Award Winners 2013 announced

Mary Mullaghy April 28, 2013

Congratulations to all the Award Winners: Lodge Award was given to Mr Paddy Daly and Science Educator of the Year went to Ms Siobhan Sweeney. The PCI Awards went to Loreto St Michael’s, Navan and St Andrew’s, Blackrock, Dublin.
Photo: Front row: Mr Paddy Daly (Lodge Award), Mr Charlie Dolan (Honorary President), Ms Mary Mullaghy (National Chairperson), Ms Siobhán Sweeney (Science Educator of the Year 2013) & Dr Oliver Ryan (NUI Galway & legend!)
Back row: Ms Nicky King, Ms Hilary Rimbi, Ms Wendy Gilmore & Mr William Hehir (St Andrew’s College, Blackrock, Dublin) and Ms Lisa Darley & Ms Dara Rigney (St Michael’s Loreto, Navan, Co. Meath) winners of Industry Awards for Science Teaching. Centre: Ms Siobhán Dean (PharmaChemical Ireland).

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1. St Joseph’s CBS, Nenagh, Co Tipperary.

2. Scoil Mhuire, Cork.

3. Abbey Vocational School, Donegal.

4. St Louis Secondary School, Monaghan.

5. Glanmire Community School, Cork.

Photo: Arlene O’Neill (Dublin Rose of Tralee with PhD in Nanoscience), Martin O’Neill, Alan Fitzhenry, Charlie Dolan (ISTA Honorary President) Patrick Timmons, Paul Dolan (ISTA Teacher) & Mary Mullaghy (ISTA National Chairperson & Quiz Coordinator)

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An enjoyable night was had by all who attended the Regional Final of the ISTA Senior Science Quiz in Trinity College. The audience were lucky to have Professor John Kelly from Trinity College who gave a demonstration lecture on Nanoscience. 

Results of Regional Finals of ISTA Dublin Branch Senior Science Quiz 2010
 
First place: St Michael’s College: Shiela O’Grady (teacher), Declan Doyle, Cathal Ahern & Alex Dudley.
Second place: Blackrock College: John Daly (teacher), Michael Lockhart, Fiachra Maher, Niall Robertson & Siobhan Sweeney (teacher).
Third place: Blackrock College: John Daly & Siobhan Sweeney (teachers), John McCarrick, Conor Waldron & Jesse Carley.
Fourth place: St Colmcille’s Community School: Ms Martin (teacher), Maeve O’Neill, Jeffrey McHugh & Stephen Jordan.
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PharmaChemical Ireland Teacher Awards 2012

Congratulations to Crana College, Buncrana, Co. Donegal, who were awarded the first place prize of €1,200 for their Science department in the 2012 ISTA PharmaChemical Ireland Teacher Awards. 

Congrats also to the Science departments in Donabate Community College and St. Columba’s College, Whitechurch, who were runners up in the event and received €600 each.

Thanks also to Ms Aoibhinn Ní Shuilleabháin who did an excellent job at chairing the presentations by each team entitled ‘Enhancing the uptake of science subjects’ and the judges, who included an external Fulbright Fellow Prof William McComas from the University of Arkansas.

Attached photo:  L-R:  Yvonne Higgins (ISTA Chairperson), Tanya Morrison (Crana College), Charlie Dolan (ISTA President), Philip McGuinness (Crana College).

 

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