It's a full 600 points for Lorraine SpottenAugust 12th. 2009Lorraine Spotten has achieved the maximum 600 points in her Leaving Cert. Lorraine was one of only 143 students out of more than 57,500 who sat the exams to achieve maximum points. "I'm over the moon, I can't believe it," she said. Lorraine's excellent results guarantee her a place on the pharmacy course at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin. She was gracious about her achievement and when asked how she managed to put in so much work and do so well, responded: "It's amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it."
Past Pupil Receives AwardDecember 9th. 2008Congratulations to Past Pupil Pamela Gumley (2nd from right), on winning the 2nd BA Finance & Accounting Ernst & Young Prize pictured with Prof Rowena Pecchenino, Prof John Hughes and Nessa Kiely of E & Y. Read more.
Niall Mellon FundraiserNovember 22nd. 2008
An art exhibition was held in Cavan Town Hall involving the four secondary schools in Cavan Town in aid of the Niall Mellon Trust. Pictured here are some of the pupils that took part. The following pupils contributed to the exhibition, Aoife Brady, Leah Heaslip, Chloe Keyes, Ruth Lowry, Dami Nuga, Collen Grogen, Emma Magee and Naomi Graham. Antarctic Voyage of DiscoveryNovember 4th. 2008
Feng Shui at the Royal!April 25th. 2008
As spring leaps upon us, the Royal School Transition year pupils are currently involved in creating a courtyard garden in their school. Right from design, planning and planting each pupil played a role in this environmental design. Surrounded by shrubs and blossoming flowers this garden aims too encourage relaxation, wildlife and a healthy environment for pupils and staff. Thanks to Homemakers and Woodies DIY for their kind sponsorship. Battle of the PansApril 22nd 2008On Tuesday 22nd April, two pupils represented Cavan Royal School in a 'Battle of the Pans' Cookery Competition in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan. Tamara Janowitz and Toluse Akinlabi, both second year Home Economics pupils at the school, were successfully chosen from an entry of over 800 pupils to represent Ulster in the Regional Senior Finals of the 'Tesco Young Chef of the Year' Competition, 2008. The girls took two out of the four finalist places in the competition. The dishes cooked at the competition reflected the menus as chosen by the pupils. Tamara chose a chickpea, chilli and coriander soup, followed by sweet chilli chicken served with a Moroccan cous cous. Toluse chose a sweet corn chowder followed by grilled chicken in a spicy peanut marinade, served with a jol of rice. Both menus are available here. Congratulations to both pupils involved on their achievement! Bank Of Ireland Student Awards 2007April 3rd. 2007Each year the Bank of Ireland host an national student awards competition. This company is run on a regional and national basis under a number of varing categories. In 2007, the Royal School, Cavan were remarkably sucessful securing 3 out of 10 regional awards. (Our region consists of Cavan, Monaghan, Meath & Louth) The following are the three regional winners:
Texaco Art CompetitionApril 3rd. 2007
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Pat Falvey, the world famous Polar Explorer, has selected students from seven schools across Ireland to participate in the Antarctic Voyage of Discovery taking place in November 2008. After schools submitted their expressions of interest in the project, a rigorous selection process was followed to enable 8 students to be chosen from the selected schools and invited to travel to Antarctica and research global warming and climate change side by side with professional scientists. One of our pupils Gavin O' Neill was lucky enough to be choosen as one of the 8 to travel.
