Year 13 student Shauna Pentony writes for the school website about her unique and lifechanging experiences in Europe representing St Paul’s and Rotary Ireland. In October 2013 I was one of twenty-five students from across the whole of Ireland chosen from a pool of three thousand peers, to take part in a week long programme […]
Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Éamon Martin, pictured with Principal of St Paul’s High School, Mr Jarlath Burns and School Chaplain, Father Dermot Maloney, during his recent pastoral visit to the Bessbrook school. The new Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Éamon Martin paid his first visit to St Paul’s High School last Thursday. Archbishop Martin was greeted […]
Gavin Boyd and Natalie Corbett, from the Rainbow Project and Head of Year 13 Ms Christine Fearon along with Year 13 students Keith Boyd, Oisín Groom, Amy O’Keefe and Charlotte Gibney at a recent workshop at St Paul’s to raise awareness of issues relating to sexual orientation. The Rainbow Project recently delivered an extensive ‘Introduction […]
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 […]
A Level Sociology students thoroughly enjoyed their recent educational visit to the Ulster-American Folk Park, which was organised by Co-ordinator of Sociology Mrs Caroline Hughes. Through the visit students got an opportunity to examine how Irish society has changed over the centuries and they were able to get an insight into sociological topics, such as […]
Pupils from 12/73 recently travelled to Tandragee to visit the famous Tayto Castle. The pupils visited the factory as part of their Learning for Life & Work course with regard to health and safety. They were given a comprehensive tour of the factory by one of the tour guides and learned a great deal from […]
GCSE Spanish students pictured with Miss Louise Mulholland, Mr Gerard McMahon and Head of Spanish Mrs Noella Murray. On Sunday 20 October, forty GCSE Spanish students from St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook, will travel to the picturesque village of Mijas in the Andalucian region of Southern Spain for an educational visit. The group are excited to use this opportunity to visit […]
Accompanied by Principal, Mr Oliver Mooney, School Chaplain, Father Dermot Maloney, Head of Year 13, Ms Christine Fearon, and other staff from St Paul’s, over 150 Year 13 students made the journey to the Marian Shrine at Knock, County Mayo, for their annual spiritual retreat to mark the beginning of their post-16 studies. Year 13 […]
As part of our recent Careers week at St Paul’s, a group of Year 12 students visited Dundalk Institute of Technology for a taster day in engineering and computer games development. The students were given two practical sessions and demonstrations on the use of mathematics in engineering and computer science. The engineers showed how maths […]
Day 6 Checked out of hotel at 10 .30 Headed to Oparinor shopping centre to spend our last remaining euros and experience French shopping. Checked in at 1. 30 pm for our return flight to Dublin. All arrived back safely but very tired at St Pauls at 7pm On behalf of myself and the other […]
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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