After-School Study for day pupils commences on Monday, 6th September.
Pupils may now avail of the lunch/supper options in addition to supervised study.
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Famous clubs participating in this year’s tournament include Cumberland LTC (London), Real de Tenis (Barcelona) and RC Magalina (Santander). Some players who have played in this tournament previously have gone on to top rankings in Europe and Rafa Nadal trained in the Real Club in Barcelona in his formative years. This is a fabulous achievement and we wish the girls the best of luck. In addition, Julie Ryan will travel to Cardiff, Wales, from the 9th-12th, to play for the Irish Junior Team, in the Four Nations competition. Good luck to Julie.
Invitation – AGM of the Alexandra College Association, Monday September 27th– 8pm
Dear Parent/Guardian We would like to invite all parents to our AGM on Monday 27th of September.
Barbara Ennis, Principal, address to parents We would like to welcome Barbara Ennis to Alexandra College and look forward to her first address to parents at our ACA AGM on Monday 27th September.
Board of Management Apart from the usual business of the AGM (Chairperson’s, Treasurer’s, Principal’s reports and election of new committee members) we will also be holding an election for a parent representative to the Board of Management. Geraldine Clarke has now served a 2 year term so we must select a representative for the next 2 academic years. At this time we would like to offer our sincere thanks to Geraldine for her efforts on our behalf and are pleased she has indicated a willingness to continue for a second 2 year term. Parents wishing to nominate another, or be nominated to the Board of Management themselves should notify the ACA at the College no later than Friday 17th September. Nominees (female) should be proposed and seconded by 2 other parents/guardians. Forms are available from the ACA secretary by email secretaryaca@alexandracollege.ie or from the school reception. Alexandra College Association –ACA Additionally we need to co-opt parent ACA representatives for 1st year Day & Boarder parents and also two other Boarder parent reps so if you feel that you would like to come onto the ACA committee please don’t hesitate to put yourself forward on the night when we elect the new committee members. We would really like to see as many parents as possible on the 27th of September so please do make it if you can. Hope to see you there. Susan Meade Secretary ACA secretaryaca@alexandracollege.ie Important: Karen Scales (SPHE Co-Ordinator and College Nurse) will also be giving an overview of the ACA Funded Talks for Parents planned for this year. These talks address a range of Adolescent Health issues as identified through the work done at the school by the SPHE team. They also provide a forum for Parents to meet , gain further information and enhance their Parenting skills. In the interest of our Daughters, it is essential for us as Parents to support the SPHE curriculum at Alexandra College, and attend as many of these evenings as possible. The first Irish Apple Teacher Institute (ATI) was held in Alexandra College this week, August 23rd – 25th. Eighty primary and post-primary teachers from around Ireland took part in the ATI Digital Bootcamp, which focuses on creativity in the classroom using such applications as iPhoto, iWeb, iMovies, iTunes and Keynote. The ATI was organised by Ciaran McCormack (IADT), Alison Gilliland (INTO), Jim Redmond and Erol Mustafov (Alexandra College ICT Department) and Keith Young and Beryl Furlong (TypeTec). Five Apple Distinguished Educators – including two College staff members, Ben Murray and Jim Redmond - worked as Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) at the ATI. We were also very proud to have two fifth year students (Zoe Cras and Sadhbh Stapleton-Doyle) and one sixth year student (Yvanne Kennedy) working as classroom assistants to the ADEs. The girls performed brilliantly and Zoe also helped to complete a short film about the three-day event. The girls also received an iPod Nano for their troubles, along with the right to call Apple an ex-employer. Highlights of the event included ADE Mark Pendelton’s Keynote session, in which he used GarageBand to teach Zulu; the first day showcase; and the closing screening event. Thanks to everyone involved in what proved to be a vibrant, exciting, fun-filled and – of course – educational three days. |
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