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Salesian College Celbridge is a secondary school catering for male students aged 12–19 around the County Kildare village of Celbridge.

History

The Salesian College, Celbridge began its existence on Tuesday, 15 September 1981 in a disused primary school on the Hazeltatch Road, which is now the Church of Ireland Primary School. Fr. Tony McEvoy SDB was the first Principal with four staff members and fifty-five students. In the summer of 1984, staff and students were able to move into the newly built school premises, where we are presently located. The new school and extended sports grounds, situated on fifteen acres, facilitated the provision of a wider subject choice and greater extracurricular activities.

There have been two major extensions since then and it is now a school of over 700 students and a staff of over 50 members.

Academic

Salesians offers Junior Certificate, Transition Year, and Leaving Certificate courses, as well as a unit for autistic youths. The school's classes have been mixed since 2004.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

Sport

Sports played at Salesians include soccer, athletics, hurling, Rugby, badminton and Gaelic football.

An annual road race, held each October, is a {{convert|4.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} road race participated in by around 450 students. The Fr. Archer Cup, named after the late Fr. Charles Archer, a former teacher, is awarded to the winner.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

Salesians won the U14 All-Ireland Soccer Final in 2006. The Salesians' senior soccer team advanced to the Senior Soccer All-Ireland final in 2008 in Buckley's Park in Kilkenny, but ultimately lost 2–1 to CBS of Sexton Street in Limerick. They reached the final again in 2010 when they lost to St. Marys, Galway, in the last minute of extra time. The score was 2–1.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

The Salesian Senior football team reached the All-Ireland "B" semi finally in 2010. They lost to Clonmel in Éire Óg in Carlow by 2 points.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

The U16 football team reached the Leinster "B" Final against Moath CBS, where they lost by 2 goals the same year.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

A sports day is run annually in the school, and is normally run during the month of May.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

Staff

The school is no longer run by priests of the Salesian order. The Principal is Brenda Kearns who took up the position on 17 August 2009 succeeding Fr. Dan Carroll, the Deputy Principal is Martin Kerins. There are over 60 teachers in the school in total.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

Each year in the school is given a 'Year Head' who is responsible for that year. It varies from year to year but the 'Year Head' of Transition Year is permanent.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

Each year in the school is divided into Form Classes each form class is given 'Form Teacher' who is responsible for that form class. Every form class in the school is given a name e.g.: Bosco, Dominic, Patrick, Colm-Kevin and Savio. There are roughly about 30 students in every class. But there are only two form classes in Transition Year, and they are called TY 1 and TY 2 with 24 students in them.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

All teachers are involved in collating data on examination results as well as DATs, WRATs and CATs.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

Resource

The Resource Department (Centre) was set up in 2005 by Mark Ryan, a teacher in the school. It first started off in three rooms in the school. It was set up to help students with learning difficulties and disorders. After a month the Resource Department moved into a four-room prefab with one medium-sized room, a storing room and one toilet. From 2006 to 2009 the school population began to increase slightly and the old four-room prefab was knocked down in July 2009 and a new eight-room prefab with a wheel chair toilet, a students' toilet and a staff toilet was built. It was officially opened on 27 August 2009 by the school Principal Brenda Kearns. The Chairperson of the Resource Department is Mark Ryan, and the Deputy Chairperson is Clare Lennon. There are currently about nine teachers in the Resource Department with seven Special Needs Assistants (SNAs).{{fact|date=April 2019}}

Subjects

In The Leaving Certificate cycle, courses in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics can be pursued. The Junior-cycle subject broadly defined as "Business Studies" is devolved into separate courses Accounting, Business and Economics. Students may also pursue courses in Art, Construction, Technical Drawing or Engineering. The Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme, which aims to provide a more vocation-oriented education can also be taken by students of the College. The school has IT facilities, though these are rarely used as IT is not a subject.{{fact|date=April 2019}} Students of the college at all levels, in accordance with Irish educational standards, must take courses in the subjects of English, Irish and Mathematics.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

Parents' Association

A Parents' Association was established focusing on Salesian College in 1994. It continues to work with Principal, Staff and Board of Management to work for the school's future. The Parents' Association is the structure through which parents can work together in partnership with the school, with the aim of providing the best possible education for the students in the College. The Association is involved with producing a newsletter, in pastoral and remedial requirements.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

Student Council

The Salesian college student council has served the students over the last number of years{{when|date=April 2019}} and in 2008 the student council led by Darragh O'Neill helped raise money for a defibrillator, installed new basketball equipment and organised the first ever student-led talent show. The student council has been inactive since 2014.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

Notable past pupils

References

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