The next stage in our journey begins today as our outgoing principal Rachel McGrath welcomes our new principal Mr Kelly to GCC. Rachel will still be in GCC for the next few weeks to help with the transition.
#NewChapter
#SchoolCommunity
#GriffeenLovesLearning
Earlier this week we had a socially distanced & Covid compliant RP farewell to our wonderful first principal
@rachelmcgrath55
Instead of goodbye, we celebrated the start of our GCC adventure & the amazing foundations she created!
#NewAdventure
#SchoolCommunity
#LifeLongFriends
We can confirm that our new first-year classes are named Hume, McAleese and Robinson. The names were chosen to honour John Hume, Mary McAleese and Mary Robinson who throughout their lives have personified our school pillars of Wisdom, Dignity and Inclusion.
#SchoolValues
Restorative Practice is an integral part of life in Griffeen and we are thrilled that today our newly appointed Relationship Keepers began the first chapter of their journey to become fully trained Relationship Keepers with
@mstowerp
#Teamwork
#Friendship
#Empathy
#Inclusion
Please see the Press Statement below regarding Griffeen Community College from DDLETB.
We would like to thank all of our students and their parents and guardians, the Lucan community and our staff for their support over the last few days.
There was great excitement today in Griffeen CC as our first set of LC and LCA results arrived. Our students did themselves proud, and it was lovely to be able to welcome them back for a small celebration in school. Here we have Maria, Darren & Chloe pictured with Mr Kelly
#Proud
We are so excited to welcome our new first years this morning! Their Tutor classes are:
Noble
Goodall
Attenborough
Thunberg
They have been named in honour of four amazing people who have dedicated their lives to humanitarian work, saving the planet and conservation.
History made today as our first ever group of students completed their first year in Griffeen CC! We would like to wish all our staff, students and everyone in the Griffeen CC community a wonderful and restful summer! ๐๐ฆโ๏ธ
Great news the site for our temporary accommodation has been confirmed to proceed in principle at the Carline Learning Centre on the Ninth Lock Road. Attached is the information we received and have shared with our current and incoming school community this week.
We would like to congratulate
@IsMiseNollaig
on his appointment as Principal of Griffeen CC. Noel brings many years of senior management experience with him to his new role and we look forward to welcoming him and working with him on the next stage of our journey.
A special thanks to all our staff in GCC who always rally together and we would like to remind them that in these challenging times the Staff Bake Off is still going ahead. Jenny's Maltesers masterpiece can still be beaten! ๐
#StaffBakeOff
#FriendlyCompetition
The masks may be hiding our smiles but we canโt wait to welcome our students back to GCC! ๐๐ท
We would also like to welcome our new members of staff to our GCC team and we wish the very best of luck to some staff who arenโt returning on their new adventures!
#SchoolCommunity
Great excitement this morning in GCC. Our Guinea Fowl chick's arrived earlier than expected. They heard Wellbeing week was coming to an end and wanted a piece of the action. Thanks to caretaker Aidan for playing midwife this morning!
#Teamddletb
#ETBEthos
#care
@DDLETBColleges
The start of an amazing RP project & wonderful opportunity for the staff & students of
@GriffeenCC
@LucanCNS
&
@ddletb
to collaborate on developing school culture & relationships of care & respect to support our learners under the mentorship of the inspirational
@mstowerp
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We had a full house for our assembly with first year students today. They enjoyed a great induction program with their tutors and got to meet with their new class groups.
#caringforeachother
#care
@JigsawYMH
@ddletb
We are super proud of Alina who has been highly recommended across
@ddletb
for her progression in English. We are thrilled that all her hard work and dedication has been recognised!
#Excellence
#LearnAchieveSucceed
#Pride
We would like to wish everyone a wonderful summer!
But before we goโฆ
A huge thanks to Francis and Aaron who came in on their holidays to serenade us! From Neil Young to Neil Diamond classics they gave us the perfect ending to the year! ๐ค๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ
Maria, Francis, David and Aaron really put on a show today for mid term celebrations. Thanks for all the superb musical mentoring from SNA Derek. Wake me up when its all over! See ya'll in 10 days๐
With the recent news of the closure of schools until the 29th of March due to COVID-19, are giving premium memberships to all students for one month for free.
#edshareie
Click below for more details โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ
As part of their coding class and to enhance our students digital skills, students got creative with keynote. Students learned how to enhance their keynotes using transitions.
#EveryoneCanCreate
#EveryOneCanCode
Our first year artists worked as a team, each taking their own section to collaboratively recreate Van Goghs โThe Starry Nightโ
#SchoolDisplay
#JCArt
The
#USElection
isn't the only important election taking place this week!
We are delighted to introduce you to our Student Council for 2020/2021! Today they had a productive meeting with Mr. Kelly, Ms. Browne & Ms. Hickey.
#StudentVoice
#SchoolCommunity
Best wishes to our departing deputy principal Fiona Whitney and we would like to extend a warm welcome to our deputy principal Edel Morrow. We wish both of them every success in their new adventures!
#LearnAchieveSucceed
#NewAdventures
Have a look at this amazing piece of Pop Art by one of our students! Emma was inspired by Liechtensteins comic book strips for the layout!
#JCArt
#PopArt
Well done to our 13 students from 1st to 3rd year who competed today in the cross country event in
@Lucan_Harriers
fantastic achievement for all involved!
#CrossCountry
#Athletics
Thank you to everyone who donated to our collection for Ukraine. We were absolutely blown away by everyones generosity! ๐๐๐บ๐ฆ๐๐
#Ukraine
#ThankYou
#Kindness
Thank you to all of our incredible staff for ensuring that our Sports Day was a huge success! A special thanks to Ms Kinsella and Mr Quinn for their immaculate organisation!
#DreamTeam
#SportsDay
#TeamWork
Our 2nd, 3rd & 4th yr students took part in the
@DSDAC
Schools Cross Country today in Marley Park. Despite the weather, everyone brought their competitive edge with the second year boys coming in a very respectable 5th place overall. Well done all.
#resilience
@popupraces
Huge congratulations to the fabulous Ms. Walsh on her engagement from all your colleagues in GCC. We wish you and your future husband a lifetime of happiness together filled with joy and laughter.
#Congratulations
#care
#happyfriday
#love
#mrandmrs
Thank you to all of you students, parents/guardians and staff who joined our online 3rd year graduation. As our founding members our 3rd years mean so much to us.
It has been a privilege to have them guide us in creating our own unique school community
#Graduation
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It's been the most anticipated event of the year, but the day finally arrived. TY students made it to Paris on Tuesday morning after an early start. La plus grande surprise....Jim is fluent in French! Oh Lร lร ! Quelle surprise! ๐ผ๐จ๐ต
Was delighted to spend the afternoon with students from
@LucanCNS
and
@GriffeenCC
who were working hard on
@connect_rp
. Amazing to see this program in action and the powerful message it carries
@mstowerp
Our second year students have been working super hard on their CBAs this week! Our second year Home Economics class have been completing some amazing up-cycling projects!
Happy birthday to our wonderful Uachtarรกn na hรireann Michael D. Higgins,
@PresidentIRL
! Our 3rd years were thrilled to meet him and Sabina two years ago at the
@IYPA_2021
Lรก breithe shona duit!
#MichaelD80
#HappyBirthday
As a reward for their outstanding history projects our first year historians were treated with a documentary afternoon with some treats ๐๐ฌ๐ฟ
#HistEdChatie
#JCHist
Thank you so much to everyone in our school community who contributed to our Christmas Hamper Appeal. As you can see they have come together brilliantly. We are looking forward to delivering them to families next week ๐๐ ๐ผโ๏ธ๐ฅฐ
#community
#ethos
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@ddletb
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