Ulster All-Star success for St Paul’s Student

September 29, 2011

Year 13 student at St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook, Conall McCavitt who has been awarded an Ulster All-Star Handball Award. Conall is photographed with PE and Sport teacher Mr Barry Shannon, Principal, Mr Oliver Mooney and Vice-principal, Mr Jarlath Burns.

Students and staff at St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook, are celebrating the recent Ulster All-Star Handball award which was presented to a Year 13 student.

Cullyhanna student, Conall McCavitt, plays handball with Lurgan club, Clann Éireann, received the prestigious award from Ulster Colleges GAA.

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.