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Excited students across Athlone picked up their Leaving Cert results on Wednesday August 18. And despite a high proportion of students across the country struggling with maths and science, Athlone students showed strong results. Some 57,000 students across the country received their results this week.

Some 37 Westmeath schools are to benefit from small and medium scale building works this summer under a €122 million investment announced on Monday by the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan.

Some 63 students who sat the Junior Certificate exam in 2009 at secondary schools throughout Westmeath were recognised at a special award ceremony at AIT last week.

Christmas can be a difficult time of year for many, but it is especially difficult for those experiencing homelessness, when issues such as loneliness, isolation, and poverty become even more challenging. Knowing there is support available can make all the difference.

Westmeath secondary school students are expected to be amongst the many students entering SciFest this year. This one day festival of science is held in Institutes of Technology around the country and it is here that local secondary school students ranging from first to sixth years demonstrate their projects and participate in a competition.

Two secondary schools in Westmeath have been twinned with local businesses, with the aim of helping young people stay in school and become more jobs-aware.

St Aloysius College has been partnered with Élan Pharmaceuticals in an ambitious business programme that aims to open a window to the world of work to young students and also to encourage students to stay in school and recognise the value of completing their education.