26 THE ARGUS I Wednesday, May 20, 2015 27 THE ARGUS I Wednesday, May 20, 2015 St Mary’s Road, Dundalk | Tel 042 933 9984 | Email: [email protected] | www.maristdundalk.com St Mary’s Road, Dundalk | Tel 042 933 9984 | Email: [email protected] | www.maristdundalk.com New Marist College where opportunity knocks The Marist College today. St Mary’s College Student Council. Excellent Facilities The long list of illustrious past pupils bears testament to the quality of the education which has long been a feature of a Catholic school in the Marist tradition. Fr Jimmy McElroy S.M. 1861 Marist Fathers arrived to establish St Mary’s College. The Dr.Pearse Lyons Young Scientist Award was presented to Ciarán Lennon for excellence in Science. Your Child’s Future THE air of excitement was palpable this week in St. Mary’s College as work gathers apace on the new college and the school community prepares for what promises to be a very exciting and interesting Information Night in the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Monday next 25th May at 7.30 pm. From their arrival in Dundalk in 1861, the Marist Fathers have educated many generations of Dundalk students. Indeed, as Fr. Jimmy McElroy, Marist Priest and Chaplain to the College said, the boarding school, which operated up to 1983 educated students from all parts of Ireland and abroad. “The long list of illustrious past pupils bears testament to the quality of the education, which has long been a feature of a Catholic school in the Marist tradition”, he said. Indeed, the strong ethos of Pastoral Care, which is a Marist core value, is as noticeably vibrant today as it was in 1861. Over the years the College has gone from strength to strength, becoming co-educational in 1990 when the first girls were enrolled. As time passed the outdated plant in the old school curtailed the desire of the management and staff to broaden the curriculum. However, as the Principal Mr. Mc Ginley outlined, April 2016 will be a “catalyst for change and the educational landscape of Dundalk will be significantly altered”. The incredibly futuristic new school will incorporate the latest technologies and provide the most modern education facilities available in the country. The addition of Music and Technical Graphics to the curriculum two years ago, in anticipation of the new school opening, will be followed by the introduction of Technology, Metalwork and Materials Technology Wood, in a deliberate strategy to broaden the educational opportunities which will be available to the future students of the College. The Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme is being actively investigated and the Leaving Certificate Applied programme will be introduced in September 2016. With its students excelling in all areas of the curriculum, their vibrancy and confidence is tangible. Whether on the field of play, debating, culinary excellence, mathematical prowess, artistic achievement, or winning scholarships, the students of St Mary’s College have time and time again proved themselves both nationally and internationally. If you have a child in Primary school and would like to find out more about this new and exciting educational development, which will soon be a reality in Dundalk, next Monday night in the Crowne Plaza Hotel is an opportunity not to be missed. So come along at 7.30 and inform yourself. Wiktoria Staszak is one of five students in Ireland to win a Scholarship to study Business Informatics in Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg. NEW SCHOOL OPENS 15th April 2016 We invite you to join us to hear more at an INFORMATION EVENING … Monday May 25th 2015 Crowne Plaza Hotel 7.30pm Tel 042 933 9984 Email: [email protected] www.maristdundalk.com Marist College Chaplain Fr. Jimmy McElroy S.M. presents the Chaplaincy Award to Craig Rice. TY students, St Patrick’s Day Parade Second Place Best Overall Parade Entry. Computer generated image of the new school. Last year Luke Coburn-Moran came fourth in Ireland in the Mathlete Challenge Competition. This year he is overall Louth Champion, has won through the Leinster Provence at Google headquarters and is through to the National Finals. Eoin Corr at the Shelbourne Hotel after winning National Cook Hero Award 2015. Jake McArdle, National Winner Irish Youth Music Awards 2015. Shane Durnin recently took part in the 2015 final of Gael Linn’s prestigious ‘Abair’ Irish public speaking competition in Derry, achieving first place overall. Lynn Craven and Jade Reddy play with Shelbourne Football Club. They have competed for Ireland playing Denmark, the Czech Republic and Austria. Connor McCarron has qualified for the All-Ireland Discus Throwing in two weeks time.
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