St Columba`s Comprehensive School, Glenties

The Headmaster of St. Columba`s Comprehensive School in Glenties is Mr. Michael Naughton. The teachers taking part in the SchoolSat project are Maureen McDaid and Michael Ward. Glenties has a population of 520 students, 41 teachers, 2 caretakers, 3 secretaries, 5 ancillary staff.

St. Columba`s comprehensive Schools is one of the first comprehensive schools built in Ireland and it caters for academic as well as technical education. First year students are all offered the same subjects and are not graded.

The school has a well-stocked library and a music room, two art rooms and a computer room, a woodwork-construction studies room, a metalwork-engineering room, a technology room, a technical graphics room, three science rooms, a gymnasium and lots more.

In St Columba`s Comprehensive School sports are also very important. Coaching is provided in Gaelic Football, Soccer, Athletics and Basketball.

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