Year 10 students take part in the Border Crossing writing project

February 23, 2011

Students from 10/72 were recently chosen to participate in the Border Crossing writing project run by Poetry Ireland in conjunction with Northern Ireland Arts Council.

This programme lasted seven weeks during which time the author Oisin McGann guided the students through the steps involved in the process of creative writing. The final outcome was a number of themed stories which they will share with two other schools, St Clare’s College, Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan and St Mary’s Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Belfast.

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.