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Kevin Curley Opens Pre-school
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Influential Irish American business
leader Kevin Curley will be in Belfast to officially
open the new pre-school unit at Cranmore Integrated
Primary School in Finaghy on 28th August at 10am.
Cranmore Principal Helen Farrimond said: "We
are absolutely delighted that Kevin has made the long
trip from Dallas to officially open the pre-school
unit and we're very grateful for his generous financial
support to help establish the unit.
Local parents are very excited about the opening
of this integrated pre-school and welcome the opportunity
to see their children taught in an environment where
diversity is celebrated and child centred learning
is encouraged."
Cranmore is the second pre-school in as many months
to be opened with grants made available by the Integrated
Education Fund (IEF) and The Ireland Funds.
The Cranmore unit is part of an overall £461,000
roll out programme of grants by the IEF to fund new
and existing integrated pre-school units across Northern
Ireland.
Kevin Curley said: "I'm delighted to officially
open the Cranmore pre-school unit and to see the very
positive contribution that integrated schools like
Cranmore are making in building a truly sustainable
future for children in Northern Ireland. It's logical
that if children from different traditions and cultures
play and learn together then as adults they will bring
a much more positive contribution to society."
Other pre-school units that will benefit from the
cash injection by the IEF are the new facilities at
the integrated primary schools Forge and Lough View
in Belfast, Millennium at Carryduff, and All Children's
in Newcastle and the existing units at Oakwood in
Derriaghy, and Portadown and Enniskillen.
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1. Mr Kevin Curley of the American Ireland
Fund with students Andrew Harper and Hannah
Massey Dickson
2. Andrew, Kevin, their principal teacher, Helen
Farrimond and Hannah
3. Cathy Hurst of the US Consulate Office in
Belfast, Adele Kane, Baroness May Blood, Sir
Bob Cooper of the Integrated Education Fund
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Cranmore Integrated Primary School
Founded by parents living in the Lisburn Road area in
1993 the school was originally situated in Adelaide
Park. In 2001 the school moved to a new purpose built
school in Finaghy. The school has a wide catchment area
from Sandy Row, Lisburn Road, Finaghy, Andersonstown,
Taughmonagh and beyond. It provides a broad and rich
curriculum which reflects not only the external demands
of the Northern Ireland curriculum but also the all-ability
character and integrative purpose of the school itself.
Located in Musgrave Park, there are currently 160 pupils
enrolled.
The Integrated Education Fund
The Integrated Education Fund (IEF) is a charitable
trust established in 1992 to provide a financial foundation
for the development and growth of Integrated Education
in Northern Ireland. The Fund launched its development
plan in October 1998 with the aim of increasing the
number of school places from 3% to 10% within 10 years
and to raise £10million to support this growth.
To date the Fund has raised approximately £6million
and has allocated the same amount in grants to schools,
groups and other organisations.
Kevin Curley
Kevin Curley is president of the, Dallas-based Curley
Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency established
in 1988 specializing in providing Insurance, Employee
Benefits and Risk Management services to commercial
businesses located throughout the United States. The
company have established strategic relationships with
numerous national insurers and the Lloyds of London
marketplace. Kevin is also a member of the Texan Chapter
of The American Ireland Fund.
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