Rockbrook Park School is a fee-paying, secondary school for boys, located on Edmondstown Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Ireland. It was established by a group of parents, partly inspired by the work of the founder of Opus Dei.
The school was founded in 1971, first as a "pre-university centre" at 144-116 St Stephen's Green, offering repeat Leaving Cert classes for students. In 1972, classes were expanded. Later, in 1975, the school moved to Rockbrook House and surrounding forty acres buying them from John Brown, who was retiring as Chief Brewer with Guinness and moving back to England. The price paid was £75,000 Irish pounds. In the summer of 1980, five classrooms and a number of small mentoring rooms were added at a cost of £44,000 Irish pounds.[1]
In 2006-2008, Rockbrook took on the biggest step in its history, building a brand new school building, car park, sports pavilion, and two new soccer pitches costing €5 million.[2]
School ethos
The school was founded by a group of parents who wanted to combine academic excellence, personal attention to each student and sound moral development, along with a close working relationship between teachers and parents. Rockbrook's education is grounded on a Christian understanding of the world and of the human person. Drawing on Catholic educational principles and social teaching the school emphasises the importance of character development to its students. The school welcomes and respects students of other beliefs and accommodates these insofar as is practical; attendance at religious education classes is optional for non-Catholics. The school fosters a respect for others, regardless of talents, race, colour, creed or social standing. People are to be valued as persons, for who they are, not for what they are. Within the school this respect is fostered in an atmosphere of trust, openness and sincerity, and these qualities should characterise all aspects of school life and interactions between pupils, parents, teachers and management. Students in particular are encouraged to value their freedom and to use it well, taking responsibility for their own actions.
The founding parents, notably Lord Kane, were inspired by St. Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei, a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. St Josemaria’s teaching about the value of one’s ordinary work as a stepping stone to God impacts on the school’s approach to encouraging hard work, excellence and a spirit of service within the school community. At the schools request the Prelature of Opus Dei make a priest of the Prelature available for the sacramental and pastoral needs of the school community. He has no role in the management of the school.[citation needed]
Sports
Rockbrook' first sports are soccer and orienteering, and it has many championship successes in both sports in recent years. It hosts Ireland's first padel tennis court.
References
^ ab Nolan, Dr. David (2008). "Rockbrook - The Beginnings". Rockbrook Park School Yearbook 2008. Dublin: Rockbrook Park School. pp. 17–19.
^ O'Grady, Barry (2009). "Development Updates". Rockbrook Park School Yearbook 2009. Rockbrook Park School Yearbook Team. Dublin: Rockbrook Park School.
External links
Rockbrook Park School website
Rockbrook's Past Pupils Union
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met March 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Rockbrook Park School news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Rockbrook Park School is a fee paying secondary school for boys located on Edmondstown Road Rathfarnham Dublin 16 Ireland It was established by a group of parents partly inspired by the work of the founder of Opus Dei Rockbrook Park SchoolLocationRathfarnham County DublinIrelandCoordinates53 15 46 N 6 18 01 W 53 262775 N 6 30033 W 53 262775 6 30033 Coordinates 53 15 46 N 6 18 01 W 53 262775 N 6 30033 W 53 262775 6 30033InformationSchool typefee paying secondary or Middle amp High school MottoInter medium montem pertransibunt aquae Latin for The river will always find a way through the mountains Religious affiliation s Roman Catholic Opus DeiEstablished1971FounderSean McDermott 1 ChairpersonBarry O Grady acting PrincipalJude MulliganGenderBoysAge12 13 to 17 18National ranking317School fees 4 240 yearWebsiteOfficial Website Contents 1 History 2 School ethos 3 Sports 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe school was founded in 1971 first as a pre university centre at 144 116 St Stephen s Green offering repeat Leaving Cert classes for students In 1972 classes were expanded Later in 1975 the school moved to Rockbrook House and surrounding forty acres buying them from John Brown who was retiring as Chief Brewer with Guinness and moving back to England The price paid was 75 000 Irish pounds In the summer of 1980 five classrooms and a number of small mentoring rooms were added at a cost of 44 000 Irish pounds 1 In 2006 2008 Rockbrook took on the biggest step in its history building a brand new school building car park sports pavilion and two new soccer pitches costing 5 million 2 School ethos EditThe school was founded by a group of parents who wanted to combine academic excellence personal attention to each student and sound moral development along with a close working relationship between teachers and parents Rockbrook s education is grounded on a Christian understanding of the world and of the human person Drawing on Catholic educational principles and social teaching the school emphasises the importance of character development to its students The school welcomes and respects students of other beliefs and accommodates these insofar as is practical attendance at religious education classes is optional for non Catholics The school fosters a respect for others regardless of talents race colour creed or social standing People are to be valued as persons for who they are not for what they are Within the school this respect is fostered in an atmosphere of trust openness and sincerity and these qualities should characterise all aspects of school life and interactions between pupils parents teachers and management Students in particular are encouraged to value their freedom and to use it well taking responsibility for their own actions The founding parents notably Lord Kane were inspired by St Josemaria Escriva the founder of Opus Dei a personal prelature of the Catholic Church St Josemaria s teaching about the value of one s ordinary work as a stepping stone to God impacts on the school s approach to encouraging hard work excellence and a spirit of service within the school community At the schools request the Prelature of Opus Dei make a priest of the Prelature available for the sacramental and pastoral needs of the school community He has no role in the management of the school citation needed Sports EditRockbrook first sports are soccer and orienteering and it has many championship successes in both sports in recent years It hosts Ireland s first padel tennis court References Edit a b Nolan Dr David 2008 Rockbrook The Beginnings Rockbrook Park School Yearbook 2008 Dublin Rockbrook Park School pp 17 19 O Grady Barry 2009 Development Updates Rockbrook Park School Yearbook 2009 Rockbrook Park School Yearbook Team Dublin Rockbrook Park School External links EditRockbrook Park School website Rockbrook s Past Pupils Union Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rockbrook Park School amp oldid 1127117656, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
