{"id":18198,"date":"2026-03-11T19:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/?p=18198"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:06:06","slug":"german-exchange-week-begins-with-official-welcome-at-davitt-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/german-exchange-week-begins-with-official-welcome-at-davitt-college\/","title":{"rendered":"German Exchange Week Begins With Official Welcome at Davitt College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ========================================== -->\n<!-- NEWS ARTICLE: GERMAN EXCHANGE WELCOME      -->\n<!-- ========================================== -->\n<div class=\"aen-news-article-modern\" style=\"font-family: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', sans-serif; width: 100%; max-width: 1200px; margin: 50px auto 30px auto; padding: 0 20px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; position: relative; z-index: 10;\">\n  \n  <div style=\"background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 24px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 20px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);\">\n    \n    <!-- Header Banner -->\n    <div style=\"background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0f2015 0%, #1a3825 100%); padding: 55px 40px; border-bottom: 4px solid #f59e0b; text-align: center;\">\n      <span style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: rgba(245, 158, 11, 0.2); color: #fbbf24; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-size: 11px; padding: 6px 16px; border-radius: 50px; margin-bottom: 15px; border: 1px solid rgba(245, 158, 11, 0.4);\">\n        &#x1f1e9;&#x1f1ea; Modern Foreign Languages \u2022 German Exchange 2026\n      <\/span>\n      <h2 style=\"font-size: 36px !important; color: #ffffff !important; font-weight: 800 !important; margin: 0 0 15px 0 !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.25 !important;\" class=\"modern-article-title\">\n        24 Years of Friendship: Davitt College Welcomes Realschule H\u00f6chstadt for Epic German Exchange Week!\n      <\/h2>\n      <p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #cbd5e1; margin: 0; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.5px;\">\n        11 March 2026 \u2022 Davitt College, Castlebar\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Top Full-Bleed Image Directly Under Header -->\n    <div style=\"width: 100%; overflow: hidden; cursor: pointer; border-bottom: 1px solid #e2e8f0;\" onclick=\"openAenLightbox('https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7582-scaled.jpg')\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7582-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"German Exchange Official Welcome at Davitt College\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 420px; object-fit: cover; object-position: center 70%; display: block;\">\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Body Section -->\n    <div style=\"padding: 40px 50px 50px 50px;\" class=\"modern-body-pad\">\n      \n      <!-- Text Content -->\n      <div style=\"color: #334155; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 35px;\">\n        \n        <p style=\"margin: 0 0 25px 0; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; color: #0f2015; border-left: 4px solid #f59e0b; padding-left: 20px;\">\n          Bonds across borders! 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11 March 2026 \u2022 Davitt College, Castlebar Bonds across borders! Our 5th Year German classes rolled out the ultimate C\u00e9ad M\u00edle F\u00e1ilte this week, reuniting with their long-awaited exchange partners from Realschule H\u00f6chstadt in an atmosphere buzzing with excitement and energy. While Davitt College students proudly donned their school uniforms, our German visitors turned heads in style wearing their brand-new, custom-designed partnership hoodies\u2014created specifically to mark this incredible milestone. Principal&#8217;s Address A Toast to Shared History Principal Conor O\u2019Reilly officially welcomed Principal Markus Ott to campus, where Mr. Ott presented a commemorative hoodie symbolizing over two decades of deep educational and cultural partnership. 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