Awards in Meánscoil Íognáid Ris
Each year the school presents a wide range of awards. These include:
- TheJames Fanning Award presented to the best Leaving Certificate student each year.
- TheDennis Dunning Award which is presented by the Parents Council to the student who is deemed to have made an outstanding all-round effort during Leaving Certificate Year.
- TheDennis Dunning Arts Scholarships: a set of scholarships to summer courses in music, art and drama awarded each year by the staff and school in memory of their late colleague.
- Awards forSpecial Achievement: a number of awards are presented each year to students of the outgoing Leaving Certificate class.
- Best Junior Certificate Award: awarded to the student who attains the best Junior Certificate each year.
- TheBrother Carr Trophy: to the best First Year student.
- Duais Labhrás Ó Muircheartaigh: an annual scholarship to the Gaeltacht presented by the staff and Board in memory of their late colleague.
- TheDavid Phelan Award: for the best project in Construction Studies.
- TheGavin Woods Award: to the best student in Computer Studies in Transition Year.
- Best Student Award: to the best student in each class group.
- Best All-Round Effort: to the student in each class group who has been judged to have made a special effort during the year.
- TheBank of Ireland Millennium Scholarships: the school supports the application of Leaving Certificate students for these valuable annual awards. In both 2000 and 2001, a student from Naas CBS has been successful in winning one of the ten scholarships (worth up to £20,000 each).