All Ireland Athletic
Champions 2010

  It was an unforgettable day for Drogheda at the Irish Schools cross country finals At Cork IT May 13th last. Our athletes completed what has been a magnificent season by winning the  senior title for the first time in their history.For St Joseph’s this was a culmination of a lot of hard effort over several seasons and the winning of a second schools title was vindication ( Junior 2007 ) of the pedigree of one of the finest teams to  emerge  from this area in recent times. The annexing of the senior title  cements  their place in the all time  champions in the  Newfoundwell annals of sport. St Joseph’s can look back with pride  on their contribution to schools athletics; 3 Irish titles,(1987,2007,2010 )  Team Silver 2003,  Team Bronze 1993,1995, 2001, 2002  and not forgetting all those who have been selected to represent the school’s international teams. Our picture shows the winning team at a special presentation night in our school at the end of May 2010 For the full report on the race in Cork read >>>>

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Important Notices

Provisional Calendar 2010/11 >>>>

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For Leaving And Junior Cert Examination timetables for practicals, orals and written examinations please click here
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A message from Ms Adamson

May I take this opportunity to thank you the parents for your kindness and cooperation during the past academic year. Like every other school in Ireland, St. Joseph’s has suffered quite significantly from cuts in government funding for education.
The Parents’ Council has always supported the school, and contributed to projects of importance. This year I would particularly like to thank them for their very generous financial support. Thank you also to parents who contributed the annual voluntary subscription. As an additional service to parents we have introduced a text messaging facility and we hope that you will find it useful and informative.
We have completed a number of major building improvement projects during the year – the refurbishment of all the toilet blocks, roof works and exterior wall insulation. Unfortunately we have had a number of break-ins, including an arson attack on our school office. However our application for funding to erect a perimeter fence has been successful and work will commence shortly. In addition, we have been granted two temporary classrooms for September 2010 and over the summer holidays the school’s electrical systems will be completely overhauled.
We wish all our students success in the Leaving and Junior Certificate examinations. We know that they will be justly rewarded for their efforts.
Finally I wish both staff and students a very enjoyable summer break

Ms Adamson, Principal.

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Parents’ Council Race Night Success

At a recent meeting of  our Parents’ Council it was announced that over €9,000 was raised from the Annual Race Night which was held in Hanratty’s Bar on April 23rd. The Chairman, Mr John Dunphy congratulated the committee on their tremendous work especially during this time of recession. Ms Adamson, Principal thanked the Council for their commitment to the school and said that last year much of the funds raised were allocated to funding the schools book lending scheme, which was hit by the Government cuts. She said that a similar allocation will go to the book lending scheme in the coming months. In conclusion the Chairman thanked the many sponsors and parents  for their generous funding. A list of the sponsors are on our Recent News Page

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