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A full range of courses and programmes is available.
Secondary Education
The first three years at school lead to the Junior Certificate. Students may spend up to three years in senior cycle. They may follow a two year Leaving Certificate programme immediately after the Junior Certificate, or they may opt to follow a one year Transition year programme before a two year Leaving Certificate.
Junior Certificate
The curriculum provided at Junior Certificate level includes the core subjects of Mathematics, English, Irish, Science, Civic Social and Political Education, Religious Education, Lifeskills, and Physical Education. These subjects are taken by all students.
Students have a choice of optional subjects - Art, Music, History, Geography, French, German, Typewriting, Business Studies, Home Economics, Technical Graphics, Materials Technology (Wood) and Materials and Technology (Metal).
Leaving Certificate
The Leaving Certificate curriculum includes the core subjects of Mathematics, English, Irish, Religious Education and Physical Education. Students are offered a wide choice of optional subjects: Accounting, Business, Art, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Construction Studies, Engineering, French, Geography, History, Technical Drawing and Home Economics (Social and Scientific).
Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP)
Senior cycle students are offered the option of taking the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme. This is an enhanced programme which combines the academic strengths of the established Leaving Certificate with a new and dynamic focus on enterprise, the world of work, information technology and languages. This strengthened vocational dimension is achieved through the provision of three Link Modules - Preparation for Work, Work Experience and Enterprise Education. In the course of the programme students and their teachers are encouraged to look beyond the confines of the school to establish links with business and local community organisations. Those students who meet the Department of Education qualifying criteria are awarded credits in the Leaving Certificate.
N.C.V.A. Level II Business Studies - Secretarial
This is a one year Post Leaving Certificate course which is designed to provide access to employment and progression to further education and training. The course is modular in structure. Modules taken in 1999 included Word Processing, Typewriting,
Office Procedures, Computer Applications, Data Entry, Desktop Publishing, I.T. Skills, Practical Bookkeeping, Business Calculations, Audio Typewriting, Communications, Tourism Awareness and Work Experience. The Work Experience module involves students spending one day per week on placement in a local office.
On successful completion of the course, students are presented with a N.C.V.A Level II certificate - a qualification which is recognised nationally and internationally.
Comenius 1 European Education Project 
Léargas - The Exchange Bureau contributes to the processes by which the worlds of education, training
and human resource development adapt to meet the challenges of the 21st century. It enables and supports people,
organisations and systems to innovate and to harness the benefits of transnational partnership in the context of
European Union and bilateral programmes.
From 1996 to 1999 thirty students and a number of teachers from the school participated in a European Education
Project on the theme "Fishing Industries and Traditions". The project was co-ordinated by Mr. Ward and
Mr. Murphy and involved partner schools in Norway, Italy, Portugal and Greece. The pupils involved benefited enormously
from taking part in the project. On a local level they gained first-hand knowledge of the fishing industry. They
visited the local fish processing plants, net factories, boatyards etc. and have seen for themselves the part played
by each of these in the fishing industry. They have seen the job opportunities that will be available to them when
they leave school. On an international level they have been in contact with students and teachers from the four
other countries involved a
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have seen the problems facing the fishing industry in each of these countries. Students worked on a cross-curricular
project involving such subjects as Science, English, Geography, Computers, Art and Technical Drawing. They learned
to use the Internet and to send E-mail and fax messages to their fellow students abroad.
The project involved teachers from Greece, Italy, Portugal and Norway visiting Killybegs as well as visits by our teachers to each of the other countries. The European Project had very positive effects on the school during the three years and strengthened the links between the school and local industry.
