Diocesan News28 Mar 11

Bishop of Cork will give a Keynote Address at ACCS (Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools) Annual Convention 2011

The Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, the Right Reverend Paul Colton, has been invited to be one of the keynote speakers at the Annual Convention of the Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools (ACCS) which will take place in White’s Hotel, Wexford from Thursday next, 31st March until Saturday 2nd April.

The theme of the Convention this year is: “Community and Comprehensive Schools – Good Values and Good Value.” Bishop Colton has been invited to give a keynote address: “School Ethos in the Life of the School”.

The Bishop chairs the Boards of two second-level schools, is patron of 20 primary schools and, together with Cork City VEC is co-patron of Ashton Comprehensive School, Cork. Nationally, he is also chairman of the Board of the Secondary Education Committee.

Other speakers at the convention will be Dr Diarmuid Martin (Archbishop of Dublin), the Minister for Education and Skills, Malachy Molloy (President, ACCS), Professor Ciarán Sugrue (School of Education UCD) and Seán Ó Longáin (former CEO, Co. Donegal, VEC).