Athboy Community School was formed by the amalgamation of St. James’ Vocational School and St. Joseph’s Secondary School in 2004. The school provides a wide range of subjects in practical, academic and vocational areas of the curriculum. A co-ordinated system of pastoral care, combined with the promotion of extra curricular activities will facilitate the holistic development of all pupils.
Our mission is to provide quality, holistic and inclusive education for the community. Our aim is to create a safe and caring environment, which encourages pupils to reach their full potential in an atmosphere of mutual respect
The staff of Athboy Community School are actively involved in the promotion of sporting, cultural and other extra-curricular activities among the pupils. This compliments the work of the many sporting and cultural organisations in the area and ensures the overall development of all the talents of our pupils. “Mol an Óige agus tiocfaidh sí”.
Application Forms are available from the school office or may soon be downloaded from the Downloads section on this website. A closing date will be fixed for each year as detailed in the annual Admission Notice.
We offer a comprehensive range of subjects across a variety of academic and practical subjects.
Our students enjoy a wide range of extra-curricular activities that includes drama, travel and sport.
From soccer to golf, you’ll find our students enjoying and competing in range of sports activities.
Dear parents and guardians,
HSE
First Years had their vaccinations this week.
Hurling
First and Second Year Boys played the semi-final but were beaten by 2 points on the day, hard luck Freddie Williams and the boys.
State Exams
Leaving Cert Art and Junior Cert Music Students sat their exams this week, all went well, thanks to the Art and Music Depts for preparing them so well.
Craft Fair
Maggie McGrory is running the Craft Fair on Sunday in the PE Hall, all are welcome to come, visit and invest. A huge amount of work has gone into organising this event with the TYs so your support would be much appreciated.
Next Week
Details are on the Calendar
LC Engineering Practicals
5th Year Biology (Ecology) Trip
LC LCVP Exam
Continued 1:1 End of Year Meetings
Have a wonderful weekend,
Regards,
Clare
Going forward all Attendance Notes (Absence, Late and Permission To Leave) must be sent through your Athboy Community School App before 09:00 am. This will allow school staff time to process your form(s).
Parents/Guardians must manually sign their student out at the School Reception upon collection.
Please see attached PDF on how to use the app to submit attendance information about your student(s).
Our Junior Hurlers have reached the Leinster D1 Final which will take place on Thursday in Abbottstown.
We are sending our First Years to support the team and to cheer us on to victory.
First Year students can wear their PE Uniform for the day and need to bring a packed lunch.
A contribution of €5 towards the cost of the bus should be paid by each student to Mr O'Dowd during little break tomorrow.
Best of luck to Mr. Sheridan and the team.
Athboy Community School are delighted to be hosting a Spring Craft Fair this Sunday 28th April. The Fair will take place from 12pm - 4pm. We have stallholders selling a range of goodies from crafts to cosmetics, baked goods to pebble art. We have face painting, refreshments and a raffle on the day! Looking forward to welcoming you all this Sunday.
A group of 26 fifth year Geography students from Athboy Community School with teachers Mr. Magner and Mr. Mahon went to Kippure House Estate near Blessington in Co. Wicklow for a river field study on Thursday April 18th.
The purpose of the field trip was to investigate the impact of the processes of transportation and deposition on the formation of a river meander on Athdown Brook, a tributary of the Liffey.
The group had an enjoyable, action-packed day gathering data in the river. With the aid of the park rangers each student measured the river velocity and classed the river flow using Berg’s Classification. Next the students did a River Channel Cross Section to see the effects of deposition and erosion on the shape of the river channel.They recorded the gradient of the river itself and used clinometers to carry out a Valley Profile to see the effect of deposition on the shape of the valley.They also measured the sinuosity of the curve of the river to determine whether or not it could be classed as a meander. The group also did a Bedload Analysis to see the impact of the processes of attrition, saltation and traction on the material being carried and deposited by the river.
The Geographers also observed features of erosion and deposition such as a point bar, river bends and meanders, rapids as well as a river cliff.The group also did field sketches to take note of the features, conditions and processes evident.
The students will now work on producing a report on the field trip which is worth 20% of their Leaving Certificate Geography examination.
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