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Letter 5: Friday, 12 February 2010
Dear parents, guardians and students,
I wish to inform you of the following
matters:
All year groups
The school will close to students at 12.30pm
on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 on account of a staff meeting
being held that afternoon. Please ensure that students are
collected from school at that time where necessary.
1st year parents/guardians
You are invited to attend an important meeting of
1st year parents/guardians to be held in the school’s
Concert Hall on
Monday, 1 March 2010
beginning at
5.30 p.m. (sharp).
This meeting will conclude before 6.30 p.m.
Agenda
1.
Welcome and
introduction.
2.
Students’ subject
choices for 2nd year.
3.
Social, Personal
and Health Education (S.P.H.E.)
4.
Support systems for
students.
5.
Principal’s Report,
questions and answers.
It is hoped that every 1st year
family will be represented at this information meeting.
3rd year parents/guardians
I wish to invite you to attend an important
meeting of parents/guardians of 3rd year students to
be held in the school’s Concert Hall on
Monday, 1 March 2010
beginning at
6.45 p.m. (sharp).
The meeting will conclude before 8.15 p.m.
Agenda
1. Introduction
and welcome.
2. Subject
choices for 5th year – general guidelines, procedure.
3. Transition
Year Option.
4.
Questions/answers
Yours truly,
Billy O’ Shea,
Principal.
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Letter 4: Thursday, 4 February 2010
Dear parents/guardians and
students,
Please find below the annual
report from the Board of Management:
Report to
parents/guardians from the Board of Management (BOM) on the
operation and performance of Loreto Secondary School, Wexford
from 1 September 2008 to 31 August 2009.
Introduction
This report has
been prepared to comply with section 20 of the Education Act,
1998. It covers the period from 1 September 2008 to 31 August
2009. It was approved at a Board of Management meeting on 2
February 2010.
The next report
will issue in December 2010.
Spiritual
A variety of
services and liturgies took place during the year, as follows:
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Start-of-Year
Mass, Graduation Masses for 4th and 6th
year students, Class Masses, Masses for Advent, Christmas
Carol Service, November Remembrance Mass
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Commissioning
of Eucharistic Ministers in 6th year by Bishop
Denis Brennan
The school’s
Religious Education department was greatly assisted by our
chaplain, Fr. Jim Fegan (Adm.) and by Sr. Carmel O’ Brien
throughout the year.
A large number of
students and staff attended a special mass in Mullingar
Cathedral in January to mark the 400th anniversary of
the Loreto order. This mass was attended by representatives of
Loreto schools from home and abroad.
Charity and
Social Awareness
Students and staff
raised considerable sums of money for the following charities:
Concern, St.
Vincent de Paul, Bothar, Crumlin Childrens’ Hospital, The
Hospice Movement and Loreto Missions (with particular emphasis
on the work of Sr. Winnifred in Peru).
Academic
Excellent results
were achieved by the 117 students taking the Leaving
Certificate. The school rejoices in the academic success of all
students.
Very impressive
results were achieved by the school’s 121 Junior Certificate
students in 2009.
A subject
inspection of German took place in November 2008. The
inspector’s report was very positive and can be accessed on the
Department of Education and Science (DES) website.
The BOM
congratulates all students and their teachers on the continued
excellence of results in the school.
Supervised Study
was organized throughout the year and was availed of by an
average 170 students each evening.
Staffing
The school’s total
teacher allocation from the DES for 2008/2009 was 44.82.
Of the DES total
of 44.82, 0.93 was set aside for students with special
educational needs under the overall co-ordination of the
school’s Learning Support teachers, Ms. Wilson and Ms.C.
Larkin.
The BOM wishes
every future success and happiness to Ms. Kai Gahan and Ms.
Marianne MacGonagle who retired from teaching on 31 August 2009
and to Mr. Martin Boyd who moved to a new position in Loreto,
Clonmel.
The school
welcomed a new member of staff, Ms. Linda Jordan, to teach
Religion and History.
The BOM appointed
Ms. Pauline Finnerty to the position of Laboratory Technician
for 10 hours per week in 2008/2009.
Information
Technology (I.T.)
The Anseo system
continued to monitor the daily attendance and punctuality of all
students. Daily text alerts were sent by Sr. Carmel (Deputy
Principal) to the parents of students who did not register their
attendance in school. Additionally, text alerts were sent to
notify parents of certain school events e.g. changes in school
calendar, dates of parent meetings. Response to this development
was extremely positive.
All Transition
Year students studied for the ECDL information technology
qualification.
Lunchtime access
to I.T. for students continued to be facilitated.
The BOM appointed
a member of the teaching staff, Ms. Siobhan O’ Donoghue, to the
position of I.T. Co-ordinator in the summer of 2009. Her role
will be to further develop the use of information technology by
both students and staff.
Capital
Development
A considerable
amount of capital development work was completed in 2008/2009,
as follows:
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New car park
for staff, students and visitors to the school
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Re-surfacing
of the area around the St. Joseph’s block as well as the
re-painting of this area, internally and externally
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Fitting of new
external windows in the St. Joseph’s classrooms
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Fitting of new
floors in 6 classrooms plus the staff area
-
Re-painting of
the Concert Hall, lunch room, corridors, office and 5
classrooms
-
Installation
of 3 interactive whiteboards, large screen in the Concert
Hall and information screens in the foyer and outside the
Concert Hall
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Purchase of
additional projectors and laptops for different subject
departments
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The
commissioning of the new fire escape and internal emergency
lighting and smoke detectors
The combined cost
of all of this work to the school’s Board of Management will be
€138,000 over a two year period. In addition to this, the
Department of Education and Science grant-aided the emergency
fire safety works to the tune of €140,000.
It is with immense
regret and annoyance that the Board reports very little progress
in relation to its extension/refurbishment programme. This was
in spite of having held two face-to-face meetings with the
Minister for Education and Science, Mr. Batt O’ Keeffe, T.D. and
of placing solid proposals for a new green field site project
before DES officials.
In the meantime,
our 700 students and staff continued to work in 1792 buildings
with leaking roofs, no sports hall, no dressing rooms, no
library, insufficient and inadequate classrooms, no universal
access for the wheelchair-bound, no canteen and with major
health and safety concerns.
Extra-curricular and co-curricular activities
The BOM expresses
its gratitude to the teaching staff for organizing the following
activities for students in 2008/2009:
Irish and English
debating
quizzes
hockey
basketball
badminton
tennis
soccer
yoga
rounders
athletics
football
camogie
self-defence
tag rugby
educational tour
to France
field trips
theatre trips
school choir
school variety
show
supervised
internet access
horse riding
Maths Olympiad
Young
Entrepreneurs competition
Log-on learning
for senior citizens
Justice and Peace
Group
Green School
Committee
Transition
Year
98 students took
Transition Year in 2008/2009.
Student appraisal
of the school’s Transition Year programme continues to be very
positive.
A major review of
the Transition Year programme took place and has led, amongst
other things, to the introduction of more modular courses for
the future.
Child
Protection
Child Protection
Guidelines and vetting procedures have been in full operation
throughout 2008/2009 following staff training in December 2005.
The Designated Liaison Person (DLP) was Mr. Billy O’ Shea and
the Assistant DLP was Sr. Carmel Swords.
Care of
Students
All Class Teachers
continued to take a keen interest in the pastoral care of their
students. In addition, the school’s two Guidance Counsellors,
Ms. Fallon and Ms. Young, were available to assist in any
possible way.
A dedicated
Student Care Co-ordination Team continued to be very active in
2008/2009. Comprising the Principal, Deputy Principal, Chaplain,
Counsellors, Learning Support Teachers and Class Teachers where
required, this team met at least fortnightly and ensured that
adequate provision was made for all students experiencing
particular difficulties in school and in their personal lives.
Student
Empowerment
Maire Caulfield
and Grainne Regan were the Head Girl and Deputy Head Girl
respectively in 2008/2009. They were assisted by prefects and
vice-prefects in each class group.
The Students’
Council continued to be active and forged even closer links with
the school’s Parents’ Council e.g. development of school
policies, Christmas lunch for both councils hosted by the
school.
A review of the
operation of the Students’ Council, however, found that its
large size was a problem in terms of running effective meetings.
It was decided to revert to a smaller size Council in
2009/2010.
Code of
Behaviour
Students continued
to co-operate in a very positive way with the school’s behaviour
code as evidenced by favourable comments throughout the year
from teachers and visitors to the school. The Board thanks the
students for this excellent behaviour.
Parental
Involvement and Contact
The school
organized information meetings for parents in 2008/2009 on the
following matters:
-
New 1st
year students, September 2009
-
Subject
choices for 2nd, 4th and 5th
years
-
CAO/CAS
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Parent-teacher
meetings for every year group
All meetings were
very well attended by parents. Due to the fact that the school
does not have the space to hold large general meetings of
parents and students, it continued to be necessary to use a
local hotel as a venue for some of these larger meetings and
events.
The school website
was updated weekly and contained a great deal of information for
parents on current news as well as all school policies. For
families without internet access, hard copies of all updates and
policies continued to be available from reception.
The Principal,
Deputy Principal and all teachers were available on an
appointment basis to meet parents to discuss any concerns about
students.
The Parents’
Council continued to provide hot food for students at lunchtime
and prior to evening study in co-operation with Taste
Restaurant.
Representatives of
the Council met with Mr. O’ Shea, Principal, on a regular basis
to liaise on school matters and the Council was also represented
on the School Development Planning Group that meets weekly.
Parents were asked
by the school throughout the year to help ensure a high level of
attendance at school by their daughters.
School
Development Planning
All policies
that make up the school plan are available on the school’s
website:
www.loretowexford.com.
The following have
been the main developments in school planning throughout
2008/2009:
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The ongoing
review of subject development plans in all departments
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The ongoing
work of the School Development Planning Group,
representative of staff, students and parents, to prepare
draft policies for consideration by all educational partners
in the school
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The formal
review of the following policies:
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Professional
Development of Staff
Teachers attended
DES and other in-service in a wide range of subject areas.
The teaching staff
also engaged in detailed subject planning development.
Board of
Management
The BOM held nine
formal meetings in 2008/2009. At the end of each meeting an
agreed report was approved for circulation by teacher and parent
representatives. This report was also posted on the school
website.
Financial
Accountability
The Independent
Auditors’ Report to the trustees for the year ended 31 August
2009 concludes as follows:
“ In our opinion
the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state
of the school’s affairs as at the 31 August 2008 and of its
results for the year then ended and have been properly prepared
in accordance with the Education Act, 1998.
We have obtained
all the information and explanations we consider necessary for
the purposes of our audit. In our opinion, the school has kept
proper books of account. The financial statements are in
agreement with the books of account.
In our opinion,
the Board of Management’s Report is consistent with the
financial statements.”
O’ Brien Harnett &
Associates,
Chartered
Accountants and Registered Auditors,
97 Haddington
Road,
Dublin 4.
The
Board is very grateful to families who supported the Voluntary
Contribution Scheme that yielded €66,983 in 2008/2009, an
increase from €61,485 in the previous year.
Community
Links
The BOM is
particularly appreciative of the assistance provided by the
local Wexford community in providing work experience placements
for Transition Year and LCVP students in 2008/2009 and for its
generous sponsorship of Transition Year mini-companies.
Throughout the
year school facilities have been made available to the following
groups:
Presentation
Secondary School, Wexford Harbour Boat and Tennis Club, Wexford
Parks Tennis, Wexford Ladies Hockey Club and the Royal Irish
Academy of Music.
Billy O’ Shea,
Secretary to Board
of Management.
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Letter 3: Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Dear parents/guardians and students,
At the outset, I wish you all a very happy
New Year and express the hope that you enjoyed the extended
holiday period.
I would like to advise you of the following
matters:
One
The HSE will be offering the swine flu
vaccination to all students and staff in the school’s Concert
Hall on Tuesday, 19 January 2010. I enclose herewith the
necessary Information and Consent Form as supplied to the school
by the HSE. Students wishing to receive this vaccination must
bring the completed Consent Form with them to school on this
date.
I wish to make it perfectly clear that the
decision as to whether or not to receive this vaccination is a
matter for the individual student, her parents/guardians and
medical professionals. The school has no role whatever in making
this decision.
Two
The following changes to the school calendar
have been made due to ongoing industrial action by members of
the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland and in an attempt
to make up for some teaching time lost due to the extended
Christmas holiday.
Friday, 29 January 2010
1st year parent-teacher
meeting 9.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
2nd year parent-teacher
meeting 1.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
The school will be closed to students on this
day.
The scheduled staff planning day for this
term has been cancelled.
As an exceptional matter, there will be no
formal parent-teacher meeting for 4th year in this
academic year. However, any parent who might wish to discuss
matters of concern is warmly invited to contact the school to
make an appointment with any of the 4th year teaching
team.
Three
The Board of Management has secured a meeting
with senior planners in the Building Unit of the Department of
Education and Science on Tuesday, 19 January 2010. The purpose
of this meeting is to seek definitive decisions as to when and
how our stalled extension and refurbishment programme may be
progressed.
Four
You will shortly receive from the school a
unique username and password that will enable you to access your
daughter’s report, attendance and timetable details - as well as
brief school announcements – via the new e-portal software
system. You will then be able to access this information at all
times via your internet/broadband connection.
Additionally, this is the last circular
letter that I shall be posting to all families. From now on, a
text message will alert you to such letters which can then be
accessed on the “letters to parents” section of the school
website –
www.loretowexford.com.
Five
The school is very grateful to the many
families who have already supported this year’s Voluntary
Contribution Scheme.
Like many of you in these very difficult
times, the school is struggling to balance its books especially
in light of education cut-backs and the ongoing high costs of
maintaining such an old building. Of particular concern to the
Board of Management is the fact that all schools are now being
billed for water use on a metered basis with effect from 1
January 2010. In our old buildings and with a total daily
population of 767 students and staff this particular cost could
be very high.
If you have not done so already and are now
in a position to contribute to this scheme, we would welcome
your donation at this time. The request for 2009/2010 is as
follows:
€160 for one student €250 for
two students €270 for three students
Payments can be made to the School Secretary,
Noeleen Goggin, in full or in instalments. All monies received
will be duly receipted.
Six
Summary of recent school events
“Fiddler on the Roof”
In cooperation with the boys of
St. Peter’s College, the school musical “Fiddler on the Roof”,
was held in the Opera House. It was staged from the 8th-10th
of December and was a great success.
Science Quiz
Two teams from Loreto, Wexford
competed in the regional final of the Irish Science Teachers’
Association quiz, with the winning team progressing to the
national final which was held on November 28th. Well
done to all who competed.
Football
The Senior and Junior Ladies’
footballers have been competing in their respective
championships since September. The senior team played in the ‘A’
Championship. Unfortunately, they were defeated in their three
games. However, the players are young and they should be very
competitive at this level next year.
The U-16 team have qualified for
the Leinster semi-final. Hopes are high for this panel which
consists of most of last year’s Leinster U-14 champions. They
will be playing St. Mary’s, Edenderry in the semi-final in the
second term.
Equestrian
Two equestrian teams recently
participated in show jumping in Carnew. Both teams performed
very well and will take part in both show jumping and cross
country during the second term.
Hockey
Eight hockey teams are competing
in the South East League Competitions. The Senior A team hope to
retain their crown as South East Champions for the 6th
year running. They beat Newtown and had a narrow last minute
loss to Kilkenny College.
The Senior B team met stiff
competition from St. Leo’s, St. Declan’s and Kilkenny College
but are hoping for better luck in the Cup competition.
The Junior team, the Minor A’s
and the Minor B’s have had mixed fortunes in their leagues. The
1st year teams will start their league campaigns in
January.
Irish Hockey Trials
Four students from Loreto were
chosen for the Irish Hockey Trials after representing the South
East in the U-16 and U-18 Interprovincial Hockey Tournaments in
October. Siobhán Cloake, Transition Year, was chosen for the
U-16 trials and Jean Devoy, Zoe Codd and Natasha Quigley, all
from 5th year, were chosen for the U-18 trials. The
girls will attend three Irish training sessions before the final
squad is chosen. Good luck to the girls.
Debates
The Transition Year Debating Team
has been taking part in the Concern Debating competition.
Motions such as ‘The E.U. is failing Africa’ and ‘The West is
not serious about combating climate change’ have proved
challenging, allowing the girls to demonstrate their debating
prowess. The final debate in this league will take place in late
January. The girls will oppose the motion ‘The West has a
stereotyped view of Africa’, which will take place in
Presentation Secondary School, Waterford.
Justice and Peace Group
The Justice and Peace Group are
working hard covering issues such as domestic violence and body
image. They have begun work on an anti-bullying DVD. They are
looking forward to welcoming 14 students from the Kenyan Justice
and Peace Group in April.
Transition Year Activities
The Transition Year pupils have
taken part in a wide variety of activities. These have included
talks from representatives from the Hope Foundation, Orphan
Relief, Gaisce and a visit from Gordon Darcy. Courses included:
a dance workshop, percussion workshop and Road Safety Day. The
girls visited Mountjoy Prison and the Ploughing Championships.
Fundraising activities included a jersey day for GOAL, a flag
day for breast cancer and gift wrapping in Sam McCauley’s for
Orphan Relief.
Christmas Events
The Loreto Choir was the only
school choir to take part in a carol service in the Opera House
which was broadcast on RTÉ.
A craft fair was held in the
concert hall where the students displayed a wide variety of
goods.
Operation Christmas Child was
once again a great success. First years filled shoe boxes which
were sent to various developing countries.
A carol service was held in Rowe Street Church
on Monday 21st December, which got all in the festive
mood.
Please contact me if I can be of assistance
to you in any way.
Yours truly,
Billy O’ Shea,
Principal.
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Letter 2: Friday, 13 November 2009
Dear parents/guardians and students,
I write at this time to keep you informed
about a number of important school matters, as follows:
Swine flu
Parents/guardians are asked to inform Sr.
Carmel if their daughter gets swine flu. I make this important
request so that we can monitor the situation in the school on an
ongoing basis in the interests of all students and staff,
particularly those with existing health concerns.
Students who are suffering from flu-like
symptoms are strongly requested to stay at home until they have
recovered.
Students are reminded again of the need to
wash hands frequently and to dispose of tissues after use.
The school looks forward to co-operating
fully with the H.S.E. when it offers the swine flu vaccination
to all students later in the month.
E-portal
The school is presently installing a new
software system intended to give all families instant access to
a range of information relating to their daughters i.e.
attendance, timetable, reports, special notices. The software is
called e-portal and is expected to be operational by Christmas.
All families will be issued with their unique username and
password that will allow them to access this information on a
“24/7” basis from anywhere in the world. As a result, school
communications will be greatly-enhanced and there will be a
considerable financial saving to the school in terms of postage
and stationery.
To avail of this facility, parents/guardians
and students will need internet/broadband access. If this is a
problem, you are asked to complete the form attached to this
letter and return it to me on or by Friday, 27 November 2009. We
will continue to send all correspondence in paper format as
normal to these families.
Voluntary Contribution Scheme
The school is very grateful to the many
families who have already supported this year’s Voluntary
Contribution Scheme.
Like many of you in these very difficult
times, the school is struggling to balance its books especially
in light of education cut-backs and the ongoing high costs of
maintaining such an old building. It is also very difficult for
me to remind you of this matter with Christmas only 6 weeks
away.
Nevertheless, if you have not
done so already and are now in a position to contribute to this
scheme, we would welcome your donation at this time. The request
for 2009/2010 is as follows:
€160 for one student €250 for
two students
€270 for three students
Payments can be made to the School Secretary,
Noeleen Goggin, in full or in three equal instalments, one per
term. All monies received will be duly receipted.
Day of protest – Tuesday, 24 November 2009
As I write this letter, there is every
indication that members of the Association of Secondary Teachers
Ireland (A.S.T.I.) will join their colleagues in other public
sector unions in withdrawing their labour on Tuesday, 24
November 2009. In this eventuality, the school will be closed to
students as the Board of Management will not be able to
guarantee their safety in the absence of teachers. When the
situation has been clarified, I shall send a text message to all
parents/guardians.
School show 2009 – Fiddler on the Roof
Once again we are joining forces with our
good friends in St. Peter’s College to produce a school show,
Fiddler on the Roof. I draw your attention to the enclosed
letter about this major event.
Tickets for the show are now available from
the Wexford Opera House. Additionally, if you complete the
enclosed booking form and return it to Mr. Gunning or Mr.
Murphy, you will be able to obtain your tickets through the
school.
Hot lunches
Through the good work of the Parents’
Association and in co-operation with Taste Restaurant, hot
lunches continue to be available to students in the lunchroom on
a daily basis.
School website
You are asked to check our school website
–
www.loretowexford.com – on an ongoing
basis to keep your self up-to-date with school news and
policies.
School Development Planning Group
The School Development Planning Group is
representative of staff, students, parents and management and
meets on a regular basis to review school policies. The
particular policy that is under review at this time is the
inclusion of students with special educational needs.
Any member of the school community who might
wish to make a submission on this policy, written or oral, is
warmly invited to contact me over the next few weeks.
I shall write to you again in February 2010
with further information on school business.
Yours faithfully,
Billy O’ Shea,
Principal.
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Letter 1: Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Dear parents/guardians
and students,
I write at the start of the 2009/2010
academic year to bring you up to date with a number of important
matters relating to our school, as follows:
Staff changes
Over the summer months we said goodbye to
three members of our teaching staff who have each given great
service to Loreto, Wexford in their careers of varying lengths –
Ms. Gahan (retiring), Ms. MacGonagle (retiring) and Mr. Boyd
(new position in Loreto, Clonmel). We wish all three every
success and happiness for the future.
New to our staff this year is Ms. L. Jordan
who will teach Religion and History. We hope that she will enjoy
her time in our school.
Summer developments
A lot of work has either been completed over
the summer or is nearing completion at this time, as follows:
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New
car park for staff, students and visitors to the school
-
Re-surfacing of the area around the St. Joseph’s block as
well as the re-painting of this area, internally and
externally
-
Fitting of new external windows in the St. Joseph’s
classrooms
-
Fitting of new floors in 6 classrooms plus the staff area
-
Re-painting of the Concert Hall, lunch room, corridors,
office and 5 classrooms
-
Installation of 3 interactive whiteboards, large screen in
the Concert Hall and information screens in the foyer and
outside the Concert Hall
-
Purchase of additional projectors and laptops for different
subject departments
-
The
commissioning of the new fire escape and internal emergency
lighting and smoke detectors
The combined cost
of all of this work to the school’s Board of Management will be
€138,000 over a two year period. In addition to this, the
Department of Education and Science grant-aided the emergency
fire safety works to the tune of €140,000.
Swine Flu
The school has implemented the various
measures recommended to it in an attempt to reduce the possible
impact of swine flu i.e. liquid soap dispensers and paper towels
in all toilet areas, instruction in “respiratory etiquette”,
increased daily cleaning of the premises, alcohol-based hand rub
stations in main corridors. Please note that the school will
remain open as scheduled unless otherwise directed by the health
authorities, in which case a letter will be sent home to you.
Parents’ Association
The Annual General Meeting of the Parents’
Association will be held in the Concert Hall on
Monday, 5 October 2009 beginning at 8.00 p.m.
This meeting is open to all parents and guardians of current
Loreto pupils. We would like to encourage as many of you as
possible to attend as it is an excellent opportunity to meet
other parents/guardians and also offers a platform to air and
exchange views.
We very much look forward to seeing you at
the A.G.M.
Voluntary Contribution Scheme
Given the very considerable expenditure
incurred by the Board in improving school facilities, as
outlined above, it is vitally important that as many families as
possible would support this year’s Voluntary Contribution
Scheme.
The request for 2009/2010 is as follows:
€160 for one student €250 for two
students €270 for three students
Payments can be made to the School Secretary,
Noeleen Goggin, in full or in three equal instalments, one per
term. All monies received will be duly receipted. Contributions
are now being received.
The school acknowledges the generosity of so
many families in supporting this voluntary contribution in the
past. It is our hope that the same level of generosity will
apply once again this year even though the financial pressures
on most families are considerable.
Attendance
I ask your help as parents/guardians to ensure that your
daughter attends school with a very high degree of regularity.
Such attendance is linked closely with improved academic
performance. Any absence must be explained in
writing by you in the student’s diary. The Deputy Principal, Sr.
Carmel, will send a text message each morning to the
parents/guardians of students who fail to register their
attendance in school.
Absence should only occur in the event of genuine illness,
particular family events e.g. communions, weddings etc. or
medical appointments. Indeed, every effort should be made to
have such appointments outside of school hours.
Students have been asked by me to remember that once a class is
missed the material covered by the teacher will not be taught
again for the benefit of any absentee.
School website
Your attention is drawn once again to the school’s official
website – www.loretowexford.com. This facility has been
further
upgraded over the summer and is
used increasingly by the school to communicate with all families
as well as the general public. Please log onto it on a regular
basis. I refer you in particular to the Current News and Career
Guidance sections.
School mass
The start-of-year school mass will be held in
Rowe Street Church on the afternoon of Wednesday, 23 September.
Students will be accompanied to and from Rowe Street by their
class teachers.
Please contact me
if you need clarification on any of the above items.
I shall write to you again in November 2009
with further information on school business.
Yours faithfully,
Billy O’ Shea,
Principal.
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