'The kids all seem to have achieved well'

Thomas Lyons

At Moyne Community School

The students of Moyne CS chattered in the corridors as they compared and contrasted results and speculated on where the CAO system would take them. Two students John Briody and Robert Lynch (pictured) both of Arva, were crouched over their results talking to the principal, Des Cullen, about how they fared.
The conversion of the Leaving Cert results into points has changed this year with the new numbers system replacing the alphabetical one of old. Gone are the A, B, C, D, E and F to be replaced with 1 to 8 prefaced by H or O depending on the subject level.
Principal Cullen said that the students were not fazed by the change.

“It was a little harder for people to figure out what they got, but they picked it up very quickly. Students are arriving in with the app downloaded into their phone and it is automatically converting their results into points,†he explained.
The popular principal is not only handing out results, but he is also saying goodbye to pupils who have been in his charge for the last six years.

“It is kind of sad when you convert six years of school work into a number. There are students that have got really great results in certain subjects, and that all boils down to a number. Everyone seems to be fairly happy and have come to terms with the new system.â€

Reputation

Moyne has a good reputation and LC 2017 reflects that. 

“The overall results are looking very good. We have had a good few students well into the 500s, John [Briody of Arva] got 555, Tristan Noack-Hofmann, who plays soccer for Longford Town, got 577.

“This morning is really hectic in schools as we are doing a lot of administration work. Everyone is running around, it is only this afternoon that we will digest the results. Nobody has done badly, which is great. The kids all seem to have achieved well and we have a good few students that have done very well,†Mr Cullen said.