Ardee Community School

Ardee Community School
Pobalscoil Chillín Áth Fheirdia
Location
Ardee
Information
Type Community School
Motto Ná bris Sith: Ná bris Cáirdeas
Principal Mary Jackson

Ardee Community School, also known as St. Killian's or ACS, is a Community School located in Ardee, Co Louth, Ireland. It is a co-educational school where males and females are educated together. As is the case with all community schools, a Board of Management, answerable to the Department of Education manages the school on behalf of its students. The board is composed of two teacher representatives, two parent representatives, six nominees from the trustees and the Principal, who is Secretary to the Board.

As of the 7th October 2015, the school has approximately 738 students enrolled in its classes.[1]

The school has recently finished construction on a new building that is to be used alongside the current building, its due to be finished for the 2018/2019 school year.

Overview

Ardee CS has a wide array of subjects for students to choose from, Leaving Cert students may select, excluding core subjects; Accounting, Agricultural Science, Applied Maths, Art, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Construction Studies, Economics, English, Engineering, French, Geography, German, Home Economics, History, Health Education, Irish, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Religious Education and Technical Drawing.[2]

Ardee CS allows students to participate in gaelic football, association soccer, rugby, golf, basketball and athletics, not every sport provides equal development opportunities to students, a sport such as basketball doesn't provide a competition on par to GAA for example.

The school is staffed with Special Needs Assistants (SNA's) that provide assistance to students with additional needs, it was the first second level unit opened in County Louth.[3]

History

Ardee Community School (also known as St. Killian’s) was established in 1974 and was the first Community School outside the Greater Dublin area, it aims to fulfill the secondary educational needs of Ardee and its surrounding areas. The school was founded as an amalgamation of three schools which had previously existed independently: St. Anne’s Convent of Mercy, De La Salle Brothers’ School and the Vocational School, many of the teachers who worked in one of the three schools continued their work in Ardee Community School[4][5]

Sport

Lennon Cup

In 2012, the Senior Gaelic football team, under the guidance of Mark Gilsenan, a Maths teacher in ACS, won the Lennon cup for the first time, defeating St. Mary's of Drogheda on a scoreline of 4-11 to 0-7. The following year, Ardee made it back to the Lennon cup victorious once again, defeating The Marist of Dundalk in a replay. The school was not as success in the following years however, it wasn't until 2017 that Ardee CS claimed the Lennon Cup after three attempts, edging out St Josephs Secondary School on a scoreline of 0-13 to 1-09.[6]

All-Ireland 'C' Championship

In 2014, the Senior Gaelic team at the time reached the All Ireland 'C' final, this team included Louth player Ryan Burns, though they were defeated by Coláiste Ghobnatan of Cork on a scoreline of 1-12 to 2-6.[2] Four years later, after two new senior team squads, the Senior Gaelic team achieved success at a national level by beating St Declan's Community College from Waterford in Newbridge on Easter Saturday in 2018, they were crowned All-Ireland Schools 'C' Championship winners, beating St. Declan's CS from Waterford 1-9 to 0-3 at Newbridge.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ardee Community School, Ardee, Co Louth". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  2. 1 2 "Ardee Community School - Home". Ardeecommunityschool.ie. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Inclusion of students with additional educational needs" (PDF). Education.ie. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ↑ "New Community School principal". Independent.ie. 2000-12-08. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  5. ↑ Faulkner, Padraig (1999). "Excerpt from "Ardee Community School – 25 Years A Celebration 1974-1999"". www.ardeecommunityschool.ie. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  6. ↑ Landy, Barry (2017-12-07). "Ardee CS claim Lennon Cup". www.thisisardee.ie. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  7. ↑ Landy, Barry. "All-Ireland champs Ardee CS in line for honour". Dundalk Democrat. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  8. ↑ "Masita Post Primary weekend round-up". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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