eureka secondary school
Eureka Secondary School belongs to a worldwide community of educational service,
reaching back to the founding of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy in
1827, now under the trusteeship of CEIST. The Sisters of Mercy first provided
secondary education for girls in Kells in classrooms attached to the Convent in
1924. The school moved to the existing site at Eureka House in 1956. The school
kept the name Eureka. It is assumed that the landlord who owned Eureka House,
had a classical education and would have learned about Archimedes. From the
beginning, the school provided a comprehensive and imaginative curriculum, and
from an early stage taught Honours Mathematics, Physics, German, Art and Music
at a time when these subjects were not commonly available in secondary schools.
The school continues to provide a wide range of subjects, and has successfully
introduced additional programmes such as the Transition Year Programme, the
Leaving Certificate Applied Programme, and the Leaving Certificate Vocational
Programme.
