Gonzaga College
| Gonzaga College S.J. Coláiste Gonzaga C.Í |
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Crest based on Duchy of Mantua coat of arms
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Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 Dublin |
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| Coordinates | 53°19′0.52″N 6°14′57.58″W / 53.3168111°N 6.2493278°WCoordinates: 53°19′0.52″N 6°14′57.58″W / 53.3168111°N 6.2493278°W |
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| School type | Secondary school |
| Motto | Semper et Ubique Fidelis (Faithful always and everywhere) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic, Jesuit |
| Founded | 1950 |
| School number | +353-1-497-2931 |
| Principal | Damon McCaul |
| Gender | male |
| Age range | 12-19 |
| Pupils | 552 |
| Slogan | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam |
| School fees | €5800 p.a. (2014-15) |
| Website | gonzaga.ie |
Gonzaga College is a fee-paying, Catholic boys' secondary school in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland, under the trusteeship of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order). Founded in 1950, the curriculum is traditional, with a broad general programme of subjects including Latin and Greek at junior cycle and the opportunity in senior cycle to study eight subjects for the Leaving Certificate. Gonzaga College is one of five Jesuit schools in Ireland.
The school is named after the early Jesuit Saint Aloysius Gonzaga and takes its emblem from the coat of arms of the Gonzaga family. The school has a liberal, intellectual, anglo-centric and Jesuit ethos and its pupils must be Catholic and live south of the River Liffey. The annual fee for the 2010–2011 academic year was €5,800.
The school is located 3.7 km (2.3 mi) from Dublin city centre on a large area of land including a front lawn with cricket crease, rugby pitches and tennis courts. The school buildings include a library, chapel, clock tower, theatre, priests' residence and science block. The architecture of the school mixes modern copper-roofed buildings with older period houses. Some sections of the school grounds were sold to developers for housing in the 1980s and 1990s.
In 2007, the school began a major extension project, increasing the size of the school building by over 80%. The new building opened to students for the 2009-10 school year.
Gonzaga College has a reputation for academic excellence. The use of examinations to select pupils for admission has been discontinued following government intervention (the state part-funds the school by paying some teachers' salaries), although boys and parents are interviewed ("the interview is a sharing of ideas"). In 2005, the school sent 68% of its Leaving Certificate pupils to University College Dublin and 21% to Trinity College Dublin. Almost every year, it comes first in a league table of Irish schools ranked by percentage of Leaving Certificate students progressing to third level education.
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