High School - The Musical

High School the musical will take place on May 9th and 10th at St Josephs. Admission €10 and family tickets are €35. Door open at 7pm. Showtime 7.30pm.

Rugby seniors make quarter final of the Anne McInerney Cup

The senior boys rugby team worked hard this year making it through to the quarter final of the Anne McInerney cup in Leinster. Although they were put out they had a great season and all was not lost. Five of the panel were selected for the DKIT Future Stars Awards. Well done to Captain Harry Lipscomb, James Farrell, George O’Carroll, Shane Foley and Robbie McAuley. Best of luck with your future rugby careers.

GAA Writing Competition

A huge congratulations to Seán Carolan in 6th year who came runners up in the Irish language section of the GAA Schools Writing Competition. Seán attended an awards ceremony in Croke Park on February 5th. Pictured is Seán with GAA President John Horan.

St. Joseph’s Drogheda Capture Leinster Title

St. Joseph’s CBS Drogheda captured the u14 Leinster title with a four point victory over a well fancied CBS Carlow in Blanchardstown on Friday last. It was the school’s first Leinster title at that age group and St. Joseph’s came out on top in an entertaining final. Carlow started brightly with the opening two points and only an outstanding save from Kyle Meegan kept them from increasing their lead. Emmet Delaney scored a long range point to steady the ship and slowly the joeys got on top playing some simple, intelligent football. A fine goal from Destin Bisiwala put St. Joseph’s ahead for the first time then some fine team play led to them having shots cleared off the line by Ultan McCabe and Liam Flynn.

Carlow once again started the second half well as both sides exchange points early on. A goal from Biswala put St. Joseph’s in control but four unanswered points from Carlow put them into a one point lead. Aaron McGlew, Liam Flynn and Keefer Carolan scored excellent long range scores as both sides exchanged points again moving into the last few minutes. Approaching the last minute, the excellent Tadgh Martin popped up to clinically finish off a fine St. Joseph’s move.

Moving into stoppage time the St. Joseph’s defence held firm throwing their bodies on the line to bloke two goalbound efforts. McCabe then topped off a fine individual performance by beating three men and slotting over to the delight of the large crowd. In what was a fine team performance Daniel Harmon, Steven Kerr, Conor McGuirk and Rhys Fordham worked tirelessly all game but Adam McDonagh excelled at full back to gain the man of the match award. Well done lads!

St. Joseph’s CBS Team:
KYLE MEEGAN ST FECHINS
JAIME DONAGH NAOIMH MARTIN
ADAM MCDONAGH NEWTOWN BLUES
STEVEN KERR NEWTOWN BLUES
TADGH GALLAGHER ST FECHINS
CONOR MCGUIRK NEWTOWN BLUES
DANIEL HARMON NAOIMH MARTIN
EMMET DELANEY GLEN EMMETS
KAEFOR CAROLAN GLEN EMMETS
RHYS FORDHAM GLEN EMMETS
LIAMM FLYNN MATTOCK RANGERS
AARON MCGLEW ST FECHINS
TADGH MARTIN ST NICHOLAS
DESTIN BISIWA O RAGAHELLYS
ULTAN MCLAUGHLIN OLIVER PLUNKETS
MAX GARDINER NEWTOWN BLUES
CIARAN BRANNIGAN 0 RAGAHELLYS
FERGUS BROWNE DREADNOTS
PAUL MURPHY NAOIMH MARTIN
JAMES MCGLEW ST FECHINS
JAKE NEILSON NAOIMH MARTIN
BEN MCCABE ST FECHINS
JOHN WOODS ST FECHINS
ZAC LEVINS NEWTOWN BLUES
Managers: BRIAN MCCOLE AND JIM MATHEWS

1st Year Christmas Service

On Tuesday the 18th December, a Christmas service was held for first year students. There were 3 parts to the service; religion, well-being and music.Students told a modern day nativity story, sang Christmas songs and focused on gifts that can’t be bought at Christmas time, for example time, support and talking. Students also had the opportunity to light a candle for anybody they were thinking of this Christmas. This was a lovely way for first years to celebrate the end of term together. A huge thank you to Ms. O’Doherty, Ms.Kirke, Mr.Connolly and Ms.O’Connor.

Christmas Card Charity Sale

Some of our art students have put great work into making Christmas cards this year. All proceeds are going to the Oncology Unit in the Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda Homeless Aid, SVP Drogheda and the Drogheda Women’s & Children’s Refuge Centre. Thanks to Emmet Judge (3rd year), Eoin Murphy (3rd year), Hugh McClean (5th year), Eoin Hackett (TY), Frank McClean (5th year), Robert McDonnell (6th year), Joseph Gardiner (3rd year) and Lorand Peter (LCA1). Thanks also to Ms. Burke and Ms. Murray.
Cards are available to purchase at the school and cost €5 for 8 cards.
St. Joseph’s would like to wish everybody a very happy Christmas.

TY Student Visits the European Parliament

Shane Lynch, a transition year student, has received the opportunity to go to Strasbourg for four days next year. He will visit the European Parliament and will take part in Euroscola, a youth parliament, and participate in discussions on a number of topicsabout the European Union. This prize was sponsored by the European Parliament. Shane took part in a quiz on Graduate.ie. Graduate.ie holds free online competitions for secondary school students to take part in and learn about topical issues. A huge congratulations to Shane on this achievement!

Product Design

This year I started a new subject called ‘Product Design’, with Mr. O’Brien. This subject is a new one for me going into transition year. Product design clashes with enterprise at times which I feel is good as you can use the two strengths from each subject to make something useful out of the subject. So far in product design, we have learned to sketch properly, which is a must when it comes to product design as you must be able to accurately draw what you intend to eventually turn into a product, so the more accurate you are the better. We have also looked at things such as different artists abroad taking a different approach to their line of work, which I felt benefitted me hugely as it made me think about designs for various products differently. Overall I am glad that I am able to do product design this year, and I look forward to doing more of this kind of thing in the future.

Thanks to product design, I have been able to find a new interest and is something I would have an interest in when I leave school

By Daragh McHugh

The Ploughing Championship 2018

Originally, we were meant to go to the Ploughing Championships on Wednesday the 19th of September. However, due to the weather conditions it was called off and we had to turn back after driving for 3 hours. It was frustrating but we went the next day instead so it turned out alright. We departed the school at 8am on Thursday the 20th of September. It was a very wet windy day so we made sure to wear suitable clothes. It was quite a long journey and there was lots of traffic but the wait was definitely worth it. We arrived at about 11am and straight away were blown away by the spectacle. The sheer size of the area was unbelievable and there was an amazing variety of stalls and shops. There were stalls selling food, drinks, clothes and countless other things. There were many machines and vehicles also. The food was delicious. It was very interesting and I learned a lot. After about 5 hours we left at 3pm. We arrived home at 7pm. It was a great experience and something I would recommend to everyone. By Joe Sayers

Home Economics

Since the beginning of transition year we have been doing home economics on a Thursday afternoon for a double with Ms. Moore. So far we have made carbonara and a cake. We have also looked at staying healthy. It is something new and that’s what I like about TY - you get to try new things. I would highly recommend it! By Steven Morgan and Ben Thomson

你好 - nĭ hăo

We are doing Chinese as a language this year with Ms. Sheridan. we learn about the Chinese culture, the foods and the history of the country. We are learning about the different roles in Chinese society. To date, we know the numbers, the days of the week, the months of the year and family. It is a great experience! By Cormac Meegan

Achill

From the 10th - 12th of October we went on a trip to Achill Island just off the Mayo coast. We departed the school at 8:30 on Wednesday – with a 5 and half hour bus journey to Achill. When we arrived we were warmly greeted by the instructors and the Bean an Tí’. We handed up our mobile phones. We participated in activities such as, bog snorkelling, surfing/body boarding, river walking. Every evening we had a céilí and we learned some dances and had a dance off with the other school that was there. A favourite activity was the bog obstacle course, the bog was up to our necks and it was very fun to try complete the course. The teachers joined in with the fun and did the activities with us (Ms. Conlon, Ms.Bugler, Mr. Graham, Mr. Farrell). We left early on Friday due to the storm. It was a great trip and everybody enjoyed it!                                                                                                                                              By Donat Sabjan, Cillian Tracey and Johns Roice