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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...

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...