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Attendance Awards 2025
Congratulations to the students who recently received attendance awards for the 2024/2025 school year. Your hard work, passion, and...
Jun 10


Sixth Year Sports Day
Sixth Year Sports Day at CCS is becoming a big hit with pupils and staff. And with the weather playing ball too, the fun was the perfect...
Jun 5


April/May HEROes
The First Year HEROes for April/May (for being H ere E very day, R eady and O n time) have been announced, along with the 'HERO of the...
Jun 3


Junior Cycle & Leaving Cert Exams Timetables
Wishing our pupils the very best as they prepare for Junior and Leaving exams. The timetables can be accessed below. Junior Cycle Exams...
Jun 3


ZODIAC Newsletter - May 2025
As the end of the school year draws near, we take a look back at some of the events and activities that occupied and entertained us in...
May 21


Science Club Win Awards at SciFest ATU
The Science Club recently went on a trip to the SciFest competition in Letterkenny ATU where they entered their science projects against...
May 9


School Uniform - May 2025
Students are expected to come to school every day in full school uniform. Only items listed below and shown in the attached photographs...
May 6


Autism and Neurodiversity Acceptance Day at CCS
Today, we celebrated Autism and Neurodiversity Acceptance at CCS and staff and students wore blue and red to show our support. 💙❤️ Our...
Apr 11


First Year Easter Egg Hunt
Congratulations to the winners of the First Year Easter Egg Hunt. Emma, Niamh, Tessie, Kiera, Thomas, Korey, Grace, Tyler, Tina and...
Apr 11


School Chess Making Big Moves in Donegal
On a very warm and sunny Wednesday 9th April, six students from CCS competed in the Donegal Chess Tournament in St. Columba’s...
Apr 10


2nd Year JCSP Day Out
The 2nd Year JCSP classes had an action-packed adventure in Letterkenny on Wednesday, March 26th. The thrills and excitement kicked off...
Apr 1


Beekeeping Course (six weeks) starting Tuesday, 11th March, 4pm-5pm
Experience the buzz! CCS has its very own beehive, and now we're offering a six-week Beekeeping course to parents/guardians, starting...
Mar 10


Sister Act Cast Set the Scene in Ballybofey
On Thursday, 27th February, the cast of Sister Act took to the stage of the Balor Theatre, Ballybofey, where they performed a selection...
Mar 7


'Apricity' and 'Acro Iris' Head for The Helix
Best wishes to our fabulous Junk Kouture fashionistas as they head to Dublin on Thursday, 6th March for the Regional Final #1 at The...
Mar 5


Brónagh Butler Secures Ulster All Star Award
Congratulations to Brónagh Butler (6th Year) who has been awarded an Ulster All Star Award for 2025. 170 players were selected by their...
Feb 26


Open Night Photo Album
On Tuesday, 21st January, next year's First Years visited the school along with their parents for the CCS Open Night. After a brief...
Feb 10


New CCS Science Website for Pupils
Members of the Science Department have created a website specifically for pupils at CCS. Using their Google Classroom logins, pupils will...
Feb 6


Inishowen Chess Finalists
The students that have competed in the recent Junior and Senior Chess Competitions and will be representing CCS in the upcoming Inishowen...
Jan 31


Senior Chess Tournament
The Senior Chess Tournament was held in the library on Tuesday 28th of January. A total of 48 students competed to represent the school...
Jan 31


Junior Chess Tournament
The Junior Chess Tournament was held on Tuesday 21st of January. All students played extremely well, there were quite a few entertaining...
Jan 31


U17 Girls Soccer - Defence Wins the Day Against Crana
Match Report by Melanie McGoldrick and Cadla O'Donnell. The CCS girls started the game strongly. The midfield quartet of Alannah...
Jan 29


CCS Science Club attend Inaugural Gríosadh Science Festival
Science Club students got the opportunity to attend a 90-minute workshop at the first ever Griosadh Science Festival 2024. The students...
Jan 17


Loughs Agency Song Writing Project (in Association with Water Warriors)
Eighty first year students travelled to the Millennium Forum, Derry along with teachers and SNAs to experience the annual Water Warriors...
Jan 17


January Maths Puzzle - €25 Voucher to be Won!
Tom Asked his Granny how old she was. Rather than giving him a straight answer she replied: "I have 6 children and there is 4 years...
Jan 14


Inishowen Schools Chess Competition
Junior and Senior Chess Competitions are being held to select representatives for the Inishowen Schools Chess Tournament. Competition...
Jan 7


Mobile Phone Policy Update - January 2025
Dear Parents/Guardians, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to inform you of an important change to our school’s policy...
Jan 5


December ZODIAC Newsletter
With the new term fast approaching, we're trying something new with December's edition of ZODIAC. Click on the link/image below to access...
Jan 4


The Christmas Jumper Album
As part of their ongoing photography project, TY pupils Aoibhe, Katie and Angeline took the opportunity to max-out their memory cards by...
Dec 21, 2024


LCA Engineering Pupils Donate Christmas Tree to Barrick Hill
Well done to the 5th & 6th year LCA students, under the guidance of Mr. Mark Devlin, who kindly donated an 11ft metal outdoor Christmas...
Dec 19, 2024


U16.5 GAA - CCS are Champions of Ulster!
Put it in the books! CCS are U16.5 Ulster Champions for the first time following an emphatic victory against St. Conor's College Claudy....
Dec 19, 2024


November HEROes
The First Year HEROes for November ( for being H ere E very day, R eady and O n time) have been announced. Each HERO receives a €10...
Dec 17, 2024


December Maths Puzzle - €25 Carn Voucher to be Won!
I am a three digit number. The second digit is four times as big as the third digit, while the first is three less than the second. What...
Dec 12, 2024


Sister Act - Sunday, 8th December, 7.30pm
SISTER ACT UPDATE: Sister Act has been rescheduled for tomorrow night, Sunday 8th December at 7.30pm. There will be a limited number of...
Dec 7, 2024


Tiernan Doherty
As a school community our hearts are heavy with loss, yet filled with gratitude for the privilege of knowing and working with Tiernan...
Dec 3, 2024


Meet the Sister Act Cast...
It's time to meet our superbly talented Sister Act cast... 7.30pm, Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December (rescheduled from Wednesday) The...
Nov 29, 2024


Sister Act The Musical - One Week to Go!
When you see the costumes come out, you know there's only a week to go...Sister Act is certainly getting its act together! 7.30pm,...
Nov 27, 2024


Sister Act The Musical - Promo Video
7.30pm, Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December (rescheduled from Wednesday) The Áras, Carndonagh Community School Students/Children €10;...
Nov 25, 2024


First Year Parent-Teacher Meetings Postponed
FAO 1st Year Parents/Guardians... Due to the inclement weather the 1st Year Parents Evening is being cancelled this evening and will be...
Nov 21, 2024


Inishowen Credit Union Art Competition
Inishowen Credit Union Art Competition results... Sofia Vakulenko won first place in the 11-13 category and her artwork will go on to the...
Nov 19, 2024


Day of Action 2024 - Friday, 15th November
The Carndonagh CS Day of Action for Charitable Causes takes place Friday 15th November. Pupils have been tasked with making a positive...
Nov 15, 2024


Key Dates - School Year 2024/25
October Mid-Term Monday 28th October 2024 to Friday 1st November 2024 (inclusive) School re-opens Mon 4th November 2024 Christmas...
Nov 15, 2024


Tom Diver (TY) Elected to Donegal Youth Council
TY pupil, Tom Diver has been elected to the Donegal Youth Council following today's election in CCS. Tom will represent our pupils at...
Nov 13, 2024


HEROes - October 2024
The First Year HEROes for October have been announced. Each HERO receives a canteen voucher for being H ere E very day, R eady and O n...
Nov 13, 2024


November Maths Puzzle - €25 Voucher Up for Grabs!
Sinead is 3 times as old as Padraig. Max is twice as old as Padraig. Lucy is 2 years older than Max. All together their ages sum to 26...
Nov 12, 2024


CCS STEM Role Models
Congratulations to Kitty McGinn, Ava Butler, Maria O Kane and Jean Bradley who received their NVQ Level 6 Award in 21st Century STEM...
Nov 11, 2024


SISTER ACT - THE MUSICAL - 7.30pm, Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December (rescheduled from Wednesday)
SISTER ACT - THE MUSICAL 7.30pm, Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December (rescheduled from Wednesday) The Áras, Carndonagh Community School...
Nov 8, 2024


NISCP Attendance Initiative - €50 Excellence Awards Draw
Attending school is an unavoidable part of young people's lives...But it's doesn't hurt to have some extra incentive. The Excellent...
Oct 31, 2024


Stand Up Awareness Week 2024
Stand Up Awareness Week - Monday 4th to Friday 8th November 2024. National Stand-Up Awareness Week takes place across the nation November...
Oct 27, 2024


Kieran Duey (Nancy's Barn) Inspires Future Entrepreneurs
Fifth Year LCVP students were recently treated to a talk from world-famous, award-winning Nancy's Barn owner, Kieran Doherty Duey. He...
Oct 23, 2024


CCS Bake Off Final 2024
The CCS Bake Off Final 2024 took place on Friday, 18th October, featuring an impressive lineup of finalists tasked with creating...
Oct 19, 2024
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