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New School Groups
Educate Together is currently engaging with groups in a number of areas around the country.
If you are interested in finding out more about setting up an Educate Together school in your area please contact:
The Department of Education and Science is planning for the establishment of new schools to commence operation in September 2010 to meet the increasing demand for pupil places.
The Department has announced Educate Together as patron for the schools listed below:
Swords, Co. Dublin
Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Please click on the start up group near you. If there is no group listed in your area, please contact a Regional Development Officer as above.
Athlone Start-Up Group
Athy Start-Up Group
Carpenterstown- Dublin 15 Educate Together Start-Up Group
Dundalk Start-Up Group
Dungarvan Start-Up Group
Enniscorthy Start-Up Group
Holywell Swords Start-Up Group
Kenmare Start-Up Group
Longford Start-Up Group
Portlaoise Start-Up Group
Portobello Start-Up Group
Tallaght Start-Up Group
Trim Start-Up Group
West Cork Start-Up Group
Other Start-Up Group areas
Athlone Start-Up Group
Educate Together have a start-up group in Athlone, working towards the establishment of an Educate Together National School school in the town. Enrollment for this school is now open, following a very successful launch on Saturday November 8th 2008.
For further details on enrollments, please contact Leila Mandal, the Pre-Enrollment Officer, at 087 9825 807 or by e-mail at EducateTogetherAthlone@gmail.com. Alternatively, pre-enrollment forms can be downloaded here.
Jarlath Munnelly is the Regional Development Officer working with this group. For further queries, Jarlath can be contacted at 01 4292500 or jarlath.munnelly@educatetogether.ie.
Athy Start-Up Group
Educate Together are working towards the establishment of an Educate Together National School in Athy.
For further information, please go to the website www.athyeducatetogether.ie.
Amy Mulvihill is the Regional Development Officer working with this group. Tel: 01 429 2500, Email: amy.mulvihill@educatetogether.ie
Carpenterstown - Dublin 15 Educate Together Start-Up Group
Educate Together are working towards the establishment of an Educate Together National School in Carpenterstown - Dublin 15.
For further information, contact Amy Mulvihill, Regional Development Officer. Tel: 01 429 2500, Email: amy.mulvihill@educatetogether.ie.
Maggie Hyland is the local contact and can be reached on 085 1291687. Please check out the group's new website available at http://www.carpenterstown-et.com.
Please download the pre-enrolment form here and return to the address on the form.
Dundalk Start-Up Group
Educate Together are working towards the establishment of an Educate Together National School in Dundalk.
The Dundalk Educate Together Start-Up Group meets on the first Thursday of every month in the Regional Development Centre, DKIT at 7.30pm.
For more details email dundalkeducatetogether@gmail.com or phone on Jenni 087 221 3488 or Gerard 083 351 5856.
Gerry McKevitt is the Regional Development Officer working with this group; Tel: 01 4292500 or gerry.mckevitt@educatetogether.ie
Dungarvan Start-Up Group
Educate Together are working towards the establishment of an Educate Together National School in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
For more info, contact:
Chairperson Caroline O Malley
087 956 1446
carolinedunedtog@gmail.com
Pre-Enrolment Officer Rose Hayes
087 672 0076
rosedunedtog@gmail.com
P.R.O. Mary Kelly
086 401 5236
marydunedtog@gmail.com
Niall Wall is the Regional Development Officer working with this group. Tel: 01 429 2500, Email: niall.wall@educatetogether.ie
Members of Dungarvan Start-Up group at their information day in Dungarvan Shopping Centre on Friday November 21st 2008. L to R Lynn O Riordan (Secretary), Caroline O Malley (Chairperson), Rose Hayes (Pre-Enrolment Officer) and Mary Kelly (P.R.O.)
Enniscorthy Start-Up Group
Educate Together are working towards the establishment of an Educate Together National School in Enniscorthy. A public meeting was held on Thursday 28th January 2010.
Niall Wall is the Regional Development Officer working with this group; 01 4292500 or niall.wall@educatetogether.ie
Holywell Swords Start-Up Group
The Minister for Education and Science has sanctioned the opening of a new primary school in Swords from September 2010. Educate Together is in preliminary discussions with the Department of Education and Science regarding accommodation provision.
The enrolment list is open and forms are available from Educate Together on 01 4292500 or from Holywell Residents Association. You may also download pre-enrolment forms here.
Places on the list can be checked by emailing Gerry McKevitt at gerry.mckevitt@educatetogether.ie.
Gerry is meeting the residents committee early next week to decide on a date to meet with all parents on the enrolment list (possible date: Wednesday March 10th 2010).
We will be contacting parents on the list as soon as possible with an update, date and location of the meeting.
For further information contact gerry.mckevitt@educatetogether.ie or holywell.residents@gmail.com
Kenmare Start-Up Group
There is an active Start-Up Group in Kenmare and pre-enrolment has commenced.
For general information on Kenmare Educate Together :
Stephen Truman 086 3423370 or Siobhan Ni Ghairbhith 087 2385451
Hon Secretary: Celia Landron,
31 Oakwood Manor,
Kenmare,
Co. Kerry.
Email: kenmareeducatetogether@gmail.com
Please download the Pre-enrolment form here and return to the address on the form Sarah Bilton, 40 Ardbhearna, Kenmare, Co.Kerry.
Niall Wall is the Regional Development Officer working with this group; 01 4292500 or niall.wall@educatetogether.ie
Kenmare Start-Up Group doing some publicity prior to their Pre-Enrolment Launch on Saturday 7th November 2009.
Longford Start-Up Group
Educate Together are working towards the establishment of an Educate Together National School in Longford.
For further information, contact Jarlath Munnelly, Regional Development Officer; 01 4292500 or jarlath.munnelly@educatetogether.ie
Portlaoise Start-Up Group
The Minister for Education and Science has sanctioned the opening of a new primary school in Portlaoise from September 2010. Educate Together is in preliminary discussions with the Department of Education and Science regarding accommodation provision.
A public meeting will be held on Thursday 11th March 2010 at 8pm in the Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise.
We will be taking pre-enrolments from interested parties on a first come, first served basis at the public meeting.
For further information, contact Amy Mulvihill, Regional Development Officer; 01 4292500 or amy.mulvihill@educatetogether.ie
Portobello Start-Up Group
Due to the large demand for additional multi-denominational school places in the Dublin 8 and Dublin 6 areas, Educate Together is working with the Portobello Multi-Denominational School Start-Up Group to establish a new school in the area.
There was an exceptionally large turnout at their meeting on 19th January 2010, when parents outlined their difficulty in accessing multi-denominational schools in the area.
For further information go to http://www.portobellomds.org.
Contact:
Henri McKervey henri@language.ie
Ivana Bacik ivana.bacik@oireachtas.ie
Members of the Portobello Start-Up Group at a meeting - February 2010
Tallaght Start-Up Group
Due to the high level of demand in the Tallaght area, we are currently assessing the possibility of opening schools in the Tallaght and/or Saggart areas.
The Tallaght Area Educate Together Association is currently working with Educate Together to assess where there is most demand. Should you wish to express your support for the right or parents to a school which more adequately reflects the increasingly diverse character of the Tallaght area, please sign the online petition, which is available here.
If you are interested in this project, please contact Sinéad Harrington at 086 3234750, or take a look at www.tallaghtcitywestet.ie.
Amy Mulvihill is the Regional Development Officer working with this group. Tel: 01 429 2500, Email: amy.mulvihill@educatetogether.ie
Trim Start-Up Group
Educate Together are working towards the establishment of an Educate Together National School in Trim, Co. Meath.
Following a sucessful public meeting, Trim Educate Together can be contacted at trimeducatetogether@gmail.com or ring Carla on 087 1408435.
Gerry McKevitt is the Regional Development Officer working with this group; Tel: 01 4292500 or gerry.mckevitt@educatetogether.ie
West Cork Start-Up Group
There is also an active group in Clonakilty who would love to hear from other interested parties.
For further information, please contact Niall Wall, Regional Development Officer working with this group. Tel: 01 429 2500, Email: niall.wall@educatetogether.ie
Other Start-Up Group areas
Educate Together has also had significant contact from the following areas in relation to setting up new/additional schools and information meetings are planned for these areas.
For more information and to receive notice of forthcoming meetings contact Niall Wall who is the Regional Development Officer for Ireland South.
Tel: 01 429 2500, Email: niall.wall@educatetogether.ie
Kilkenny City and County
Tramore, Co Waterford
Waterford City
Mallow, Co. Cork
Fermoy, Co. Cork
Cork City and environs
East Cork/Carrigtwohill
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