Last Friday the Deele College Time Capsule was buried and will not see the light of day until 2065. Commissioned as part of the school’s 50th celebrations, it was scheduled to be buried in 2015, but was deferred until now so that it could be placed inside the new extension.
The 1A class enjoyed a Maidin Gaeilge as part of their JCSP initiative. Traditional Irish food was ordered, cooked and enjoyed by everyone in the kitchen.
class, 3C, is doing a fundraiser for the cancer bus service that takes cancer patients to and from Galway. The bus service relies completely on local charities, fundraisers and donations to run the bus. The council or government doesn’t provide any money to fund the travel cost of the bus. The bus costs €1,000 a week to run. Our class decided that we would help raise money for the bus for our C.S.P.E action project.
Mock Exams: This week was the final week of term, with Junior and Leaving Cert students finishing up their mock examinations before a hard-earned week off. The students will now turn their attentions towards practical and oral examinations, which will begin in the coming weeks.
Deele College booked their place in the Ulster Cup final with a 3-1 victory against Patrician High School from Carrickmacross.
Deele College were the better team on a cold and blustery day in the Omagh Leisure Complex. It was two Justin McGee goals and an Alex Caorlan stunner that secured victory for Deele.
The 2G class were honoured to meet Alan Doherty on Friday the 5th of February last.
These students took part in the Read DL initiative last year where they read the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. The students from 2G enjoyed the novel so much they decided to write their own book, “The Marvel of Wonder”, based on what they learned from the novel.
The Special Topic for Engineering can be accessed from any computer at school by clicking on the w-drive as shown above or downloaded by clicking here
Deele College booked their place in the Ulster Cup Semi-Final with penalty shoot-out victory against Abbey Vocational School.
The match finished 1-1 and the penalty shootout went to sudden death as Dylan Brolly was the hero when he scored the winning penalty as Abbey blazed their last penalty over the bar.
Mock Exams: Mock exams for Junior and Leaving Certificate students began this week, with students undertaking exams in all of their chosen subjects. This gives students a good opportunity to assess what areas they need to work on during the final months before their state exams.
Imagine many years ago during the Famine the Irish were dying of starvation, it was an epidemic that defined an era. How ironic would it be to look back on our era and realise the epidemic that plagued our nation was obesity?