The High School, Dublin

The High School Dublin
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Address
Zion Road Rathgar Dublin, Ireland
Information
School type	Fee-paying Independent
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of Ireland
Denomination	Anglican
Established	1 October 1870
Founder	Erasmus Smith Trust
Authority	Governors of The Erasmus Smith Schools
Principal	Andrew Forrest
Vice principal	Richard Davies
Teaching staff	69
Age range	12–19
Language	English
Hours in school day	7
Campus size	23 acres (93,000 m2)
School Colour(s)	Black & Red
Sports	Rugby Basketball Hockey Cricket Tennis
School roll	800 pupils
Publication	The Book Of Lines
Yearbook	The Erasmian
School fees	€5 050 aprx. (2011/2012)
Website	The High School Dublin

The High School is a co-educational school located in Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland.The school is Protestant managed and its general ethos is that of the Church of Ireland. It was founded in 1870 in Harcourt Street before moving to its current location in Rathgar in 1971 and amalgamated with The Diocesan School for Girls in 1974, thereby becoming co-educational.

Developments

Millennium Developments

The High School began re-developing its campus with the "Millennium Developments" Projects, which were completed in the summer of 1998. The projects involved the creation of three new buildings. The first, the "T Block" contained four new classrooms. Two Home Economics Laboratories, a Foam working Room, and two Technical Graphics gyms. The second building combined a music centre, archive room, rugby/cricket pavilion, and meeting rooms. This replaced the old Music Centre behind the school stage, and the 30-year old rugby pavilion.

Laboratories and ICT project

In 2004/2005, a second computer room based on a thin-client network was created. Also in this school year plans were created to refurbish the 30-year old school laboratories to modern standards. Among the new features are key-operated gas pressure systems and eye-wash stations. In the summer of 2004/2005, two more laboratories were refurbished.

Classroom Multimedia

Beginning in 2005/2006, all of the school classrooms are to be fitted with digital video projectors, with the teachers in those classrooms being supplied with laptop computers for this purpose.

Past pupils

Arts

• Jack Butler Yeats (artist and brother of W.B. Yeats)
• W.B. Yeats, writer, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1923

Politics

• Alan Shatter, TD for Dublin South
• Trevor Sargent (former Green Party leader)
• David Norris, Senator for Dublin University
• Mr Justice Brian McCracken

Sports

• John Robbie, former British and Irish Lions rugby player, Leinster Schools Cup winner in 1973. Radio presenter.
• Phil Orr, former British and Irish Lions & Ireland International rugby player
• Rollie Meats, former Ireland rugby team head coach.

Other

• Charles D'Arcy, Church of Ireland archbishop
• Denis O'Brien, Broadcasting and Telecom entrepreneur
• Leopold Bloom, main character in James Joyce novel Ulysses

Sports Honours

Basketball

Girls

• SDBL Junior winners (1): 2009
• SDBL Minor winners (1): 2010

Cricket

Boys

• Leinster Senior Cricket Cup Winners (3): 1915, 1950, 1966, 1969

Field Hockey

Boys

• Leinster Schools Senior Hockey Cup Winners (2): 2008, 2010

Girls

• Leinster Schools Senior Hockey Plate Winners (1): 2010
• Leinster Schools Junior Hockey Plate Winners (2): 2009, 2010
• Leinster Schools Minor Hockey Plate Winners (2): 2009, 2010
• Leinster Schools Minor Hockey Cup Winners (1) 2011

Rugby

• Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup Winners (1): 1973. Runners-Up (4): 1897, 1898, 1915, 1963
• Leinster Schools Senior Plate Winners (2): 2001 2009
• Leinster Schools Vinny Murray Plate Winners (1): 2010
• Leinster Schools Junior Cup Winners (1): 1938
• Leinster Schools Junior Plate Winners (1): 1999
• Leinster Schools Transition Year League Runners up : 2007 2009

Rankings

• In 2009 the school was ranked as the best-performing school in Ireland in terms of progression to third-level education, bearing in mind socioeconomic backgrounds