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Overall a fabulous day was had by all and a big well done goes to Clann Froinsias for winning Sports Day and to Clann Padraig who were overall winners in the year-long Clann points race! The planning and hard work of the Transition Year Sports Day Committee ensured the success of the day. Thanks also to the Parents Association for their continuous support of this event.Gormanston Students Look to Bright FuturesThe college community including staff, par-ents, students and guests came together re-cently to mark the end of the school year with their graduation and awards ceremonies.The special day began with the official opening and blessing of the new Mu-sic Room. The Parents Association were Gormanston CollegeStudents Have Fun at Big Sports Day in GormanstonThe annual Sports Day at Franciscan College Gormanston is traditionally one of the biggest occasions of the school calendar. The 2018 Sports Day lived up to and exceeded expectations.The competitive spirit was alive and well from the very start, when the ‘Clash of the Clanns’ began. Students representing their Clann competed for titles in track events as well as fun competitions like egg and spoon race, 3 legged sprint and penalty shootout. Lunch included hotdogs, burg-ers, ice-creams and crepes plus home bak-ing donated by parents. The highlight of the day was the 4 way tug of war that al-lowed the 4 Clanns to test their strength at the same time. This was followed by © September 2018 The Meath Coaster7 FRANCISCAN COLLEGE Gormanston, Co. Meath OPEN EVENING Thursday 20th September, 2018 A Co – Educational School Prospective students and parents/guardians are warmly invited to attend our “Open Evening” on Thursday 20th September, 2018 Open Evening events commence at 5.00 pm School tour / classroom visits: 5.00 pm to 6.15 pm Principal’s address: 6.30 pm Applications can be obtained from the College Website Franciscan College, Gormanston, Co. Meath. Tel: 01-8412203 Website: www.gormanstoncollege.ie Email: adminsec@gormanstoncollege.ie © September 2018 The Meath Coaster8heavily involved in the set-up of the new Music Room for the school, donating €2,000 towards the project. Friends of Franciscan College Gormanston also gave a generous donation. The new room is a wonderful asset for the school and recently, 2 additional school music clubs started, making full use of the fabu-lous facility.Later in the day a Graduation Mass was celebrated by Franciscan Fr Ulic Troy who had travelled from Cork that morning. This was a lovely ceremony with music, singing by the school junior and senior choirs and readings by students of the school.The graduation ceremony itself was held in the grand Assembly Hall where awards were presented, in particular the Clann awards for the unique house points sys-tem, the college is so very proud of. Clann Padraig was the overall winning Clann and we congratulate its members who played a lead role in Clann activities throughout the school year.During the ceremony Principal Dermot Lavin congratulated the many award win-ners and wished the class of 2018 the very best for their future. ‘An education from Franciscan College Gormanston is a holistic one. The departure of confident young men and women who are good communicators, respectful towards themselves and others and reaching their academic potential, ready to take on the challenges of our world and society today is what we aspire to.’Afterwards food and refreshments were served in the College Study Hall hosted by 5th year parents and the Parents Asso-ciation. §© September 2018 The Meath Coaster9CityNorth Hotel Family Fun Day Sunday 26th August 2018CityNorth Hotel Gormanston Co. Meath hosted their 6th annual Free Family Fun day on Sunday 26th August. The day was a fun filled event with lots of activities for all the family to enjoy, with bouncy castles, rodeo bull, Dance Per-formances from the Aisling Nally Dance Company and Believe 2 Achieve Perfor-mance Academy, raffle and BBQ.On the day some of the star players from Drogheda United demonstrated their foot-ball skills by giving the kids a chance to go up against some of the best players with penalty shoot outs and a kick around. ‘‘We are delighted to announce that all proceeds raised on the day have been do-nated to SOSAD Drogheda, said Cyril Laffan General Manager CityNorth Hotel. “On behalf of SOSAD I would like to say huge thank Niamh & all the staff at CityNorth for a wonderful day & supply-ing the amazing prizes for the raffle with all donations going to SOSAD. To all the volunteers who gave their time so freely. What a wonderful hotel & friendly staff, This really goes a long way to supporting the work of SOSAD.”- Madeleine Carroll Morgan SOSAD Ireland. We look forward to hosting our Family Fun Day again next year. For more information www.citynorth-hotel.com tel 01- 690 6666 §Next >