Prize Day 2016
PRIZE DAY 2016
PRESIDENT OF THE UNION, DAVID COEN (CLASS OF 1986), ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE LUCINDA PRESENTED OVER 160 MEDALS, BOOKS AND CERTIFICATES TO OUR PRIZEWINNERS IN THE JUBILEE HALL ON SATURDAY MORNING LAST, 28 MAY, 2016. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DAY IN OUR ACADEMIC YEAR. WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN SERVICE, REWARD HARD WORK AND FAIR PLAY, APPLAUD DETERMINATION AND RECOGNISE THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN OF THEIR BEST.
PRIZE DAY IS A SPECIAL OCCASION – EVERY STUDENT CAN, AND SHOULD, ASPIRE TO BE PART OF IT. THE BOYS WHO RECEIVED AWARDS LAST SATURDAY DID SO NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD THE ABILITY BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO USE IT.
IN HIS ADDRESS, DAVID CONGRATULATED THE PRIZEWINNERS AND THEIR PARENTS ON THEIR AWARDS AND REMINDED THEM THAT “THE MARK OF A GOOD EDUCATION IS CURIOSITY AND THE WILLINGNESS TO OPEN ONE’S MIND TO NEW EXPERIENCES. LEARNING DOES NOT STOP AT THE END OF FORMAL EDUCATION”.
VALEDICTORIAN JAMES CRONIN (6TH YEAR) BADE FAREWELL ON BEHALF OF THE CLASS OF 2016 WITH A WITTY AND ENGAGING ADDRESS.
THE PRINCIPAL ACKNOWLEDGED THE CONTRIBUTION OF MS NULTY TO BLACKROCK WHO HAS OPTED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT AFTER 28 YEARS’ SERVICE. WE WERE HONOURED BY THE PRESENCE OF HER FATHER MR FRANK NULTY.
A GREAT DAY – AN IMPORTANT DAY.
I THANK MR DUNNE, MR SHEIL, THE DEANS, HEADS OF DEPARTMENT AND MR HERLIHY FOR THE ORGANISATION OF THE PRIZE-GIVING; MR T O’BRIEN, MR WYER AND MS COYLE FOR THEIR PREPARATION OF THE HALL AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE STAGE; THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, THE DEPUTY-PRINCIPAL AND FR. CORMAC FOR PRESIDING; OUR SUPERB MAINTENANCE AND HOUSEHOLD TEAMS; THE PARENTS AND BOYS; BUT MOST OF ALL, MY TEACHING COLLEAGUES IN ATTENDANCE WHO BY THEIR PRESENCE ENSURE THAT THIS IS THE ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR.
