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We are very grateful to our Boards of Management, Finance Sub-Committees and School Secretaries for all the work involved in preparing and presenting the annual budget that is due on the 31st March annually.
There are a number of school budgets for the 2010-2011 academic year still outstanding and the Trustees would be grateful to receive these so as to allow the Boards of Management to fulfill their financial obligations under the Articles of Management for Catholic Secondary Schools.
We are very appreciative of your assistance and co-operation!
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Trustee Support Day for Chairpersons of School Boards of Management
CEIST invited our School Boards of Management Chairpersons to a Trustee support day on Saturday 17th April in the Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
The CEIST "Prayer for Chairs" booklet was launched on the day and two booklets were given to each of our Chairpersons.
It proved to be an enjoyable and benefical day for all who attended. The seminar was greatly enhanced by the presence of our guest speaker, Fr. Michael Drumm, Chairperson of the Catholic Schools Partnership and Mr. Michael Bond, motivational speaker.

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News from Coláiste Muire, Ennis
Coláiste Muire, Ennis has kindly shared with us their recent news and events within the school.
The students have been involved in Transition Year Drama (won two awards), Fairtrade, Young Social Innovators Speak Out Forum, An Cumann Scoildramaíochta, just to name a few!

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Presentation Secondary School Clonmel Celebrate Refurbishment of School
Minister Mary Hanafin officially opened a €4 million refurbishment at the Presentation Secondary School, Clonmel on Friday 23rd April 2010.
The official opening was a wonderful occasion for the Presentation community, the four hundred and fifty girls, teachers, staff, board of management, parents and members of the Presentation Order who had devoted their lives to the promotion of the Presentation ethos.

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St Joseph's Castlebar Past Pupils Art Exhibition
There were great celebrations in St Joseph's Secondary School in Castlebar recently, when the school hosted an art exhibition featuring work from over 60 past pupils, all of whom attended Art College after leaving Castlebar and have since forged careers for themselves in the world of art and design.

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School Feature of the Month - Presentation Secondary School Thurles
We run a monthly school profile on the CEIST website, which we use to share with our audience any recent news, events, achievements, best practice, etc, from our schools.
This month's feature came from Presentation Secondary School, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, who very kindly contributed to an excellent school feature.

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Major GAA Ladies Football Titles for CEIST Schools!
There have been a number of outstanding wins for CEIST schools recently on the GAA fields.
Three CEIST Schools have won All-Ireland Ladies Football titles recently with one All-Ireland final being actually contested by two CEIST schools!

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Presentation College Currylea win School Muscial Awards.
NUIG's Musical Society recently hosted an awards ceremony in recognition of schools musicals.
Presentation College Currylea won Best Orchestra and Runner-Up for Best Overall Show and Best Comedy Actor.

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Calasanctius College Oranmore Sweep The Boards in Basketball!
Calasanctius College, Oranmore have set the standard for all follow in All-Ireland schools Basketball with a number of outstanding wins recently.
They won their first ever Under 16A boys league, the Under 16A girls completed a hat-trick of league titles and to crown it all, the U19A girls achieved a magnificent 'triple double' .

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