Our Career Guidance Service  


Career Guidance Counsellors Ms Doherty and Mr O'Briain

Guidance & Counselling Service


St. Joseph’s CBS is fortunate to have the services of two School Guidance Counsellors, Mr. Ó Briain and Ms. O’ Doherty, as well as the School Chaplain,  Ms Flood, who provide a professional and caring forum for students and parents who are looking for advice. To ensure the smooth-running and effectiveness of the service, students and parents are requested to make an appointment in advance.

 First Year Students
We welcome our 135 new students to First Year. Class Tutors and the Pastoral Care Team are assisting them in the settling-in process, while Ms O’ Doherty the School Counsellor and Ms. Flood, the school chaplain, will be meeting them individually and in class groups to ensure that their transition from primary to secondary school will be a  happy and successful one.

Fifth Year – Senior Prefects
Fifth Year Students are invited to apply for the position of Senior Prefect for the current academic year. Five Senior Prefects in all will be appointed on the basis of their willingness and commitment to organise activities for the First Year Students and generally act as Student Ambassadors for the school. Application Forms are available from the School Guidance Office. Candidates may be short listed and called for interview.

Third Year Students
Both Mr Ó Briain and Ms O’ Doherty will be visiting Third Year Classes over the coming weeks and advising them about study skills.  A presentation on Subject Options for Fifth Year and Transition Year will be held in the New Year.

Transition Year
Students are currently engaged in Career Exploration and Interest Inventories, in preparation for their work experience programme which will take place in January next.

 

If you feel alone, worried or distressed or just need someone to talk to, you can call the Samaritans on 041 - 9843888 or text "Headsup" to 50424 for a list of helpful services.

Other useful websites include:
www.teenline.ie
www.spunout.ie
www.headstrong.ie
www.aware.ie
www.bodywhys.ie
www.samaritans.org

 

For the most up to date information please check with the Guidance Notice Board at the Guidance Office

Important Deadlines for Leaving Cert Students 2010

  • CAO change of mind facility for course choices is available free of charge until 5.15pm on 1 July 2010 on the CAO website, www.cao.ie
  • Students are reminded to enter their course choices in order of preference. 
  • Wednesday 9 June 2010:  Leaving Cert examinations commence.
  • Mid-June: Application forms for Maintenance Grants are available from Louth County Council and Louth VEC Offices, King Street, Drogheda or from the website www.studentfinance.ie
  • Wednesday 18 August: Leaving Cert Results are published.
  • Students can apply to view their marked examination answer books in the school, free of charge.
  • Students can apply for a re-check of their examination paper, for a fee, through the school. Fee is refunded if the re-check is successful.
  • Monday 23 August: CAO Round One offers are published.
  • Closing Date for reply to CAO Round One offers is 5.15pm on Monday 30 August.
  • Higher Options Conference, September 2010

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Incoming Leaving Certificate Students please take note:

The Guidance Department is organising a trip for Sixth Year students to the Higher Options Conference in the RDS, Dublin, on Friday 17 September 2010.Any student who is interested in attending a third level college, either in Ireland or the UK, is encouraged to attend. The total cost, including admission and transport, is 18 euros for the day.

 

  


The List of Third Level Colleges

You can access any of these colleges' websites by clicking on the code or on the website address

Code 

HEI 

Address 

Telephone 

Fax           

Web-site 

 AD 

National College of Art and Design

100 Thomas St., Dublin 8

(01)636 4200

(01)636 4207

http://www.ncad.ie/

 AH 

All Hallows College

Gracepark Road, Dublin 9

(01)837 3745

(01)837 7642

http://www.allhallows.ie/

 AL 

Athlone Institute of Technology

Dublin Rd, Athlone

(0902)6468000

(0902)6424417

http://www.ait.ie/

 BN 

Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown

Blanchardstown, Dublin 15

(01)885 1000

(01)885 1001

http://www.itb.ie/

 CK 

University College Cork (NUI)

Western Road, Cork

021 4903571

021 4903233

http://www.ucc.ie/

 CM 

Coláiste Mhuire, Marino

Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9

01 8535123

01 8335290

http://www.mie.ie/

 CR 

Cork Institute of Technology

Bishopstown, Cork

(021)4326100

(021)4346602

http://www.cit.ie/

 CW 

Institute of Technology, Carlow

Kilkenny Rd, Carlow

059 9175000

059 9175005

http://www.itcarlow.ie/

DIFE

Drogheda College of Further Education

The Twenties, Drogheda

Not CAO

Apply directly on line to the college

www.dife.info

 DC 

Dublin City University

Glasnevin, Dublin 9

01 7005338

01 7005504

http://www.dcu.ie/

 DK 

Dundalk Institute of Technology

Dublin Rd., Dundalk

(042)9370200

(042)9333505

http://www.dkit.ie/

 DL 

Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology

Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire

01-2394600

01-2394700

http://www.iadt.ie/

 DN 

University College Dublin (NUI)

Belfield, Dublin 4

01 7161555

01 7161070

http://www.ucd.ie/

 DT 

Dublin Institute of Technology

143-149 Rathmines Road, Dublin 6

(01)402 3445

(01)402 3392

http://www.dit.ie/

 FR 

Froebel College of Education

Sion Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

(01)288 8520

(01)288 0618

http://www.froebel.ie/

 GA 

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

Dublin Rd., Galway

(091)753161

(091)751107

http://www.gmit.ie/

 GY 

National University of Ireland, Galway

Newcastle, Galway

091 495999

091 495566

http://www.nuigalway.ie/

 LC 

Limerick Institute of Technology

Moylish Park, Limerick

(061)208208

(061)208209

http://www.lit.ie/

 LM 

University of Limerick

Plassey Technological Park, Limerick

(061)202700

(061)330316

http://www.ul.ie/

 LY 

Letterkenny Institute of Technology

Port Rd, Letterkenny

(074) 9186000

(074) 9186005

http://www.lyit.ie/

 MD 

Mater Dei Institute of Education

Clonliffe Rd., Dublin 3

01 8086500

01 8370776

http://www.materdei.ie/

 MH 

National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Maynooth, Co. Kildare

(01)708 3822

(01)708 4614

http://www.nuim.ie/

 MI 

Mary Immaculate College

South Circular Road, Limerick

061 204300

(061)313632

http://www.mic.ul.ie/

 MU 

Pontifical University, St Patrick's College

Maynooth, Co. Kildare

(01)708 4772

(01)708 3441

http://www.maynoothcollege.ie/

 NC 

National College of Ireland (NCI)

Mayor Street, IFSC, Dublin 1

01-4498500

01-4498562

http://www.ncirl.ie/

 PD 

St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra

Drumcondra, Dublin 9

(01)884 2000

(01)837 6197

http://www.spd.dcu.ie/

 RC 

Royal College of Surgeons

123 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2

(01)402 2228

(01)402 2451

http://www.rcsi.ie/

 SG 

Institute of Technology, Sligo

Ballinode, Sligo

(071)9155222

(071)9160475

http://www.itsligo.ie/

 SN 

Shannon College of Hotel Management

Shannon Airport, Co. Clare

061 472210

061 475160

http://www.shannoncollege.com/

 TA 

Institute of Technology, Tallaght

Tallaght, Dublin 24

(01)404 2000

(01)404 2700

http://www.it-tallaght.ie/

 TH 

St. Patrick's College,Thurles

Thurles, Co. Tipperary

(0504)21201

(0504)23735

http://www.stpats.ie/

 TR 

Trinity College

College Green, Dublin 2

01 8961000

01 8722853

http://www.tcd.ie/

 WD 

Waterford Institute of Technology

Cork Rd., Waterford

(051)302000

(051)378292

http://www.wit.ie/



          

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