Abbey Community College
Coordinates: 53°58′10″N 8°17′56″W / 53.969315°N 8.298969°W
Colaiste na Mainistreach | |
| Motto | Ag Cothú Spiorad agus Intinne |
|---|---|
Motto in English | Promoting Spirit and Mind |
| Established | 2002 |
| Principal | David Harding |
| Location | |
| Website | www |
Abbey Community College (Irish: Colaiste na Mainistreach) is an educational institution in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. The college is co-educational, and operates under the authority of Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board. There is also a secondary school of the same name in Ferrybank, Waterford City.
History
Abbey Community College was formed in September 2002,[1] following the joining of Scoil Chríost an Rí, St Mary's College and Boyle Vocational School.
Qualifications
Abbey Community College offers a wide range of school educational qualifications, including Leaving Certificate, Junior Certificate, a Transition Year Programme, and Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme. The college also runs two further education courses. These are FETAC level 5 Post Leaving Certificate courses, and are taught from a separate campus.
Facilities
Abbey Community College contains newly built facilities, including a lecture/demonstration room, a computerised language laboratory, an information technology department, a library, as well as specialist rooms for other subjects, including art, engineering, technical graphics, home economics, and music. Each of the school's thirty-six classrooms are fitted with a projector, which can utilise the whiteboards as a screen for PowerPoint presentations for students, etc. The school is also home to three science laboratories. Sports facilities include basketball and tennis courts, a football pitch and access to the indoor sports complex situated on the school grounds.
Curriculum
The school offers a range of subjects as part of both the Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate cycles.[2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Roscommon VEC > Boyle". Archived from the original on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2010-02-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) Roscommon VEC profile on Abbey Community College - ↑ School Website - https://sites.google.com/site/abbeycommunitycollege/curriculum/junior-cycle
- ↑ School Website - https://sites.google.com/site/abbeycommunitycollege/curriculum/senior-cycle
External links
- Abbey Community College Official Website
- Roscommon VEC Profile on Abbey Community College
- Profile on QualifaX, Ireland’s National Learners’ Database.
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