Please see our letter explaining the new PE uniform in Scoil Mhuire agus Íde in 2021. Please rememeber this uniform is optional for the coming school year. Students can also the current PE unifom for the coming school year.

The Danaher McGrath Trust fund is making a number of scholarships available to students of the parishes of Athea, Abbeyfeale, Mountcollins, Tournafulla and Templeglantine for 3rd level students. These will be available for students of limited means.

Please contact the school for application forms.

TG4 will be airing a programme on Sunday night at 8.30pm on F1 in schools. Keep an eye out for our TY F1 in schools team of Jack O'Doherty, Harry Edwards and Sean Geraghty who qualified for the National Finals this year.

Daráine Murphy is a PhD student from the School of Psychology in University College Dublin. She is currently conducting a study which aims to investigate the mental health literacy of parents of young people (aged 10-19) and young people themselves. The results will be very important in helping to identify the kinds of information about mental health and help seeking that parents and young people might find useful. The study is funded by the Health Research Board and has received ethical approval from UCD Research Ethics Committee.

Daráine needs a very large sample in order to get meaningful results and is looking for your help. Here is a link to the study (https://bit.ly/PARSEEKstudy). The link for the study is for parents to complete and at the end they are given the option to consent to their adolescent child participating. If they agree they are then provided with a link to share with the adolescent or an option to give their child’s mobile number.

To coincide with the launch of the study we have also organised a free webinar series for parents and teachers. Here are the details:

Monday April 26th 7pm-8pm: “Promoting positive mental health in young people”. This talk will be given by Professor Eilis Hennessy, Developmental Psychologist from the School of Psychology University College Dublin. To watch the talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGI6yBE7BG0

Monday May 10th 7pm-8pm: “Managing school stress”. This talk will be provided by Dr Elizabeth Charles, Senior Educational Psychologist from NEPS (National Educational Psychology Service).

Monday May 17th 7pm-8pm: “How to talk to a young person about how they are feeling”. Panel Discussion with Clinical Psychologists Dr Tony Bates, Dr Charlotte Wilson (TCD) & Professor Gary Donohoe (NUIG). There will also be young people on the panel to give their perspective.

Monday May 24th 7pm-8pm: “Compassion approaches for supporting young people”. This talk will be given by Dr Ciara Mahon, Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the School of Psychology UCD.

Here is the link to register for the events: https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/youth-mental-health-lab-ucd-amp-youlead-33130895137

Thank you.

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Thank you to all the wonderful staff and students who worked so hard since Christmas, both online and in school. Enjoy the well deserved Easter break. We look forward to seeing everyone back safely after the holidays.

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Internet Safety Day 2021 will take place next Tuesday 9th February with some great free online webinars for parents. For more information check out

Parents - https://www.webwise.ie/parents/

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On Friday the 18th December SMI students said goodbye to our beloved principal as she retires. Sheilagh O Mahony Kennedy is retiring after 20 at the helm in Scoil Mhuire agus Íde. Everyone in the school community is sad to see Sheilagh retire after having such a positive effect on the lives of so many. The new management team of principal Seán Lane and deputy principals Joan Cahill and Michelle Thompson will be in place from January.

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3rd Year Parents will be contacted by teachers in the coming week. No in person meetings can be held due to Covid restrictions.

The 1st year application process is now closed. Thank you to all who applied online or in paper form. Enrollment forms will be sent to all applications received by the deadline of November 13th. You will receive your enrollment form by December 4th and these enrollment forms must be returned by December 11th.

Closing date for 1st year applications is November 13th. Please remember to have all forms returned by this date. Please find the online application here.

https://forms.gle/DDAwrn8YKU1ZP9oe8

Virtual Principal's Address

✨ Wed 21st Oct @7pm. ✨

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Register for Virtual Principal's Address 

Application forms and prospectus will be delivered to local primary schools or can be collected from the school or online -

Application form

**Applications to be returned by 13th November**

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Principle Ms Sheilagh O'Mahony Kennedy

Deputy Principals: Mr Sean Lane, Ms Joan Cahil

Scoil Mhuire agus Íde has:

• Highly qualified, dedicated & committed staff
• High performance in the State Examinations
• Career guidance and counselling service
• Learning support facilities
• A caring pastoral care system
• After school supervised study including Saturdays and Mid-Term

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