A big thank you to all the students and their families who donated so generously to our annual appeal for the Drogheda Women’s Refuge. In addition to your wonderful contributions of non-perishable foodstuffs, toiletries, toys and clothing, €460 was raised by the 6th year coffee morning & raffle and fundraisers in Ms. Flood’s 2nd, 3rd & 5th year classes. €250 was spent on groceries and essentials and the remaining money was used to purchase vouchers. Thank you once again for supporting such a worthy cause. Wishing all our students and their families a very happy Christmas and may 2018 bring many blessings to all. Ms. Flood School Chaplain.
Rugby Update
Rugby Update :
Our juniors won against Malahide CS in the final game of the pool 56 - 25
Try scorers were
Joe Agbeyomi 2 tries
Alex Hanratty 2 tries
Paddy McGeary try
Stan Goodwin 3 try "hatrick"
Ryan Delaney
Cons by Tadhg Martin and Ben Savage
The Juniors are proving their strength in depth with a comprehensive defeat of a strong Malahide side.
The seniors demolished Malahide 46 -0
Tadhg O'Reilly scored 3 tries
Sean Healy
Conan Carroll
Shane Hickey
Andrew Dalton
Emmanuel Nyarko
Cons by Nathan Sutherland and James Farrell
The seniors put on a fantastic display of sustained power and back line play. The forwards carried superbly and made the hard yards at every breakdown.
The Prince of Monaco, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II meets St Josephs Bloom team
The Prince of Monaco, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, met the St. Joseph's Bloom team when he opened the new Flower Garden in Drogheda. Photo l-r: Niall Leonard St. Joseph's caretaker and horticulturist, Prince Albert, Michael Traynor TY student and Thomas Finnegan LCA 2 student.
St. Joseph’s win at Bloom
St. Joseph’s Secondary School won the top prize, the Certificate of Distinction, in the postcard garden category on the opening day at the Bloom Festival in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Entitled “Drogheda on the Boyne” the garden is a portrayal of a bright vibrant town where the image of yesterday is very different to the one of today. It was designed by Leaving Cert student Thomas Finnegan with assistance from Transition Year student Michael Traynor. It features well known historical landmarks in Drogheda; the Viaduct, Millmount and St. Laurence’s gate. To construct his design in four weeks, Thomas assembled a team which consisted of Niall Leonard (Caretaker and Horticulturalist), Mr Bernard Sharkey (History teacher), Ms Tracy Murray (Art teacher), Ms Karen Murphy (Technology/Woodwork teacher), Mr Damien McDonagh (Science teacher), Mr Cian O’Neill (Woodwork teacher), Mr Declan Farrell (Woodwork teacher) and Bryan Gardiner.
The garden was officially opened by Alison Cowzer, co-founder and marketing/innovation director of East Coast Bakehouse, a biscuit manufacturing business in Drogheda. People that visited the garden on the opening day included President Michael D. Higgins, Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin and RTE’s Marty Morrissey. The Bloom team would like to thank all their sponsors and Mr David Madden (Principal), Mr Paul Savage (Deputy Principal) and the Board of Management of St. Joseph’s for all their support.
Group Photo - Left to Right:
Thomas Finnegan, Bryan Gardiner, Ms Murray, Mr O’Neill, Ms Murphy, Mr McDonagh, Mr Farrell, Niall Leonard
St. Josephs goes to Bloom
St. Josephs Secondary school is proud to announce, that it has an entry accepted for the Bloom festival in Dublin. Entitled “Drogheda on the Boyne” and designed by LCA student Thomas Finnegan, it will compete in the Postcard Garden competition. Thomas’s design was selected from thousands of entrants and features well known historical landmarks in Drogheda: the Viaduct, Millmount and St. Laurence’s gate. Thomas and his family have always had a keen interest in gardening and have attended the Bloom festival for the past number of years. At Bloom, Thomas was inspired by the creativity and hard work that the designers put into their gardens and hoped that one day he could also display a design at Bloom. In late February this year Thomas was browsing the Bloom website where he came across the Postcard Garden competition. He thought it would be the ideal competition to enter on behalf of the Green School Committee in the school, of which he is president. Having consulted with Michael Traynor (Vice President of the Green School committee,) Mr. Sharkey and Ms. Murphy, Thomas completed the design and application form for the competition. Across his Easter holidays from school Thomas found out his design had been accepted.
With his dream now realised, Thomas put together a team to assist him with the construction of his design, which includes Michael Traynor (Vice President of the Green Schools Committee), Niall Leonard (Caretaker and Horticulturalist), Mr Sharkey (History teacher), Ms. Murray (Art teacher), Ms. Murphy (Technology teacher) and Mr. McDonagh (Science teacher). The design will be constructed in school and then assembled on site in the Phoenix Park. All plants for the design were purchased locally.
The Bloom festival runs from the 1st to the 5th of June 2017 in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Further information and photographs will be available in the coming weeks on the school website www.droghedacbs.ie
St Josephs Junior Rugby team take the Duff Shield !
The Junior Rugby team won the Duff Shield in Donnybrook on March 15th defeating Naas CBS 25 points to 11. Captain Harry Lipscomb seen here lifting the trophy.
Musical Celebration of Modern Drogheda
On Friday next 10th February in the St. Peter’s Church of Ireland Hall, Peter St, Drogheda at 7pm the Drogheda Civic Trust in conjunction with Irish Public Bodies Insurance Community Engagement Fund present the pupils of Sacred Heart School, and St. Joseph’s CBS, in an evening celebration of their musical cultural heritage. The concert will involve students from both schools celebrating their own musical heritage from a range of cultures and traditions culminating in a joint piece highlighting their shared Irish experiences here in Drogheda. The Drogheda Civic Trust welcomed the support of I.P.B. Insurance Community Engagement Fund. The purpose of the fund is to support projects rooted in the local area, led by local people and to improve the quality of life for those living in their community.
‘The involvement of the IPB has allowed us to further explore the issue of integration in our town which we first examined through our History of Religions in Drogheda project' said Civic Trust Chair Denis Cummins.
All Welcome
Friday 10th February 7pm, St.Peter’s Hall CoI, Peter St, Drogheda
National Ploughing Championships 2016
On Thursday 22nd September, 5th and 6th year Agricultural Science students, along with teachers Mr. McDonagh and Ms. McManus travelled to Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly to the National Ploughing Championships. It was another year of record breaking attendances for the championships, with 283,000 people in attendance over the three days. The students visited the many exhibitors present on the day and gained valuable knowledge on the numerous companies involved both directly and indirectly with modern agriculture.
Philipe Saint André joins students at training camp
Philipe Saint André recently joined students from St Josephs at a pre Alps training day at The Curragh. Saint André is a former rugby union footballer who earned 69 test caps for France. After retiring, Saint-André found success as a rugby coach in both England and France. He was serving as director of rugby at Toulon before being announced as the successful candidate for head coach of France from 2011 to 2015. 25 students will travel to Tignes in the Alps on Sep 6th for 6 days for some pre season training at the PSA academy. Pictured above are L-R: Evan McGinn, Conor Sweeney, Maeve Hackett, Philipe Saint André, Niall McDonnell and Aaron Kierans.
Tricolour now proudly flies at St. Joseph's
The Tricolour now proudly flies at St. Joseph's Secondary School. Well done to teachers Mr Sharkey, Mr O Suilleabhain and TY student Ryan Sands for delivering a moving oration of the Proclamation in English and Irish and a short biography of Eamonn Ceannt.
New Rugby Kit Revealed for St Josephs
The junior rugby panel and coach Ms Hackett have been presented with the brand new St Josephs rugby kit co-sponsored by CTI Business Solutions and G Morgan and Sons furniture company. Come on ye boys in Blue! Check out some more photos below of our slick new jerseys.
Masterchef Cookery Compeition
We recently had a parents’ council fundraiser night at the school. It was a Masterchef Cookery Competition which incorporated a raffle for parents. Check out all the winners!
1. Nora Devin 2. Elaine Lennon 3. Niall McGinnity 4. Luke Mitchell 5. Jason Kavanagh 6. Nicola Reynolds 7. Lisa Dolan 8. Niall & Michelle Dunne 9. Aisling Coleman 10. Anne McClean
You can also download the winning-recipies here!!