DCW Lotto
Thank you to all that participated in our school fundraiser. The draw was February 9th. There was no winner of Thursday’s jackpot. Congratulations to Jessica Forsey who was our weekly winner of 20
euro, the grand prize rolls over to next week. This is a fundraising initiative and the money raised will be used to directly support your children’s education and purchase resources for our school
including IT equipment, sports equipment, classroom and teaching resources.
1st / 2nd year Basketball
Dominican College Wicklow 1st & 2nd year basketball teams travelled to St Mary’s Arklow on Wednesday February 8th to take part in a schools basketball tournament. Our second years played
their first game against Wicklow Educate Together in a very exciting game. DCW got off to a very good start and came away with the victory. 2nd years played their second game against St. Marys
Arklow. This was a thrilling game with two very well-matched sides. DCW had an excellent team performance and came away with their second win of the day. Congratulations to all the second
years who participated on the day both supporting and playing. Hard luck to our 1st year team who lost to St. Marys. The DCW players displayed outstanding spirit & determination, we were very
proud of their debut performance. Thanks to Valerie Power of St. Marys Arklow for organising and hosting an excellent day of basketball.
Well Read Programme and Yellow Flag
As part of building on our Yellow Flag achievement as well as working towards our Well Read Award, TY students and members of the school Book Club, Mika Kelly and Mia Wynne have organised a
group of readers to work with Holy Rosary 5th and 6th Classes. The students will be reading aloud from ‘Why the moon travels’ by Oein DeBharduin. Starting on 2nd March the Dominican readers will
be reading stories aloud from this collection of tales Oein has gathered together. The stories are all rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community. Mika, Mia and their team have been
reading through the collection in preparation, as they say the stories are “a fascinating collection and a reflection of life in general”.
Cross Country
Well done to Alex Carey and Lily Sheehy who competed in the Leinster cross country competition in Santry this week. Alex finished 8 th and has qualified for the All Ireland final on the 12 th of March in
Waterford. Well done to Lily also who ran an excellent race. Both girls did themselves and the school proud.
Mock Exams
A sigh of relief for our 3 rd and 6 th year students as they have finally come to the end of their mock examinations. Well done to everyone for all of your effort and hard work, it will all pay off in the
end. This Friday marks the beginning of midterm which is a time to relax and reenergise. Well done and enjoy.
DCW Swim Team
A massive congratulations to both our senior and intermediate swim teams. Both teams competed in the NAC last weekend. Our senior team which is made up of Kirsty Dunne, Liv O’Donovan,
Annabell Farrington Knight and Lily Sheehy retained the Senior cup in the Leinster Senior Schools swimming competition. Our intermediate team which is made up of Amy Noble, Niamh Waters, Jill
Connolly and Cara Mc Kenna came 3rd in the Intermediate Cup of the same competition. A special mention for Amy Noble who came 1 st in the 200 intermediate medley and 2 nd in the breast stroke.
Well done to all involved.
Dominicans Got Talent
Have you got what it takes? If you have any talents we want you!! Our TY students are organising this years DCW talent showcase and welcome anyone who wishes to apply. The audition forms can
be found on Schoolwise and forms must be returned and completed by the 1 st March. Additional information can be found on the audition forms. Auditions will take place on Wednesday the 8 th of
March in Fatima Hall. All talents welcome (All poetry must be self written).
