Hazelwood College

Hazelwood College raises its first Green Flag

On Wednesday last Hazelwood College raised its first Green Flag showing that both students and staff are fully committed to keeping the school environmently friendly.
The flag was raised by Counsellor Mary Jackman, watched by the hard working green school committee and teachers Ms Daly and Ms Hickey who are involved in co-ordinating the project.Pictured are School Principal Mr Burke, Canon Ambrose, Deputy Principal Mrs Dolan, Counsellor Mary Jackman, green schools co-ordinator Ms Daly and the green schools committee who received their certificates on the day.

Hazelwood Students take to their Bikes for Charity

Pictured are Hazelwood College Transition Year students who took part in the Gaisce Mizen 2 Malin Charity Relay Cycle recently. Over 200 Gaisce participants and leaders from all over the country took part in the fundraising cycle, each cycling a stage of approximately 20km. Funds raised were shared between Friends of St.Lukes Hospital, the Order of Malta Bethleham fund or charities of their choice. The group are pictured with their teacher Mr Fealy and school Principal Mr. Burke. Special thanks are also due to Dillons Filling Station, Banogue who provided the group with welcome refreshments.

Cappanalea 2010

Here are some of the photos from our recent trip to Cappanalea Outdoor Education Centre near Killorglin in County Kerry. It was our biggest trip yet of made up of 105 students and 6 teachers. The purpose of the trip was to allow the first year students to get to know another better in a setting outside of classroom. A number of Transition Year students accompanied us on the trip to act as mentors and to assist the teachers with the large numbers of students involved.

While in Cappanalea students (and teachers!) took part in many activities. These included Hill-Walking, Kayaking, Orienteering, Rock-Climbing, Abseiling, Night Swimming, Night Hiking, Team Building Games and the odd game of cards.

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Important Dates School Year 2010/11

Thursday 21st October 2010 – Parent / Teacher meeting for 2nd Years, Leaving Certificate Applied 1 and Leaving Certificate 1 from 1 PM to 3:30 PM

Wednesday 10th November 2010 – Parent / Teacher meeting for 3rd Years. Leaving Certificate Applied 2 and Leaving Certificate 2 from 1 PM to 3:30 PM

Wednesday 8th December – School closed to facilitate Staff Meeting

Thursday 9th December– DATS tests for all 3rd Years

Thursday 20th January 2011 – Parent / Teacher meeting for 1st years and Transition Years from 4:15PM to 6:45PM

Wednesday 26th January – Course option information night for 3rd Year parents.

Awares National Daisy Days

Well done to Transition Year Students from Hazelwood College who recently collected for Daisy Days in Dromcollogher. €1,138.81 was collected. Many thanks to all those who supported the collection in Dromcollogher as well as the staff and students in Hazelwood College

LCA1 Bonding in Ballyhass

Some photos from the recent LCA1 bonding trip to Ballyhass

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Hazelwood College Capture Cork A Camogie Title

Hazelwood College 1-4
St. Marys, Charleville 1-2

Last Wednesday in Ballincollig GAA pitch, the first year camogie team at Hazelwood Collge began Cork A County Champions. On their first camogie outing with the school it was an exciting day for all involved! Their opening game v Christ King was an exciting game, Hazelwood dominated for much of the time but failed to convert possession to scores. Then came a sea of scores. This win 5-1 to 0-0 was a great opening clash for Hazelwood. Next opponents we faced were Ballincollig and this was a very different game. Ballincollig were physical players and we had to up our game in order to get the better of them! The pace of the game was fast and furious and we had to utilise each opportunity and were lucky to gain a win. St Marys,Charleville we defeated in our third game 3-4 to 1-1. Our last game was v Kinsale Community School and this was imperative to win in order to guarantee our place in the county final!
In the final we face St Marys, Charleville this was the toughest game of the day. Charleville emerged a different team for this game. The game was extremely close with only the smallest margin separating the teams at half time. The second half was as nail biting and the sound of the final whistle gave rise to elation and huge celebrations on the Hazelwood team. All twenty two girls on the panel played their part throughout the day. Well done to all involved.

Panel: Aine Cunnigham (Kileedy), Sophie Connelly (Milford), Ellen Condon (Newcastle West) Caoimhe Hannigan (Milford), Tara Fitzgibbon (Ballagran), Chloe Ryan (Newtown), Cliona O Callaghan (Newtown), Leanne Nolan (Ballagran), Kate Farrissey (Feenagh), Megan Fitzgibbon (Ballagran), Laura Enright (Ballagran), Tara O Leary (Milford), Sarah Shanahan, Niamh McCarthy (Milford), Rachel Lane (Knockaderry), Máire Danagher (Ballagran), Rachel McNamara (Newtown), Sharon Carmody (Ballagran), Máiread Lordan (Milford), Rebecca Roche (Ballagran), Leighann Shanahan, Emma Sheehan (Milford)

First Years Doubles Munster Handball Champions

Munster Champions, Gearoid Lehane and Denis Donegan who won the First Years Doubles Munster Handball Championship. The boys put in a Trojan performance in their first match against Cashel, winning 15-1, 15-0. The then went on to put on an equally outstanding display beating Boherbue also on a scoreline of 15-1 and 15-0. Next up was the final against St Flannans and the boys were crowned champions after winning 15-6, 8-15 and 15-14. The boys are pictured with school games master Mr Halpin.

Intel Excellence in Science Awards

‘Intel Excellence in Science Awards’

Photo 1: Marie Walsh LIT, Marie O’ Connor, Bridann Cronin and Clare Fehin with Minister Conor Lenihan at the launch of Scifest 2011 at the Open Innovation Lab in Intel Ireland in Leixlip, Kildare. The girls were presented with an ‘Intel Excellence in Science Award’ in recognition of their achievement at winning Best Project Award at Scifest 2010.

Photo 2: Bridann Cronin, Marie O’ Connor and Clare Fehin at the at Open Innovation Lab in Intel Ireland in Leixlip, Kildare. The girls were presented with an ‘Intel Excellence in Science Award’ in recognition of their achievement at winning Best Project Award at Scifest 2010.

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ECDL Graduations

Pictures of students who received their ECDL certificates this week. The first group show the fifth year students with their teacher Miss Cotter. The second shows the Leaving Certificate students who also were awarded their certificates this week. They are pictured with teacher Miss Cotter and school Principal Mr Brendan Burke.