On Tuesday 31st March 2015 at 12 noon an all-inclusive marathon of fund raising took place in the student foyer of St Paul’s High School. Mr Bill Geoghegan and his team of spinners organised and achieved a magnificent fund raising activity for four worthy charities: Marie Curie, Southern Area Hospice, Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice and […]

A Year 13 student at St Paul’s, who juggles her busy school work with caring for both her parents has been recognised with a prestigious Diana Champion Volunteer Award. Siobhan O’Reilly was nominated by her Year Head, Mrs Laura Hollywood, for the extraordinary work she carries out caring for both her parents while studying 4 […]

A group of Year 8 students from St Paul’s, together with their Science teacher Mrs T O’Hare and classroom assistant Ms McElroy, achieved a Guinness World Record at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast, on Tuesday 24th February. They were with Primary and Secondary school children from schools across Northern Ireland, who gathered together to take part in […]

Last week, St Paul’s Bessbrook was awarded Flagship Status as a school which promotes excellence in inclusion and the quality of its provision. It is the first post primary school in the area to achieve such an award and is well deserved recognition for how the school celebrates diversity and promotes the idea of ‘Quality […]

On Thursday 4th June, our Year 10 group celebrated Mass with Archbishop Eamon Martin in our National Cathedral. The Year 10 retreat has now become one of the highlights of the KS3 years in St Paul’s, because it marks the end of this important stage in their lives. The ceremony given by the Archbishop was […]

Congratulations to Year 13 students Jack Mallon (left) and Gerard McCann (right) who have secured two places on the Co-operation Ireland ‘Banking on the Future’ Programme. Banking on the Future will take place in Dublin, based at the US Embassy and then in Morgan Stanley’s London office in Canary Wharf, from Tuesday 28th April until […]

As part of their coursework, Year 14 Physical Education students organised a Santa Run to raise much needed funds for St Paul’s International Projects. They also organised a Pitch and Putt Classic that took place at Cloghogue Pitch and Putt, Newry. All proceeds from this event went to the ‘Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust’. Between both […]

Pictured above is the St Paul’s team that contested the Treanor Cup Final – (Photo by Maurice McKey). On Thursday 23 April, St Paul’s went searching for their second Treanor Cup in three years when they contested the final against St Michael’s Lurgan. Played at Keady GFC, the game was very tight throughout and a […]

Ulster University is holding a Parents Information Event for parents and guardians of Year 12 and Year 13 students on Saturday 25th April. This event provides an excellent opportunity to find out about applying to university, including: – Course options – The UCAS application process – Employability of Ulster graduates – Student finance – Campus […]

Spinning on a bicycle for more than twenty minutes is a challenge for most people, but what about keeping it going for twenty-four hours?  Well, that was the challenge undertaken by the pupils, staff, parents and community of St Paul’s in a huge whole-school effort to raise awareness and much needed funds for local cancer […]