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St Louis through to final of ABP Angus Youth Challenge

Pupils from St Louis are through to the final of a major agri-food skills competition, The ABP Angus Youth Challenge.  The finalist teams will now go on to receive five Angus cross calves per group at a prize-giving ceremony on 18thMay at Balmoral Show. They are embarking on a programme with ABP that will see them developing skills and knowledge across the beef supply chain from fa...

St Louis Pupil to Attend the Royal Wedding!

Daniella Timperley in Year 13 has gained much attention from the press since she received a much sought after invitation to the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as a result of her tireless charity work. Her reaction to this exciting news has been featured on ‘Cosmopolitan’ Website and ‘The Ryan Tubridy Show’. ...

Gold President's Award Fundraising

Following the success of their Christmas draw, the Lower Sixth students involved in the 2017/18 Gold President’s Award held two Easter fundraisers.  On Wednesday 28th March, they held a Crepe and Bun Sale in Room 12.  Thanks to Mr Quinn and his assistants for making the tasty crepes and to all the students who helped out on the day.   The students also donated items fo...

Northern Ireland Schools' Debating Competition

Eabha Lynn and Catriona McCrory semi-finalists in the Northern Ireland Schools' Debating Competition pictured in Council Chambers, Mossley Hill Civic Centre, with other competitors and Paul Hamill, Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey. ...

Daniella is Pramerica’s Top Youth Volunteer 2018

  Daniella Timperley, a Year 13 student at St Louis Grammar, has been named as Ireland’s Top Youth Volunteer at the Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards in Dublin on Thursday 22nd March.   Twenty outstanding young people were recognised from across the island of Ireland for the exemplary volunteer work carried out in their local communities. Daniella went on to w...

Traditional Music Group play at Castletower

St. Louis Irish Traditional Music Group, led by Mr Convery, were delighted to have been invited to Castletower School, Ballymena, on 12th March 2018, to play at their special St. Patrick’s Day Assembly. Our talented musicians played several sets of tunes of various types ranging from slow airs to jigs and reels for the special assembly. The Castletower pupils and staff...

St Louis Top School in NI!

As a school community, we were absolutely delighted with our academic outcomes last year.  With such a large and vibrant Sixth Form it is always a cause for celebration when so many students can have the opportunity to achieve so highly at ‘A’ Level stage 96.5% A* - C / 88% A* - B grades.  These are simply phenomenal outcomes and richly deserved.  In the competi...

Book Fair 2018

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...

World Book Day in St.Louis

To mark this special day, St.Louis pupils have been engaged in a range of activities. All Year 8 pupils have been working to produce their own presentation on their ‘Book Idol’. Today, a winner from each class was announced and those pupils shared their presentations with the rest of their year group. The winners were:Maria Gately (8 Laragh); Connor McAleese (8 Lurig); Orlaith M...

Truth and Reconciliation

This year, 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, and with it, the end of Troubles. Two decades have come and gone, and a new generation of young people have arrived – but many lack awareness of the tragedy and bitterness that came as a result of the Troubles. On Wednesday, St Louis Grammar School hosted the Truth and Reconciliation Platform, which had four spe...