Former Year 14 Pupils Honoured with John Paul II Award at St Patrick’s Cathedral

October 3, 2024

Congratulations to our former Year 14 students who recently received their John Paul II Award at a ceremony in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh.

Archbishop Éamon Martin and Bishop Michael Router presented both the Muirdeach and the John Paul II Awards to hundreds of young people from schools all over the Archdiocese of Armagh.

Front row: L-R Ellen McGuigan, Caoimhe Trainor, Grace McCann

Middle row L-R : Mrs Graham, Eoin O’Hagan, Meabh Greene, Caitlin Byrne and Daniel Boyle

Back row L-R: Archbishop Éamon Martin, Fr Seamus White (School Chaplain) and Bishop Michael Router

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.