St Paul’s Science students demonstrating an experiment to a P7 pupil and a parent at Open Day. 

St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook held its annual Open Day on Saturday 25 January.  Prospective pupils from Primary 7 classes in our feeder primary schools and their parents visited the school in large numbers.  They were guided around the school by our current Year 8 and Year 9 students and shown the different departments, getting a flavour for what the school is about.

Principal Mr Oliver Mooney addressed parents and pupils on the day.  A video of Mr Mooney’s address is available below.

Prospective parents and pupils of St. Paul’s can watch the video to experience a virtual tour of the school.

A selection of photographs from Open Day 2012 are visible below.

Year 14 Business studies students with their teacher Mrs Ann O’Hare and guest speaker Mr Shane Mulholland from First Derivatives

A Level Business Studies students at St Paul’s received a presentation from the Human Resources manager at First Derivatives, Mr Shane Mulholland.

Mr Mulholland spoke to the students about how a successful company like First Derivatives is growing in a difficult economic climate.

Mr Mulholland impressed upon the students the importance of a keen business mind.   He said, “It’s so important to have opportunities to visit and talk to young people about business, getting them interested in how a company works and survives, as these young people are the future.”

Pictured above are the Year 14 students who participated in the Young Enterprise Trade Fair, along with Mr Oliver Mooney and Mrs Pauline McGuinness

The Year 14 Applied Business Students participated in the Young Enterprise Trade Fair in Rushmere Shopping Centre, Craigavon.  There were 35 companies competing from schools throughout Northern Ireland and North Louth.

Their company is called Te Amo and they produced a range of products with Valentines Day as their target market.  Their company was judged runner-up in the “Best Organised Company” category on the day and we are very proud of their achievements.  The students involved are: Ashlene Bannon, Melissa Byrne, Joseph Cooney, Lorna Cumiskey, Sonya Dobbin, Brendan Kelly, Gary Linnie, Siobhan McAuley, Amy McGuigan, Anton McLaughlin, Ryan Moley, Naoimh Monaghan, Kayleigh Murphy, Grainne Savage, Ronan Sharkey.  We look forward to hearing about these young entrepreneurs in the future and wish them success with this and other ventures they have planned.