January 2014

The following students won the regional final of the INVESTNI Step N Zone competition held in the Millennium Forum in November 2013.

• Mark Gallagher 10D
• Thomas Lunney 10D
• Rebecca McGrath 10D
• Domhnall McKinney 10D
• Peter Sharkey 10D
• Ava Wilson 10D

These students where then invited to the Step N Zones final which took place on Friday 24 January 2014 in Invest NI HQ in Belfast. Congratulations to the students who were awarded third place in the competition.

Mr A Hamilton the Chief Executive of Invest NI presented the students with their prizes and congratulated them on their efforts. Mr Hamilton said that 1300 students and 40 schools had participated in the competition and that it was a marvellous achievement.

Congratulations again to the students and their teacher Ms C. Doherty

Congratulations to Sean Herron Year 13 who has been awarded an Excellence Award by the Royal Geographical Society in recognition of his outstanding achievement of top place in Northern Ireland GCSE Geography in June 2013. Sean will receive a cash award and a certificate from the Society. 

Well done to Sean and the Geography Department!

The French Department hosted a Careers Event on Monday 27th January 2014 for Year 10 and Year 12 French students. They were delighted to have in attendance, Dr David Barr, Head of School of Modern Languages and a Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the University of Ulster and Christina Mc Beth, a former pupil who graduated in Law and French. Both Dr Barr and Christina extolled the benefits of studying a language not only in terms of increased career prospects but also in terms of developing key employability skills, notably communication, negotiation, people skills, self- reliance. In addition, the experiences gained from spending extensive time abroad in the Target Language Country are life changing and allow students to become independent, grow in confidence and experience different cultures thus broadening their horizons. Both speakers were truly inspiring and gave pupils food for thought with regards to subject choices.

In a ceremony in the Ulster Museum on Thursday 9th January, Daniel O' Reilly from last year's year 14 was presented with the Hans Sloane Certificate and a cheque for £100 in recognition of his outstanding success in the combined subjects of Biology, Chemistry and Physics in the 2013 A level examinations.

Last month Daniel received awards from CCEA, Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute of Physics in Ireland to celebrate his top places in both Chemistry and Physics at A level.

Daniel is now studying Pure Chemistry at Imperial College London. 

Congratulations to Daniel, no doubt we will be hearing great things about him
in the future!

Daniel is presented with his award by honorary secretary of the Hans Sloane Memorial Fund, Dr Jim McGreevy (right) and guest speaker Professor Aaron Maule, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast. - See more at: http://strabanechronicle.com/2014/01/strabane-student-scoops-prestigious-science-award/#sthash.AltyPFCo.dpuf

Over 300 pupils at Lumen Christi have undertaken the ILEX Digital Media Survey. Edel Mullan from ILEX visited the College to present a Microsoft Surface Tablet. Two Year 8 pupils are pictured, with Edel and Mrs Matthewson (Senior Teacher), receiving the tablet on behalf of all pupils at the school. The device is to be raffled among pupils on Friday 20th December at 10am. The winner of the Microsoft Surface Tablet is Kate McAlister a Year 13 student. Congratulations to Kate.

Lumen Christi College Annual Carol Service took place in the Long Tower Church on Thursday 19th December. The entire school community was joined by hundreds of guests in this wonderful celebration of music and readings. Fr Francis Bradley was the main celebrant at the event. Thanks to Mr Bradley, Mrs McNay, Miss Lester and Mrs McCaffrey who put together a feast of music for all to enjoy.