SafeTALK Suicide Alertness Talk
A FREE suicide prevention training programme will take place on Tuesday, September 17th from 7.00pm to 10.30pm in the Angler’s Rest Hotel. This worthwhile training is being promoted by our neighbours in SOLAS Family Resource Centre. SafeTALK is a joint venture between the HSE and Connecting for LIfe. It is aimed at everyone in our community […]
Mairead McGuinness visits PCH
Some great photos below of the visit of Mairead McGuinness, MEP to PCH. Full report to follow!
Mairead McGuinness to visit PCH on Thursday 28 Feb!
Great news for PCH!! Vice President of the European Commission, Mairead McGuinness will visit our school tomorrow! I’m sure our students are looking forward to hearing her views on a variety of issues! Well done to Ms. Flanagan for organising this!
Galway National Aquarium Workshop!
Thanks to Galway National Aquarium for facilitating a fantastic day for transition years discussing Dolphins and Whales around Ireland and the impact of Marine Litter!
Galway GAA Star Shane Walsh visits PCH!
The grand opening of our school bank took place today! Special Guest was Shane Walsh (Not forgetting our own ever present special guest Galway Senior Selector Mr. Conlon)! Photos below! Well done Ms. Lee on all the hard work that goes into this!
Poetry in Motion: LC Poet Visits PCH!
On January 23rd, 5th year English students welcomed Swinford-born poet, Martin Dyar to the school to deliver workshops on poetry, creativity and literary criticism, focusing on approaching the challenge of Leaving Certificate Poetry. Martin’s poem ‘Death and the Post Office’ is on the prescribed Leaving Cert syllabus for 2020 and the students enjoyed a deep-dive into the poem’s […]
PCH Team narrowly miss out on victory in recent Business Quiz held in NUIG!
Below are some pictures attached of 3rd year students entering the business quiz held in NUIG. Team came 2nd overall in quiz! Well done to the students involved and Ms. Lee who gave up her time to attend this after school !
Visit from Colin Bell (Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust)
Thanks to Colin Bell (Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust) for an excellent and informative talk today. Colin Bell is father to Kevin Bell who tragically died abroad. Faced with massive stress and financial burden of repatriating Kevin, his family created a trust to help families who had to endure this in the future. To date KBRT […]
Congratulations to LC 2018
A function was held in PCH yesterday commemorating the 8 students who exceeded 500 points in their Leaving Cert in 2018! Well done to these students and indeed to all Leaving Cert students in 2018! Pictures below!
BT Young Scientist!
Best of luck to our students Adam McPadden, Ava Kantti and Pawel Blok who together with their teacher Mr Toner are competing in the BT Young Scientist this week! Great preparation has gone in by all involved!!
Beat the Blues!
Beat the Blue is a free positive mental health programme brought to Irish secondary schools by Aware. One of our LCA students, Sarah O’Flaherty organized for this programme to be delivered to a group of 30 PCH students. Our trainer, Colm Fagan, was extremely interactive and informative, which kept the students engaged and interested throughout. […]
Open Night 2018/2019
A very successful open night for parents of prospective students! Some great photos below of this wonderful evening! Well done to all and thanks to our school parents for attending! Also great to see so many of our past pupils again!
