Edmund Rice College
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Edmund Rice College is a Roman Catholic secondary school
located in Glengormley
, County Antrim
. It is named after Edmund Ignatius Rice
, founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers
.
for another week. The group of volunteers roofed a school, developed irrigation systems, planted seeds and built a piggery.
After months of fund-raising, the last of the donations were brought in on the morning of departure for Zambia (9th Feb). The final total raised was £35,700.
The school is currently undertaking preparations for the next trip to Zambia, which will take place in 2009, in which the same amount of pupils and teachers will attend, as with previous events. In order to raise funds for this trip to Zambia, the school's pupils are volunteering to visit well known supermarkets, such as Tesco
and Sainsbury's in order to receive donations from packing customers shopping bags. The school successfully made it to Zambia in 2009, they brought happiness to each person that lived there. In 2011, the school raised up a lot of money, thanks of 10MT a class who raised up to one thousand and four hundred.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Glengormley
Glengormley
Glengormley or Glengormly is the name of a townland and electoral ward in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Glengormley is within the urban area called Newtownabbey and the wider Newtownabbey Borough.-Location:...
, County Antrim
County Antrim
County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...
. It is named after Edmund Ignatius Rice
Edmund Ignatius Rice
Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice , was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. Edmund was the founder of two orders of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers....
, founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers
Congregation of Christian Brothers
The Congregation of Christian Brothers is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Rice. The Christian Brothers, as they are commonly known, chiefly work for the evangelisation and education of youth, but are involved in many ministries, especially with...
.
Subjects
The school offers a full curriculum, including a range of subjects at GCSE, GNVQ and A Level.Zambia
The school has been collecting funds to aid Zambia as part of an immersion project, with the first group beginning in 2005 with raising over £20,000 in the local area through fund-raising events. Also a second project took place in February 2007. The 15 volunteers worked in Livingstone for a week, before working in LusakaLusaka
Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. It is located in the southern part of the central plateau, at an elevation of about 1,300 metres . It has a population of about 1.7 million . It is a commercial centre as well as the centre of government, and the four main highways of Zambia head...
for another week. The group of volunteers roofed a school, developed irrigation systems, planted seeds and built a piggery.
After months of fund-raising, the last of the donations were brought in on the morning of departure for Zambia (9th Feb). The final total raised was £35,700.
The school is currently undertaking preparations for the next trip to Zambia, which will take place in 2009, in which the same amount of pupils and teachers will attend, as with previous events. In order to raise funds for this trip to Zambia, the school's pupils are volunteering to visit well known supermarkets, such as Tesco
Tesco
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
and Sainsbury's in order to receive donations from packing customers shopping bags. The school successfully made it to Zambia in 2009, they brought happiness to each person that lived there. In 2011, the school raised up a lot of money, thanks of 10MT a class who raised up to one thousand and four hundred.