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weekends or remaining at the school to avail of the weekend activities. The school also runs a dedicated international programme for overseas students and short-term boarding options for day pupils. Rathdown is the only school in
Ireland that uses a methodology called Mind Lab to develop thinking abilities and life skills through strategy games. Rathdown was the first school in Ireland where pupils used iPads in class.
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was an early pupil, and her performance in the 1936 Christmas play (when she was six) was reported by the Irish Times. Mary Fayle encouraged June Fryer, later June Kuhn, to study modern dance. She introduced June as a student to Erina Brady, German-born pioneer of modern dance. When June Kuhn died in
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