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Year 8 pupil wins All Ireland Schools Championship

Last weekend, Caitlin Henry (8 Lyndon) travelled to Phibblestown, Dublin to compete in the All-Ireland Schools Judo Championships as a representative of St Louis supported by coach Rebecca Cuckoo, who is also a previous champion of this competition. Caitlin was fantastic and won the gold medal very convincingly by winning all of her fights by 10 points maximum score.   This year, Cai...

Year 13 student attends Royal wedding!

Daniella and her Mum had an amazing day at the Royal Wedding!...

GCSE Art and Design Exhibition

Congratulations to all GCSE Art and Design pupils on the completion of their work. This was celebrated at an exhibition on Friday 11thMay 2018, well attended by pupils themselves, their families and members of the Board of Governors. Pupils produced highly imaginative pieces of Art in a range of media and they were complimented on the success of their work and the extent of their creativity. W...

Darkness into Light

Well done to the St Louis staff and pupils who took part in the Darkness Into Light walk at 4:15am on Saturday 12th May.  Over 600 people took part in the walk with all proceeds going to Pieta House.  Miss Pickering and her U6 RE class were joined by Mr Whiteford, Mrs Fullerton, Mrs McLarnon and Miss Doherty and they had all undertaken fundraising for it with the Sixth Form class ...

GL Assessment Registration Open!

Registration opens on Monday 14 May 2018 and closes at 2.00 p.m. on Friday 21 September 2018.   An Information Evening will be held at the school on Tuesday 5 June 2018 at 7.00 p.m.  Current Primary 6 pupils/parents can register for the GL Assessment on this evening and to do so they should bring a recent passport size photograph and original birth certificate to enable the admi...

CCEA Awards

Well done to Eoin McCusker and Caoimhinn Gormley (Year 13) on their recent success at the Celebrate with CCEA awards ceremony. The Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) welcomed more than 400 guests including parents, principals and teachers at the Titanic Belfast to celebrate the outstanding achievements, dedication and commitment of the award winners in their C...

Belfast Marathon

On Monday 7th May 2018, St Louis had two teams of staff members entered in the Belfast City Marathon Relay.  This year’s chosen charity was MacMillan Cancer as relay co-ordinator Mrs McToal explains "Cancer has hit our school community hard this year.  So many of us, teachers and pupils alike have lost loved ones or are supporting them through treatment.  We h...

St Louis Grammar School have 1097 reasons to celebrate reading!

St Louis Grammar School raised £1097.50 for a local children’s charity by taking part in ReadOn, a sponsored reading event.  The aim of ReadOn is to encourage children to enjoy reading, whilst raising vital funds to support local children fighting cancer.  At the cheque presentation Sarah Clements, Schools Fundraiser for Cancer Fund for Children said; "I would...

St Louis celebrate World Poetry Day

Pupils reading poetry in the library to celebrate Poetry Day Ireland....

Achievement in BTEC Agriculture

Harper Adams in Ireland, the Association of past students of Harper Adams University, last week presented a Galway Crystal Vase to St Louis Grammar School , Ballymena, as a perpetual award to recognise achievement on the BTEC Agriculture course offered at school. Pictured presenting the award to Ms Louise Gildea, Head of Geography and Teacher of Agriculture at St. Louis is Basil Bayne, Stud...