School Leavers Graduation
Category : Post Primary
A very special day today – despite the current restriction due to the pandemic, we revised our school leavers graduation for the graduates of 2020 and 2021. The graduation went ahead for the students only and it was accessed online by parents, students, and staff virtually on zoom.
It was a very special celebration of two cohorts of school leavers 2020 and 2021 and we had a special guest Senator Marie Sherlock who signed in ISL the opening of her guest speech – “Congratulations on your Graduation”.
We showcase the students signing in ISL with the Deaf Choir – we had three songs;
Boys and Girls performed in “All in this together” by High School Musical.
Girls’ performed the song “Good Old Days” by Macklemore and Kesha and the boys performed for the song is “These Days” by Avicii. It was a wonderful performance. (You can see the performance below)
A representative from each class 6A, 6B, 6C, and 6D gave a speech on what Holy Family School for the Deaf means to them. I like to share an extract of the speech = “So, to finish, I will use a quote that a teacher in our school likes to share with us and say to the class of 2021 and 2020 that, “The world is our oyster, we have the opportunity to do and be anything we want. Let’s do it all!”
You can read all the speeches in the link below.
Our Teachers, SNAs and Staff have voted for the following students to be the ‘Student of the Year’
Student of the Year 2020 = Evan Maguire
Student of the Year 2021 = Siocha Quinn.
After the presentation and celebration, the students got to watch a video of messages and congratulations by parents and friends. They even got a message all the way from Lebanon! They then watch a video of the parents signing the song ‘Slow Down’ It was very emotional and there was not a dry eye in the house!
We would like to thank all of our Teachers, SNAs, and staff for everything and for helping to make today extra special!
Every Family has a story to tell….. This will be one story that will be told for generations!
We wish all our school leavers every happiness and success for the future – Remember – ‘The World is your Oyster!’
Student of the Year 2020 = Evan Maguire
Student of the Year 2021 = Siocha Quinn
Our Students YearBook
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