| | | | English | English is a core subject in the School, studied for four classes per week at Junior level and five in the Senior cycle.
In addition to the curriculum, the English Department is highly active on the extra-curricular front. Visits to the theatre, particularly where it relates to plays on the curriculum, are a regular feature, as are visits to the school by leading writers and academics.
In-house Public Speaking competitions are organised annually for 1st and 2nd Years while senior students are encouraged to participate both in Inter-School Public Speaking and Debating Competitions.
Drama has always been an important element within the School and every two years, the English Department has responsibility for the production and direction of the School Play, in which students of all ages are invited to audition and take part.
Students’ creative talents are always nurtured and prizes presented on Charter Day include the annual Cusack Essay Awards and the Past Pupils’ Union Poetry Awards.
| | | English Department
Hilda Smith, BA (Mod), HDipEd (TCD) Co-Ordinator
Andrew Deacon, BA (Mod), HDipEd (TCD)
Madge Stapleton, BA (Hons), HdipEd (NUI), DipMkt
Raymond McIlreavy, MEd, BA (Mod), HDipEd (TCD)
Denise Farrelly, BA (Hons), HDipEd (NUI)
Jerome Devitt, BA (Mod), HDipEd (TCD)
Glenda Ua Bruadair, BA (Hons) (UU), PGCE (St.Martin’s, Lancs)
|  | | | Cusack Essay
This is an annual prize awarded for both the Junior & Senior school for the best essay on a title decided by and ajudicated on by the English Department.
In 2009 the Cusack Essay prize was 50 years old and we thought that it would be a good idea to contact all the past winners and invite them to write something new.
In the spring of 2009, a publication called 'My Education', containing a miscellany of original prizewinning essays and new writing by the winners, was published by the school.
Happily, all the past winners are still with us and most were keen to write for 'My Education' - the result is a fascinating collection of memories, impressions and opinions.
To read more about the publication ... Click on the cover opposite .... | | | | To see the Cusack Essay winning entries for this year and previous years, click on the links below ... | | | | | | |
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