We have great pleasure in informing you that our application for the Green Flag award has been successful. Congratulations to all staff and pupils, particularly our Green schools' Committee, on all your hard work and achievement. 

The Green Flag was presented to our school by An Taisce on Thursday the 21st May in the Radisson Hotel Athlone. 

We are currently working towards receiving the ‘Global Citizenship: Litter and Waste’ flag. We are learning how to recycle, reduce and reuse. 

We were awarded our Biodiversity Green Flag in June 2018. We learned how important all living things are in our world. We learned how to look after our world, so that all creatures can live in a safe environment.

‘Green-Schools’, known internationally as ‘ Eco-Schools’, is an international environmental education programme, environmental management system and award scheme that promotes and acknowledges long-term, whole school action for the environment. The programme is very worthwhile; making pupils, staff, parents and the wider community more aware of our environment. We learn many valuable lessons which will stay with us for life; helping us to conserve and take care of our planet. Green-Schools covers many different aspects of the environment. Each year a committee is formed representing the school. Their job is to facilitate the implementation of new schemes and ideas, which will help our environment. Every two years we have been awarded a Green Flag for the various themes. Once awarded a particular flag, the work continues for each theme, as we aim for the next flag.

Our motto is ‘STOP, THINK, RECYCLE’. 

Litter and waste was the first flag we received in June 2006. The aim was to recycle, reuse and compost as much as you can, in order to reduce waste going to landfill.

We received the flag for Travel in June 2015. The aim was to reduce carbon emissions and pollution by walking, cycling, carpooling or taking public transport more often. We enjoyed our COW and WOW days immensely.