To be able to share marvellous successes with your teachers and classmates must be a proud experience for any young student. Three students at St. Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel, recently received plenty of pats on the back for their recent exploits in Killarney. Competing at the An Chomhdháil World Irish Dancing Championships in Killarney, the young Irish Dancing talents of Emma McArdle, Aoife McGrath and Eábha O’Hagan shone through in abundance. Year 14 student Emma McArdle, attained an amazing overall ...

In 2021, St Louis students Mark McVeigh and Roise McQuaid embarked on work experience with Generation Innovation, a programme designed for ambitious, innovative young people interested in up-skilling for the jobs of the future. Mark and Roise received ‘Design Thinking’ training over the course of 5 days in a facilitated virtual environment. They worked within a team made up of aspirational young leaders from across Northern Ireland, developing creative solutions to a business problem and pitching it to the partner ...

In the summer of 2021, talented and high achieving students Ella Peters and Mark McVeigh were successful in attaining a STEM Research Placement co-ordinated through Sentinus NI. Ella and Mark spent 4 weeks working with researchers at Queen’s University, Belfast, and professionals within the world of business completing a research project and developing subject knowledge and higher skills in quantitative analysis. The students were supported in their application by Mrs Elaine Cahill (Head of Mathematics) and Mrs Julie Devlin (Head ...

St. Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel, has been awarded a prestigious Eco-Schools Green Flag by the environmental charity Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful. The Eco-Schools Programme is the world’s largest Environmental Education programme and aims to make environmental awareness and action an intrinsic part of the life and ethos of a school. Its participatory approach and combination of learning and action makes it an ideal way for schools to begin improving the environments of schools and their local communities. ...

The Coronavirus pandemic had impacted on all aspects of our lives over the past 18 months and probably will continue to impact us in the near future. However, people have had to adapt to new ‘norms’ in their lives as they learn to live in an environment where restrictions on movement and closure of retail outlets and services have become a reluctantly accepted way of life. With the re-opening of schools it became apparent that young people were affected by ...