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History
Founded in 1891, St. Patrick's Academy was, for its
first three years, a boys' school. From September 1894, the Sisters of
Mercy undertook the teaching of students in preparation for the Intermediate
board's examination. The Girls' Academy was based in a single room in
the newly-built Mercy Convent on Northland Row.
Both schools moved to new premises on Killyman Road in September
1901; the Academy building was to be the home of the school for the next
seventy years. The Boys' Academy was always led by the clergymen appointed
by the Tyrone Roman Catholic Board of Education, while the Girls' Academy
was led by a senior member of the Sisters of Mercy.
The Academy eventually outgrew its home on the Killyman
Road. In 1975, the two schools moved to a new building on the Killymeal
Road. Although housed in the same building, the Boys' Academy and Girls'
Academy were two distinct and separate institutions. The phenomenal growth
in the student numbers and need to provide the very best educational provision
has resulted in the formal amalgamation of the Boys' and Girls' Academies
with effect from 2003.
Throughout it's one hundred and twelve years, St. Patrick's
Academy / Acadamh Naomh Pádraig, has been a vital part of the educational,
culture and religious life of Tyrone.
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The
Breastplate
The official school magazine of the former Boys' Academy Dungannon.
Whilst no longer published, it stands as an important
historical document in the history of the
Academy. |
Aims
As members of the school community of St. Patrick's
Academy, we will strive to work in harmony to:
- Nurture our Catholic faith;
- Celebrate our Irish culture;
- Appreciate and respect all cultures;
- Experience a stimulating, challenging curriculum;
- Establish an ethos of support and encouragement;
- Respect ourselves, each other and our shared environment;
- Achieve our full potential;
- Develop as confident, independent, self-motivated, life-long
learners;
- Work in partnership with parents/guardians;
- Contribute actively to the wider community.
School
Mission Statements
We believe that we will help our young people to succeed
by providing them with opportunities to:
- Become actively involved in individual and collective
worship and in practical Christian living;
- Experience high quality, well resourced teaching;
- Evaluate their own learning and focus on areas for improvement;
- Work collaboratively with their teachers and their peers;
- Participate in a process of personal development;
- Develop their self-esteem and respect for others;
- Participate in a rich, diverse programme of extra-curricular
activities, cultural, sporting, recreational and environmental;
- Develop an understanding of society at local, national
and global levels;
- Prepare for the workplace;
- Develop habits of good attendance and personality;
- Develop their ability to become effective learners through
the application of their ICT skills.
In addition:
Emphasising the importance of St. Patrick as the patron of our school,
we will endeavour to be:
- P - Partners in the pursuit of excellence
- A - Achievers who reach their full potential
- T - Teamworkers, who value the contributions
of others
- R - Respectors of human dignity
- I - Inspirers, who set good example
- C - Creators of a caring and generous
community
- K - Keepers of the faith and tradition.
Policies
School Calendar
| Term 1 |
(3rd Sept-21st Dec) |
Days off : 29th October -
2nd November, 26th
October (staff only)
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| Term 2 |
(7th January - 20th
March) |
Days off : 31st Jan
(Staff Only - Open Day), 15th Feb, 25th
Feb (Staff Only),
3rd March
(Staff Only), 14th March
(Staff Only), 17th March
- Easter Holidays (21st -
28th March 08)
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| Term 3 |
(31st March - 27th June) |
Days off : 5th May,
26th - 28th May (staff only)
- KS3 External
Examinations (29th Apr - 1 May 08)
- Internal School
Examinations (29th - 30th May & 2nd - 4th June 08)
- June
Events
End of Term dismissal
dates:
- 20th June 08 (Yrs 8, 9, 11)
- 24th June 08 (Yr 10 - following the Junior Prize-giving
Ceremony)
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(These dates may
be subject to alteration) |
Parent / Teacher Meetings 2007 - 2008
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Year 13
Year 14 |
6.30pm, Thursday, 24th
January, 2008
6.30pm, Thursday, 4th
October, 2007
6.30pm, Thursday, 21st February, 2008
6.30pm, Thursday, 13th March, 2008
6.30pm, Thursday, 15th
November, 2007
6.30pm, Thursday, 6th
December, 2007
6.30pm, Thursday, 18th
October, 2007 |
Prospectus
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