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 the Chairman thanked the many sponsors and parents  for their generous funding. The list of the sponsors were:
D.T.S. Warehousing Solutions; Premier Periclase; Allied Irish Bank; Irish Cement Ltd; Cllr. Michael O’Dowd; Byrne Alarms; Cllr Dom Wilton; Victory’s Centra Dunleer; Flogas Ireland Ltd; Drogheda Credit Union; Murphy’s Home Entertainment Centre; Natural Tile & Marble Co. Ltd; Board of Management CBS; Victor Dwyer; The Valley Inn; BOC Gases; Fergus O’Dowd TD; Newfoundwell Road Service Station; Kirwan’s Fish Merchants Ltd; Image Group; Sean P. Matthews Insurance; Cisco Engineering Ltd; Semple & McKillop Ltd; Cllr Tommy Byrne; Boylan Print; Hanratty’s Bar; Celtic Trawlers; Dundalk Bay Seafood Ltd; CBS Ladies; Cathedral Financial Consultants; Bespoke Trustees Ltd; KMR Auditors & Accountants; Martin Food Equipment; Streamstown Mouldings; U3 Landscape Ltd; Boyne Rovers; B.D.; Vincent Hoey; Newtown Blues GFC; Coolskeagh Development Ltd; Beverage Concepts; Scholars Townhouse; McKenna Man; The Children’s Shop; Boyle Sports; Black Garden Centre; The Sound Shop; Globe Travel; Borsalinos; Zurich; Home Flair; Kevin McAllister; Eurospar; Centra (Hardman’s Gardens); Woodies DIY; Smith’s Toys; Boots; Dunnes Stores; Supervalue; Boyne Valley Foods; Eurgene Kierans Butchers; Dominos Pizzas; Cottage Pharmacy; Villa Rose Boutique; The Wise Owl; Astara Hair & Beauty; Briscoe Eletrix; Chamleon; Hickey’s Pharmacy; Fox’s Jewellers; Fairgreen Motor Factors; Tullyallen Pharmacy; Joes Takeaway.

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St. Joseph's Board of Management

Our Board of Management for the next three years are
L-R Mr Paul Savage, Mr Oliver Tully, Ms Ann Marie Murray, Ms Mary Adamson (Secretary), Ms Pauline Plunkett (Chairperson), Mr. Peter Higgins, Mr. Liam Doran, Ms Catherine Costello and Mr John McEneaney.

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The Peadar McCann
Awards to Students

Student achievements in the academic, sporting and social justice spheres were honoured at the Peadar Mc Cann Awards evening  in St. Joseph’s CBS, Newfoundwell last week.  The event is being hosted by the St. Joseph’s CBS Past Pupils Union and everyone is welcome.The Peadar Mc Cann award for the highest achieving  Leaving Cert student was presented by Mr. John McGinley, former Town Clerk,  to Paul Sharkey from Tullydonnell, Togher who achieved 7As in the 2009 State Examinations.  Paul is now studying Mathematical Science at UCD.  In his speech he praised the work of the staff of St. Josephs who had provided a broad and quality education to thousands of local children down the years. He also noted welcome developments in education and technology since he was a Leaving Cert Student in 1952.
The Junior Certificate award went to Ciarán Brennan from Monasterboice, now in Transition Year,  who achieved 11As.  Gold medals were presented by the President of the Past Pupils Union to Leaving Certificate students , Francis Hand, James O’ Hanlon and Brendan Winters.  The winner of the Br. Hunt Sports Star of the Year Award  was Ryan Sheridan and this was presented by Tommy Byrne while Jack Keogh was  the winner of the Paddy Hallinan Cup, as the most promising young Gaelic player in Second Year.  Tommy Byrne spoke of the need for a healthy balance in a student’s life and the huge benefits to be derived from sport and physical activity. “Sport  should be considered as the extra honour in your back pocket,” he told the students, as he congratulated the school teams on all their successes, the Lennon Cup being the most recent. The Jim Hanlon Civic Award was presented by his sister Vera Hanlon to fifth year student, Niall Shevlin, for all his work on behalf of the school community.
The President’s Award was presented by Seán Ó Briain to Carl Dunne for his outstanding achievements in athletics.The school Principal, Mary Adamson, was then presented with a cheque by Mr. John Mc Ginley  towards  the purchase of educational resources for the school.  Ms Adamson thanked and paid tribute to all those present.

School Calendar
Apr - June 2010

This may be subject to change

Easter Holidays - Fri, March 26th  2010
School re-opens - Mon, April 12th 2010
School closed - Fri. April 30th
School closed -  Mon, May 3rd 2010
Summer Holidays - Fri, June 4th 2010 at 12.35
State Examinations - Commencing Wed,  June 9th 2010

Provisional Calendar 2010/2011

This is provisional and may be subject to change in  September 2010

First Term
School re-opens for different years in the final week in  August 2010- letters will be sent home to notify you about the dates and the times
Mid-term break: closing Friday Oct 22nd at 3.45pm

Second Term:
School re-opens: Monday, Nov 1st. 2010
Christmas Holidays: Thursday , Dec. 23rd. at 12.40
School re-opens Monday , Jan 10th 2011
Mid-term break - Closing on Friday, Feb 18th 2011 at 3.45

Third Term:
School re-opens: Monday, Feb 28th 2011
School closed: Thursday  March 17th 2011
Easter Holidays - Friday, April 5th 2011
School re-opens - Tuesday, May 3rd 2011
Summer Holidays - Friday June 3rd 2011
State Examinations - Commencing Wednesday June 8th 2011

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School Renovations in Progress

Over the last school year there has been a number of projects taking place to maintain the upkeep of our school
- Renovations to the roof of the building were completed under the Summer Works Scheme
- The walls were insulated under the Energy Conservation Scheme
- All toilet blocks were refurbished at a cost of 186,000 Euro
A new perimeter security fence will be erected over the coming months
-Two new classrooms will be commissioned for September 2010 to cope with increasing student numbers

A Great Victory for St. Joseph’s

In their first Lennon cup since 2003 our Under 18 footballers beat St. Mary’s Dundalk in by 1.8 to 0.9.
An early goal by Jamie King and a fine penalty by   Mattock Rangers goalkeeper, Tim smith proved crucial in deciding this game.  The wet and cold conditions on the night also proved a major factor on the quality of the play by both teams. However St. Josephs stuck together and came out on top with captain, Michael McKeown bringing back  the cup to St. Joseph’ s for six years.

Our junior footballers have also fared well with a win by the Under 16’s in the North Leinster Championships, against  Dunboyne VEC. The final result was 4.7 to 2.11 with main scorers being Michael Flanagan, Ronan Fitzpatrick, Anthony Lynch and our main scorer on the day - Darren Hoey scoring two goals.  The match was held in Darver

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Registering Your Son for 2010/11

If you are registering your son for the next school year 2009/2010 you can access the necessary form.
The School Registration Form 2010

What an Achievement?

Our participants in the Let Programme swept the board in the last of their residentials recently when Dean Fitzpatrick won the Greatest Achiever in the Yount Entrepreneur Programme Let Programme, and Ben Breen won the Budding Entrepreneur Award. Both Ben Breen and Dean Rooney won the Best Company Award. Congratulations to them
In the picture backrow L-R Conor Healy, Luke O'Kane, Josh Hynes, front, L-R Dean Rooney, Dean Fitzpatrick, and Ben Breen.

St Joseph’s India project

On Oct  20th seven students travelled to Shillong, a city in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains in North East India as part of the St. Joseph’s India project.
The students, Sean Tester, John McEneaney, Ciaran   Brennan, Eoghan Reilly, Cillian O’Gara, David ledwith and Andrew Reddin were accompanied by Mr. Mansfield, Ms. McCabe, and Mr. Nolan.
While in India the group were teaching English to children who otherwise would not have this opportunity while also improving their own knowledge and insights into the lives of a children from another culture. We look forward to hearing from them when they return in early November

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Oireachtas Members Go Back to School

Louth Oireachtas Members Fergus O'Dowd TD, and Arthur Morgan TD went back to school on the 16th October when they paid a visit to students at St Joseph's CBS, Drogheda. They  spent time with Junior Certificate CSPE (Civil, Social and Political Education) students at St Joseph's CBS as part of the Houses of Oireachtas Education Outreach Programme, which is being rolled out to secondary schools across the country, to facilitate a better understanding of the role of elected representatives and explain the functions of the Dáil and Seanad.     
CSPE class teacher Tracy Murray  facilitated a lively hour long debate between the Oireachtas Members and students.  During the class, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd and Deputy Arthur Morgan were given the chance to outline their roles as Oireachtas      members and explain the work of the Dáil and Seanad, whilestudents also questioned their TDs on a wide range of local and national topics. Some of the issues which came up included: the state of the economy, the aftermath of the Lisbon referendum, the role of the Defence Forces in   Ireland, whether there needs to be an election now, and the recent appointment of Louth TD Seamus Kirk to the position of Ceann Comhairle.