Armagh Diocesan Youth Commissioner visits St Paul’s

November 7, 2014

Pictured above is Dermot Kelly with Mrs Hollywood, Head of Year, Mrs Graham, Awards Leader and several of the students who attended the talk.

Dermot Kelly from the Armagh Diocesan Youth Commission visited St Paul’s today to speak to Year 13 students about the John Paul II Award. This award, which was created to commemorate the late Pope John Paul II, allows young people to understand that religion and faith are not just for learning, nor are they a list of rules, but that they are for living.

It was appropriate that Dermot should visit the school on the feast day of Blessed John Paul II.

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.