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Mrs Margaret Martin has been appointed to serve on a working party made up of senior representatives from education interests including the Churches and the further education sector. The task of the group will be to take account of the range of responses to the Burns Consultation and to provide advi
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The Music Department are delighted with the selection of Sarah McVeigh from 5,000 young hopefuls who auditioned to take part in the National Youth Music Theatre’s production of ‘Goblin Market’ at the Lyric Theatre in August. Commenting of Sarah’s success, Ashley Fulton, singing teacher, who himself
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The annual Summer Scheme which takes place during the last week of July and the first week of August was, as always, packed to capacity and thoroughly enjoyed by the new Year 8 Pupils. The scheme, funded by the SELB,seeks to assist pupils to improve their literacy, numeracy and IT skills before maki
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Top Careers Choices for Saint Catherine’s StudentsThe staff and Sixth Form students of Saint C;atherine’s College, Armagh were delighted with the A level and AS results which arrived in the school last week. Many students achieved top grades A – C.Results Day went very smoothly in the Colle
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Roisin Devlin, immediate past Head Girl from Saint Catherine’s College, is off to attend the famous Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. Scholarship Director Katie McMahon said that the project was launched five years ago in recognition of the Good Friday Agreement. Roisin was selected because of h
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Mrs Laura McCrory has been appointed Vice Principal of Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh. A History graduate from Queen’s University Belfast, Laura has been on the teaching staff of Saint Catherine’s College since 1978 when she was appointed a teacher of Ancient History with Modern History. Throug
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Staff and pupils of Saint Catherine's College would like to take this opportunity to thank Reverend Father Richard Naughton for his outstanding contribution to St. Catherine's College as Chairman of the Board of Governors since 1993. In his role as Chairman, Father Naughton was an excellent leader,
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Congratulations to the Year 12 Home Economics students who successfully completed a Foundation Food Hygiene Course. The pupils under the direction of Mrs Marie Mc Manus, attended Loughry College where they received training in food hygiene. Commenting on the course Mrs Hilda Douglas, Head of Home Ec
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Saint Catherine’s College Armagh played host to a Medical Careers Symposium organised by Craigavon Area Hospital Group (HSS) Trust. The event, which was co-ordinated by Mr Colin Weir (Clinical Tutor, Craigavon Area Hospital) proved to be a most informative and excellent fact finding opportunity fo
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SONGS OF PRAISE RECORDING FOR CHOIR
Congratulations to the members of Saint Catherine’s College Chamber Choir who took part in the recording of ‘Songs of Praise’ in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral as part of a congregational choir. They participated along with Saint Patrick’s Grammar School, Saint P
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CROSS BORDER EDUCATIONALISTS VISIT SAINT CATHERINE’S COLLEGESaint Catherine’s College played host to representatives of the National Curriculum Council for Education and Assessment (NCCEA), the statutory body with responsibility for education in the Republic of Ireland along with representat
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FORUM INTERNATIONAL – ORLEANS 2003
In October 2003, five senior students of French represented Saint Catherine’s College at the Forum International hosted by our twin school, Lycée Saint Paul, in Orléans, France. The group was joined by five students from A.C.F.H.E. and their teacher, Madame
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Well done to Saint Catherine's U 12 swimmers who won bronze medals in the Ulster Minor Schools Swimming Championships in Belfast on Saturday 1 November. Year 8 pupil Clare Oliver also won bronze medals in individual freestyle and breaststroke. Clare Oliver, Chloe Corcoran, Cara Derry, Niamh Mc Cann,
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This school year sees the launch of an exciting and potentially school changing project – the ETNA Project. The project has secured maximum funding under the E.U. Programme for Peace and Reconciliation/Measure 2.2 – Developing Children and Young People.The programme aims to energise young peopl
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‘STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE’ THEME AT SAINT CATHERINE’S COLLEGE
ANNUAL KEY STAGE THREE PRIZE GIVING
Striving for excellence was the theme of Saint Catherine’s College Key Stage Three Prize Giving held recently in the school’s Callan Building. Guests at the event included parents of Year 11 stud
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Students from Saint Catherine's College recently completed a Young Enterprise Economics of Staying in School Programme which was delivered by Mrs Audrey Heslip (Young Enterprise).Through ESIS, students discover the importance of education to their decisions to enter the workforce. They explore
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As part of the GCSE P.E. programme in Saint Catherine’s students attended a coaching course at the Armagh Sports Development Unit at Ardmore.The course was organized by Armagh District Council in conjunction with the Sports Coaching Institute. The course title was ‘Coaching Sports Effectively’
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Saint Catherine’s College Gaelic Football Team will be sporting a new set of jerseys for this season, thanks to the generosity of sponsor Mr Brendan McAnallen, Proprietor of Priory House Furnishings, Benburb. Team coaches Miss Jacqueline Creighan and Mr Cormac McAnallen are delighted with the new lo
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Upper Sixth Reflection DayOn 16th December Upper Sixth students took part in a Theology Awareness Day which was facilitated by Pat Coyle. Pat Coyle is a highly respected theologian who presently works with RTE as a Religious and General Affairs broadcaster. She, along with Tom McGurk, is
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PRESS RELEASE‘TEAM WORK, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION’ – PRIORITIES IN SAINT CATHERINE’S COLLEGE
The annual Prize Giving took place in Saint Catherine’s College on Thursday 18th December. There was a large gathering of parents, pupils and invited guests including Professor Terri Scott, Manag
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7th January 2004 PRESS RELEASEThe tradition of charitable giving was cont
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Principal Margaret Martin attended the official launch of the Costello Report at Stormont on Monday 26th January. Mrs Martin was one of ten senior educationalists working alongside Chairman, Mr Steve Costello in bringing about recommendations for the future of post-primary education to Minister Jan
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Primary Seven pupils from Bunscoileanna Ard Mhacha, Oileán an Ghuail agus an Iúir recently enjoyed a visit to the Saint Catherine’s College state-of-the-art Irish Medium Unit and ICT, Technology and Design Building. During their visit, Mr Seamus MacDhaibhéid (Vice Principal and Head of IMU) gave th
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Year 8 students from Saint Catherine’s College Armagh are participating in the ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalists Awards, an All-Ireland competition for 12 – 18 year olds rewarding projects that highlight environmental awareness. The students have been engaged in a project centred on bird activitie
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Open Night, which took place on the 11th February in Saint Catherine’s College, was a highly successful event. There was a large attendance of Primary 7 pupils and their parents, including pupils from the local Irish Medium Primary Schools.The P7 pupils enjoyed an action packed evening with opp
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Mr Eunan McCreesh (Head of Music, Saint Catherine’s College) will be performing at the new Sligo Music Festival at the end of March. Eunan takes to the stage at the festival’s late night concert which will include the Irish premiere of Boulez’s Third Sonata, given by one of Ireland’s most dynamic y
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Cormac McAnallen – An Appreciation from the Staff and Pupils of
Saint Catherine’s College.The Board of Governors, Principal, staff and pupils of Saint Catherine’s College deeply regret the sudden death of their colleague, teacher and friend Cormac, who died on 2nd March 2004. On behalf of th
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From September 2004, Saint Catherine’s College pupils will have a new look homework diary. The former homework diary will be replaced by a School Planner, thus giving pupils the opportunity and the space to do thorough planning, not only for homework but also for time management and the organisatio
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Saint Catherine’s College staff and pupils are delighted and privileged to be associated with the Global Club project. The school is one of only ten schools across Northern Ireland selected to participate in piloting a new on-line youth development initiative aimed at 11-14 year olds. The Global C
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Twelve Sixth Form students from Saint Catherine’s College accompanied by six teachers from Saint Catherine’s College and Mount Saint Catherine’s Primary School spenttwo weeks in Uganda landscaping the gardens of the recently built Sacred Heart Primary School in Kyamusansala. The group departed on t
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In December Saint Catherine’s College launched the Empowering Teens for a New Armagh (ETNA) project. The project has secured maximum funding under the E.U. Programme for Peace and Reconciliation, Measure 2.2. The programme aims to energise young people in their early years of secondary education a
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Kathryn Tiffney, Sinead McKiernan and Aoibheann O’Neill have been entered for the 2004 RDS Young Science Writers competition. This all-Ireland competition promotes pupils’ literacy and creative thinking skills in Science.Kathryn, Sinead and Aoibheann have certainly put their creative skills to
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Saint Catherine’s College and Armagh College of Further Education played host to a group of students from Orléans. The students were accompanied by Mme Fernagu and Mme Gadenne who have worked closely with Mrs Kilpatrick (Head of French, Saint Catherine’s College) and Mrs Smyth (ACFE) in developing
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Saint Catherine’s College was one of the winners of the BT Schools’ Awards run in partnership with the Irish News. The B T Awards were launched last year to inspire teachers and pupils to become more involved in their communities. The school has used its cash prize of £2000 to design an innovative
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Head Girl Louise Murphy co-hosts a radio programme on Saturday evenings on the Cookstown based ‘Mid 106’ station. The award winning station has a large listener base in the Mid Ulster area.Initially, Louise was invited to guest present for one night and as a result of excellent feedback from th
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Saint Catherine’s College Armagh and Saint Joseph’s High School U-16 Ladies Gaelic Football teams took to the field at Eglish GAA ground in memory of the late Cormac McAnallen. Cormac was a member of staff at Saint Catherine’s College where he also managed Gaelic football teams.The Under 16 t
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The number of students from Saint Catherine’s College participating in Gaeltacht summer courses continues to rise year on year. This summer, around 125 students will spend their summer improving their linguistic competency in Irish at Loch An Iúir and Machaire Rabhartaigh. Recently students
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Saint Catherine’s College Year 8 netball team have won the Alpha League Cross Community Netball Tournament. The competition was recently held in Dungannon Leisure Centre and it was the students’ first competitive outing of the year.The Year 8 pupils won the competition in style remaining undefe
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Saint Catherine’s College students raised the grand total of £8,500 as part of their annual Lenten Campaign. Ms Rosie Murray (Education Officer) Trócaire visited the College where she was presented with the £8,500 cheque.The school’s Lenten Campaign was spearheaded by the R.E. Department under
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Five students from Saint Catherine’s College are the ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalists of the Year. The students, Fionnuala Rodgers, Faye Rice, Sheila McManus, Caoimhe McReynolds and Sinead Conroy, under the direction of Senior Teacher Paul Rodgers, won the U-15 section of the competition and the
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Inaugural Cormac McAnallen Memorial TournamentThe Inaugural Cormac McAnallen Memorial Tournament for Year 8 and 9 boys in the Armagh and Tyrone Counties took place in Saint Catherine’s College recently.Teams from Saint Joseph’s High School, Coalisland, Dungannon Intergrated School, Saint Pat
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Thirteen Sixth Form students from Saint Catherine’s College accompanied by staff from Saint Catherine’s College and Mount Saint Catherine’s Primary School are off to Uganda as part of the highly successful ‘Helping Uganda Grow’ (H.U.G.) project which was founded in October 2003.The group will sp
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The Staff and Sixth Form students of Saint Catherine’s College Armagh were delighted with the A Level and AS results which arrived in the school last week. In keeping with the outstanding reputation Northern Ireland has for the quality of examination results, many students in Saint Catherine’s Co
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The upward trend of top grade GCSE results continues in Saint Catherine’s College with the arrival of the CEA and English Board GCSE results in the school last week.Twenty-six students achieved eight A*/A or more with the remainder of the Year Group performing very solidly with grades A – C. Th
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Saint Catherine's College extends its deepest condolence to the school community of Beslan and all affected by this terrible tragedy. We will continue to remember you in our prayers.
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On Friday 17th September Year 12 students Bernadette Donaghy, Kathryn Fearon, Maria Hughes, Sharlene McGee, our chaplain Olive Delahunty and the Spanish Exchange group set off to Aras an Uachtarin in Dublin at the invitation of President McAleese.
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Monday 6th September saw the beginning of the return visit by Spanish students to Armagh as part of the Annual Exchange Programme in which St. Catherine's College has participated over the last number of years.Every school year, some of our students of Spanish in both year 11 and year 13 spend t
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The Armagh Church Forum held an Armagh/Africa Night at 8:00pm on Thursday 9th September in the Public Library, Market Street, Armagh. Four Year 14 students from Saint Catherine's College, Leanne O'Neill, Sharlene McGee, Michelle O'Hare and Clare Cauldwell spoke very eloquently of their life-cha
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Ten pupils from Year 9 were fortunate enough to secure a place on a separate summer scheme this year. Delivered by Mrs Caroline Crowe, the scheme aimed to build on pupils curricular experience in Literacy and Numeracy during the year and develop their I.C.T. skills to full potential before entering
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The summer scheme for Year 8 pupils was once again a resounding success. The scheme which ran from Monday 26th July - Friday 6th August, enabled 40 incoming year 8 pupils to improve their skills in Numeracy, Literacy and I.C.T. skills before beginning their Key Stage 3 studies.Over subscribed e
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Saint Catherine's College, Armagh just won an award of £10,000 for its anti-bullying strategy in a national schools' awards scheme. The school is one of just three chosen from a total of 2228 throughout the U.K. to win the award which is sponosored by B.T. and promoted by 'The Guardian'.The str
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Saint Catherine's College's seven new members of staff are settling into their positions. Pictured (L-R) are:Mr Ryan White, Teacher of History and Politics; Mr Gearoid MacEoin, Irish Language Development Officer; Mrs Deirdre Hegarty, formerly a teacher of Home Economics in Sacred Heart College,
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The new Head Girls and Deputy Head Girls of Saint Catherine's College discuss the challenges of their roles for the year ahead with Principal Mrs Margaret Martin and Deputy Principal, Mrs Laura McCrory.
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Students involved in the French Exchange, once again organised by Mrs Mary Kilpatrick (Head of French) prepare to welcome their visitors from Lyceé Saint Paul. Guests from both schools have benefited enormously from this successful partnership in recent years.
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The new team of Befrienders, hand picked by Mrs Michelle McCartan (Head of Key Stage 3) for their kindness, patience and listening skills, has spent the month of September helping our new year 8 pupils to settle in. Two Befrienders are allocated to each class and will visit pupils regularly through
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Our new Sport Prefects have been appointed. They are charged with the task of organising Break-time and Lunch-time activities for year 8 pupils.
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Saint Catherine's College's School Formal took place in the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan on September 30th. An enjoyable night was had by all who attended - staff and pupils alike!
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The launch of an innovative employability programme between Saint Catherine’s College Armagh and Drumglass High School Dungannon took place recently in Drumglass High School.The Year 10 Education For Employability and Entrepreneurship programme came about as the direct result of the ETNA project
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Congratulations to 10M who won first prize in the SELB School Magazine competition 2004 with their entry 'College Chronicle', a joint venture between the English and Art Department. The class have very kindly agreed to donate the £50 to sponsor the education of a Sacred Heart student in Uganda.
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‘SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT: SET THE BAR HIGH’ THEME AT SAINT CATHERINE’S COLLEGE ANNUAL KEY STAGE THREE PRIZE GIVING. CORMAC McANALLEN’S LEGACY REMEMBERED.Sporting Achievement was the theme of Saint Catherine’s College Key Stage Three Prize Giving held recently in the school’s Callan Building. Gues
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National Number Day was celebrated in ‘numerous’ ways in Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh. As part of a non-uniform day, pupils paid £1 to wear tops with numbers on them and donated £1 to the NSPCC for the privilege of doing so. This initiative raised over £1000 for the charity. In addition, a
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Trevor Sargent, T.D. Leader of the Green Party in the Republic of Ireland, recently took a day out of an extremely busy schedule to share his knowledge and experience with the students of Saint Catherine’s College. Elected to Dáil Eíreann in 1992, Mr Sargent shared his experience as a political pra
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PRINCIPAL PRAISES PUPILS’ ACHIEVEMENT AT SAINT CATHERINE’S COLLEGE
Empowering students to be responsible citizens was one of the key themes highlighted by Principal Margaret Martin at the annual Prize Giving held recently in the College.The Guest Speaker for the evening was Steve Costello,
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As part of the ETNA (Empowering Teens for a New Arena) programme, St. Catherine’s College recently hosted an entrepreneurship day for Year 10 pupils from the College and Drumglass High School Dungannon. The event was organised by Mrs. Margaret Marjoram and Mr. Anthony Moore from St. Catherine’s Col
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On a recent visit to Armagh, Mr Trevor Sargent, TD leader of the Green Party launched the Saint Catherine’s College project entry to the ECO-UNESCO and ENFO young Environmentalists Project. This All-Ireland project is aimed at young people to increase environmental awareness.Saint Catherine’s C
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As part of their continuing efforts in Helping Uganda Grow, Sixth Form students from Saint Catherine’s College presented a cheque for £3,303 to Sr Carmel Flynn, partly raised by the sale of the specially designed calendars. The money will help construct a new kitchen; a project identified by last y
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The highly regarded ETNA (Empowering Teens for a New Arena) programme entered a new phase today. The ETNA programme involves pupils from Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh and Drumglass High School, Dungannon working together on classroom projects, discussion groups, workshop sessions, and having fu
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Open Night, which took place on the 9th February in Saint Catherine’s College, was a highly successful event. There was a large attendance of Primary 7 pupils and their parents, including pupils from the local Irish Medium Primary Schools.The P7 pupils enjoyed an action packed evening with op
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St. Catherine’s College Armagh recently celebrated their affiliation to the Heart Start UK Scheme. Heart Start UK is an initiative co-ordinated by the major charity British Heart Foundation (BHF) – which promotes and develops Emergency Life Support (ELS) training throughout the UK.Coronary Hea
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A joint seafood project presented by Year 10 students from Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh and Our Lady’s, Castleblaney has just won first prize in a cross-border competition. Saint Catherine’s students Louise Teggart and Hayley Reilly auditioned for the final on behalf of their class and were tr
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St. Catherine’s Junior Camogie Team travelled to Brocagh, Co. Tyrone to take on Derry rivals Maghera in the Ulster C Final. The game was played in windy conditions but St. Catherine’s girls got straight to work. Five minutes after the throw-in Annette Jordan drove the ball along the ground, and it
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Senior students of Spanish from Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh who will be participating in the SELB Annual Spanish Exchange Programme. The group will spend 10 days in Granada, Spain as guests of their Spanish penpals and will attend school and visit the local area. The return visit of the Sp
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A-level students from St Catherine’s College who were successful in the UK Senior Mathematical Challenge, pictured with Mr D Owens and Miss M Black (Head of Maths)UK Senior Mathematical Challenge is a competition run by the University of Leeds aimed at the top 25% of Year 13 and 14 students.
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Students from Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh enjoy the workshop held in conjunction with a digital photography competition. Pupils from Year 8, 9 and 10 had the opportunity to work with staff from HP Digital Imagination and Real Events Solutions, Cork. They worked enthusiastically during this
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At Armagh’s St Catherine’s College, there’s a new C2k powered state of the art ICT and Technology Centre that’s helping pupils explore new directions in innovative learning. Peter McNeill , Head of Technology and Design at the all-girls school is using C2k hardware and software technologies wit
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Recently returned from an enjoyable and strenuous ski trip to Switzerland are students from Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh pictured with teacher Mrs E. Hughes who accompanied the group. (Missing from photo, Mrs F. McGrath and Mrs M. McManus). The girls undertook a 6-day series of intensive lesso
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Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, is to give the inaugural Cormac McAnallen Leadership Lecture in Saint Catherine’s College Armagh on Tuesday 12th April. Tyrone Inter-County footballer and All Star, Cormac McAnallen was a member of Saint Catherine’s College staff since he first qualified as a
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Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, delivered the inaugural Cormac McAnallen Leadership Lecture in Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh recently. Tyrone inter-county footballer and All-Star, Cormac McAnallen was a member of Saint Catherine’s College staff since he first qualified as a teacher in Augu
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AT ST. CATHERINE’S COLLEGE, ARMAGH, TUESDAY, 12TH APRIL, 2005. Dia dhíbh a chairde tráthnóna. Tá gliondar orm bheith anseo libh ar an ócáid speisialta seo agus ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a chur in iúl díbh as an chaoin-chuireadh agus an fháilte. Thank you for your very warm welcome. My
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Ten Sixth Form pupils accompanied by Mrs Kay Cullen and Mrs Therese Donnelly are off to Lourdes from 12th to 17th May as part of the Armagh Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. This is the seventh year that the Sixth Formers have joined the pilgrimage to assist with the sick in Lourdes. Saint Catherine’s
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With great excitement and anticipation the Saint Catherine’s delegation travelled to the Wellington Park in Belfast for the Irish News Club Awards. Very pleased to have been short-listed the group of students, Principal Mrs Margaret Martin and Head of P.E. Mrs Fionnuala McGrath were delighted when
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Congratulations to the girls on winning the trophy last week. The competition comprised the two best teams from each ELB, to make a 14 strong tournament. Having qualified as Armagh champions, the girls showed tremendous skill and spirit to overcome the best schools in the province and thoroughly d
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Upper Sixth students celebrated their final day in Saint Catherine’s College on Friday 13th May with a farewell mass followed by a lunch hosted by Lower Sixth students.On behalf of all the staff and the students in the school, Mrs Margaret Martin paid tribute to the Upper Sixth for their commitm
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Colette Mc Sorley was awarded an Ulster College’s All Star recently, at a function in Walsh’s Hotel in Maghera.This is only the second year of the awards and St. Catherine’s are delighted with their first All-star.Colette is not only talented at Camogie but represents the school in Gaelic fo
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Five Year 11 students from St. Catherine’s College were awarded 1st place in the Eco-Unesco Environmental Competition for 2005. Nolagh Girvan, Roisin Hagan, Clara McCann, Anne Marie Cullen and Anna Donnelly received their award in the Helix Centre, Dublin City University on Wednesday 25th May. The
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Runners-up in the Alpha-League Netball Competition
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ST. CATHERINE’S KEEP THEIR FINGER ON THE PULSE!St. Catherine’s College Armagh recently celebrated their affiliation to the Heart Start UK Scheme. Heart Start UK is an initiative co-ordinated by the major charity British Heart Foundation (BHF) – which promotes and develops Emergency Life Support
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Staff and students alike of Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh had reason to celebrate after the A-Level and AS results arrived in the school last week. The school proved that it deserved its recent description by President Mary McAleese as “a centre of academic excellence” in seeing the number of s
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The breadth of choice available to students at Saint Catherine’s College has once again proved an important factor in the school’s success. Sixth Formers such as Michelle O’Neill, who achieved straight A’s in her AVCE studies, availed of the vocational path within the school and is now off to Saint
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The McAvinchey family had two reasons to celebrate. Twins Orla and Fionnuala achieved great success at A-Level, attaining 5 Grade A’s and 2 Grade B’s between them.
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Orla McAvinchey, Maria Hughes, Laura Corrigan and Sharlene McGee celebrate their 4 straight A grades at A-Level with the Principal of Saint Catherine’s College, Mrs Margaret Martin. Laura achieved Grade A in English Literature and Language, History, Politics and Sociology; Maria in English Liter
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It wasn’t only A2 students who had reason to celebrate at Saint Catherine’s College. Eleven AS students also achieved at least 3 grade A’s.
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Congratulations to pupils from Years 8 and 9 who have been awarded Gaeltacht scholarships from Comhaltas Uladh.Carleen Rush, Grainne Pattison, Stephen McGuigan, Sinead Ó Maoláin, and Brona Nugent, Emma McManus, Corina Oliver and Emma Finnegan.
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Students in Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh are celebrating once again after the arrival of the GCSE results in school last week.Principal Margaret Martin congratulated all the students who worked so hard for two years to achieve such excellent results. Paying tribute to the staff of the schoo
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Saint Catherine’s College had great success in the UK Junior Maths Challenge organised by the University of Leeds with all 10 students who entered achieving gold, silver or bronze certificates. Top student was Orlaith Trainor and special mention to Declan McElmeel (Year 9) from An sruth Gaeilge w
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Saint Catherine’s College welcomes 10 new members of staff this year. Mr Lorcán Ó Máirtin, teacher of Irish, formerly a member of staff in Bunscoil Bheann Mhadágain, Belfast, Miss Monique McKenna, teacher of English and Media Studies, Miss Miriam Mone, Teacher of Geography, Ms Anne Beaubigny,
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Year 9 students who entered the Seagate Young Innovators competition 2005 pictured here with their Science Teacher, Mrs Caroline Crowe. The pupils presented their spider project at the Odyssey in June and received certificates of commendation from the judges in recognition of the high quality of th
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Top Grades for promising musiciansSweet notes for Saint Catherine’s College GCSE Music Class 2004/2005 who attained 9 grades at A* and 4 A grades. Pictured with their teacher Mr Eunan McCreesh.
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Comhghairdeas to the Coláiste Chaitriona, Ard Mhacha pupils in last year’s 10I Irish Medium class who achieved A* - A Grades in their GCSE Irish examinations. These students also sat their Key Stage 3 exams in May and a remarkable 6 out of the 10 pupils attained Level 8, the highest possible leve
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‘Only your best is good enough’ was the theme of Saint Catherine’s College Key Stage Three Prize Giving held recently in the school’s Callan Building. Guests at the event included parents of Year 11 students who have just completed their Key Stage Three course of study, guest speakers Teresa Campbe
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Sixth Form explore ‘Promoting Equality’.The St. Catherine’s Sixth form Health and Social Care students were given a rare treat recently when Lynda Gordon - ‘Head of the Equality Assurance Unit ‘ in the Craigavon and Banbridge Community H&SS Trust delivered a talk to the girls.Lynda has the
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Ba é Sin an Lá!I mí Aibreán 2005 fuarthas cuireadh ón aisaonaid i mBéal Feirste ag impí ar scoláirí Cloláiste Chaitríona páirt a ghlacadh i gcomórtas scribneoireachta urraithe ag Foras na Gaeilge. “Tabhair guth do na focail agus do na híomhánna sin atá i do chloigeann agus léirigh don saol mór i
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Pictured are the two teams from Year 13 who recently took part in the Business and Professional Women’s Public Speaking Competition for girls. The competition was held in Dungannon Primary School on November 17th and both teams provided highly entertaining and topical speeches. Team One, consisting
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Striving for excellence and social responsibility were the dominant themes at the annual prize giving held recently in St. Catherine’s College. The guest speaker for the evening was Seosamh MacDonncha, Chief Executive of Foras Na Gaeilge and former President of the GAA. In welcoming Seosamh MacDon
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Year 10 students at Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh had a very enjoyable and informative experience when the Aim Higher Roadshow trailer visited the school last week.The Aim Higher Roadshow is a communications campaign that aims to provide clear information and better marketing of the routes t
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Last week, approximately 70 pupils from Saint Peter’s Primary School, Dungannon, Saint Colmcille’s Primary School, Armagh, Our Lady’s Primary School, Dungannon, Saint Oliver Plunkett’s Primary School, Armagh, Saint Patrick’s Primary School, Newry, Saint John’s Primary School, Moy and Saint Jarlath’s
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Saint Catherine’s College were privileged to welcome Nuala O’Loan, The Police Ombudsman to their Upper 6th Living Faith Programme. The programme aims to challenge the school’s most senior students think deeply about their value systems, and to give them the opportunity to discuss their faith and
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Open Night, which took place on the 9th February in Saint Catherine’s College, was a highly successful event. There was a large attendance of Primary 7 pupils and their parents, including pupils from the local Irish Medium Primary Schools.The P7 pupils enjoyed an action packed evening with oppo
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Margaret Martin is to retire from the post of Principal of St. Catherine’s College at the end of this academic year. Mrs Martin made history when she succeeded Sister Aideen Kinlen to become the first lay Principal of St. Catherine’s College in August 1991. Margaret’s association with the scho
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An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD delivered the annual Cormac McAnallen Leadership Lecture in St. Catherine’s College, Armagh. Tyrone Captain and All Star Cormac McAnallen was a member of St. Catherine’s College staff since he first qualified as a teacher in August 2002 until his untimely death in March
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On Friday 5 May, the Saint Catherine’s College community celebrated the retirement of Margaret Martin with a Mass of Celebration and Thanksgiving in a packed to capacity Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, followed by a reception and tributes to Margaret Martin in Saint Catherine’s College. The chief celebr
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Two lower sixth form students at Saint Catherine’s College Rebecca Murray and Maeve Grimley have been honoured with the award of Spirit of Enniskillen Trust Bursaries.The educational work of Spirit of Enniskillen Trust began in Northern Ireland in 1989. It was inspired by the late Senator Gordo
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This year has been phenomenal for students of Irish in Saint Catherine’s College as record numbers head for a summer course in the Donegal Gaeltacht. Fifteen students from Year 8 to Year 12 received Gael Linn and Feis Ard Mhacha scholarships and a team of four senior students won the Gael Linn Quiz
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Congratulations to the St. Catherine’s Year 10 Netball Team who were victorious in the 2006 Alpha League Netball Competition.
The girls won out a thrilling and hugely entertaining final by the narrowest of margins (17-16), regaining the title of Alpha League Champions for the second time in three
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Staff and students alike of Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh had good reason to celebrate after the A-Level and AS results arrived in the school last week. The school proved that it deserved its recent description by an Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern as “a centre of academic excellence at the forefront o
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Students in Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh are celebrating once again after the arrival of the GCSE results in the school last week. Principal Deirdre McDonald, congratulated all the students who worked so hard for two years to achieve such excellent results. Paying tribute to the staff of th
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Niamh O’Maolain (centre) recently achieved the top mark in CCEA GCSE Journalism. Pictured with Niamh, her teacher Mrs Noeleen Tiffney (left) and Principal of Saint Catherine’s College Mrs Deirdre McDonald (right)
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These Portadown girls, Sixth Form students at Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh have each achieved top grades in their A/S level examinations. The girls are continuing their ‘A’ Level courses leading to careers including Dentistry, Architecture, Radiography and Criminology. Pictured with Year Head
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G.C.S.E. Top Achievers in Saint Catherine’s College Armagh include these students from the Portadown area who each achieved grades A* - C in 10, 9 or 8 subjects. The girls are justifiably proud of their success and are now embarking on ‘A’Level courses in a wide range of subjects. Pictured with Pr
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Kerri McCullagh, Felicity McKee, Edel Smyth, pupils of Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh pictured with their Spanish guests during the annual Spanish Exchange. Also pictured are Mrs Eilish Cardwell and Mrs Denise Moore, teachers of Spanish in Saint Catherine’s College.
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Orlaith Trainor, a Year 11 student at Saint Catherine’s College, obtained an A* in her GCSE Maths after only 3 years of study! Orlaith is continuing her study of Mathematics by doing Additional Maths and some A’Level Maths Modules
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The Saint Catherine’s College ‘Helping Uganda Grow’ Project is now in its fourth year. Sunday 22nd October is the date when the 2006 school party (photographed above) head out to the Sacred Heart Primary School in Kyamusansala. The task set for the group this year is to tile the shower area and bu
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As part of their Global Citizenship Programme, Year 10 students in Saint Catherine’s College embarked on a Copper Hunt in September to raise money to provide educational scholarships for children in Uganda who have been orphaned due to the AIDS virus. Sr Carmel Flynn RSJ praised the tremendous ef
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‘Be the best that you can be’ was the theme of Saint Catherine’s College Key stage Three Prize Giving held recently in the school’s Callan Building. Guests at the event included parents of Year 11 students who have just completed their key Stage Three course of study, guest speaker Aine Gordon, for
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Congratulations to for four six form students who recently earned a Top Link Sports award from the Youth Sport Trust in conjunction with the Sports Council Northern Ireland.The girls, Briege Crossan, Ciara Rafferty, Nadine Campbell, and Colette McSorley, swapped their boots for clip boards and h
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The game of Camogie was well represented by the St. Catherine’s trio of Colette Mc Sorley, Mary Black and Fionnuala Mc Grath when they visited the home of English cricket at the Oval. Invited to receive her regional OCS young sportsperson of the year for N.I Colette was accompanied by her teach
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Saint Catherine’s College Music Department is once more celebrating the success of its students in a variety of recent examinations including top grades in GCSE and excellent results in instrumental and singing exams. Moreover, the every-popular school choir performed to great acclaim in Maynooth
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Diversity and quality options were the dominant themes at the annual Prize Giving Ceremony held recently in Saint Catherine’s College. The Guest Speaker for the evening was Mrs Rotha Johnston, a key figure in the Northern Irish business community. In welcoming Mrs Johnston to Saint Catherine’s C
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Open Night, which took place on the 8th February in Saint Catherine’s College, was a highly successful event. There was a large attendance of Primary 7 pupils and their parents, including pupils from the local Irish Medium Primary Schools.The P7 pupils enjoyed an action packed evening with oppo
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Saint Catherine’s College was Northern Ireland’s highest fundraising school for the Trócaire 2006 Lenten campaign, raising an incredible £16,000. The students who were the highest raisers in the 2006 Fast were privileged to launch the 2007 24 Hour Fast in the Armagh area. Pictured here are: student
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Pictured with their teacher Mrs P. Byrne is the one year Maths group from Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh who all achieved top grades in GCSE Maths in June 2006.
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Kaye Smith, a Sixth Form student at Saint Catherine’s College Armagh was awarded the Siena Cup at the Prizegiving ceremony held recently in the school.Kaye was nominated for this award by her teachers for putting the needs of others before her own. As part of her Sixth Form Health and Social Ca
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Well done to the Year 10, 11 and 12 students of Saint Catherine’s College who participated in the recent UK Intermediate Maths Challenge. Students were awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates with Louise Rice 2nd and Aisling Duffy qualifying for the Pink Kangaroo Round which is reserved for ca
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Aideen Canavan, a Year 12 student at Saint Catherine’s College, has volunteered to assist at the Belfast Marathon over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Aideen was a volunteer at last year’s Special Olympics Ireland Games. She is also a swimming tutor with Dungannon Special Olympics Club and assists at
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Year 12 students at Saint Catherine’s College Shauna Mallon (left) and Carla Rice, pictured here with School Principal Mrs Deirdre McDonald, are heading to China in the Autumn as volunteers for the Special World Olympic Games. When congratulating them on their application and enthusiasm, Mrs McDona
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March hailed the arrival in Armagh of twin brothers Victor and Patrice Pointereau from Orléans France who spent their two week mid-term break in class at Saint Catherine’s College. They boys were hosted by GCSE French students Jane O’Hagan and Eileen McKee and are very grateful to the girls and the
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Pictured here are Saint Catherine’s Under 19 Gaelic footballers with their coaches Miss Caoimhe Marley and Miss Ciara McGahan. This victorious team reached the Ulster Final after beating Saint Genevieve’s, Belfast, in what was a nail biting match. Saint Catherine’s showed great heart and determi
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Mary Davis, Chief Executive, Special Olympics Ireland is to give the thrid Cormac McAnallen Leadership Lecture in Saint Catherine’s College Armagh on Wednesday 4th April. Tyrone Inter-County footballer and All Star, Cormac McAnallen was a member of Saint Catherine’s College staff since he first
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Saint Catherine’s College and Armagh College of Further and Higher Education have been jointly running an Exchange Programme with Lycee St Paul Orleans, France since 1993. The students from France are pictured here with their hosts from both Armagh schools. Included in the picture are Mrs Chantal
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Class 9C, Saint Catherine’s College Armagh, proudly display the trophy they won in the EcoWorld Project organised by CCEA and the Consumer Council. The girls scooped second prize in the project which involved carrying out an energy and water efficiency audit of the school. They had to identify are
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Felicity McKee, a student of Saint Catherine’s College, represented Armagh and Portadown Soroptimists at the final of Soroptimist International’s 24th Annual Youth Award Public Speaking Competition. Felicity is pictured here with Mrs Deirdre McDonald (Principal) and her English Teacher Mrs Siobhan B
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Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it!Mary Davis, Chief Executive of Special Olympics Ireland, delivered the third Cormac McAnallen leadership Lecture in Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh. In welcoming Ms Davis, Principal, Deirdre McDonald, explained that the purpose of
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St Catherine’s take on Ballysodare County Leitrim in the All-Ireland U-16 Gaelic Final in Breifini Park Cavan on Tuesday 24th April at 12:00. The girls are making history as the first St Catherine’s team to take the field in any All-Ireland final. On this historic occasion Mrs McDonald, School
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Saint Catherine’s College Armagh Girls’ Under 16 Gaelic Football Team are All-Ireland Champions having defeated Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim in the final in Breffni Park today Tuesday 2-4 to 1-4.Principal of Saint Catherine’s College, Mrs Deirdre McDonald commented “This is a fitting tribute to Corm
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Saint Catherine’s’ College Key Stage 3 students raised the enormous sum of £2,000 for Readathon on World Book Day. Readathon is a National Sponsored Reading event that is held in schools annually. All the money raised is donated equally between CLIC Sargent and The Roald Dahl Foundation. The mone
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Bravo to Saint Catherine’s College Year 13 A’ Level Maths class who competed in the “Mathématiques Sans Frontières” competition and were awarded first place in the SELB area and second place in Northern Ireland! This is the first year that Saint Catherine’s College students have entered the competi
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Saint Catherine’s College has recently updated two of its many computer suites, putting the school to the forefront of latest technology. 50 new Fujitsu / Siemens Pcs have been installed along with a new fileserver, to complete the hardware package. Mr Louis Coyle, Head of ICT, commented “All
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Class 9C, Saint Catherine’s College Armagh, proudly display the trophy they won in the EcoWorld Project organised by CCEA and the Consumer Council. The girls scooped second prize in the project which involved carrying out an energy and water efficiency audit of the school. They had to identify are
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Melissa Devlin, a Sixth Form student at Saint Catherine’s College Armagh, has been awarded a Spirit of Enniskillen bursary.This prestigious programme, founded by Senator Gordon Wilson, brings together every year 50 young people representing a cross-section of the community in Northern Ireland.
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Thirteen sixth form students from Saint Catherine’s College, accompanied by two members of staff, Mrs Kay Cullen (Project Co-ordinator) and Mrs Pat Taylor are off to Lourdes from 12th to 17th May as part of the Armagh Diocesan Pilgrimage.This is the ninth consecutive year that sixth form student
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The 2007 Campa Chormaic was launched in the Brantry Bard, Co Tyrone, last night by double all-Ireland winning manager, Mickey Harte and members of the Siegerson Cup winning Queens University team, including Kevin McGourty and captain Daniel McCartan. Campa Chormaic was set up in memory of Cormac
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Saint Catherine’s’ College Key Stage 3 students raised the enormous sum of £2,000 for Readathon on World Book Day. Readathon is a National Sponsored Reading event that is held in schools annually. All the money raised is donated equally between CLIC Sargent and The Roald Dahl Foundation. The mone
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Smiles of delight from Saint Catherine’s College Young Environmentalists of the Year 2007 after winning the overall Junior Title, awarded in The Mansion House, Dublin last week.Saint Catherine’s College win All-Ireland Environmental Competition!
The Environmental Club in Saint Catherine’s Colle
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The Environmental Club in Saint Catherine’s College is celebrating yet another All Ireland success. At the awards’ ceremony held in the Mansion House, Dublin on Monday 21st May, they were declared Overall Junior Winners in the ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Competition for 2007. Earlier in the mo
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Congratulations to Ann Marie Donaghy, a year 11 student in Saint Catherine’s College, on winning the ‘Young Business Person Shield’ kindly sponsored by Mr Dessie Feeney. Ann Marie had to fight off stiff competition to be awarded the honour. Her winning Mini Business was an extremely profitable Cho
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Staff and students alike of Saint Catherine’s College, Armagh had good reason to celebrate after the A-Level and AS results arrived in the school last week. The school proved that it deserved its recent description by an Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern as “a centre of academic excellence at the forefront o
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Despite a record number of pupils achieving A* grades at St. Catherine’s College this year, 16 year old Louise Rice has still managed to achieve a feat managed by no-one at the school before and indeed by few pupils who sit GCSEs nationally:12 A* grades. The Northern Ireland Council for the Curric
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An Sruth Gaeilge, Coláiste Chaitríona comes of age this year as our first group of Irish Medium students complete their G.C.S.E. course and do themselves proud. All students scored remarkably well and the average GCSE pass rate was the same as our record achievement in the Main School. Top achievers
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Saint Catherine’s College outstanding students at G.C.S.E. are pictured here with proud principal, Mrs Deirdre McDonald. The 5 girls each achieved 11 or 12 GCSEs at grade A* / A this summer and have in total, 43 A* grades and 14 A grades.
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These happy students from Saint Catherine’s College Armagh are pictured here with their Spanish exchange partners who are enjoying a ten day trip to the area. The visitors will attend classes and take time out to explore the main tourist attractions in Northern Ireland. Also in the photo is Mrs De
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An Sruth Gaeilge, Coláiste Chaitríona comes of age this year as our first group of Irish Medium students complete their G.C.S.E. course and do themselves proud. All students scored remarkably well and the average GCSE pass rate was the same as our record achievement in the Main School. Top achievers
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Ciara Hughes, Guest Speaker at the recent Key stage 3 Prize Giving ceremony in Saint Catherine’s College receives a gift from Principal Mrs Deirdre McDonald. Looking proudly on are Lisa Knox (Deputy Head Girl), Eimear McKinstry, Emma McManus (Head Girl) and Nadine Campbell, students who gave the vo
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‘Follow Your Dream’ was the theme of Saint Catherine’s College Key Stage Three Prize Giving held recently in the school’s Callan Building. Guests at the event included parents of Year 11 students, guest speaker Ciara Hughes (past pupil) and former Head of Key Stage 3, Mrs Michelle McCartan.In w
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Five students from Saint Catherine’s College Armagh have been ranked top in Northern Ireland in CCEA Summer 2007 GCSE examinations. Pictured with Principal Mrs Deirdre McDonald (right) and Deputy Principal Mrs Laura McCrory (left) are:Aislín McCurry, first in Learning for Life and Work, joint s
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On Wednesday last the entire school community of Saint Catherine’s College Armagh celebrated the announcement that Archbishop Sean Brady was being elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals. School Principal Mrs Deirdre McDonald commented:“It was a happy coincidence that this great news shoul
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Find out all about the preparation taking place for the school show by reading the daily blog written by members of the cast.Check out the photos on the Picture Gallery. Use the link above 'Gallery'!Thursday 15th November2007 – 5 days to go!My name is Sarah Mc Nally and I am playing the
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Many people do not know what the Advent Candles represent:
Week 1: Purple- Week 1’s Purple Candle represents The Old Testament Prophets
Week 2: Purple- Week 2’s Purple Candle represents Saint John the Baptist
Week 3: Pink- Week 3’s Pink Candle Represents The Virgin Mary
Week 4: Purple- W
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CELEBRATING SUCCESS AT SAINT CATHERINE’S COLLEGE PRIZE GIVING‘Celebrating Success’ was the theme of the annual Prize Giving ceremony held recently in Saint Catherine’s College, at which the Guest Speaker was Caitríona Ruane, Minister for Education.In welcoming the Minister, Principal,
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OPEN NIGHT
ON
Thursday 31st January 2008 First Session: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Principal’s Address: 6.00pm sharpfor Mount Saint Catherine’s P.S.
Saint Patrick’s P.S. Armagh
Saint Malachy’s P.S. Armagh
Saints and Scholars P.S. ArmaghSecond Session: 8.15pm - 10.15pm
Principal’s Ad
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