Scoil Mhuire, Clane

Scoil Mhuire, Clane
Motto	The truth will set you free
Established	1961
Location	Clane, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland
Students	800+
Principal	Padraig Nolan
Staff Religious order	53 Presentation Sisters
Homepage	http://www.scoilmhuireclane.ie/

Scoil Mhuire is a co-educational Post Primary School owned by the State and controlled by a Board of Management made up of 10 members.( 2 Parents, 2 Teachers, and 6 representatives from the Trustees who are Kildare V.E.C. and the Presentation Sisters)

The Presentation Sisters were the original founders of the Secondary School. They changed to Community School Status in 1983 when they moved into the present building. They have completed an extension and Sports Hall to the school to make it a modern Educational premises.

At present there are 712 students (roughly 50:50 boys and girls , age 12 to 18) and a teaching staff of 53.

The school operates the Transition Year, the Leaving Cert Applied and the Leaving Cert Vocational Programme. There is a strong emphasis on the use of I.C.T. in these courses. Students also pursue programmes in physical education and religious studies. Students are encouraged to involve themselves in a wide range of extracurricular activities both indoor and outdoor. There is an excellent record of achievement in these areas.

Adult Education is promoted very strongly and Computer Studies and AutoCad is usually over subscribed, in fact they frequently have to run extra classes.

Transition Year

The 2010/11 Transition Year has 72 students. All of the students are in school everyday and take classes such as Social and Political, IT, Journalism and Drama as well as all of the core subjects: English, Maths, Language etc. They also get to sample all of the option subjects for the Leaving Certificate such as History, Art, Music, Geography etc. Transition Year students take part in Work Experience twice during the year for one week periods. The students are given the responsibility of finding their own places of work for that week. Every year there is a Transition Year European tour. Students and teachers spend a week together. This year's tour (2010/11) we were going to go to Germany but nobody was able to go as most people were not able to afford it.

Notable alumni

• Eoghan Corry - columnist, author, and founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association Museum located at Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland

External links

• School website
• Story of Presentation Sisters in Clane