Congratulations to Jennifer Loughman, James Edmonds, Joseph Chan, Fionn Ryan, Shane Nash and Dean Power who have all been awarded certificates for scoring over 80% in all 3 rounds of their IC3 exams.

Business in the Community is a national programme that links schools with organisations in the community. One of the main aims of the programme is to help students prepare for working in the real world once they leave school. 

St. Nessan’s’ was honoured when the Mayor Cllr. Marie Byrne visited, to launch the project work of the Green Flag Committee “Message in a bottle” The Mayor complimented the Green Flag Committee on their artistic work. 

On Friday the 4th of March St. Nessan’s Community College celebrated World Book Day in style.   World Book Day is the biggest celebration of books and reading ever mounted in Ireland. The main aim is to encourage students to explore the pleasure of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own.

Each 1st and 2nd and 3rdYear student received a flip book-2 books in one! Seven specially produced World Book Day books have been published and again O’Mahony’s have generously sent out enough copies of these books for all our 1st and 2nd and 3rd Years.

Again this year, there is one title as gaeilge which should keep the Irish Department happy and will be a nice tie-in with Seachtain na Gaeilge/Leabhar Power-two nationwide Irish books 

celebrations which surround World Book Day.

We are delighted to announce the second year anniversary of the Nessan’s Newsletter. Over the 2 years, it has gone from strength to strength. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff and students who submit articles monthly to our press team, making the newsletter an enjoyable read for all. We would also like to thank Mr. O’Brien for his ongoing support and encouragement. The newsletter reflects just a portion of the 

magnificent work that goes on in St. Nessan’s throughout the academic year. We hope our readers continue to enjoy the monthly editions , and continue to submit articles each month. 

 Well done to our F1 team that received top prize for the best website in the National Finals which were held in Griffith College Dublin on the 7th April 2011.  Team Cheetah comprised of Angelique Coughlan, Grainne Hackett, Shannon O’Neill, Danielle Quinn, Ellen Tobin-Hogan and Emma Roche. A special mention should also go to Mr. Doody who has put in a lot of time and effort over the past 6 months. Click link to view the winning site http://cheetahf1.wordpress.com/

The L.I.T. Christmas fair in aid of St. Vincent De Paul is an experience everyone one should have al least once. On Thursday the 9th of December, the second year students braved the elements and headed for L.I.T. On Main Street L.I.T they experienced a winter wonderland of stalls and activities such as a bake sale, guess the balloons in the car, raffle for a hamper, Mrs. Clause Grotto and Waxing to name but a few.

Thursday evening the 25th of November saw this years preliminary round of the Mental Health Ireland Public Speaking Project kick off. There were four teams participating, St. Enda’s Community School, An Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh, Ard Scoil Ris and St. Nessan’s .

May I take this opportunity to welcome you all back to St. Nessan’s Community College for the academic year 2010/2011. In particular I wish to extend a very warm welcome to all 1st Year students. I hope that you all settle in well and join with us in making St. Nessan’s Community College the best school in Limerick.