Remarkable story of one Tipperary principal's dream and one student's success
Incredible!
Nine years ago principal John Gallagher came into Cashel Community School and had a vision of driving STEM within the culture of the school, the school have said in a post on their social media page.
They added: "Along with members of the Engineering department: Kian Quinn, Eoin Fitzpatrick and Trevor Galvin, he introduced modules in STEM and Robotics to complement the Engineering subjects already on offer.
"Students also availed of new machinery such as new lathes, drills, forming tools, 3D printers and Laser Cutters which
allowed greater scope in designing and creating models.
"Mr Gallagher’s vision came to fruition this year when Shane Buckley was awarded the top Leaving Cert marks in the country for
Leaving Certificate Engineering.
"This is a wonderful achievement for Shane and his Engineering teacher, Mr Fitzpatrick, and also an acknowledgement of the constant progress being made to achieve excellence in CCS. Well done Shane!"