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Celebrations for Persian New Year started yesterday. Here is an interesting article about the holiday from The National Geographic Magazine.     http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/features/nowruz-persian-new-year-celebrations/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20170321travel-nowruz&utm_campaign=Content&sf64738721=1

S6 and S7 are going to see The American Theatre Group of Brussels perform Arthur Miller's play 'The Crucible' next Tuesday night. http://www.theatreinbrussels.com/listings/blog/atc-the-crucible-7th-11th-of-march/ Here is a short summary of the play. Read it in advance and it should help you to understand and  enjoy the performance a little more on the night.

In light of events over the weekend, some very interesting articles from three very different newspapers, regarding the fate of previous refugees who  sought entry to the U.S. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/29/a-ship-full-of-refugees-fleeing-the-nazis-once-begged-the-u-s-for-entry-they-were-turned-back/?utm_term=.febb2edfac71 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.768246 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/28/i-was-murdered-in-auschwitz-victims-of-holocaust-remembered-on-twitter?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Use the checklist to guide your revision for the Pre-Bac. Best of luck.

The last sunset of 2016, also the last day of Chanukah. The shamash (last light) in the art installation lit  up Shalom Park at 4.34pm today. The lamp was turned off again at 5.04pm until Chanukah next year.

Some images from the Irish Times www. irish times.com/news/ ireland / irish -news/images-of- st - stephen -s- day -1.2917968 Read on to see some more images of Kinsale, Cork on St. Stephen's Day.