Three students from St Paul’s High School who achieved top grades in Northern Ireland had their achievements recognised at a special ceremony in the Bessbrook school recently. Chair of Governors, Mr John Campbell, presented tokens to Niall Campbell, Jessica Smyth and Ciara Savage, and to their respective teachers. Niall Campbell achieved second place in Northern […]

Winners of Gael-Linn Abair public speaking competition at St Paul’s High School, Niall Campbell (Year 10) and Anita Dennison (Year 13) congratulated by their teacher, Mr Stephen Mooney on their recent success. Taking part in the Gael-Linn Abair Irish language public speaking competition for the first time, two students from St Paul’s High School have […]

Congratulations to Pheilim Teggart who came third in the Skills Build competition held at Portadown Southern Regional College. Pheilim is pictured with Principal, Mr Jarlath Burns, Occupational Studies Co-ordinator, Mr Martin Canavan and Occupational Studies Co-ordinator – Greenbank Campus, Mr Paddy Mc Avoy.

The St Paul’s Bessbrook girls’ team which recently won the Ulster Under 20 A Competition proudly sported the ‘Opt for Life’ logo as they powered their way to a a 5-15 to 5-5 victory over Our Lady’s, Castleblaney. It really was a game of two girls as of the 5-15 scored, 4-15 was contributed by […]

As part of St Paul’s High School,Bessbrook’s long established International Projects, a group of senior students and staff are about to journey to areas in Kenya and Romania. The students, who are all in Year 13, have been fundraising over the last twelve months, and will bring a significant financial contribution to the areas they […]

The victorious U20 Ladies Football Team from St Paul’s High School The Under 20 Ladies Football team were crowned Ulster Colleges’ Champions after a thrilling Ulster Cup final at Crossmaglen, Armagh. Séamus McAleenan, from Ulster Colleges’ GAA reported from the match.   St Paul’s Bessbrook 5-16 Our Lady’s Castleblayney 5-5 There was so much to […]

To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the death of President Kennedy, students from St Paul’s History department were invited to debate the impact he has made on politics since. Anastasia Ní Riabhaigh gives an account of the event. I had the privilege of attending the annual debate for local high schools organised by the SDLP. […]

Students from class 0872, and their form teacher Mr Emmett McCaffrey. Instead of Secret Santa this year, 0872 decided that they would give a Christmas present to the Third World. The class collected an impressive £130 amongst themselves. After much discussion and debate on how the money should be spent, it was decided that giving […]

09/91 recently took part in a small form class project during the recent season of goodwill, this project was entitled ‘Single Act of Kindness.’ The class was asked to think about others around them and to do one single act of kindness during the Christmas season. Some of the students carried out small but extremely […]

Current Year 13 student has joined the ranks of Aimee Mackin and Aoife McCullough and has been awarded an Ulster Schools’ All-Star award. This is an amazing honour for Louise and of course it is very appropriate as Louise and her team mates prepare for the forthcoming Ulster Final. Louise is a member of the Shane O’Neill’s […]