Archive for January, 2010
Haiti/Uganda Table Quiz
The staff of Douglas Community School are organised a table quiz in the South County in Douglas on Wednesday night, 27 January. The quiz was originally in aid of their partner school, an orphanage in Uganda, but 50% of funds raised will now go to Medicins Sans Frontieres in Haiti.
DCS Young Scientists
Douglas Community School has a long history of participation in the Exhibition, with many category winners over the years, and the award for best overall individual project a few years ago. Every year the school is by far the best represented of boys schools in Cork City and County. This year 20 students entered the competition [...]
More Success in Coleraine
Douglas Community School athletes finished their 2009 Cross-Country season with some more outstanding performances at the All-Ireland Uneven Ages Cross-Country Championships held at the University of Ulster Coleraine recently. First into action was the u13 team in the boy’s 1200m race. There was chaos at the start of this race resulting in our [...]
School Choir spreads Good Cheer
Students from the school choir were invited to perform Christmas carols in St Luke’s Nursing Home, Mahon, and St Finbarr’s Hospital, Douglas, in the week before Christmas. We were warmly welcomed in both, where we sang traditional carols, as well as a few more modern Christmas hits. Students from first to fifth year took part, spreading the [...]
Superb athletic performances in Midleton
Douglas Community School athletes took part in the Cork Schools Invitational Cross-Country event recently. The event was held at the Midleton CBS grounds and the school had a very successful day. Although the school were missing a lot of their athletes due to the All-Ireland Championships taking place in Derry, they performed brilliantly. [...]
