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congratulations to the cross country girls who ran their outstanding races in the south leinster qualifiers last wednesday the 3rd, the girls who qualified for the Leinters will be going to Santry, we wish the girls the best of luck.

Timetables for school mock exams are now available to download.

For Junior Cert timetable, click here : Junior Cert Mock timetable 2010 (153).

For Leaving Cert timetable, click here: Leaving Cert Mock timetable 2010 (277).

Congratulations to the senior A basketball girls who had an outstanding win in the all-ireland quarter final. They won the game 30-14. Best of luck girls in the all-ireland semi final.

Commiserations to the Cadet A volleyball team who were narrowly defeated in their league matches today. The team travelled to Newbridge where they played both Newbridge and Naas. The team were narrowly defeated in their matches by loosing out by just one point in several sets. The played very competitive matches and were unfortunate to lose out. Hard luck girls!

Well done to the Senior Hockey Team who had a marvellous 2-0 win over Loretto Kilkenny last Thursday in their cup match. The team won by two goals scored by Poppy Ashmore, centre forward in  the second half. Well done girls.

St. Leo’s College and all Post Primary schools will re-open on Wednesday 13th January. All students wear school P.E. uniform and school jacket.

All national and secondary schools are to remain closed until Thursday 14 January, Minister for Education Batt O’Keefe announced this afternoon.  More details here.

St. Leo’s College will NOW close Thursday and Friday, due to deteriorating weather and threat to safety. School re-opens 11 January.

Updated Wednesday 6th, 4pm

The staff of St. Leo’s came together on the 19th Nov to mark a very special occassion. It was to celebrate the 90th birthday of former Principal Sr. Elizabeth Maher. In her presentation speech present Principal M/s Clare Ryan talked about the vision of Sr Elisabeth. She noted that she taught higher level maths to girls when it was unheard of in other schools. Ms Ryan remarked that she was constantly ahead of her time by about 20 years. The superb school that is St. Leo’s is due in no small way to the work, dedication, outstanding intelligence, innovation and vision that was and is Sr Elizabeth. Sr Elizabeth responded with self deprecating humour and hilarious anecdotes of her time in St. Leo’s. We wish her continued good health and long life.

On the 23^rd of October 2009, ten transition year students from St. Leo’s college Carlow and five fifth year students from the CBS went on a French exchange to Dole, France. The exchange lasted for two weeks. It was a great success as the students really enjoyed the new experience. The families were extremely welcoming and the students felt “at home” during their stay.

There were many activities and day trips organised such as a trip to Besancon, bowling, cinema and much more. The students also participated in two days at school and found school life there very different and interesting.

The French students are returning to Ireland in February for two weeks. And the St.Leo’s girls will act as hostesses when they come to visit.

“The days were very long, 8-6 some days and the classes were an hour” – Sarah Doogue.

“I really enjoyed my time in France. It was an unforgettable experience for me.” – Shauna Ray.

“I found it really hard at the beginning, it was so different, but my French family really made me feel welcome.” – Katie Doyle.

“I loved France, I was even lucky enough to be brought to Switzerland!” – Shannon Lok.