The management and staff of St. Farnan's Post-Primary School in Prosperous welcomed a capacity crowd to its annual Awards evening on October 24th. The Principal, Mr. Eddie Collins, extended a warm welcome to the award winning students, their families and invited guests to what is one of the highlights of the school calendar.
Over 200 students received awards for their excellence in academic subjects, extracurricular activities and attendance, as well as a number of special categories.
Among the many awards presented was the prize for the best academic achievement at Junior Certificate level, which this year was awarded to Mark O’Rourke while the prize for outstanding achievement in the Leaving Certificate was awarded to Max Baldwin.
Many of the school's sports stars received awards in recognition of their excellence and achievements in extracurricular activities and these included Eoin Bagnall, Hazel Lee, Conor Murphy, Caoimhe Bagnall, Keenan Brereton, Orlaith O’Mahony, Faye Anderson and Ciara Moran. Pádraig Gleeson received the Open Mic Award.
St. Farnan’s involvement in the Skills@Work programme was also celebrated and the audience was addressed by Victoria Carroll, coordinator of the project from SAP Ireland. Victoria said that the St. Farnan’s students had been exemplary in their participation in the initiative and were a credit to their families, school and community. Two students from this year’s group were selected for their outstanding contribution to the programme, Laura Kelly and Maciej Berg, and they received special awards from Victoria on behalf of the company.
A number of students were also awarded certificates by Caroline Cooke, the School Completion Programme Coordinator, for their impeccable school attendance.
Rían Maxwell was the recipient of the annual Colin Fox Award. Mr. Joe Fox presents this prestigious award annually in memory of his son, Colin, a past student of the school, who died in a traffic accident in 2002. The Fox family has given a generous prize and specially commissioned engraved mirror to the student in the school who is most gifted with his or her hands for many years now and before awarding this year's prize to PJ, Mr. Fox gave a heartfelt speech in which he spoke of how much both he and his son, Colin, enjoyed their years in St. Farnan's and that he, and his grandson, Aaron, are delighted to return to the school on Awards Night to present this award in memory of Colin.
Mr. Collins brought a very enjoyable evening to a close by commending the school's recently appointed Senior Prefects who assisted the school staff in all aspects of the evening's organisation. They ensured that all attendees received a warm welcome and expertly guided all students receiving awards through the ceremony and photography session afterwards.
Mr. Collins also paid special tribute to his staff, teachers, secretarial and ancillary, whose dedicated work and attention to detail ensured that the evening went seamlessly. Special thanks were reserved for the Awards Evening Committee, whose work in preparing for this evening had begun before the summer break.
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