Scoi

l Roi

sin,

Cou

nty

Don

egal

, wit

h th

e oc

ean

in s

ight

just

bey

ond

the

tele

phon

e po

le.

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thre

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in q

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W.I

RIS

HA

P.O

RG

Ple

ase

join

us i

n su

ppor

ting

th

e Fu

ture

of o

ur H

erit

age

thro

ugh

Scie

nce

Edu

cati

on.

TH

E I

RIS

H A

ME

RIC

AN

PA

RT

NE

RSH

IP

Prim

ary

Scho

ol S

cien

ce T

each

ing

in I

rela

nd

For

Iris

h A

mer

ican

s int

eres

ted

in su

ppor

ting

our

Her

itag

e,

this

is a

soun

d in

vest

men

t in

Irel

and’

s fut

ure.

At C

oogu

e N

atio

nal S

choo

l, in

the

villa

ge o

f th

e sa

me

nam

e, 3

mil

es w

est o

f B

arna

cogu

e, C

ount

y M

ayo.

Jun

iors

, sen

iors

& in

fant

s al

l pos

e to

geth

er w

ith

loca

l-bo

rn

Pri

ncip

al S

iobh

an G

erag

hty

(sec

ond

from

the

righ

t at r

ear)

aft

er r

ecei

ving

thei

r fi

rst-

year

P

artn

ersh

ip S

cien

ce P

rogr

am E

xpan

sion

Gra

nt o

f ��������������

KE

RR

Y

G

ALW

AY

M

AYO

DO

NE

GA

L

TH

E I

RIS

H A

ME

RIC

AN

PA

RT

NE

RSH

IP

Prim

ary

Scho

ol S

cien

ce T

each

ing

Prog

ram

Fo

r th

e pa

st f

our

year

s, th

e Pa

rtne

rshi

p, in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith

Irel

and’

s D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

catio

n an

d Sc

ienc

e, h

as b

een

test

ing

met

hods

an

d di

scip

line

s to

fur

ther

sci

ence

edu

catio

n in

pri

mar

y sc

hool

s. T

he te

sts

took

pla

ce in

a c

lust

er o

f fi

ftee

n sc

hool

s in

Sou

th K

erry

. Bas

ed o

n th

e su

cces

s of

this

res

earc

h, th

e pr

ogra

m h

as n

ow e

xpan

ded

into

sm

all,

rura

l, di

sadv

anta

ged,

sch

ools

in th

ree

addi

tiona

l cou

ntie

s in

Wes

tern

Ire

land

—G

alw

ay, M

ayo

and

Don

egal

.

T

each

er tr

aini

ng, s

uppo

rt a

nd r

ecog

nitio

n, th

e fo

rmat

ion

of

coop

erat

ing

clus

ters

of

rem

ote

area

sch

ools

, a f

ocus

upo

n ch

ildre

n ni

ne to

tw

elve

yea

rs o

f ag

e an

d a

trav

elin

g pr

ofes

sion

al f

acili

tato

r w

ere

foun

d to

be

the

key

elem

ents

of

a su

cces

sful

pro

gram

. The

pro

gram

will

con

tinu

e to

be

supe

rvis

ed b

y St

. Pat

rick

’s T

each

ing

Col

lege

in D

ublin

.

W

ith

the

addi

tion

of th

e th

ree

new

cou

ntie

s of

Gal

way

, May

o an

d D

oneg

al (

cons

istin

g of

a f

ive-

scho

ol-c

lust

er in

eac

h ne

w c

ount

y,

tota

ling

fift

een

scho

ols)

and

the

cont

inua

tion

of

the

Sout

h K

erry

fif

teen

-sc

hool

pro

gram

, it i

s es

timat

ed th

at o

ver

1,50

0 yo

ung

Iris

h st

uden

ts in

di

sadv

anta

ged

rura

l are

as w

ill r

ecei

ve th

e be

nefi

t of

the

new

sci

ence

pr

ogra

m.

Irel

and

has

been

doi

ng w

ell e

cono

mic

ally

. For

this

pro

gres

s to

co

ntin

ue, a

ccor

ding

to s

cien

ce a

nd e

ngin

eeri

ng le

ader

s in

Ire

land

, tho

usan

ds

of n

ew s

cien

tists

and

eng

inee

rs m

ust b

e de

velo

ped

over

the

next

15

year

s.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly, t

oday

, few

er a

nd f

ewer

Iri

sh h

igh

scho

ol g

radu

ates

are

ch

oosi

ng s

cien

ce a

s a

care

er. T

his

scie

nce

prog

ram

is d

esig

ned

to b

uild

in

tere

st in

sci

ence

, foc

usin

g up

on im

pres

sion

able

you

ng p

eopl

e as

they

de

velo

p.

The

est

imat

ed c

ost f

or th

e en

tire

thre

e ye

ar p

rogr

am is

ap

prox

imat

ely

$965

,000

dol

lars

. Cos

ts w

ill b

e sh

ared

by

Am

eric

an d

onor

s,

The

Iri

sh A

mer

ican

Par

tner

ship

and

Ire

land

’s D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

cati

on a

nd

Scie

nce.

Pl

ease

join

with

us

in c

eleb

ratin

g ou

r he

rita

ge th

roug

h

ensu

ring

a c

ontin

ued

stro

ng, h

ealth

y fu

ture

for

Ire

land

.

Fri

day

afte

rnoo

n bu

stle

am

id th

e w

ind-

blow

n ra

in o

utsi

de S

ylan

e N

atio

nal S

choo

l, C

o.

Gal

way

. One

stu

dent

sto

ps to

sha

re h

er f

inis

hed

Mot

her’

s D

ay g

ift w

ith

Prin

cipa

l Sin

ead

Cle

ary.

In

Irel

and,

Mot

her’

s D

ay is

dur

ing

Len

t, an

d th

is y

ear

fell

on

Sun

day,

Mar

ch 2

.

You

may

be

able

to m

ake

out t

he c

hild

ren

wav

ing

“Goo

dbye

!” ju

st o

ver

the

ston

e w

all

at th

e N

atio

nal S

choo

l in

Bar

naco

gue,

Sco

il N

aisi

unta

She

amai

s, C

ount

y M

ayo,

aft

er

rece

ivin

g th

eir

firs

t-ye

ar S

cien

ce G

rant

.

The

‘pa

th’

to tw

o-ro

om C

arna

geeh

y N

atio

nal S

choo

l, C

ount

y G

alw

ay—

the

yello

w-

pain

ted

scho

olho

use

is ju

st a

head

. With

out a

bit

of h

elp,

you

’d “

neve

r fi

nd it

!”

The

ent

ire

stud

ent b

ody

at S

coil

Nai

siun

ta S

heam

ais,

als

o ca

lled

Bar

naco

gue

Nat

iona

l Sc

hool

, 3 to

4 m

iles

sou

th o

f K

ilke

lly, C

ount

y M

ayo.

Pri

ncip

al C

arm

el S

herl

ock

at f

ar

righ

t, w

ith tw

o ju

nior

s st

uden

ts h

oldi

ng th

eir

firs

t-ye

ar �������� �������������������� ���

Tak

en f

rom

a 5

0-ya

rd r

oad

lead

ing

to th

e se

a, lo

okin

g ba

ck o

n S

coil

Nai

siun

ta

Mhu

ire—

Bel

crui

t, C

ount

y D

oneg

al. T

his

repr

esen

ts th

e ty

pica

l loc

ale

and

villa

ge

dem

ogra

phic

of

the

Prim

ary

Sch

ools

the

Par

tner

ship

see

ks to

sup

port

.

Pri

ncip

al T

ony

Fah

ey (

in r

ear

at r

ight

), w

ith

firs

t-ye

ar P

artn

ersh

ip S

cien

ce G

rant

of

����������� ������������������ ��������������� ���

��� ����S

t. Jo

seph

’s N

atio

nal

Scho

ol (

also

cal

led

Mid

fiel

d N

atio

nal S

choo

l) in

the

rura

l are

a of

Mid

fiel

d, C

ount

y M

ayo,

wit

h an

ent

husi

astic

sen

iors

cla

ss.

In S

outh

Ker

ry, w

here

our

Sci

ence

Pro

gram

beg

an in

200

3, p

upils

at F

ilem

ore

Nat

iona

l Sc

hool

, Cah

ersi

veen

, Co.

Ker

ry u

sing

thei

r 3r

d-ye

ar ������� �������������������� ���

to le

arn

firs

t-ha

nd a

bout

for

ce a

nd te

nsio

n w

ith th

e he

lp o

f a

fund

ed le

sson

fac

ilita

tor.

You

can

mak

e ou

t the

stu

dent

s of

St.

Bre

ndan

’s N

atio

nal S

choo

l scr

eam

ing

“Ras

hers

!”

to s

mil

e at

the

cam

era,

with

Pri

ncip

al M

artin

a M

cGra

th a

t the

far

rig

ht.

Als

o ca

lled

B

elm

ont N

atio

nal S

choo

l, it

sits

3-4

mil

es w

est i

nto

the

farm

land

fro

m M

illto

wn

Vill

age,

Cou

nty

Gal

way

.

Prin

cipa

l Jam

es G

illes

pie,

bac

k ri

ght,

with

the

Part

ners

hip’

s B

rian

Mur

ray

and

his

seni

ors

clas

s at

Sco

il R

oisi

n, in

Mag

hery

Vill

age,

a f

ew m

iles

dow

n th

e so

uth

seac

oast

fr

om D

ungl

oe T

own,

Cou

nty

Don

egal

. You

wou

ldn’

t kno

w it

was

gal

ing

outs

ide!

At K

ilcon

ly N

atio

nal S

choo

l, ju

st o

utsi

de o

f th

e sm

all f

arm

land

Vill

age

of K

ilcon

ly,

Cou

nty

Gal

way

, the

sen

iors

stu

dent

s ha

ve a

lmos

t blo

cked

off

thei

r P

rinc

ipal

and

teac

her

Patr

ick

McW

alte

r—in

the

cent

er r

ight

with

the

red

swea

ter.