Monday 25th of May saw the Graduation Mass for our Leaving Cert class of 2014/15. The cermony was held in our Sports Hall with parents, family, friends, staff, students and of course the class themselves in attendance. Fr. Commins celebrated the last mass for these students in our school as they face into their Leaving Cert exams and then part on their seperate ways in life.
The evening started with the class entering the hall in pairs wearing their graduation gowns to music by our ensemble. Mr. Duignan welcomed all in his opening speech and wished the class well in their future endeavours urging them, as always, to look after each other. During the cermony, Aidan Keavney spoke on behalf of his classmates about their time in GCS, highlighting the up and downs, trips and events, the craic and the laughter. A special word was kept for Mr. Joe Coy who was their yearhead for their first two years until his retirement. Finally Ms. Madden, as current yearhead, gave a speech. In it she gave the memories she had of the group through their five or six years in the school. She finished by calling out the names of all students as they were presented with a bookmark from Mr. Duignan and Ms Gildea.
Finally a group photo of the class before they went their seperate ways.
Many thanks to all involved in making the night such a success; staff, students, parents and Fr. Commins in particular for celebrating the mass.