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St. Joseph's, Fairview – An Edmund Rice School
Tim Quinlan
My Time in Transition Year Álvaro Ruiz Transition Year is different to the others – it is not an academic course, but rather it is a year that focuses on the development of your personal and interpersonal skills. In Joeys we had to present a lot of power points which improved our public speaking skills. … Read more
All of us here at St Joseph’s are justly proud of Sean Lynam, Leaving Certificate Class of 2016, who recently passed out as a 3 star private in Óglaigh na hÉireann after 6 months (25 weeks) of intense training. Well done, Sean. Onwards and upwards!!
Wednesday the 25th of October was a momentous day for the Little Sisters and the students of St. Joseph’s CBS, Fairview, Dublin 3. Sister Jeann Jugans 225th anniversary was celebrated by staging a production of her life story. A group of eight students, accompanied by their teachers Ms. Allison Leetch and Ms. Colleen Byrne joined … Read more
The following link brings the reader to a good article written by our recent past pupil Alexander Fay on getting into Trinity College Dublin. It is a very fine piece that is well-written and does all of us in Joey’s proud. Well done, Alex, and also thanks for the praise – we are truly grateful … Read more
On May 17th we celebrated the TY Graduation. The graduation celebrates primarily the learning of new skills, personal, social, educational, and of course work-related. Each student was presented with his individual folder of work, comprising tasks in individual subjects, results and reports thereon by the teachers, as well as all the various certificates gathered … Read more
“Tempus fugit” or “time flies” as the old poet Virgil put it so long ago. Once again, our Sixth Years have graduated and they now face out into the world of work or study or both after their Leaving Cert exams. This exam preceded by six years of hard work (hopefully) is such a significant … Read more
We at Joey’s, along with hundreds of other schools in Ireland and many thousands around the world, are working together for a sustainable future for our much-polluted planet. The Transition Years, under the direction of their teacher/ tutor Mr Stack, worked towards earning the Green Flag for Travel over the past two years as a part of … Read more
On Friday 12th May the school held its annual Sports Day in ALSAA Sports & Fitness Centre, Old Airport Road, Co Dublin. All pupils were transported there by bus and all activities were well under way by 10 A.M. Once again, we were favoured with the weather as it stayed dry all morning even though rain … Read more
We could not be prouder of our senior boys who turned out in strength to participate in the annual DARKNESS INTO LIGHT walk in aid of Pieta House. See Pieta House. Some 60 boys turned up from fourth, fifth and sixth years as well as 8 adults: teachers, SNAs and their friends. All counted a sum … Read more
All the hard work in making out CVs and in preparing for mock interviews paid off as a number of TYs faced a professional interviewer in Oracle on Thursday last the 2nd of February. Here are two pictures that capture the occasion: