St. Aloysius’ College
School of Sanctuary
A ‘School of Sanctuary' is a school that is committed to creating a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment that benefits all community members but especially our student refugees and asylum seekers.
The focus of the initiative is to raise awareness of what some of our students faced travelling to and settling in Ireland.
The three Sanctuary principles are to learn, share and act and our school pledge is the first step in our commitment to uphold the principles of the Sanctuary.
St. Aloysius' College is working towards the School of Sanctuary Award.
Every school member was invited to sign our school pledge which promises to welcome and include all students who come to our school.
Students whose 1st language is not English or whose parents have a different 1st language were invited to fill in a Google Form with the word Welcome in their native language. We received 45 different ways of saying Welcome!!
Our 1st and 2nd year students worked with our caretaker Mr. Burke in creating a welcome footpath which welcomes students in languages from around the world as they enter the main school office door.
Our 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students are currently learning about human rights, the right to asylum, refugee status and democracy.
Later in the term, we will invite Dr. Manizha Khan, School of Sanctuary Ambassador and recent guest on the Tommy Tiernan Show, to an audience with our students.
Our MultiCultural Day will take place in March. This is a student-led initiative which will celebrate the diversity of all our students in St. Aloysius' College and showcase their cultures, foods and music.