A message from Lenny Abrahamson, Educate Together Parent, Filmmaker & Educate Together 120 Ambassador

Hi Patricia,   As a parent, having my children participate in an Educate Together school is very important to me. The schools are built on an ethos that celebrates equally the value and potential of every child regardless of their religious, social or cultural background and I really love the experience my children are having there.   On Sunday morning I was on the Marian Finucane radio show talking about Educate Together. I am delighted to be the ambassador for the Educate Together 120 national campaign to open 30 more equality-based schools. At the moment, there are 23,000 students in Educate Together schools, but shockingly we have another 23,000 on our waiting lists. To meet demand, we need to open more schools.   Despite what we hear reported sometimes, education is not free in Ireland. The state only part-fund our schools, and it’s up to organisations like Educate Together to fill the gap. It costs an average of €83,000 for Educate Together to open a new school and only 25% of that is provided by the state. Educate Together relies substantially on the generosity of supporters like you and me, as it must fundraise to foot the bill of opening new schools.   Educate Together has launched its 120 campaign to ensure that every family of every type, in every corner of Ireland, that want to send their child to an Educate Together school can do so, but it won’t be able to do this without the financial support of those who believe in our cause.   Educate Together is a charity. The Irish people are very generous and we all have different causes that we care about and want to support. So, I am calling on parents and families like me who have had amazing experiences of Educate Together schools, as well as those on our waiting lists, to make Educate Together their charitable cause. If every Educate Together family and every family on our waiting list donated just €50, we could open 30 new schools tomorrow and offer the Educate Together experience to an additional 20,000 families!  I hope that you will join me if you can, and become a supporter of Educate Together.   All the best, Lenny Abrahamson Educate Together Parent, Filmmaker & Educate Together 120 Ambassador

How can you help?   A regular gift The most efficient way to support our work is by making a regular monthly donation. A monthly gift of €21 is eligible for tax relief, which means the Government will give us an extra €114 at no extra cost to you! You can sign-up to a direct debit or standing order here.   A once-off donation If a regular gift is not for you, perhaps you could make a once-off gift to support our work. You can make a donation online with by credit/debit card here. Or send a cheque to Educate Together, Equity House, 16/17 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin 2.   Organise an employee giving programme Does your workplace have any programmes to support local charities? If so, maybe you could make Educate Together your preferred charity. Find out more here.   Organise an Event Thinking of organising an event to raise funds for Educate Together? Get in touch with our Fundraising Team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at 01 429 2502.   Get involved in a start-up group Join the grass-roots campaigns for new schools in your area. Find out more here.   Share your story How has Educate Together impacted your life? We are always keen to hear from families, alumni and students about their Educate Together story. Share your story by getting in touch with us: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 01 429 2502. All stories will be treated confidentially. Copyright © 2017 Educate Together, All rights reserved.

Dublin 7 Educate Together presently has a double-stream class in each year. Originally a single-stream school, in September 2009 it introduced a second stream at Junior Infant level. It now has over 450 pupils, 25 teachers, and 9 SNAs. Subject to there being demand for places, it is proposed that it will continue to take two Junior Infant classes each September. As it is a recognised national school it is subject to the Education Act 1998 and other relevant legislation.

The school's patron body is Educate Together and the school subscribes to the principles and ethos of the Educate Together model. The school is: multi-denominational, i.e., all children have equal right of access, and the social, racial, cultural and religious background of each child is respected. The school is also co-educational, child-centred and democratic in character. Patricia Clerkin is the school's principal.

We welcome you and your child to our school and hope that you will have many happy years with us.

This booklet gives an overview of our school and explains many of our school procedures.  We ask you to familiarise yourselves with them and discuss them with your child. Please ensure that any adult bringing or collecting your child to/from school is also aware of them.

We revise the booklet annually and welcome any suggestions you may have.

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Patricia Clerkin
Principal

April 2016

Read more: Information Booklet for Parents

In accordance with the Code of Practice for the governance of schools the Board of Management (BOM) has eight members, consisting of the Principal and one staff nominee, two community nominees, two parent nominees and two patron body nominees. The new Board came into being on the 1st December 2015 (along with all other primary school Boards). The eight members of the Board are:

• Mary Meaney - Patron Nominee - Chairperson
• Rhona Farrell - Parent Nominee - Treasurer
• Elva Duffy - Community Nominee - Secretary
• Ben North - Parent Nominee
• Emma Costello - Patron Nominee
• Paul Butler - Community Nominee
• Catherine Kelly - Staff Nominee
• Patricia Clerkin - School Principal

The term of office of the Board shall be four years. The  Constitution of Boards and Rules of Procedure 2011 booklet is published on the Department’s website at www.education.ie.

Dublin 7 Educate Together is committed to the core principals of the Educate Together Charter namely it is chid centred in its approach to education, democratically run with active participation by parents in the daily running of the school whilst positively affirming the professional role of the teachers, multi denominational i.e, all children have equal rights of access to the school and children of all social cultural and religious backgrounds are equally respected, co-educational, and committed to encouraging all children to explore their full range of abilities and opportunities.

Read more: Ethos