Leaving Cert Graduation will take place online here on Wed night (27th) at 7pm

And the Inspirational Teacher for 2019 - 2020 is:..

And the inspirational teacher award for 2019 -2020 goes to ................................




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​As of 11 May 2020, tuition (whether online or in other ways) ceased for sixth-year leaving certificate students. This applies to the Leaving Certificate established, Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) and Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP).
No additional work will be accepted from students from this date. Teachers and students may not discuss the student’s achievement in the subject over the past two years. Nor can they discuss the student’s ranking in a class, or their estimated mark or the level at which an estimated mark is to be provided in a subject.
However, students remain students of the school until the end of the school term. In terms of the school’s role in supporting the wellbeing of Leaving Certificate students, the role of the Student Support Team as set out in the guidance issued recently to schools, should remain available until the end of the school term. 

The following is a breakdown of the process to be applied for students to be given the option of Calculated Grades or to sit the examinations.

1. The 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations, previously scheduled to take place in late July and August, have been postponed.
2. There will be no Leaving Certificate fee this year. All exam fees which have been paid will be refunded.
3. Teachers will be asked to provide a professional judgment of each student’s attainment which will be subjected to a rigorous in-school alignment process to ensure fairness.
4. The school principal will approve the estimated scores being provided and the rankings of each student in each subject in the school.
5. A special unit is being established within the Department of Education and Skills to process the data provided by each school and operate national standardisation, again to ensure fairness amongst all students.
6. The Department will finalise the grades for each student which will be issued to each student as close as possible to the traditional date. Formal State certification will also be provided.
7. Students will retain the right to appeal. This will involve checks on school-entered data; correct transfer of that data to the Department; a review that it was correctly received and processed by the Department; and a verification of the Department’s processes by independent appeal scrutineers.
8. Students will also retain the right to the sit the 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations at a date in the future when it is deemed safe for state examinations to be held.

​Full document here

In the light of today’s announcement by the Minister for Education stating that the Leaving Certificate is not taking place Athy College are already working on the implementation of the recommended alternative.

We will keep you updated on this website as information comes to hand.

On Monday I am engaging with teachers online to prepare for  the task facing us and as a result there will be no online classes for Leaving Certs on Monday.  All other classes will continue.

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Junior Cycle Update 

As directed by the Minister of Education, Junior Cycle has been cancelled and there is no State based Certification for Junior Cycle. The Minister has directed all schools to run assessments in the month of May and award an Athy College Achievement Report. 

End of term assessments for 3rd year will go ahead in the final 2 weeks of May. The format of these exams will be online assessments. Our subject departments have decided on these and will communicate dates and assessments with students through email and Google Classroom. 

The May assessment is only a part of their Junior Cert/Cycle exams. Subjects will use a combination of assessment/coursework/practical work and mock exams to determine each student's final grade. 

The school will produce an Athy College Achievement Report over the course of the June to recognise each student’s abilities, achievements and performance. They will receive a final grade for each subject, as well as the marks for their completed CBA’s.

This Achievement Report will also be available to parents through our online VSware system,

How the final grade (what goes on their profile of achievement) for each subject will be decided:

Irish:
Mock Result- 30%, Coursework including CBA 1- 10%, Online engagement - 10% and Online assessment- 50%

Maths:
Mock result- 40%, class test average- 40% ,  online engagement- 10%  and a online assessment- 10%

Visual Art:
CBA/MOCK Result 70%  and Online Practical Project 30%

Science:
Mock Exam Result + Predicted Increase = 80% and CBA 2 Project = 20%

English:
Mock- 50%, online engagement - 20% and coursework-30%

MFL( Spanish/French):
Mocks - 40%, Online Assessment 50%, Online engagement 10%


Religion:
50% Online Exam, 20% Course work(journal), 20% Mock results,10% Online Engagement

MTW:
Mock results- 70% and practical coursework- 30%

Technical Graphics:
Mock result- 40% Coursework - 60% 

History: 
Online Exam 60%, Mock 30%, Online Engagement 10%

Home Economics:
Ordinary Level =  60% practical coursework (granted by SEC); 10% mock result; 30% online final assessment.      Higher level = 50% practical coursework (already granted by SEC); 10% mock results; 40% online final assessment.

Business Studies:  
Mocks 30%, CBAs (1&2) 40%, Online Exam -30%

Geography:
Mocks 50%, On-line Exam -  50%

Metalwork:
Mock- 70%  grade of their project- 30%

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