TY Update December 2017 | Page 6

Jiang O’Neill at TY EXPO 2017 (above) and pictured (below) with her principal Ms. Long (left) and Amanda Landzaad from TYI (right) JIANG O’NEILL TYI AMBASSADOR Jiang O’Neill from St Aloysius School in Cork is the new TYI Ambassador for the year 2017/18 and we are super excited to welcome her to our team. Jiang follows in the footsteps of some of the most talented young people in Ireland - Harry McCann, Jordan Casey and Rhys Sheridan. Jiang's School and Principal Ms Long were delighted that Jiang had been chosen from numerous applications. “It is an honour to be appointed TY Ambassador for Transition Year Ireland and I look forward to meeting you all, to hear your ideas and your hopes for TY, so that we can do justice to the year. especially in TY, where students need to know what is available to them. TY is a year where students can achieve anything we want, as long as we have ambition and support. ! ! ! Students need their schools for guidance and information, T Y UPDATE DECEMBER 2017 ! Amanda Landzaad from TY Ireland had an opportunity to spend a morning with Jiang at her school to discuss her role and her relationship with the TYI team. She asked Jiang about her appointment as TYI Ambassador; ! I am a big advocate of the idea that education should be wider than a classroom. We learn from everything, not just textbooks. One of my goals this year is to also have fun and to enjoy the year, before the dreaded Leaving Cert.”