AS Prizegiving
- Posted by Fearghal Quinn
- Posted in School News, Uncategorized
School connections hard to break
Sean O’Neill, former student and founder of highly successful Teamwear Specialist MFC, returned to the school on Friday 2nd February to present our Year 13 students with their GCSE certificates.
Awards were also presented to the Year 14 students that achieved the top mark in each AS subject.
Sean O’Neill is pictured with school Principal Mr F.McConnell and Mr D.Maginness Head of Post 16.
Sean, a MacRory cup winner in 2005, began his speech by stipulating that the connections forged through winning with the school are hard to break.
Since his departure, almost 20 years ago, Sean highlighted three key learnings which stand him well today;
- Commitment to routine
- Reading in the morning
- Commitment to exercise
He emphasised the importance of being associated with the school and how school was a “two-way street – show respect to your fellow pupils and staff and that respect will be reciprocated. People in Omagh CBS will get behind you”. He continued by saying “you are in a place that wins – you are in an environment that wants the best from you and extracts the best from you”.
For his parting advice he posed himself the question – What advice would I have wanted as a 16-18 year old student?
He answered this question eloquently by stating; “We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
Discipline is small positive actions repeated every day. Regret is feeling sad or disappointed over something that one has done or failed to do.
The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tonnes. You students, before me, get to choose which pain to avoid.”
Once again our students achieved an outstanding set of results, which is testimony to their hard work and the expertise of their subject teachers.
The award recipients are listed below
O’Donnell Scholarship
Top achievers at GCSE: Awarded for Top Achievement at GCSE Level
Brian Gallagher
Principals Medal
Awarded for Outstanding Achievement at GCSE Level
Eoin Donnelly & Sé Devlin
Top student(s) in each Subject at GCSE Level
| Agriculture and Land Use Systems | Aidan McNulty |
| Art and Design | Senan McGuckin |
| Business and Communication Systems | Caolán Logue |
| Business Studies, Digital Technology Multimedia, Geography & Science (Double Award) | Brian Gallagher |
| Computer Science | Gareth Owens |
| Construction & Technology and Design | Finn Kelly |
| Drama | Órán Ó Doibhilin |
| Engineering | Aidan McDowell |
| English Language | Eoin Donnelly |
| English Literature | Rory Dolan |
| History & Religious Studies & Sport | Leon McClean |
| Irish | Luke O’Kane |
| Learning for Life and Work | Jack Kennedy |
| Mathematics | Sé Devlin |
| Eoin Donnelly | |
| Brian Gallagher | |
| Michael Murphy | |
| Gareth Owens | |
| Mathematics (Further) | Michael Murphy |
| Music | Aidan Hackett |
| Spanish | Eoghan McKenna |
Top Student in each subject at AS Level
| Art | Oran Bradley |
| Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics | Conor McKenna |
| Business Studies | Aidan Gormley |
| Design and Technology | James Bunting |
| Digital Technology | Ryan Garrity |
| English Literature | Ronan McGuigan |
| Environmental Technology | Jack McCrory |
| Further Maths & Software Systems Development | Oran McKiernan |
| Geography & BTEC Construction (Single Award) | Aaron Furey |
| History | Oisin McCloskey & Liam McGurren |
| Life and Health Science | Tom Papakyriacou-Gavin |
| Religious Studies | Joseph Mullan |
| BTEC Diploma in Construction Double Award | Mark Corcoran |
| BTEC Business
|
Conor McWilliams
Conor Pritchard |
| ICT Cambridge Technical
|
Wiktor Paplinski
Nathan McGlinchey. |
| BTEC Sport (Single Award)
|
Ronan Falconer |
| BTEC Sport (Double Award) | Sean Broderick |
Our talented musicians who provided the entertainment
Click here to access a range of photographs taken at the ceremony
