Welcome to Scoil Eoin
Báiste Boys Homepage
A History
In
the early 1950's, Dundalk Urban District Council decided to build local
authority housing to be called "Fatima",
in the north-western environs of the town.
To
cater for the educational needs of this new development two new schools were
founded for.....
(a)
boys from 8-12 years (to be housed in temporary accommodation in the form of a
prefabricated building near the Roman Catholic Church)
(b)
Girls and infants (in temporary accommodation in a building in Hamill's field.)
In
1966 a brand new shared complex was built and was named "Scoileanna Eoin Baiste Buachailli agus Cailini"
which when translated from Irish, means "St John The Baptist Boys and
Girls National Schools".
Incorporated
and amalgamated in it was an adjoining county school called Bridge- a- Chrinn.
The boy's school at this time had in excess of 140 pupils and 5 teachers. As in demographic trends throughout the entire country the numbers attending the school decreased during the mid 1970's.
General
Information
To-day 62 pupils are in attendance with 3 full-time teachers.
The school caters for boys from the ages of 7 to 13 years, their first 3 years of primary education is in the adjoining girls/infant school.
The Irish language is taught for
one hour per day,
Other subjects include: English,
Mathematics, Religion, History, Geography, Physical Education, Art, Drama,
Music and Civics.
On leaving this school , most
boys transfer to the adjoining boys secondary school De La Salle College
The school day begins at 9.10am
and finishes at 2.50pm with 30 mins for lunch and two other small breaks.
The school year is 183 days.
Forecasts
Indications and forecasts are
for a dramatic increase in the student population in the near future due to;
(a) A large number of boys in
the junior infants
(b) The development of new housing at Toberona.
This page was last updated January 2002