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President's Award

Over 30 Lower Sixth students undertook a practice expedition as part of the gold level of the President’s Award.  The group have been preparing for the Award for the last number of months as part of their Enrichment studies and on Friday 31st March they travelled to the Antrim Hills to undertake a practice run ahead of the official expedition in June which will take place in the ...

Congratulations to our All Stars!

Conor Kinsella (U6) and Ryan McGarry (L6) collected their Danske Bank Ulster School’s GAA All Stars at an Awards evening on Friday 31stMarch in the Europa Hotel, Belfast.  When the 2016/17 All Star team was announced before Christmas, Conor was recognised in the left corner back position while Ryan was awarded the number five jersey.  The players were joined by family and fri...

SIMSIMI warning!

Parents beware! Please ensure this app has been removed from all pupils’ phones! Please read here for more information.      ...

Art Exhibition

A group of year 10 pupils, plus Chris Donaghy, yr 11 attended an exhibition of work in The Oriel Gallery, Clotworthy House, Antrim. They have been working on a project for the Braid Health and Care Centre, Ballymena and some of their work was on display. It is part of a Creative collaboration between Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and Northern Health and Social Care ...

NI Schools’ Debating Competition

The St. Louis debating team were sadly defeated in the semi-final stages of  the NI Schools’ Debating Competition 2017. On Tuesday the team came up against Belfast Royal Academy, opposing the motion that our liberal elites have lost legitimacy by ignoring the fears and aspirations of ordinary people. Both teams performed extremely well, questioning issues such as the ri...

Bring IT On

We welcomed Donal O'Hanlon from Bring It On to talk to our year 13 students studying an A level in the ICT field. Donal gave an insight into new opportunities for pupils who aspire to follow a career in ICT. He provided information about the skills requirements and career opportunities with the IT sector in Northern Ireland and demonstrated the variety and attractiveness of a caree...

Health & Social Care Talk

  Many thanks to Katrina Turner who spoke to our year 13 Health & Social Care students about her journey with breast cancer. Katrina was diagnosed last October and has dedicated her time since to spreading awareness to both men and women. The pupils are looking at how ill health effects both individuals and their family and they found listening to Katrina's story very in...

Book Fair 2017

Scholastic Book Fair is a wonderful reading event held in St. Louis library on an annual basis for everyone to enjoy and to develop a life-long love of reading. The Book Fair has over 200 top children's titles from over fifty publishers, carefully chosen to reflect all tastes and abilities. With books starting from only £2.99 plus exclusive titles that you won't see in the shops or at any...

Livestock and Meat Commission

On Wednesday 1st March Liz Brown from the LMC gave a demonstration during our Home Economics classes on Northern Irish approved meat.  She demonstrated how to prepare and cook Tikka mince, grilled lamb chops with mint and fruity couscous and Hoi sin beef with rice noodles.   We were also informed about storing, preparing and handling the different cuts of meat.  Value for...

YPI

Nine groups of students from Year 10 battled it out on Friday last 3 March in the final of the YPI charities event with the winning group receiving £2000 for their chosen charity. All the groups presented excellent pitches for their respective charities and the preparation, enthusiasm and commitment to their individual causes was admirable. After deliberating for some time due to the ...