Page 97 - The Gonzaga Record 1990

1 June House Exams and 6th-year graduation Mass, also Fr
Sexton's.

5 June Teachers' switchboards are jammed as 6th-years
prepare for the next day's Leaving Cert.

Peter Martin (S. 5)
Niall O'Higgins (S. 5)

V ARIA

Alliance Franc;aise Essay Competition
Each year, the Alliance Fran~aise holds an essay competition across
Europe to promote the study of French. Essays on a given topic are written
in three hours, under exam conditions, with the aid of a dictionary; a
specified number of prizewinners from each country (four from Ireland)
spend ten days together in Paris the following July.
Gonzaga has done remarkably well in this competition over the years,
with the following all winning the trip to Paris:

Michael Blake (1983)
Aran Maree ( 1985)
Barry Doherty ( 1986)
David Kennedy (1987)
Eugene Downes (1989)
Brian Kennedy (1990)

These successes pay great tribute to the dedication of our French teachers,
especially Fr John Moylan and Ms Anne Nevin.

Young Scientists
The following were Gonzaga' s participants m the Young Scientists
Exhibition 1990:

John Cass ''Parallel Processing - Divide and Conquer! ''
Senior Section of Chemistry, Physical and
Mathematical Sciences.

1st Prize in Section plus Institute of Physics Award.

Ronan McCullough "Gold Mining in the West of Ireland" . Junior
Ian Brennan Section of Chemistry, Physical and Mathematical
Sciences.

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