On the 26th of April, 11 girls from Borrisokane Community College donated between 7- 12 inches of hair to the Little Princess Trust. This charity makes wigs for boys and girls who have lost their hair due to illness or cancer treatment. We started our day by heading down to Serene Hair Salon Borrisokane. Laura […]
Month: April 2017
Annual Fun Run organised by HPS
Borrisokane Community College held their annual 5km Fun Run and 6th year students versus teachers soccer match on Wednesday 26th of April in aid of the Irish Cancer Society and the Alzheimer Society of Ireland. The Students Council and Health Promoting Schools Team added a new touch this year and organised a colour dash. The […]
Ms. Jaana Teckenberg, Finnish Ambassador visits Borrisokane Community College.
On Wednesday 5th April Borrisokane Community College, staff, students and members of the local community where delighted to welcome Ms Jaana Teckenberg, the Finnish ambassador to Ireland, to their school. Finland is currently celebrating Suomi Finland 100 similar to Ireland’s 1916 celebrations last year. Finland celebrates their 100th year anniversary of independence this year with […]
Doodle4Google – Borrisokane student a finalist.
Niamh Ryan, TY student in Borrioskane Community College was a finalist in this year’s Doodle4Google competition. She received a framed copy of her doodle, a Google goody bag and a personalised t-shirt from Head of Google, Ms Fionnuala Meehan, at Google headquarters in Dublin on 3rd April 2107.
Teachers volunteering in Sri Lanka
Two teachers, Ms Deirdre Kyne and Ms Eimear Mc Grath are volunteering in Sri Lanka this summer as part of a USIT Volunteer Program. They will be involved with the taking care of under privileged children, sports coaching, teaching monks and women empowerment programmes. They have held a number of fundraising events in the school […]
