A Guide to Surviving School Life
The following link is to an essay written for English class by 5th year student Caragh Collins-Smith. It is a guide to surviving school life as a teenager that was so well written and packed with so much useful advice, we decided to post it here for everyone to read.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sNUgI3wvLK28TyaVB5hoOYhYHQ8v-EFPBQsNxtmEDoo/edit?usp=sharing
Lidl Jersey Competition
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Camogie Update
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EU Ambassador Visit
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Physics Day 2019
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Enterprise Christmas Fair 2018
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
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Green Week
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2018 Dublin Girls Futsal Champions
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