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The 2023 Donegal Sports Star Award for Best Sports Teacher (Secondary School) was won by Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) Physical Education (PE) teacher Michelle McDaid at the awards event on Friday last, 24 January. A Crana College (Buncrana) teacher, Michelle received her award from the Donegal GAA Senior Football Team Manager Jim McGuiness, […]
Category Archives: Crana College
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Donegal ETB is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Philip McGuinness as the new Deputy Principal of Crana College in Buncrana. He will now join the Senior Management Team of Mr Kevin Cooley, Principal, and Ms Sinead Anderson, Deputy Principal. The additional Deputy Principal post in Crana College arose as a result of the […]
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Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh, TD, presented Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement (JCPA) certificates to Crana College students on Monday last. Presenting the awards, Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh said, “The new Junior Cycle reporting process allows students to be recognised not only for the grades they achieve in their exams, […]
The Department of Education and Skills and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) have commenced a review of Senior Cycle education and Donegal ETB’s Buncrana school, Crana College, is one of 41 schools nationally and the only one in Co Donegal, selected to take part in the review. Teachers, students and parents will […]
Staff from four Donegal ETB schools, who are participating in the Junior Cycle Coding in Action initiative, recently attended an intensive training workshop in the Intel Ireland Campus in Leixlip, Co. Kildare on 27 January. The Junior Cycle Coding in Action initiative is a collaboration between Intel Ireland, Lero (the Irish Software Research Centre) and […]
We’ve a number of open nights taking place in our schools in the next two weeks: – Finn Valley College: Monday 20 November, 6.30-8.30pm – Gairmscoil Chú Uladh: Tuesday the 21st November at 7.00pm – Coláiste Chineál Eoghain: Thursday 23 November, 7.00-9.00pm – Coláiste Ailigh, Letterkenny: Wednesday 29 November at 7.00pm – Crana College: Thursday 30 […]
Next Wednesday, ahead of EU Code Week 2017, Donegal ETB will host a Coding Initiative cluster day for staff from four of its schools to support them in rolling out cutting edge teaching in the area of coding. In 2016, two of Donegal ETB’s schools, the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal Town and Crana College […]
The following staff, who retired in the last year, were honoured in Castlegrove House. Photos: Ciaran Cunningham
From over 120 entries from Post Primary schools all over the country, Crana College, Buncrana is delighted to have been selected as only one of 2 schools in Donegal and 22 schools nationally for a new Junior Cycle Coding pilot initiative. Teachers from Crana College will be among the first in the country to teach […]
Crana College 5K, Thursday May 12th 2016. Registration will take place in the school from 6pm. We would like to invite you to attend this community event and the very best of luck to everyone involved.