Abbey Community College

Coordinates: 53°58′10″N 8°17′56″W / 53.969315°N 8.298969°W / 53.969315; -8.298969

Abbey Community College
Colaiste na Mainistreach
Motto Ag Cothú Spride agus Intinne
Motto in English
 Promoting Spirit and Mind
Established 2002
Principal David Harding
Location Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
Website www.abbeycc.ie

Abbey Community College (Irish: Colaiste na Mainistreach) is an educational institution in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. The college is co-educational, and operates under the authority of Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board. There is also a secondary school of the same name in Ferrybank, Waterford City.

History

Abbey Community College was formed in September 2002,[1] following the joining of Scoil Chriost an Ri, St Mary’s College and Boyle Vocational School.

Qualifications

Abbey Community College offers a wide range of school educational qualifications, including Leaving Certificate, Junior Certificate, a Transition Year Programme, and Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme. The college also runs two further education courses. These are FETAC level 5 Post Leaving Certificate courses, and are taught from a separate campus.

Facilities

Abbey Community College contains newly built facilities, including a lecture/demonstration room, a computerised language laboratory, an information technology department, a library, as well as specialist rooms for other subjects, including art, engineering, technical graphics, home economics, and music. Each of the school's thirty six classrooms are fitted with a projector, which can utilise the whiteboards as a screen for PowerPoint presentations for students, etc. The school is also home to three science laboratories. Sports facilities include basketball and tennis courts, a football pitch and access to the indoor sports complex situated on the school grounds.

Curriculum

The following is a list of subjects offered to students at the school, for both Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate cycles:

Junior Certificate[2]

Leaving Certificate[3]

  • English
  • Irish
  • Mathematics
  • French
  • German
  • Physics
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Technical Drawing
  • Business studies
  • Accounting
  • Geography
  • Art
  • Home economics
  • History
  • Agricultural science
  • Music
  • Religion
  • Career guidance
  • Computers
  • Construction studies
  • Engineering
  • Leaving Certificate Vocational Program
  • Physical education

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Roscommmon VEC > Boyle". Archived from the original on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2010-02-27. Roscommon VEC profile on Abbey Community College profile
  2. ↑ School Website - https://sites.google.com/site/abbeycommunitycollege/curriculum/junior-cycle
  3. ↑ School Website - https://sites.google.com/site/abbeycommunitycollege/curriculum/senior-cycle
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