Athlone Community College - Extra Curricular

Extra Curricular Activities

There is a range and breadth of extra curricular activities in Athlone Community College that is as impressive as it is long. It encompasses success and participation to All Ireland level on the Sports field, in the Debating chambers, in the musical arenas and in the Games rooms and the school cinema.

Quite simply, there is an extra curricular activity to suit everyone, no matter how sporting, academic, musical, or diverse the interests.
Extra curricular activities in our school allow students to benefit in line with the well established maxim ‘Mens Sano in Corpore Sano’ (a healthy mind in a healthy body) and these activities embellish the lives of students long after they leave school.

Success and endeavour in all things is our guiding principle, and the consequent enjoyment that comes with it motivates our students to take full benefit from our unequalled range of activities.

Activities Include

After school Art
Athletics
Breakfast Club
Basketball
Cinema Club
Cúl Cailíní
Computer Club
Drama club
Evening study
Equestrian
Gaelic Football
Games Club
Green School
Hockey
Homework Club
Indoor Soccer
Library
Music/Choir
Orchestra
Personal Development
Public Speaking
Quiz Club
Rugby
Running Club
Solid Works Computer Drawing Club
Soccor
Swimming
Table Tennis
Traditional Music Club

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Enrolment Booklet - A-Z To extra-curricular activities

Breakfast Club

Trip to Old Trafford

Embracing Music

Box Office Sensation

2011 has been the year of the ‘T-Birds’ and the ‘Pink Ladies’. Students from Athlone Community College lit up the Dean Crowe Hall with their Musical Production of the timeless classic ‘Grease’. They performed to sell out shows over 4 nights. This musical extravaganza was lauded by all who came to see it.

'Boys will be boys'

'Girls will be girls'

Long Live Rydell

Orchestra

Traditional Group

Debating and Public Speaking

The school enters the Concern Debating Competition and the Mental Health Public Speaking Competition every year. Athlone Community College has won the Concern Debating competition three times and it was the outright winner of the Mental Health Public Speaking Competition in 2010.
In addition, it has won the local Soroptimists competition on many occasions. Past victors include Sorcha McManus, Bronwyn Reid McDermott and Marie Connolly.
The debating mentor is Chris Forde.
In addition the school enter teams into the Gael Linn Irish debating competition every year. It has been runner up in the All-Ireland on several occasions.

All Ireland Mental Health Team 2011

Concern Debate Team

Senior Gael Linn Team

Junior Gael Linn Team

Scientific Pursuits

Maths Olympiad

Science Olympiad

Scifest

Young Scientists

Literary Pursuits

Athlone Community College prides itself in participation in the Arts and Humanities. Every year students enter various literary poetry and prose competitions.