‘Student Activities News’ Archives
DCS Robotics Design National Champions
ALL IRELAND LEGO MINDSTORMS ROBOTICS COMPETITION It was a cold, snowy Saturday morning (7 January) when we met at 7am to travel to Galway for the First Lego League sponsored by SAP to build a Mindstorms robot. The competition is international with regional finals and a grand final in St. Louis in April. The competition has been running for 4 [...]
Robin Hood – Transition Year Show
This year's Transition Year musical, Robin Hood, was a roaring success. It ran from December 1 to 3, despite the difficult Arctic weather, with the Transition Years putting on two shows a day. They not only survived this gruelling schedule, but managed to improve with each performance, right up to the last night. The morning shows, performed for [...]
Joseph Driessen visits DCS
Joseph Driessen is an internationally-renowned educationalist from New Zealand and visited the school to give a talk to Fifth Years and Third Years on motivation and study skills.
Public Speaking Victory
Congratulations to Fifth Year students on their recent victory in the first round of the Cork Mental Health Public Speaking Competition. The team consisted of Kevin Twomey, Liam Cuthbert and Jason Moloney. They defeated St Mary's High School, Mallow, and Glanmire Community College. They now progress to the second round of the [...]
DCS Maths Students at Manga High!
DCS students log in to mangahigh.com here. For Maths Week 2010 (9-16 October) many Douglas Community School students will be participating in online leagues with school from all over the world. Participating students will be given passwords by their teachers. These students can log into their Manga High accounts at the link above.
