castleisland Community College won the Young Social Innovators award in May 2018, for making Castleisland a Fair Trade town. National Awards A total of 218 schools in Ireland took part in YSI 2018 and 10 schools including the community college were presented with national awards. Now the college has been chosen by Young Social Innovators…
Castleisland is now officially the 50th Fair Trade town in the country and only the second in Kerry – Tralee is the other. Castleisland Community College received confirmation from Fair Trade Ireland that it has been achieved by the work put in by the Transition Year students at the college and their teachers, Doreen Killington…
Five Transition Year students from Castleisland Community College have been selected to contest the semi-finals of the Certified Irish Angus Beef Schools’ Competition in Croke Park on March 14th. The students are: Denise Crowley, Paul O Connor, Liam Moloney, Conor O Sullivan and Robyn White. Students Worked Hard Under the directions of their teacher, Cáit McEllistrem,…
This year, Castleisland Community College Transition Year Students are taking part in the AIB Build a Bank Challenge. The competition sees a team of eight students selected to set up and manage a bank in their school with the full support of a dedicated AIB Student Officer. The students get involved in everything from developing…
