MARIAN COLLEGE BULLETIN

Vol 16 Oct.
No. 2 2001

Mid-Term
The mid-term break will begin with an extra celebration on Friday October 26th with the wedding of one of our esteemed colleagues Ms. Oonagh McCaul we wish her and her husband to be Michael and the many staff who will be celebrating their nuptials a most joyous and enjoyable day. The college will close for mid-term at 12.45 on Friday and reopen for class on Monday November 5th at 9.00a.m. Can we take this further opportunity at the mere mention of Halloween to say "think safety first". Parents should know where their sons are and know what they are doing and to urge them to think safety at all times. Otherwise we wish parents, students and staff a most enjoyable Halloween break.

Musical
Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
The Marian College Drama society is now in its 29th year and this year the College will perform Joseph in early December, 5th - 7th to be exact. Showtime is approaching and rehearsals are in full swing. The part of Joseph will be played by Kelan Lowry O'Reilly.(7TH year) with Joseph Murray of 1st year as his understudy, Michael Hilliard plays the Pharoah, illustrating once again that Elvis is not dead, but just taking a break in Egypt. More details next month.

Parent's Corner
The next courses for parents commence in November with a four week introductory course in computing under Mr Halligan's helm. This course commences on Thursday November 15th @ 7.30. pm. A parenting course will also start in the parent's room on Tuesdays 10.00am - 12.00pm. All parents interested in either course should contact Mr Hughie O'Byrne @ 6602527.
The Parent Teacher Association held their A.G.M. on Thursday 27th September in room 14 before a small but enthusiastic audience. Mr Paul Meany addressed the meeting with an overview of the state of the college in the year 2001 and was followed by Mr Hughie O'Byrne who spoke about the importance of parents and teachers supporting each other. Ms Helen O'Reilly chairperson of the P.T.A. also addressed the meeting and was very appreciative of all that Marian College has to offer its students. A number of new parents were nominated for the P.T.A. and the full set of Parent representatives is as follows.
First Year Barry McIntyre (2987834)
Valerie Lawlor (2846879)
Jenny Ludden (6607580)
Margaret O'Connor (2692230)
Second Year Fiona Moloney (8550771)
Loretta Augusta (6602394)
Third Year Jim Kenny (2833680)
John Kelly (6685415)
Mary Lawless (6601501)
Fourth Year Cathal Coleman (4923032)
Mary Browne (2692074)
Fifth Year Helen O'Reilly (6681318)
Bernadette Beirne (6687306)
Sylvia Guckian (8481365)
Sixth Year Richard Finnegan (6600747)
Camilla O'Brien (088 2740789)
Could we take this opportunity to remind parents who have any specific problems, concerns or worries to contact any of the parents representatives above or the Home School Community teacher Mr Hughie O'Byrne @ 6602527.

Welcome to Seventh Years
This is the fourth year of our Repeat Leaving Certificate Programme. It is a CoEd Programme with 27 students involved. We hope they will all contribute richly to school life and emulate the tremendous results of our previous groups
www.MarianCollege.net
We are finally on the net thanks to the tremendous efforts of Stephen Lawless of fifth year. The site has been deemed so good that he has already received two awards. The site has received almost a thousand hits and we have had enquiries from France, Japan, USA, Malta and Australia. Parents can also access this bulletin on the site.

Incoming First Years 2002
The good news is that Marian College looks like being oversubscribed again following our very successful open day. To avoid going on a waiting list, please advise relatives and friends that their booking forms should reach the college by October 26th . Successful applicants will be informed on November 9th. Thanks to all the parents,students and staff who helped in the smooth & successful running of that day.

Minithon Fun Run
As part of the Dublin Marathon on Mon.29th Oct, there will be a 3k fun run for 9 - 15 year olds, with lots of freebies and a chance to raise money for good causes so get involved. Entrance fee £3 see Mr Ryan for entry forms.

Sports programmes
Here is a list of some of the sport activities taking place at the moment.

Rugby Seniors Mondays and Wednesdays
Juniors Mondays and Fridays
Under 14 Mondays and Fridays
Under 13 Mondays and Wednesdays
Basketball Under 19 Thursdays
Under 16 Tuesdays
Under 13/14 Wednesdays
Hurling Under 16 Tuesdays @ 5.00pm
Under 14 Thursdays @ 5.00pm.
Gaelic Under 16 Tuesday
Under 14 Thursday
Table Tennis Under 13 Mondays
Under 15 Mondays and Wednesdays
Under 18 Mondays and Tuesdays
Water Polo Under 16 Mondays
Under 18 Mondays and Wednesdays
Soccer Under 13 Wednesdays
Under 15 Tuesdays
Under 17 Wednesdays

Sports Roundup

Senior Cup Rugby
Commenced with a series of friendlies but due to disruption caused by injuries unavailability and clashes with other sports has yet to register a victory. Well done and thanks to the Under 16 players who have helped out, Lee Tormey, Ian O'Neill, Stephen Lawless, Kieran Browne and Paul Kelly who have come in and deputised superbly well. Captain Graeme Glennon and pack leader Tom Fitzpatrick have tried to lead by example and things will improve with a full squad. The Cup draw is eagerly anticipated for the SCT and JCT teams (Juniors remain unbeaten and first years look forward to their first match on Wednesday).

Senior Soccer
The competitive season began with an inauspicious start against an excellent Blackrock College side. Despite sterling performances from Colin Boland, Stephen Ryan and Ricky Joyce Marian lost 4.0. Training paid dividends for the next match because two superb goals by Ricky Joyce and Stephen Ryan saw Marian dispose of St Laurences but not before Scott Foley and Tony Colgan put in outstanding performances to keep Marian ahead. D day against St Benildus to see who qualified for the next stage. St Benildus have been all Ireland champions at this level and with Marian having to win to qualify it had all the makings of an up hill struggle. Despite going behind 2.0 urged on by Mr Cronin and the injured Colin Boland a magnificent 40 yard chip by Stephen Ryan ensued that Marian went out by the narrowest of margins. The cup campaign also came to an abrupt and unfortunate end, despite brave performances by Ian Ryan and Kevin O'Brien, Community College Athlone winning by 1.0.

Junior Hurling
Marian College 5-12 St Johns Ballyfermot 3-5
This game was effectively over in the first twenty minutes of the match as Marian rattled 3 goals and 5 points without reply. Stephen Cleary, Jorel Kavanagh and Vinny Byrne were to the fore. James Kavanagh in goal dealt effectively with the DLS attack, backed up by Barry Hogan, Eugene Byrne and Derek Nicholson. The two O'Neills Ryan and Ger held midfield and supplied the forwards with good ball.
Marian College 5-4 Lucan Community College 5-12
This was a game Marian could have won but a poor first half left them with too much to do and despite Graham Hannigan who was outstanding and man of the match Vinnie Byrne doing their best and some fine scores from Iain Baker it wasn't enough to bring them back to parity.

Gaelic Football
Marian have played two matches against Oatlands and Colmcilles and still they await their first victory. Training is on Thursdays - those interested see John Scully captain or Ms McCann.

Water Polo
Great start for the Seniors three wins out of three against Gormanston and St Josephs home and away. St Vincents await Cathal Bury and the rest of the squad including newcomers Paul O'Connor and Conor Wynne and returned squad members Ian Ryan and Damien O'Neill.

Table Tennis
A large number of enthusiastic players have been involved in training for the last number of weeks on Mondays at 3.30 to 5.00pm. Cup and league competitions begin after mid term. Best of luck to Andy Boland on his selection to represent Ireland in Denmark.

Basketball
Great win for the senior v St. McDara's on a 57 - 30 scoreline which follows two fine wins against Templeogue and St. Michaels. Excellent performances from Niall Meany and Karl Jennings and they now look forward to playing Ard Scoil Ris in the All Ireland Schools Cup on November 21st. The under 16s recorded a great 38 34 victory over Patrician College in Newbridge.

Jerseys needed
Anyone who has a rugby jersey to sell please see Mr Ryan.
6th Year Art Trip - Pablo Picasso - watercolours + drawings
1896 - 1934
Venue - The Crawford Municipal Art Gallery
A wonderful weekend was had by Ms Geoghegan's 6th year + 7th year art class, accompanied by Ms Fahy, Ms Doyle + Julie Doyle. A wide variety of galleries were on the menu.
Firstly A unique showing of Cubist Artist - Pablo Picasso's personal watercolours + drawings dating 1896 - 1934 kindly loaned by Musee Picasso in Paris - to the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery - Co Cork
The Lavit Gallery a commercial gallery had a great collection of contemporary Irish and European artists pieces on display prices ranging from £1000 - £20,000 / we said we'd think about it !
In complete contrast to the above Exhibitions The Fenton Art Gallery presented to the class a very unique Irish Artist Ms Claire Langan's Photography and Installation pieces.
Dinner was served in the beautiful italian restaurant Luigi Malones
-an Art Gallery in its own right.
A gripping Spanish psychological thriller - part of the Murphy Film Festival ended the evening in the newly restored Cork Opera House - 10/10 I don't think anyone will forget Santi !
A special word of thanks to Mr Meany & Ms Doyle for all their help on this project from the Art Department

Bits and Pieces
Nestle box tops for education : Tokens from Nestle cereal boxes needed they can be left in Mrs Edge's office.

M.S. Readathon : Many of our first and second years are involved, very worthwhile encourages our students to read while raising money for M.S. and the possibility of prizes.

Debating : The Trinity debating day for second years was a great success, Kieran Behan represented Marian speaking publicly at the Historical Society debate and to congratulate Kevin Cooper, Colm Browne, Kieran Grant, David Piggot , Chris Guilfoyle and Niall Connolly for their imput.

Bullying : Following on from our Bully Awareness Day it is hoped that an Anti Bullying Policy Document for parents can be produced in the near future, any parent who is interested in joining a small committee of teachers , parents and students please contact Mr O'Byrne.

Concern Christmas Collection : Once again the festive season is approaching and so to is our opportunity to help those in need by taking part in the Concern Christmas collections this year we can give human beings the gift of life. This is Marian college's twenty fifth year working with Concern and hopefully we can collect three to four thousand pounds to set up feeding centres for malnourished people in Afghanistan. Concern fast day November 15th and Concern collection days November 23rd and 24th.

Local Education Committee Matters : The local education committee held an open forum in Ringsend on October 23rd to discuss educational needs in the area. Any parent interested in being involved in this committee please contact Mr O'Byrne. The parents representatives on L.E.C. are Mary Lawless and Antoinette Dent.

Tour to Paris : Over forty second years are booked onto the annual tour to Paris next March.

The Trinity College Voluntary Tuition Programme :
Undergraduates from Trinity volunteer to give free tuition to students from Marian College on a one to one basis in all subject areas at all levels on Monday and Tuesday evenings between 6 - 8.00p.m. in Trinity College. Mrs Fran Murphy and Mrs Catherine Kelly parents of boys in Marian College are the co-ordinators. Application forms or information can be got from Mr. O'Byrne at 6602527. Registration will take 5 minutes and can register at Ringsend Technical School between 2.30 - 5.00p.m. on Thursday November 1st.

Past Pupils Corner
Pride of place this month goes to Colm Saunders (brother of Stephen Saunders 6th year and past pupil from 1995/96. Colm is a structural engineer in New York and thankfully escaped unhurt in the September 11th atrocities and is now involved at ground zero in structurally repairing the damage that occurred.

HOBS BIG BREAKFAST SHOW
The early bird breakfast club reopens after the mid term break. Every Tuesday and Thursday at 8.40 - 9.00a.m. 1st and 2nd years all welcome.

Wednesday Sports Programme
Those not playing rugby on a Wednesday get a chance to play Unihoc, basketball and soccer. They then decide which of these games they would like to continue with after the mid term and teams are then selected for the internal mini leagues.

Rainbows
The bereavement counselling group have a co-ordinator in the Shankill area specifically for children who live in step families, single parent homes or who are overcoming a recent bereavement. The co-ordinator's no. is 2720140 or contact Mr O'Byrne.

Congratulations: To Mr Cronin and Orla on the birth of their son Oisin and to Dr McCabe and Liz on the birth of their son Rhys and also to Ms McCaul on the occasion of her marriage.

Thought of the Month
I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time. Living one day at a time, the present is a reality for us all.