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Four Donegal ETB school projects have qualified for the 60th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. The event takes place in the RDS, Dublin from 11-14 January 2024. The Exhibition is designed to inspire young people to better understand the opportunities that a career in a STEM-related field can offer. The four projects come from […]
Category Archives: Abbey VS
Abbey VS, Administrative Office
New Principal Appointed to the Abbey Vocational School, beginning in 2024
08
Sep
Sep
Donegal ETB has announced that Mr Alan Thompson will assume the post as the new Principal of the Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town, effective from 1 January 2024. Alan has been appointed to replace Ms Geraldine Diver who is retiring from the post as Principal at the end of this calendar year. The Abbey Vocational […]
Abbey VS, Coláiste Ailigh
Twelve Donegal ETB School Projects Qualify for 2023 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
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Oct
Oct
Twelve Donegal ETB school projects have qualified for the 59th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. The event takes place in the RDS, Dublin from 11-14 January 2023. The Exhibition is designed to inspire young people to better understand the opportunities that a career in a STEM-related field can offer. The twelve projects come from […]
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Jan
Jan
Three Donegal ETB students were among the prize-winners at the 2022 BT Young Scientist Exhibition final held online on Friday 14 January: Abbey Vocational School student Ciara Cannon won second prize in her category, Intermediate Biological and Ecological, with her investigation into the optimum antimicrobial activity of nanoparticles. Abbey Vocational School student Hughie McShane was […]
04
Sep
Sep
Congratulations to Abbey Vocational School student India Kennedy, who, in her role as the North West Regional Representative of the Irish Second-Level Students Union (ISSU), has developed a mental health and well-being resource for students returning to school in the Covid-19 environment. The resource, titled ‘How’s Your Head? A Resource for Staying Afloat Post-COVID-19’, contains […]
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Jul
Jul
Donegal ETB has appointed two new Deputy Principals to its Carrick and Donegal Town schools. Mr Gareth Doherty has been appointed Deputy Principal to Coláiste na Carraige (Carrick) for the 2020/21 school year, while Ms Caroline Mohan has been appointed Deputy Principal to the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal Town. Donegal ETB is the largest […]
Abbey VS, Achievements, Deele College
Three Donegal ETB Students Awarded Optum Healthcare Scholarships
10
Sep
Sep
Three out of the six students from secondary schools across County Donegal who have been awarded an Optum Healthcare Scholarship to support them in their studies in the region are former Donegal ETB students. Áine Kerr attended Deele College in Raphoe, while Charlotte Timony and Shaneen Graham both attended the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal […]
Abbey VS, Coláiste Ailigh, Coláiste na Carraige, Mulroy College
Donegal ETB Makes Six Senior Appointments to its Principals and Deputies
08
Jul
Jul
Donegal ETB has made six senior appointments to its team of Principals and Deputy Principals in four of its post-primary schools across the county for the next academic year. Donegal ETB is the largest education and training provider in the county and manages fifteen out of the county’s twenty-seven post-primary schools. In Carrick two appointments […]
Our Abbey Vocational School Principal Geraldine Diver is pictured accepting a very generous donation of €20,000 from Liam Kelly CEO and Joe Gillespie, Chairman Board of Directors of the Donegal Town Credit Union. These funds will be used for the development of the school pitch. Huge thanks to the Credit Union for this extremely generous contribution. […]
Donegal ETB’s Donegal Town school, the Abbey Vocational School (AVS), is among the first in Ireland to implement a new mental health programme, HEADSTRONG in association with Cycle Against Suicide, to address the stigma of suicide amongst young people. It’s Letterkenny school, Errigal College, will also implement this new programme. AVS students attended the launch […]