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St Patrick’s Day Parade- Our ‘Sparky’

Well done again to our TY group who created the walking float ‘Sparky’ which took part in the Dublin St Patrick’s Day parade. A huge amount of work went in from everyone on creating and practicing for the day in advance. In particular, well done to the 5 students who ‘walked with’ Sparky on the … Read more

PTECH Graduation – Inaugural class

On Friday 13th April 2024, the first ever Leaving Certificate PTech class graduated at a ceremony held in The Convention Centre. This programme, piloted by the three founding schools has now expanded to include a second cohort of included schools, a number of industry partners, Government departments and other agencies. The students of St. Joseph’s … Read more

Safe Routes to School Survey

Dear Parent/Guardian, We are delighted that the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programme has completed works at your school. As part of the final phase of this programme, the SRTS team would like to gather information on how students are travelling to school now since the changes were implemented. We also want to assess parent’s opinions … Read more

PTech work placement and Showcase event

Lats Friday, our entire TY cohort completed their 5 week work placements as part of the PTech programme. Students were in business partners such as IBM, CISCO, Irish Life, Virgin, Irish Rail, Salesforce and Deloitte, amongst others. On the day, the students and partners held a showcase event showing the project and task work they … Read more

Solar panels installed on main building roof

Anybody driving along North Strand road will now be able to see phase 1 of our solar panel installation now on the rooftop! The panels are part of the Solar PV scheme and are used to reduce our energy consumption from the grid, make the school more energy green, and during the summer months be … Read more

Accessing Results- VSWare tutorial for Parents/Guardians

Please see video below for instructions on using our school app to access your child’s reports and information online at any time. This is where we will share with you reports from Christmas and Summer house exams, as well of course following ‘mock exams’ for students in 3rd or 6th year. All previous years information … Read more

Key Conversations – Anti Bullying Parents/Guardians workshop

This Wednesday evening, the school will host a parents/guardians evening with Monica Rowe. Monica runs a group called ‘Key Conversations’, and focuses on mental health, bullying and coping as an adolescent in today’s world. She is also skilled in assitig homes in having these ‘key conversations’ with the young person. This will take place in … Read more

Healthy Eating Initiative

Dear Parents, Guardians, Students and Staff, From February 19th- March 22nd (between midterm and Easter breaks), the school will be running a healthy eating initative. Specifically, we are focusing on what we drink, and what are healthy options. For this period, the school will be a ‘no energy drinks’ zone. Energy drinks, typically those with … Read more

Christmas Letter from the Principal

Dear Parents/Guardians & Students,  I hope all is well with you and your loved ones. As we approach the Christmas break, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and the students for the ongoing support at the end of the longest term of the year. The daily lives of students today can … Read more