Students Awards

At Blackwater Community School we are proud of our students and school leavers. There are two main students’ awards events held in our school each year.

Academic Awards Ceremony

In term 1 we welcome parents, patrons, staff and school leavers to our annual Leaving Certificate Awards Ceremony to honour excellent results in the Leaving Certificate State Examinations. During this award ceremony scholarships are presented based on points received in the Leaving Cert and Gold Medals are also awarded for excellence in each subject area.

Academic Awards: Scholarships 2024 2025

Scholarship – Patron(s)

Overall Student of the Year

Memorial Awards

Kitty Luskin Scholarship for Nursing – The Luskin Family

John and Judy Ring Scholarship for Education – John and Judy Ring

Marie Morrissey Scholarship for Nutritional Science – Morrissey and Flynn Families

Kieran Fenton Scholarship for Business – Fenton and Morrissey Families

Laura and Donal Fitzgerald Scholarship for Endeavour – Fitzgerald Family

John and Teresa McKevitt Scholarship for Creativity – McKevitt and Ring Families

Gaeilgeoir an Bliana In memory of Caoimhe O’Brien – Blackwater CS, Board of Management

Scholarship Awards

Biological Science Scholarship – Dr. Barry Lordan

Physics & Astrophysics Scholarship – Dr. Rachel Barry

Veterinary Scholarship – Kenneally Steel

Physical Education and English Scholarship – Goal Post Ireland

Apprenticeship Bursary – CBS Bursary

Law Scholarship – Niall Twomey Solicitors

Agricultural Science Scholarship – Dungarvan Transport

Home Economics Scholarship – O’Sullivan Foilage

Apprenticeship Bursary – CIL Precision

Engineering Scholarship – Kenneally Steel Fabrication

Academic Awards: Gold Medals

Medals – Patron(s)

Gold Medal for Accounting – Tony Glavin, Accountant

Gold Medal for Art – Arthur Maderson

Gold Medal for Biology – Dr. Barry Lordan

Gold Medal for Engineering – Radley Engineering

Gold Medal for Design & Communication Graphics – Kenneally Steel

Gold Medal for Business – Kenneally Steel

Gold Medal for German – Mary FM Fashion

Gold Medal for Chemistry – TOMAR Trust

Gold Medal for Physics – TOMAR Trust

Gold Medal for Geography – Morrissey and Flynn Family

Gold Medal for Maths – Cairde Credit Union

Gold Medal for French – Orla Flynn

Gold Medal for Irish – Margaret O’ Brien and Family

Gold Medal for English In Memory of Tony Bolger and Jack McCarthy – The Bolger & McCarthy Family

Gold Medal for Social and Scientific – Lizzie Briens

Gold Medal for History – Richmond House Hotel

Gold Medal for Agricultural Science – TOMAR Trust

Gold Medal for Construction Studies – Radley Engineering

Gold Medal for Music – Ballyduff Autos

Gold Medal for Romanian – Ballyduff Autos

Gold Medal for Italian – Blackwater CS Board of Management

Additional Awards:

Award – Patron(s)

Highest Achiever Junior Certificate – TOMAR Trust

Highest Achiever Leaving Certificate – TOMAR Trust

Community Service Award
School Community Award
Hall of Fame
Staff Achievements
BCS Head Boy/Head Girl

Achievement Awards

In May we host our Achievement Awards where we recognise the achievements of our students in academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities throughout the year. Our Student of the Year Awards are announced at this event and they receive their award at the Academic Awards Ceremony in September.