The students of the multidisciplinary room in St Columba’s Comprehensive Glenties have won an AIB Future Sparks School Impact Awards for their fundraising and community work.
The school earned the ‘Exemplary School Award’ for a variety of initiatives.
Students organised their second ‘Rock your Socks’ day this year to raise money for Down Syndrome Ireland.
The students also organised a ‘Jersey Day’ for the local Dyslexia group, Dress up/ Halloween Day, Christmas Hampers and a hugely-well attended coffee morning to raise money for their multidisciplinary room and also the neighbouring two autism units in the school. These coffee mornings allow the students to invite the community members into our school to experience the work being done. The students also bake the products, decorate rooms and play music for the visitors.
The students collaborated with the whole school student body to begin a recycling project to raise additional funds for the units. The establishment of the recycling scheme in which our students encourage the whole school student body to deposit their recyclable products in order to allow them to physically visit recycling spots and retrieve valuable monies for the MD and Autism units.
The students also visited the aged community in Glenties as part of their steps towards the well-deserved award.
School principal Brendan O’Mahony commented that he is very proud of the achievements of award-winning students.
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