General
Parent Zone
Family Movie Night
Feb 19th
The Parents’ Association will be hosting a Family Movie Night in Century Cinemas on Wednesday, the 11th March 2020, at 6pm.
The movie is the newest Disney Pixar release ‘Onward’. Tickets will be on sale after the mid-term in the coming weeks and can be purchased from the School Office, priced at €5 per ticket.
Online Safety Talk
Jan 30th
We wish to thank Garda O Connell and Garda Talbot of the Milford Garda District for visiting our school recently to present a really informative and enjoyable presentation on online safety to Fifth and Sixth Class pupils.
School Debating success
Jan 30th
We are busy on the School Debating front at the moment and are participating in two different competitions. We have enjoyed two successes from two in competitive contests in our opening league games in the Letterkenny Debating League but further stiff challenges await us in the weeks ahead.
We have also entered the Donegal Education Board run Concern Debating competition and have also enjoyed two successive wins. The standard of debating from all teams participating is very high and we wish our team the best of luck in upcoming challenges.
Credit Union Quiz
Jan 30th
The annual Credit Union Quiz was held in the Mt Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny on Monday, 3rd February. Many congrats to all participants and well done to our U-13 teams who finished in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
Grandparents’ Day
Jan 30th
Grandparents’ Day was held in the school on Friday, 31st January. Pupils attended mass in the chapel at 10 am with our School Choir performing a few tunes. Afterwards, all were invited to the School Hall for a cup of tea and St Brigid Cross-making and we all enjoyed a lovely morning.
2020-21 Enrolment Applications
Jan 7th
Please note that ‘Applications for the Enrolment of New Pupils in Kilmacrennan NS’ for the 2020-21 school year will take place in the school on Thursday, 30th January 2020 from 9.30 am-3.00p.m.
Birth Certs and PPSN are required upon enrolment.
Round One applications will close on Friday, 14th February 2020.
Please contact the School Office on 0749139295 for further details.
Christmas Show
Dec 18th
Please visit our Gallery Drop-bar for some pictures from our Christmas Shows.
Dec 12th
Dear Parents/ Guardians,
Please note that we are hosting our Christmas Concerts on Wednesday, 18th
December. Junior Infants will start at 10 o clock, followed by Senior Infants
at 10.15. First and Second Class are performing together. Their play will start
approximately at 10.30. We will then take a break and tea/ coffee will be
available from the Parents Association. There will be a raffle for various
prizes on the day. We also request that
no videos/ clips/ posts etc are posted on any Social Media forums.
Third and Fourth Class are performing together
and will begin at 12 noon. This will be followed by Fifth Class at 12.45, and
then Sixth Class. We are all looking forward to the day and the children have
been practising well.
Santa is scheduled to visit the classrooms
on Thursday, 19th December.
The school will close for the Christmas
holidays on Friday, 20th December at 12 noon,
re-opening on Monday, 6th January 2020.
Christmas Annuals are available to purchase from the school at €1 per annual.
Tickets for the Cinderella pantomime on January 24th are available to purchase from the School Office.
Yours sincerely,
John Devenney.
Newsletter
Nov 20th
Tuesday, 19th November 2019.
Dear Parent/ Guardian,
A meeting will be held in the school this evening in the School Library to elect two parents from our parent body (one father, one mother) to the Board of Management. All are welcome and the meeting will begin at 7pm.
Our school was recently selected to participate in a pilot scheme (CLIL) whereby children in selected classes are taught a subject, or parts of a subject e.g. PE through Irish for eight week blocks. As we do quite a bit of this already, it should not come as a major shock to the children and we look forward to it.
The HSE screening of Junior Infants and new pupils has been deferred until the 9th and 10th December.
Cinderella, by the Letterkenny Pantomime Society, is scheduled for Friday, 24th January 2020 in the Aura Leisure Centre (please note the change of venue). As the school benefits from this, we ask you to support the event. Tickets @ €15 each or €25 for two are available from the School Office and would make ideal Christmas gifts.
The Christmas Concert Day is scheduled for Wednesday, 18th December.
Parent-teacher meetings are being held in the school this Thursday, 21st November. Pupils are not to be present on the school grounds during the meetings as we do not provide supervision.
We wish to thank-you for the magnificent response to the Sponsored Walk fundraiser; we were delighted to raise €2,600 for the school.
The local St Vincent de Paul organise hampers annually for local distribution at Christmas and respectfully request an item of non-perishable food donation from each family, if possible. Suitable donations include tinned foods, pasta, rice, tea, coffee, sugar, biscuits/sweets, jelly, custard, cereals etc, paying attention to expiry dates. {Donations by Monday, 2nd December, please}.
Yours sincerely,
John Devenney.
Board Elections
Nov 5th
ELECTION OF PARENT NOMINEES TO THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
Dear Parent/Guardian,
As you may be aware the current term of the Board of Management will expire on 30/11/2019 and a new Board of Management takes up office on 01/12/2019.
Two parents of children enrolled in the school (one being a mother and the other a father) must be elected by the general body of parents of children enrolled in the school.
A meeting will be held at the school on Tuesday, 19th November 2019 at 7pm. At this meeting:-
- Nominations will be sought from parents for persons to stand for election as parent nominees on the Board.
- A ballot will be held at the meeting to elect the nominees. If there is only one nominee for either panel, the nominees shall be deemed to be elected. If more than one nomination is received for either of the panels, a secret ballot shall be held at the meeting.
- Please note that you may self-nominate at the meeting. Whether or not you self-nominate, or are nominated by another parent/guardian, you must be seconded by a person attending the meeting.
I wish to take this opportunity to thank all the outgoing members for their contribution to the Board of Management over the past four years.
Yours sincerely,
Fr Patrick Dunne,
Patron’s Representative.
Explanation of the The Role of a Parent Nominee
Even though Parent Nominees are elected by parents, they do not represent the parent body. Parent Nominees are elected by the parent body to bring “a mother’s view” and “a father’s view” to Board of Management deliberations. To this end, their contribution to the Board is a very important one, and they are not required to consult with the wider parent population, take instruction from them or report back to them.
