Co Sligo VEC Awards
Print“NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS? A BETTER CONNECTION BETWEEN BRIGHT NEW IDEAS AND WHAT WE DO IN COUNTY SLIGO VEC?PREPARING OUR COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS TO FINDING NEW AND MARKETABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES OF TOMORROW.?”
Please note: The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 27th of April.
These are the goals that will underpin the Awards For A More Innovative Community Of Learners in County Sligo VEC. A team of judges comprising the CEO, Education Officer, three students and a number of staff representatives from the different areas within the organisation will consider the submitted initiatives/ projects at the end of the academic year and announce the winners.Entries can be submitted by those involved in the project or by any member of County Sligo VEC staff or student body throughout the year but before the 27th of April 2012.
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Did you know...?
- William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin in 1865, but spent most of his childhood in County Sligo. He is one of Ireland's best-known poets. In December 1923, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. He is buried in Drumcliffe, Co Sligo
- Truskmore Mountain is the highest peak in Co Sligo.Truskmore lies between Sligo and Leitrim and is 2,113 feet high. It can be found in the Dartry Mountains area and is the 201st highest mountain in Ireland.
- "One is not always happy when one is good; but one is always good when one is happy." - Oscar Wilde
- You can easily stand out by smiling, while improving your happiness. In fact, smiling helps make you feel much better mentally, because it releases endorphins, which relieve pain and make you feel happy as well.
- The most yolks ever found in one chicken egg was nine!
- No one knows Albert Eistein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
- The Irish name for Sligo is Sligeach.Shelly place. The name "Sligeach" originates from the abundance of shellfish found in the river and its estuary. According to the Ordinance Survey letters of 1836, "cart loads of shells were found underground.
