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New Books for September!

Come to the library to see the new books added to the catalogue in the summer! Authors include Derek Landy, David Walliams, Cassandra Clare, Anthony Horowitz & many more!...

Pilgrimage to Lough Derg

At the end of June following our exams a group of nine upper sixth students along with Mrs O’Neill and Miss Bigmore set off on a three day pilgrimage to Lough Derg in County Donegal. Lough derg is a religious pilgrimage site dating back to the sixth century and believes self-sacrifice and removal from the everyday rush of the in order to bring you closer to God. Following a two hou...

Sports Day 2017!

St Louis’ held their 41st annual Sports Day on a Thursday 22nd June.  The day climaxed with the 100m and 200m finals followed by the class relays.  These proved very close contests but no class managed a male and female double victory!  Congratulations to Year 8 pupil Ryan Thom who set two new Year 8 records!  In the 1500m final, Ryan knocked nine seconds off the ...

“Feed your Mind”

    On Thursday June 15thYear 11 Home Economics students visited the "Feed your Mind” event at CAFRE, Loughry. This event provided students with an interesting and informative look at the use of Science and Technology in the food industry, using the extensive practical facilities which are unique to Loughry. Students had the opportunity to observe and participate...

John West All Ireland Feile Skills Competition

St Louis’ Grammar School Ballymena had the unique double at the weekend as two of its Year 9 students represented Antrim in the John West All Ireland Feile Skills Competition.  Held at the magnificent National Games Development Centre at Abbottstown, Orlagh Convery (Camogie) and Ronan Campbell (Football) produced fine performances against the other competitors.  Ronan plays ...

Amy Connon Winner of Prestigious Tim Brundle Award

The Art department are extremely proud of past pupil Amy Connon who has recently graduated with a first class honours degree in fashion and textiles from Belfast School of Art. In addition Amy has been awarded the Tim Brundle Applied Arts Award. This is a fantastic achievement, especially considering Amy gained direct entry to the degree without a transition foundation year, which was a hug...

Irish Schools Finalist!

Congratulations to Michael McAuley who finished 3rd in the 200m at the Irish Schools Final in Tullamore. Well done Michael!   ...

Irish Universities Assocication to accept GCE subjects

Good news for any students hoping to apply to universities in the south of Ireland from next year onwards… The Irish Universities Association have announced that the seven universities in the Republic of Ireland have approved the following CCEA subjects as acceptable for entry in 2018 and beyond: Moving Image Arts Digital Technology Environmental Techno...

Ulster School’s Athletics Championships

Congratulations to Sixth Form student Michael McAuley who achieved an incredible double gold medal haul at the Ulster School’s Athletics Championships last Saturday.  Michael won both Senior Boys 100m and 200m competitions and qualified for the Irish School’s Championships in Tullamore on Saturday 3rd June.  Michael ran the 100m in a time of 11.35 seconds and the 200m ...

St Louis place second in grammar school league tables

St Louis place second in grammar school league tables published in local press! We are so proud of all our achievers last year and obviously the outcomes which were simply superb! Onwards and upwards for SLG! As well as good A-level results, we had 100% of our pupils achieve five or more good GCSEs, including English and Maths. David Byrne from Larne was recently acknowledged by CCEA as...