News

Tragic News of Past Pupil Shannon McQuillan RIP

Our school community is sad to learn of the tragic death of past pupil Shannon. Shannon completed her A Level studies with us. During her time in St Louis she will be remembered fondly by her teachers as a bright, vibrant and unassuming young lady.  She was popular with her peers, conscientious and hardworking and was really proud to have gained admission to study Law at university ...

Romania Team Departing Soon

A total of thirty six members of Year 13 plus five staff will depart for Romania on Friday 9th February. This will mark the culmination of several months of intensive fundraising and the team will deliver essential materials to a variety of institutions in the Transylvania region. This will mark the commencement of the school's 27th year of bringing aid to Romania. Parents of Lower Sixth ...

Ski Trip 2018

A large number of St Louis students and staff have just returned from another successful school ski trip.  The destination for the 2018 trip was to Ehrwald in Austria.  The school had previously been to this resort and Hotel Sonnenburg in 2013 so some staff were familiar with the hotel and the area. 94 pupils accompanied by 9 members of staff departed Belfast International Airpor...

Year 10 Living History

On Friday 5th January, we welcomed back the Navan Centre from Armagh who provide high-quality workshops to complement pupil learning in the History classroom. Our Year 10 students experienced uniforms, weapons and equipment from the World War One trenches, bringing the Great War to life for them from our own Assembly Hall in St Louis! ...

St Louis findraising helps our link school in Ghana

As we returned to school for the new calendar year, we were delighted to receive a letter of appreciation from Oku School, our link school in Ghana. St Louis’ Grammar donated the proceeds of our 2016 Carol Service to Oku School. The school has since informed us that it will go towards making necessary improvements to the living conditions of their staff. Oku School has an enrolment...

BBC School Report

On Tuesday 19th December, three pupils involved in BBC School Report Project enjoyed the unique opportunity to travel to the BBC Studios in Belfast to interview personalities of BBC NI. The pupils asked various presenters what good deeds they will be doing this Christmas and used this footage for a festive report! They also got a tour of the studios and even observed the live news headli...

Carol Service

The annual St Louis’ Carol Service took place on Tuesday 19th December. As ever, there was a rich blend of music, reflective readings, drama and poetry which was all professionally interwoven to make the event really uplifting.   It is obvious that there was much time and energy in the preparation to ensure that all went exceptionally went well on the night. Well done to every...

Catholics Caring Toy Appeal

A sample of some of the numerous gifts purchased by students from Years 8 to 14 to help children and families in need this Christmas. The toys are delivered to Santa’s little helpers for delivery by Santa in time for Christmas. This is part of the St. Vincent de Paul and Salvation Army Christmas appeal which the students respond to each year with such compassion and concern for those le...

Christmas Dinner Day

The school canteen served Christmas dinner with all the trimmings to staff and pupils on Thursday 14th December. This annual event is undoubtedly the busiest day in the canteen's calendar! Huge thanks to the canteen staff, who once again, made the event such a success! ...

Manchester Trip

Heavy snow and freezing temperatures meant it was an early start for the Year 9 pupils and staff who were travelling to Manchester for the school’s second annual Soccer Trip.   Despite the weather, it was a smooth ferry crossing from Dublin to Holyhead on the splendid Ulysses ship.  There was a stop off enroute to Manchester at the Cheshire Oaks Outlet for a spot of lunch a...