There was great excitement around the school as we celebrated World Book Day. Well done to everyone for making such an effort to bring some of our favourite books to life!

Congratulations to our pupils in 6th Class who received the sacrament of Confirmation on Friday 1st March. Thanks to all our pupils from 3rd to 5th Classes who sang so beautifully in the choir. Thanks also to Msgr. Coonan for the lovely celebration and for all his support leading up to Friday.

Well done to our junior and senior quiz teams who took part recently in the Tullamore Credit Union Quiz. There were no prizes this year but well done to both teams for their hard work and enthusiasm.

On Thursday there was great excitement as our Green School Committee helped install our new wormery.  We all learned lots about composting worms and how to look after them from worm and composting expert, Craig Benton.

We had a wonderful afternoon on Wednesday celebrating our grandparents as part of Catholic Schools Week 2024. Thanks to all those that were able to visit us on the day.

We had a wonderful evening of Christmas celebration in Raheen Church on Tuesday 19th December. Well done to our pupils and staff for all their great work preparing for the night.

We were delighted to take part in the village’s Christmas tree lighting and crib unveiling recently. Thanks to everyone in the village who organises this each year.

There was great excitement around the school when Santa Claus took some time out from his busy schedule to pay us a visit.

Well done to our two prize winners in the Raheen GAA Christmas Card Competition. Club chairperson, Pauric Pierce and vice chairperson, Niall Carthy presented our two pupils with their printed cards. Club jerseys will also be presented at a later date.  All our pupils received selection boxes from the club. Thanks to everyone involved in Raheen GAA Club for their continued support.

Our Board of Management for 2023-2027 is as follows:

John Hackett (Chairperson & Patron’s Nominee)

Msgr. Thomas Coonan (Patron’s Nominee)

Helen Chambers (Parents’ Nominee & Treasurer)

Seán McFadden (Parents’ Nominee)

Gabrielle Flood (Community Nominee)

Bernadette Sweeney (Community Nominee)

Freddie Galvin (Teachers’ Nominee)

Mícheál Hyland (Principal)

The board meets at least five times throughout the school year.  An agreed report from each meeting will be available to read here.

The first meeting of the new board took place on Tuesday 5th December.  The report from the meeting can be read here.