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October Mid Term Message

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students, We are mid way through the term already. What a journey we have undertaken on returning from the summer. From Open Night to Hogwarts and everything inbetween. As always we appreciate the support you give us in our endeavours and your many messages of thanks to staff lift us up [...]

Parents’ Council AGM

The Parents’ Council of Donabate Community College will hold their AGM on Wednesday 8th November at 7.30pm in the College. Letters from the Parents’ Council have been distributed to all students alongside a Nomination Form to become a member of the Parents’ Council. If for any reason you have not received a letter/form, copies are [...]

C.P.R. Training for Junior Students

As you may be aware The Order Of Malta deliver  First Aid training and certification to our Transition Year students annually. This year they have very generously offered the school, training in C.P.R. for first, second and third years. This will involve a 15 minute training session with small groups of students and an Order [...]

Sailing Update!

Recently the 42nd All Ireland  Inter School Regatta sailing competition took place in Sutton Dinghy Club, Co.Dublin. This competition had multiple sailors from different schools all over Ireland competing and representing their schools. We are delighted to announce that our school competed for the first time ever in this race. The sailors who represented our [...]

School Reopening

We wish to confirm that we will reopen tomorrow Wednesday 18th October at the usual time.

School Closure: Tuesday 17th

As per DES instruction, Donabate Community College will remain closed tomorrow, Tuesday 17th.

School Closure

As per DES instruction, Donabate Community College will close tomorrow due to the impending Hurricane Ophelia. School will open as per normal on Tuesday 17th October.

Student Council 2017-18

After a long two weeks of preparing for Friday, 29th of September the Student Council Election was held in Donabate CC. The first election took place at 8:30 and began with 5th year students. The sixth year election took place afterwards with the fourth year’s election taking place last! Everyone in the Shelley and Dickens [...]

Science Club

Science Club will be held after school on Thursdays from 3:20 to 4 p.m. starting October 5th.   Have questions about a topic in Science class that you are having difficulty with or want to learn more about?   Have questions about a topic NOT covered in your subject?   Have a general interest in [...]

Bright Future for Jeff

I recently asked Jeff Nwodo, from 3rd Year Rang Shelley, a number of questions about his successful football career. He has had the chance to represent the DDSL (Dublin District Schoolboy League) in the Kennedy Cup and was also part of the winning team, they won it over 32 teams from all over Ireland. He [...]