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School News May 18th 2017

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Graduation Mass. 

The Leaving Cert graduation Mass was last week and the celebrant was Fr Murphy. The theme was unity of spirit and Fr Murphy’s homily centered around this. The ceremony as enriched by so much student participation in readings, the ceremony of light, music, singing and a lovely choir directed by Ms Flanagan.Thanks to all that helped in any way to make this a memorable occasion. Refreshments were served to parents afterwards in the school.
Transition Years.
The group are having a four day stay in the Carlingford Adventure Centre where there are a wide range of activities available to them on land, sea and sky.
Visiting Speaker.
Local man John Reynolds visited Mr Nolan’s TY history class to speak about the Selton Hill ambush ithat took place in March 1921 and left six IRA volunteers dead
Drumshanbo V.S PLC courses.
Ms Reynolds invited .Ms Heduan coordinator of the courses to speak to Fifth year and TY students.

Drumshanbo Vocational School has a long tradition of offering Post Leaving Certificate Courses to learners:  The courses are full-time and last for one to two years. PLC courses offer a mixture of practical work, academic work and work experience. They are designed as a step towards skilled employment and, as such, they are closely linked to industry and its needs. The Post Leaving Certificate courses in DVS adopt an integrated approach, focusing on technical knowledge, core skills and work experience.Some students use points acquired from PLC courses as an entry to college.  Other learners have chosen to defer a college course  , for whatever reason , while obtaining valuable vocational skills on our PLC courses.  Research conducted by third level Institute of Technologies has shown that students who have previously completed a Post Leaving Certificate course prior to commencement of college have higher retention levels. The college is currently offering four PLC courses

  1. Business IT  QQI Level 5
  2. Advanced Business IT QQI Level 6 
  3. Traditional Irish Music  QQI Level 5 – 5M2011
  4. Sound Production QQI Level 5 5M2149