Following their victory in the semi-final over St Colman’s College, Fermoy, County Cork, the senior footballers of St Paul’s High School are only one game away from an All-Ireland Colleges title. Playing in front of a large St Paul’s crowd on Saturday 24 March in Portarlington, County Laois, St Paul’s stormed through the semi-final with […]
Intermediate Dancing Team Junior Dancing Team The Northern Ireland Championships were held in Lisburn Leisureplex on Saturday 10 March. Over eighty teams participated in the competition, making it the largest School Dance Fitness Competition Event to date. St. Paul’s High School competed in the School Dance Championship competing in 3 out of the 4 […]
Special whole-school assemblies were held on Tuesday morning in St Paul’s High School to welcome back the Mac Larnon Cup team who won the Ulster Championship in Armagh the previous day. The team was cheered on to the stage by the whole school who had assembled in two groups in the Assembly Hall, and Master […]
For the first time in the forty-six year history of St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook, the senior footballers are BT Colleges Mac Larnon Cup Champions after a thrilling victory over St Columb’s College, Derry at the Morgan Athletic Grounds in Armagh on 19th March. St Paul’s Bessbrook 1-10 St Columb’s Derry 0-6 St Paul’s […]
Recent past pupil Emer McDonnell, who is currently studying for a Honours Degree in Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast, was presented with a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Entrance Scholarship Award. The award was presented to her by Professor Ellen Douglas-Cowie, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University at a ceremony held recently at Queen’s. Emer’s parents […]
Head of Irish, Miss Ciara McCoy, and Head of Year 10, Mr Brendan McArdle congratulate some of the students in Year 10 who received their Fáinne Airgid (Silver Fainne) for proficiency and fluency in Irish.
Students in Year 9 enjoyed a Tráth na gCeist Mór (Bumper Table Quiz) for Seachtain na Gaeilge recently. Questions were posed by Fear a’tí, Mr Murray and the winning team came from the boys of 9/28, 9/92 and 9/82. Mr Burns presented Easons vouchers to the winning team, and Easter eggs to the runners up. […]
Friday 2nd March 2012 saw St. Paul’s host for the second year in a row ‘Big Yellow Friday’ to raise awareness of Childhood Liver Disease and to raise much needed funds for the foundation. All year 8, 9 and 10 pupils participated by wearing something yellow and contributing at least £1 to […]
Head of Irish Miss Ciara McCoy, with a few year 8 pupils who received their Cúpla Focal badges along with Head of Year 8 Mrs Mary McMahon Year 8 students of Irish had their proficiency in the language recognised at a special Assembly to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge. The students who have been learning […]
St Paul’s High School is a thriving, innovative educational community of almost 1500 students of all abilities, from children with learning difficulties in our Learning Support Centre to high calibre academic achievers in our AS, A2 and Applied Post-16 courses. All classrooms are equipped as standard with interactive whiteboards, and students and staff are encouraged to make the fullest use of technology for learning and teaching.
The school, which was established in 1966 with the aim of providing its pupils with a Christian education within the Catholic ethos, is situated on a modern campus in pleasant rural surrounding in the townland of Carrickbracken, County Armagh. St Paul’s High School was designated by the Department of Education as a Specialist College for Science in 2008, and the school was awarded the BECTA ICT Mark in 2009.
St Paul's High School, 108 Camlough Road, Bessbrook, Newry BT35 7EE
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