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Moate students at Ericsson Tech Day Moate Community School students Stephen Kelly and Christopher Kerrigan had the fortunate opportunity to attend Tech Day at Ericsson, Athlone, on 12th Sept. The students presented their BT Young Scientists project Fence Defence to the staff on the campus. Tech Day is a day in which Ericsson engineers share their […]

Moate Business College students attend Induction week Students in Moate began another year of academia this week with a variety of activities to settle them into their new venture at the college.  During the course of the coming year they will undertake study in QQI level 5 and level 6 programmes. Places are still available […]

Moate CS promotes mental health awareness Congratulations to first year student Ella Corcoran on winning the Mental Health Promotion Poster Competition in Moate Community School. Ella created an insightful and creative drawing that encourages the viewer to think deeply about their mental health. Pieta House founder, Senator Joan Freeman, kindly sponsored a 100 euro One […]

Moate students compete at Salters’ Festival of Chemistry On the 18th of May, four first year students from Moate Community School travelled to Trinity College Dublin to compete in the prestigious 2019 Salters’ Festival of Chemistry. The group were one of twenty schools taking part in the event. This year’s event focused on the International […]

Moate CS Awarded the Amber Mental Health Flag We’re delighted that our school was successful in procuring the Amber Flag from Pieta House for promoting positive mental health for our students. Moate CS was awarded this Amber Flag for their work in the following areas: all students from 1st to 3rd year took part in […]

Moate CS students shine at School Analyst Competition Three 5th year Chemistry students from Moate Community School took part in Galway regional final of the School Analyst Competition which is organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Elaine Pidgeon, Aaron Keane and Julian Wisniewski used a number of analytical techniques including titrations, High Performance Liquid […]

Moate Community School Students involved in judging Debating competition The final of the Primary Schools Debating Competition took place on Friday 10th May in Athlone Civic Centre. Cllr Aengus O’Rourke is pictured along with Sean O’Flaherty and Deborah Fakeye, both leaving cert students in Moate, who were involved in this hugely successful competition which sees […]

Moate CS students promoting the Sensory Garden as a unique attraction in Moate On 7th of May, Moate TY students Seán Treacy and Troy Bradley welcomed TY students Daniel Daly and Eve Martin from Banagher College to Dún Na Sí Amenity and Heritage Park. Daniel became blind due to leukaemia when he was 6 years […]