All-Ireland semi final defeat for St Paul’s Ladies

All-Ireland Ladies Colleges’ Football Semi-Finals Ardscoil Naomh Pól 2-9 (15) Coláiste Íosagáin 4-22 (34)  St Paul’s High School met Coláiste Íosagáin of Dublin in the semi-final of the All Ireland, which was staged at St. Marys’ Ardee GFC, Co.Louth. St Paul’s got off to a good start with a well-taken point from Aimee Mackin to […]

Gaelic Football, Girls Football, News, Sport, Students

Mayor wishes students and staff well on their Russian trip

Newry &  Mourne Mayor, Councillor Michael Ruane, pictured with Principal, Mr Jarlath Burns, Vice Principal, Mrs Úna McNulty and teacher Noella Murray. Along with students Aoife Malone (Head Girl), Peter Hughes (Head Boy), Cillian Campbell (Deputy Head Boy) Valerija Staselovica and Daniela Janikova (Year 11 Fluent Russian speaking students) Students and staff from St Paul’s High School,Bessbrook are visiting […]

International Projects, News, Russia 2014, Students, Visits

Wiktoria shows off her animation skills

Well done to Year 8 student Wiktoria Hebda who has impressed her teachers and fellow students with her animation skills. Wiktoria enjoys using animation software on her iPad to create little cartoons – and has impressed her Art & Design teachers. You can see one of Wiktoria’s animations below. We’re always looking for clever, innovative ideas […]

Art, Art & Design, News, Students, Year 8

Year 10 Careers Poster Competition

Careers poster competition winner Niall Mc Crink pictured with Head of Careers, Mrs Siobhan Kearney, Head of Art and Design, Mrs Siobhan O’ Hare and Year 10 Careers Teacher, Ms Joanne Leonard. Niall Mc Crink 10/03 is the winner of our Year 10 Careers Poster Competition. All year 10 pupils were asked as part of their Monthly Assessed Homework to produce a […]

Announcements, Art, Careers, Competitions, News, Students

Leading sports analysts visit St Paul’s

St Paul’s Mathematics Department, in partnership with Dundalk Institute of Technology, recently welcomed STATSports to give a presentation to our Year 12 GCSE Higher Level Maths students about their company and the use and benefit of Mathematics and Science within their organisation. The event was organised as part of St Paul’s annual Careers Week. STATSports […]

Careers, Mathematics, News, Students, Visits

Raising Cultural Awareness at St Paul’s

St Paul’s recently hosted a cultural awareness event which was funded through the CRED enhancement scheme. The CRED enhancement scheme has been designed to support school and youth settings in the implementation of the CRED policy. The criterion for funding is taken directly from the CRED indicators which accompany the Department of Education CRED policy. […]

Announcements, Collaboration, Crossmaglen, Diversity, Events, News, Newtownhamilton High School, St Joseph's High School, Students

St Paul’s goes Yellow for Childhood Liver Disease

Mrs Branagan, Mrs Graham and students James and Hannah Babe, and Aoife Donnelly and Tara Clarke from 11/29 who helped ensure Big Yellow Friday was a huge success. St Paul’s hosted its fourth ‘Big Yellow Friday’ in order to raise awareness of Childhood Liver Disease and to raise much needed funds for the foundation. Hannah […]

Announcements, Charity, Events, Hospice, News, Students

Grand Orange Lodge speak to History students

The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland were recent visitors to St Paul’s History Department. Mr David Scott and Mr David Hume came to deliver a lecture on Unionism at the turn of the twentieth century. In an informative talk Mr Hume outlined the development of Ulster Unionism from their reaction to the 1885 Home Rule […]

History, News, Students, Visits

Tea Party in aid of Cancer Research

Year 9 student Bianca Hughes talks about how the loss of a special aunt to cancer encouraged her to find out more about the disease and inspired her to raise funds to aid cancer research.  Bianca tells her special story below. Hi my name is Bianca Hughes and I am a Year 9 pupil at […]

Announcements, Charity, Fundraising, Hospice, News, Students, Tribute

Hannah experiences life in an Irish school

St Paul’s High School was delighted to host exchange student, Hannah Wilhelm, from Kurfurst-Ruprecht-Gymnasium in Neustadt a. d Weinstrasse, Germany.  Hannah spent three weeks shadowing our Year 13 pupils, Laura McKeown, Niamh O’Hara and Anita Dennison. During this time she was able to sample school life here in Ireland, participate in various lessons as she […]

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