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March 2014Vol. 13 Issue 5.Proud of our Past, Confident of our Future

U16 NORTH LEINSTER GAELIC FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS

St. Joseph’s Secondary School 5-13 St. Mary’s CBS Portlaiose 0-3. St Joseph’s recorded back to back North Leinster wins with a comprehensive victory over St. Mary’s CBS, Portlaoise. The Joe’s took the game to the Laois side early on and recorded points from Ross Nally, Sean Birch, Ben McKenna and Ciaran Downey but it was a goal expertly taken by Nally that put the Drogheda side in complete control. The Joe’s direct football and running were causing all sorts of problems and from a lovely team move. Gerard Harding had a shot brilliantly saved but Birch slammed home the rebound. Points from Bannon, Harding and Downey increased the Joe’s advantage by half time. The second half was a scrappy af-fair as Joe’s defence including Fergal O Donoghoe, Luke Cormican and Ian Connor dominated proceedings. The Joe’s upped the game in the last ten minutes and pulled further away with a hat trick of cool penalties tak-en by the excellent Emmet Carolan. The Joe’s had some excellent performances from Nally, Jamie Kelly and Paul Mathews but Conor Farrell was a real leader on the day and collected the man of the match award.

Leaving Cert Applied NewsTeachers of the Leaving Cert Applied course recently awarded credits to the 5th and 6th year students of the programme as part of their continuous assessment. Both sets of students were delighted with results which formally recognised all their hard work since September last; congratulations to everyone. Special mention is given to the fol-lowing students who achieved the maximum credits available:6th Year: James Mc Ginn, Niall O Connor, Sergen Yildrim, Janis Vitols , Sean Maguire, Jonathan Mc Donnell, Li Hui Chen and Simon O Neill.5th Year: Jake Devine, Mason Moran and Niall Condra O Brien.

School closed: Monday March 17th 2014

First Year P/T Mee�ng: Thursday Mar 20th 2014

Easter Holidays - Friday, April 11th 2014

School re-opens -Monday, April 28th 2014School Closed : Monday May 5th 2014

6th year Gradua�on Mass: Thursday 22nd May 2014

Transi�on Year Parents’ Night : Monday May 26th 2014

Exams for 1st, 2nd, 5th Years: commence Tue May 27th

Last day of the school year:  Friday May 30th 2014

State Examina�ons - Commencing Wed June 4th 2014

The provisional date for school reopening for students for 

the start of the 2014/2015 school year will be Tuesday 26th 

August.

SCHOOL UNIFORM SURVEY

We  recently posted out  a ques�onnaire  survey  to  the par­

ents of 1st to 5th year students at the request of the Minis­

ter of  Educa�on  and Skills.  The  survey  reveals  that  99% of 

our  parents wish  for  our  school  to have  a  school  uniform. 

The full results of this survey may be viewed on the school 

website. 

Congratula�ons  to  James  Healy  of  Transi�on  Year  whose 

newspaper  report has won him a place  in  the finals of  the 

Na�onal  Newspapers  of  Ireland.  The  winners  will  be  an­

nounced on the 28th of March and we hope James will be 

among the winners.

School Calendar

2013/14

Contacting the SchoolTel: 041-9837232 / 9833000Fax: 041-9843891E-mail: cbsoff@eircom.net Website: www.droghedacbs.ie If you wish to meet a member of staff, please phone and make an appointment

Check out the latest news on our School’s Website www.droghedacbs.ie

All school policies are also available on the website

Extension to the school

Building work has started at a pace by the main building contractor, JJ Rathigan. The building schedule indicates that the project will be completed in April 2015. The con-tactor’s Health and Safety officer has addressed all the students with regard to not coming onto the building site.

Parents Council Fundraiser

On Tuesday 29th of April the Barbican Centre in Droghe-da will be the venue for the Drogheda Secondary Schools Talent Competition. Acts from all the 2nd level schools in the town have been invited to perform on the night for substantial cash prizes. Admission tickets are €5 and will be available from our school office. This fund raiser will be used to support our Breakfast Club.

AFTER SCHOOL STUDY

A�er school study is available as follows:

Each weekday except Fridays from 4pm to 6pm.

Each Saturday from 9am to 12pm.

During  the  Easter break    each weekday  from 9am  to 

1pm.

3rd and 6th year students are strongly encouraged to 

avail  of  the  a�er school  study  in prepara�on  for  the 

State exams.

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