DECEMBER 2024
VOL. 24 | ISSUE 4
DIGITAL NEWSLETTER Celebrating students’ learning and achievement with the school community
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School life so far this year! Parents Council Art Business CSPE Engineering English Gaeilge Geography History Home Economics Maths Modern Foreign Languages Music PE Science T4 The Hub Wellbeing Charity Work Extra Curricular Trip To Bordeaux Languages Day UL MEP Visit A Winter's` Tale Halloween Fancy Dress Science Week Stand Up Awareness Week TY Ice-Skating
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Welcome to our fourth edition of our Digital Newsletter and the last of 2024. It’s been a very busy term with so many highlights to speak of. As we come close to the end of 2024 I want to take a moment to reflect on the many accomplishments and memorable moments since the October mid-term break. Since the last publication of our newsletter, our students have shown remarkable resilience and determination, whether in the classroom, on the sporting field, in the arts, or in their efforts to make a positive impact in our school community. We’ve seen growth in so many areas, and it has been a privilege to watch our students excel across so many facets of life in LETSS. It has been an eventful few months for our sports teams with soccer, basketball, gaelic football and hurling making their mark across numerous competitions. The Hub hosted our very first inter-school sports blitz in November which was a fantastic success. The creative arts have never been more alive in LETSS with one of the highlights being ‘A Winter’s Tale’ which saw 100+ students perform in front of 500 people in the Sports Hall. Awareness Weeks continue to keep us on our toes also, notably Standup Awareness Week and Kindness Week, which saw wonderful engagement across the school. A special mention to our BelongTo Committee for all their work promoting LGBTQ+ in LETSS with the school being awarded the overall national award for best Standup Awareness Week and for Student Participation. Other highlights include the Erasmus+ Exchange to Bordeaux in France which was a big success. We look forward to hosting our French friends when they return in March. I also want to thank the Parents’ Council for all their hard work and support in recent months. On behalf of everyone in LETSS, I want to wish you a lovely Christmas and a safe, healthy and peaceful 2025. Eoin Shinners Principal