Transition year students, as part of their community outreach programme, have been very busy the last few weeks gathering items for the shoe box appeal run by Team Hope. The shoe box appeal has been taking place for the past 18 years and delivers filled shoe boxes to over 3 million children in the worlds poorest and most remote areas.

The students encouraged younger students to either make a shoe box themselves or bring in items to fill a box.

This year, along with help from Ms. McNamara’s first year, the students collected enough items to fill 26 boxes. Emer Smyth from Team Hope Ireland came yesterday to collected the boxes and told the students that they will have given joy and hope to children who would otherwise have received nothing.

Well done to the students involved and the teachers who helped with the project.

The annual Senior Citizens dinner party took place in The Lakeside Hotel on Sunday 13th November.

Transition Year students volunteered to help out with the event as they have been for the last number of years. The students enjoyed the experience immensely  and partied ’till they dropped! There was lovely music and great dancing and a brilliant time was had by all.

Kris Kristofferson Fans!

You are in for a treat. The Kris Kristofferson Tribute Band will entertain you at the Lakeside Hotel on Friday November 25^th at 8p.m.

Tickets €10 are available from many local outlets including: Heaneys, Supervalu & The Forge, Killaloe as well as Larkin’s Garage and McKeogh’s Foodmarket, Ballina as well as from Ms. Sheahan &  Mr. O’Brien St. Anne’s Community College.

All proceeds raised go to supporting four students participating in the Missionvale Project 2017.

The students, Marc Loughran, Brid McMahon, Holly Jones & Hugh Denning travel to South Africa in January.

Please come and support this very worthy cause.