Coaching award at BTec Sport students at St Paul’s

January 19, 2012

Year 13 BTEC Sport students with their teacher Mr Martin O’Rourke and Mr Denis Hollywood, Sports Development Officer with Armagh County GAA.

Year 13 BTEC Sport students were presented with certificates in recognition of the completion of their foundation Level coaching for Gaelic football.

Their certificates were presented to them by Mr Denis Hollywood, Sports Development Officer with Armagh County GAA, who co-ordinated the scheme in St Paul’s.

St Paul’s High School is a thriving, innovative educational community of almost 1500 students of all abilities, from children with learning difficulties in our Learning Support Centre to high calibre academic achievers in our AS, A2 and Applied Post-16 courses. All classrooms are equipped as standard with interactive whiteboards, and students and staff are encouraged to make the fullest use of technology for learning and teaching.

The school, which was established in 1966 with the aim of providing its pupils with a Christian education within the Catholic ethos, is situated on a modern campus in pleasant rural surrounding in the townland of Carrickbracken, County Armagh. St Paul’s High School was designated by the Department of Education as a Specialist College for Science in 2008, and the school was awarded the BECTA ICT Mark in 2009.