The Award winners, their Parents, Guardians and Mr Nealon attended the ceremony hosted by the Trinity Access Programme on Thursday evening May 16th 2024. Students and their Parents should be so proud of this wonderful achievement.
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Katherine Joyce and Daniel Pike was selected as this years recipient of the prestigious Salters Sterling Leadership Award. Salters Sterling, a former staff member of TCD and a founding member of the Trinity Access Programmes, was a visionary who was committed to opening up Trinity College to a more diverse student body. The students selected for the Salters Sterling Gold Medal Award have, similarly, shown a great sense of civic-mindedness and purposefulness in their classrooms, schools and communities. These students stand out as the leaders of tomorrow. Katherine and Danny are worthy recipients of this Award.
Senan Byrne, Rory Crawford Quann, Aisling Kelly and Oscar Demoracki collected Mentoring (Solidarity & School Spirit) Awards in recognition of their generous contribution to St Josephs' Secondary School. Their kind, warm personality have made them great role models and core members of many school groups.
The Educational Achievement Awards are given to one student in each Year Group. These awards recognise students academic excellence and hard work in school. All of the students have shown outstanding commitment and diligence and are being rewarded for the potential that they are showing as future students of Trinity College.
6th Year Academic Awards (Engagement & Resilience) Emma McCann
5th Year Academic Awards (Engagement & Resilience) Maya Toolan
4th Year Academic Awards (Engagement & Resilience) Patrick Langley
3rd Year Academic Awards (Engagement & Resilience) Liam Doyle
2nd Year Academic Awards(Engagement & Resilience) Ciara Gleeson
1st year Academic Awards (Engagement & Resilience) Sarah McKeown
This was a wonderful Award ceremony congratulations to all.