On Monday 30th April, a group of 6th year pupils convened in the Department Of Education building on Marlborough Street to celebrate the two-year mentoring link with Johnson & Johnson. Throughout the past two years, Aoife Cahill, Karen Sewell, Richard Martin, Cindy Ling, Louise Harnett, Grace Kenny and Ciara Henry have nurtured a relationship with J&J that has seen them take regular trips up to Airton Road to meet their mentors. These sessions usually happened once a month and involved sessions such as CV preparation, interview techniques, career choice advice and just general banter. Each student represented the school admirably and benefited hugely from the time and interest shown to them by each of the mentors.

At the mentoring celebration, TCS received a special mention amongst all the Leinster schools for the ten-year link with Johnson & Johnson which we proudly hold. It is no secret that we hold this link in very high esteem and as one of the organisers of this Mentoring Programme here in school, I am immensely proud of the impression TCS has left once again on all they have come into contact with.

The mentoring scheme will resume again with next years 5th year and LCA students in September.

- M Clarke

(L-R) Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald, 5th Year Representative Aoife Cahill, J&J representative Emma Walsh, Director of Business In The Community, Maurice Pratt

(L-R back row) Fedelma O'Farrell (Business In The Community), Sinead O'Flaherty (J&J), Emma Walsh (J&J), Maeve Clarke (TCS)
(L-R front row) Aoife Cahill, Louise Harnett, Ciara Henry, Minister Frances Fitzgerald, Grace Kenny, Cindy Ling, Mr. Austin Naughton (TCS)