Science Teaching Excellence Awards

The AGM of the Irish Science Teachers Association was held in Thurles on Saturday last. Michelle Herbert and Marie O Connor representing the Science Department at Hazelwood College were competing for the much coveted PharmaChemical Ireland Industry Award for Science Teaching Excellence. Four Science Departments were selected from around the country to present at a seminar, “Promoting Science Education in Ireland”. The other schools that reached the finals included; Blackrock College, Dublin, Colaiste Choilm, Cork and Wesley College, Dublin. Each school had ten minutes to portray the work done in the school to promote Science and answer a series of questions from the judges after the presentation. The standard of each presentation was exceptional. That evening after much deliberation it was announced that Hazelwood College captured the title of First Runner Up in the Science Teaching Excellence Award. This was a major achievement for the Science Department at Hazelwood College considering that the other schools involved had up to seventeen Science teachers and had two full time Laboratory technicians. Huge Congratulations to the Science Department as Hazelwood College and we wish them continued success.