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Christian Brothers College, Monkstown (or C.B.C. Monkstown) is a fee-paying Catholic school, founded in 1857 under the trusteeship of the Christian Brothers in Monkstown, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. The school fees are approximately €3,500 per annum. There is also a private junior school in the grounds of the college which is one of the main feeders to the secondary school. In the 2004 Sunday Times Schools League Table, CBC was listed among the country's top twenty school, while in the Irish Times tables in 2006, the school was the top all boys school in Ireland (3rd overall)[1]. The school motto is "Certa Bonum Certamen" or "fight the good fight" and the school colours are red, black and yellow. Monkstown has a sister school in Cork, Christians(CBC Cork) also founded by the Christian Brothers, both schools share the same colours of red, yellow and black and other traditions such as the motto. Recently Monkstown was 'twinned' with St. Patrick's College, Jaffna in Sri Lanka. The main winter sport is Rugby with Athletics taking over in the summer. The school is to be re-built in the summer of 2009. Dr. G Berry assumed the role of principal in September 2009.
[edit] History[edit] Eblana SchoolOn January 1. 1857, the Christian Brothers opened a school at Eblana Avenue in Dún Laoghaire. This was just ten years after the Great Famine and emigration was rife. The school at Eblana prospered to an extent that it became impossible to accommodate both primary and secondary departments in the 19th century buildings. The school was called St Michaels Christian Brothers School.[2]  [edit] Monkstown ParkThe Brothers continued to have a major role in the education system when Ireland gained independence. Large portions of south Dublin were considered to be middle class by the 1940s. For many years Protestant schools such as Wesley College, Dublin operated schools in the area. These schools played sports such as rugby and cricket, which were the preserve of the middle to upper classes in Dublin. As Catholics became wealthier many would choose such lifestyles and this posed a danger to traditional schools such as the Christian Brothers in Dun Laoghaire. Already the Holy Ghost order, the Jesuits and the Carmelites had opened fee paying schools in Dublin with sports like rugby to the forefront of the ethos. The Brothers decided that they too needed such a school and a decision was made to split the school in Dun Laoghaire. The Brothers sought a site for the new part of the school. Rugby was made the school sport rather that the more normal Christian Brothers sporting pursuits in Gaelic Games. The school also was to be a "College" rather than the traditional "CBS" (Christian Brothers School). Traditions were soon adopted from CBC Cork which had been existence since the early 20th century. In 1949 the Brothers purchased the nearby 22 acre estate of Monkstown Park, which had been most recently occupied by a Protestant school(Corrig School). At that point the school which had hitherto been known as St. Michael's College split into public and private schools, with the private part (the new CBC Monkstown) moving and the public (the former CBS Eblana in Dun Laoghaire) remaining on the site.[2] The secondary department, with the exception of the commercial stream, moved to the house at Monkstown in 1950, and extended the neo-classical house built by the historian Charles Haliday in 1843. In 1987 the school was further extended to include new offices, cafeteria, staff room and technology department. The latest addition is the Edmund Rice Oratory, which opened in 1994.[2]. There are currently plans to rebuild the school on its current site.[3] This caused considerable controversy in 2005 in the national media when in was announced as CBC would receive a portion of the costs of funding the building despite being a fee paying school.[4] In 2007 the Christian Brothers decided to transfer the trusteeship of the school to the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. [edit] Today[edit] CurriculumCBC Monkstown today is a fee-paying secondary school with about 500 pupils. Boys study for both the Junior Certificate and later the Leaving Certificate. The fourth year (Transition Year) includes courses in academic subjects, as well as such optional subjects and activities as: Japanese, Sailing, Social work, Tourism and First aid. The Comenius project is also offered which is a project linking CBC with other schools around Europe. Transition Year classes won the Comortas Scannan TG4 in 2005 and were finalists in 2006, the 2005 group having their film represent Ireland in Italy in 2005. The school also runs an annual musical with Loreto Foxrock which has been running for almost 20 years between each respective Transition Years. Aside from the core languages of English and Irish Language, Latin, Japanese, French, German and Spanish. In addition to Business Studies for the Junior Cert; Economics, Business and Accounting are offered for the Leaving Cert. Mathematics and Applied Mathematics are taught. Physics, Chemistry and Biology are offered as science subjects. Geography, History, Technical drawing, Art, Music, Computers and Home Economics are also offered. Facilities include: playing fields, theatre/gymnasium, Science labs, library, laboratory and computer room. [edit] Charity WorkThe Zambian Immersion Project is a senior cycle project where pupils fund raise and travel to Zambia and help in charity work. Others complete An Gaisce (Presidents Award) and the Edmund Rice awards. The Junior School's 6th class raise money annually for the Chernobyl Children's Project (with their charity Children Helping Children), and culminate their fund raising in a business exhibition at the end of every year. In 2007 they raised €30,000 for the project.[5] In 2008 the school started a new charity: the Edmund Rice's Children's Fund. This encourages a whole school approach. [edit] MusicalThe school musical, a collaboration with the nearby girls school Loreto College, Foxrock. [edit] Junior SchoolThe Junior School consists of around 200+ boys. There are 8 full-time teachers and one principal teaching subjects such as Computers, French, Physical Education, Speech and Drama, Singing and Musical Appreciation and Arts and Crafts. There is also a Remedial time part teacher. Tutors are available to take students studying German a guitar, drums and a piano. [edit] SportRugby is the main sport in CBC and the field schools 10 teams across all years. Athletics takes over in the summer, it usually takes until October to wrestle control back from the athletes. Other sports taken include: Golf, Swimming, Tennis, Sailing, Orienteering and Badminton. Indoor rowing has also become popular with teachers and students with the school participating in the Irish National championships' [edit] RugbyFrom the outspan, Rugby Union has been the main competitive team sport of the school. CBC Monkstown won the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 1976 and reaching the finals in 1984. The school won the League Cup at Junior Level in 1998 and 2004, reaching the final in 1997/98, 2000/01, 2007/08 and 2008/09. The Senior Cup team played in the Senior league final in 2001, 2003, and 2008, winning the latter against St Andrews College. On the four occasions the Senior team have played in the Vincent Murray Cup they won in 2003, 2005 and 2007 whilst losing the final in 2006. In 2008 the school undertook a tour of Argentina and Uruguay playing games against a number of teams.*[6]  [edit] AthleticsThe school is also involved in Athletics and Cross Country competitions. The school currently hold the Leinster Minor Athletics Trophy (jointly with Blackrock College), the East Leinster Junior title, and the Edmund Rice Shield. The Senior Athletics team finishing second overall at the 2007 All Irelands, and won the Presidents Shield. [edit] Past PupilsThe school has an active past pupils union. Notable past pupils include:
^denotes pupils of the Christian Brothers school before the splitting into public and private and re-location to Monkstown. [edit] See also[edit] External links
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