Parents/Guardians can view appointment schedules for the upcoming 3rd year parent-teacher meeting. Log on to PTMO Parent/Guardian Login (ptmorg.com) and enter your child’s vsware ID (sent previously via direct teams chat message).
As per message sent out via vsware, the decision has been made – due to the severe weather forecast and in the interest of safety of parents & staffs – to move this meeting from in-person to ONLINE only.
Meetings will be conducted via your son/daughter’s teams account. To join the PT meeting, log on to his/her teams account. The only teams you need to access are those …
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Dr. Maureen Griffin, forensic psychologist and Director MGMS Training Limited will deliver a presentation “Social Media: Challenges for Parents” at 7.30pm Tuesday Dec 6th 2022 (via zoom).
The presentation will cover what is currently popular; what the potential dangers are and offer practical advice on how to protect ourselves and our children online.
Issues such as social networking sites & chatting apps; Live streaming; gaming; grooming; sexting; screen-time & sleep; and cyberbullying will be addressed.
We strongly recommend attendance at this presentation. A link to register for this presentation will be sent via vsware text to all parents/guardians. This is for parents/guardians of …
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Parents/Guardians – Hard copies of your appointment schedules for the 1st year parent-teacher meeting have been distributed to students.
All who have registered still have the choice of attending in-person or online or a mix of both – to maximise access to the meeting, you have been set-up for either option and we do not need to know in advance. A teacher will expect to see you at your appointment time either at their room or in the virtual waiting room on their laptop.
In-person attendance:
Teachers will be in various classrooms throughout the school building. Please bring your list of appointments with …
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Huge congratulations to sixth year student, Emily Chen, who yesterday, was presented with the very first Edna O’Brien Award for Writing in Scariff Community College. The gathered audience of students and writers listened in awe as Emily read her palindrome poem, “They Say”, one way and fellow student Femke Nijs read it in the opposite direction.
The school are very grateful to bestselling novelist Roisin Meaney who spoke beautifully on the craft of writing and the power of poetry, before she presented the award to Emily.
The award, a magnificient bog oak sculpture, was funded by Creative Ireland and by local artist …
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A group of First Year students pictured who are taking part this week in Gaeilge 24. The students are taking on the challenge of ‘Labhairt as Gaeilge’ for 24 hours. Well done to Sophie Sheedy, Ciara Nugent, MJ Buckley, Cian Howard and Darragh O’ Donnell. This event is being organised by Ms Claire Burke
The aim of this challenge is to encourage young people to try speak Irish non-stop for one whole day, 24 hours: at home, at school, in shops and businesses, around the town, in sports clubs and with friends. This challenge helps to open the mind of young …
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Our First Year Parent-Teacher meeting is scheduled for Thursday 24th November 2022. This will be an ‘in-person’ meeting but with the option of online attendance available if preferred and once arranged in advance.
Whether attending in-person or online, Parents/Guardians of First year students must register in advance by logging on to the PTMO system (Parent Teacher Meeting Organiser) at the link below. This will generate a schedule of appointments between 4.15pm – 6.45pm. Each appointment with teachers is a slot of 5 mins. A schedule of appointments (and a list of meeting links if applicable) will be available to parents/guardians in …
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We are so thankful for all the support to everyone involved who helped us to make this a fantastic night and in the process fundraise a whopping €21,007 for our AstroDevelopment Fundraising -the commitment of the East Clare community and beyond to our project is so encouraging. Míle buíochas ó chroí do gach duine. Thank you to Ms Colleran for capturing some beautiful images of the night. Photo Gallery
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Scariff Community College is participating in the ‘Safe and Supportive Schools’ (SASS) Programme run by BelongTo, a national organisation supporting LGBTQ+ young people in Ireland. The programme is a ground-breaking, whole-school strategy to support schools in creating a safe, equal, and inclusive school community for LGBTQ+ students.
At Scariff Community College we are working towards achieving the SASS Quality Mark. The four areas of competency to gain QMark are: Culture, Curriculum, Policy and Planning, and Relationships.
A SASS committee was formed last year to oversee QMark initiatives and staff members involved include: Aoibheann Byrt, Maria Curtin, Monica Keating, Olwin Kelly, …
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FAO: Parents/Guardians of TY students -TY overnight trip to Killary Adventure Centre Wednesday & Thursday Nov. 16th & 17th 2022. Bus leaving school at 9am Wednesday. Students will most likely not be back in time for school buses on Thursday as group will leave Killary after lunch – at 1pm approx. All students must bring their own snacks and packed lunch on Wednesday. All other meals will be provided. Activities include High Rope/Climbing Tower, Archery, Turf Challenge (water), Killary Challenge. NB Please inform the school immediately if your son/daughter is unable to travel. Please read the attached document Attachments – …
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Students and Staff at Scariff Community College are recognising the LGBTQ+ community by participating in a national awareness campaign run by BeLonGTo Youth Services.
Stand Up Awareness Week is November 14th-18th and the theme for this year is taking a stand against homophobic, biphobic and transphobic language.
#Choose Words that Heal, Not Hurt.
During this week, SCC will show solidarity with LGBTQ+ young people to ensure they feel seen, heard, and safe.
Events include: raising of the LGBTQ+ Progress Flag, a Baking Competition, a Table Quiz and a Wear the Rainbow Colour Day. Scariff CC is working towards achieving the QMark as part of …
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