On Wednesday 19th March a group of students and staff from St Paul’s High School, travelled to Kirovsk in the Murmansk region of Northern Russia to establish a new school twinning programme and for the launch of the “Challenge of Change” project. The link between the two schools was originally initiated by a Newry and […]

Newry &  Mourne Mayor, Councillor Michael Ruane, pictured with Principal, Mr Jarlath Burns, Vice Principal, Mrs Úna McNulty and teacher Noella Murray. Along with students Aoife Malone (Head Girl), Peter Hughes (Head Boy), Cillian Campbell (Deputy Head Boy) Valerija Staselovica and Daniela Janikova (Year 11 Fluent Russian speaking students) Students and staff from St Paul’s High School,Bessbrook are visiting […]

Year 13 student Shauna Pentony writes for the school website about her unique and lifechanging experiences in Europe representing St Paul’s and Rotary Ireland. In October 2013 I was one of twenty-five students from across the whole of Ireland chosen from a pool of three thousand peers, to take part in a week long programme […]

As part of St Paul’s High School,Bessbrook’s long established International Projects, a group of senior students and staff are about to journey to areas in Kenya and Romania. The students, who are all in Year 13, have been fundraising over the last twelve months, and will bring a significant financial contribution to the areas they […]

As part of its annual fundraising efforts for the St Paul’s International Projects to Romania, Kenya and Lourdes, the students and staff of St Paul’s High School are well used to donning ridiculous costumes and making fools of themselves on the stage all in aid of a very good cause. And 2013 was no exception, with the […]

Once again the staff and students of St Paul’s combined their many talents to present a fantastic evening of dance for the wider school community.  ‘Strictly Come Jigging’ paired pupils and their teachers to perform on stage and raise as much money as possible for St Paul’s International Projects. Congratulations to the hardworking participants who managed […]

Congratulations to the boys and girls in Year 13, and to their teachers who raised a whopping £1200 for St Paul’s International Projects by completing the annual dash to Camlough from the gates of the school – and back! Well done to Shane Conlon who was the first student Santa back across the line, and to Mr […]

The community of St Paul’s High School is very proud of the International Projects which offer pupils the opportunity to visit countries around the world, and bring much-needed help and assistance to people who are less well off the those of us at home. One of the biggest International Projects undertaken at St Paul’s is […]

Pictured above are the students going on the International Project to Romania, along with Miss Grace O’Neill, Mr Neil McArdle and Mr Kevin Moan, who are also going.  Pictured above are the students going on the International Project to Kenya, along with Mrs Bridget McConville and Principal Mr Oliver Mooney, who are also going. Absent […]

Pictured above are Year 14 pupils Maeve Morgan and Shane Fegan, who won the International Projects fundraiser ‘St Paul’s has got Talent’. The staff and students of St Paul’s performed to a packed house in aid of St Paul’s International Projects. A capacity crowd were entertained by students and staff who danced, sang, drummed, strummed, recited and […]