Unique Educational Experience
Croagh Patrick is a smaller learning community adjacent to the main campus and is a unique educational setting designed specifically for the adolescent needs of our Year 9 students.
Croagh Patrick - The Meaning
Croagh Patrick is the holy mountain of St Patrick in County Mayo, Ireland. History links St Patrick with this mountain - in particular 40 days and nights spent there as he sought clarity, meaning and purpose for his mission in bringing Christianity to the people in Ireland.
Our Croagh Patrick campus and its unique Crest, are symbolic in the following ways:
• We want our students to keep ascending; keep striving to reach great heights.
• Our students’ year at Croagh Patrick is an important step in their journey to becoming fully alive young adults.
• St Patrick spent time away on the mountain to clarify what he was called to be. This time away for our 14 and 15 year olds gives them the space to explore this same theme.
The Whole Person
The Croagh Patrick campus continues to develop the whole person and provide a unique educational experience for our students. Academic rigour is important, as is acknowledging that we can't pigeonhole our students due to the natural developmental processes and societal shifts. As a result, we need to be aware that students at Croagh Patrick will be:
• Searching for their own identity.
• Questioning concepts, structures, adults and themselves.
• Desiring acceptance from their peers.
• Interacting with significant adult members that help them form their own sense of self.
• More likely to be taking risks.
• Looking for positive outlets for energy.
• Wanting to be trusted and treated as the young adults that they are.
