St. Kilian's Community School, Ballywaltrim, Bray

St. Kilian's Community School News

EMBED: 6th Year Mentoring Programme

11 Sep 2019

St Kilian’s is the pilot school for a new programme with the UCD Access Office, called EMBED. The idea was developed with Dr Daniel Crean, a past-pupil and now an Assistant Professor in the School of Veterinary at UCD. The initiative involves Dr Crean being based at the school every Tuesday morning until Christmas. In cooperation with the school’s Guidance Team, he is leading a mentoring programme with the 6th Years.


Retirement: Mr Gerry Dunne

10 Sep 2019

Mr Gerry Dunne has retired from his position as Biology/Science/Maths teacher, which he has held since 1984. Over those years, Mr Dunne made an invaluable contribution to the school and its students and built a wonderful reputation as a highly skilled, dedicated and caring teacher. We wish him a long and happy retirement.


Lourdes Pilgrimage 2019

10 Sep 2019

From September 4th to 9th, five 6th Year students, Naoise O’Connell, Amy Howick, Nicole Keogh, Kayleigh Howick and Dylan O’Toole, accompanied by their Year Head, Ms Maeve Taaffe, took part as helpers on the Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. This is the tenth year of the school’s involvement with the pilgrimage.


New School Year!

25 Aug 2019

Welcome back to all students and staff for the 2019-2020 school year.
A special welcome to our new First Year students and to the 30+ new students who have transferred to St Kilian's from other local schools and from further afield.
We hope that the new school year will be a happy and successful one for everyone.


Leaving Certs Results 2019

13 Aug 2019

Heartiest congratulations to the Class of 2019 on their excellent results in both the Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA). Best wishes to everyone in the year ahead.


State Examinations 2019

5 Jun 2019

Best wishes to all of our Leaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate Applied and Junior Certificate students in their examinations over the next three weeks!
We hope that all of your hard work will be rewarded.
You can download the examination timetables here.


2019 Whole School Evaluation Report

5 Jun 2019

In March 2019, the DES Inspectorate conducted a Whole School Evaluation at St Kilian's. These inspections take place about every ten years or so.
The report has now been published and we are delighted to say that it is extremely positive. The full report can be downloaded here, along with a summary that was published in the school's newsletter in July 2019.


Würzburg Trip

18 Apr 2019

Best wishes to our 21 students, from across all year groups, who will visit Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany from April 26th to May 5th. The group, accompanied by Mr Brian Duggan and Ms Sarah Watson, are guests of Matthias Grünewald Gymnasium, St Kilian's partner school for over 35 years. Gute Reise!


Easter Holidays

12 Apr 2019

Best wishes to everyone for a Happy Easter holiday.
Supervised Study will take place on each weekday, apart from Good Friday and Easter Monday, from 9.00am until 1.00pm. The total cost per student is €15. A lunch will be provided each day. 3th, 5th and 6th Year students are strongly encouraged to attend.


Seachtain na Gaeilge 2019

10 Mar 2019

11ú - 15ú Márta, an bhliain seo.
As usual, there is a full programme of events to celebrate our national language and culture.
Ádh mór do gach duine!


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