St. Laserian's School

Talented young Athy artist bids good day to St Laserian’s By Elizabeth Lee AN exceptionally talented student who has developed his drawing skills over the past few years is about to bid adieu to St Laserian’s Special School, Carlow. Ryan Kelly (18) is about to graduate from the school after five years’ attendance, during which time he learnt how to d

What an amazing day at the St Laserian's Gymnastics Event. Well done to all of our students on the incredible display of talent!

Thank you to our coach Ashling and our staff for organising such a fabulous event for our students.

A shout out to our amazing judges:

Aoife Byrne: SBE - Seamus Byrne Electrical Ltd
Paul Ward: Paulies Bootcamp
Kate Gaynor: The Paint Hub

We want to wish Bishop Denis a very happy birthday today! 🥳

📣 GOOD NEWS ALERT 📣

We are absolutely delighted to share that our school has been awarded as a County Finalist in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2024 in the Youth Category!

We eagerly await to hear if we have made it through to the National Finals! Watch this space!

Parade Information Rockville Centre St . Patrick Parade has joined forces with Parade Cloud to create an easier way for anyone to donate to our annual festivities. 

Rockville Centre St. Patrick's Parade

SOME VERY EXCITING NEWS FOR ST LASERIANS!

We will be receiving a donation in the region of $25,000!

We were so honoured to be chosen as one of the 2023 Rockville Centre St. Patrick's Parade Sponsor Charities.

This fundraising committee is based in New York.

It was a rigorous process; we were selected to the final three Irish charities in August, then asked to present by video link to The Board of Directors in early September.

Our application for funding was to provide a wheelchair swing for our wheelchair and buggy users- something we have wanted for our students for a long time, but just never reached on the funds, due to the cost of the swing and the ground works needed.

The Board of Directors were blown away by our wonderful, happy students and the thoughtful, engaging learning opportunities provided by our staff.

Thank you to Colleen Scully, teacher, for her hard work in securing the project.

https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2022/09/14/st-laserians-ns-over-the-moon-with-terrific-25000-windfall-from-us-charity/

St Laserian’s NS ‘over the moon’ with terrific $25,000 windfall from US charity By Elizabeth Lee ST Laserian’s NS in Carlow town has just been awarded a massive $25,000 by an America charity group and now plans to use the money to develop the school grounds for the students with special needs. Principal Rachel Dolan is over the moon about the funding, which will be s

Now it's easier to send St. Laserian's School a message.

Thank you so much to Cath and Co for their generous donation to our fundraising drive for our transporter. Their generosity is much appreciated! Here is a pic of them presenting the cheque to St. Laserians. We are so pleased to be getting closer and closer to our target through the generosity of so many fundraisers and donors.

Young man cycles from Cork to Athy to raise funds for mini bus for school | Kildare Nationalist

A huge thanks to Paddy Kelleher for his amazing fundraising cycle from his home at Ballymakeera, Co. Cork to his cousin Billy's home in Athy. He raised an incredible €6,800. Through Paddy's great efforts and those of all our fundraisers we have been getting closer to our target for our nine seater transporter. Read all about Paddy's journey
at the link below:

https://kildare-nationalist.ie/2020/07/28/young-man-cycle-from-cork-to-athy-to-raise-funds-for-mini-bus-for-school/ #.X0_zeHlKjb0

kildare-nationalist.ie A YOUNG man from Cork took on the challenge last week of cycling 235 kilometres from his home at Ballymakeera to his mother's hometown of Athy…all to raise funds for his young cousin's school.

Cath & Co handmade crafts

We would like to say a big thank you to Catherine and her family from Cath & Co handmade crafts who have kindly offered to donate the next €1000 she raises towards our school fundraiser for our 9 seater transporter. Catherine has been making beautiful face masks and donates the funds raised to local charities. Thank you so much from all at St. Laserian's School we really appreciate it ⭐️

Hi there a bit late getting this up this evening but delighted to say we've hit our €1000 target for Ballinkillen Lorum community centre and look forward to presenting them with a cheque next week 😊😉
Our next charity is St Lazarians school Carlow who are in desperate need of a 9 seater transporter so we want to help add to their funds to achieve that. A little from many goes a long way.
Huge thanks as always to all of you that are supporting us to help others.
Catherine and family 💖😊

Well done Ellen and your team!
Thank you to everyone who supported the Baker Byrne’s in their fundraising @ Thrive Café for our school transport.
Getting nearer to our total, euro by euro!

Well done Ellen on selling all your cakes and raising €125.89. It brings us that bit closer to having enough raised for our transporter. Thank you for all your hard work!! You are a star!

Here is the link to Ellen's idonate page - https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11389906_ellen--byrne-s-page.html

Good luck to one of our pupils, Ellen, who is baking to help raise funds for our new transporter. This post from Thrive Café in Tullow tells us all about it. What a great way to contribute to the cause. Well done, and thanks, Ellen!

Thanks Norah. Happy stepping!

https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11388288_norah-holohan-s-page.html

We are so thankful to all our fantastic fundraisers and to all who are donating and helping us along the way towards reaching our goal. Thanks also to those who have helped us to spread the word far and wide. We still have quite a way to go but we have come a long way in the last few weeks - much done, more to do....! .

Thanks Fiona and Fionn. Happy Cycling!
https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11388116_fionn-and-fiona-s--bike-for-bus--challenge.html

Thanks Clodagh and Helen and good luck with the hike.
https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11388037_clodagh--amp--helen-s-slievenamon-hike-for-st-laserian-s-school.html

Please Support Colleen's 500km Pedalathon for St Laserian's! on www.iDonate.ie

Thanks Colleen! https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11388015_colleen-s-500km-pedalathon-for-st-laserian-s-.html

idonate.ie iDonate.ie - Colleen's 500km Pedalathon for St Laserian's!

Thanks Kate! https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11387982_kate-canham--s-page.html

We are happy to announce that we have had an amazingly generous donation of €10.000 from the Springhill Trust. We are delighted and so thankful to them for their support, now and in times gone by. This generous donation has allowed us to place a deposit on our nine seat transporter. Thanks also to Dooley Motors, https://dooleymotors.com/, for offering us such a good deal on this vehicle. We still have a long way to go but it is exciting to be one big step closer to achieving our goal. You can find out more about The Springhill Trust at this link http://www.springhill.ie/about-us/ (scroll down).

Thanks to all who have been donating since our fundraising campaign began. As a school community we really appreciate your support - much done, more to do and every little helps!

Fundraising for TRANSPORTER
St. Laserian's School is a vibrant, go-ahead co-educational Special School. We cater for students aged 4 to 18 with a wide range of abilities. Our educational provision is very diverse and we urgently need a 9 seat Transporter to support our learning programmes.Can you help by donating and sharing? All donations gratefully appreciated and every little helps!
https://www.idonate.ie/stlaseriansschool

Happy snappers rewarded for their excellent photos | Carlow Nationalist

Thanks to Carlow Nationalist for the great article about our recent competition for the best nature photographs. We are very proud of all our budding photographers who embraced the challenge with gusto. Thanks also to Michael O' Rourke for judging. There were so many lovely photographs to choose from.

carlow-nationalist.ie By Elizabeth Lee ALMOST 40 young photographers took part in a nature photography competition after one of their teachers decided it would be a great way for them to beat the lockdown blues.