st mary's high school summer newsletter 2013

St Maryts receive Investors in People

Gold AwardMr Stephen Matthews CEO of the Cedar Foundation and Investors in PeopleAward Assessor congratulates the Principal, staff and pupils in St Mary's HighSchool on the recent achievement of the Investors In People - GoldAward.

Investors in Peopleis a national qualityaward and thePrincipal, MrsMargo Cosgrove isdelighted that StMary's is in theprivileged positionof being among theone per cent of allrecognisedorganisations in theUK that successfullyreceive at "Gold"Standard.

The Gold Award recognises the culture in St Mary's in which staff have a verystrong sense of empowerment and responsibility for providing high standards ofteaching, learning and support for every pupil. Praise was given for the school'ssustained academic success and the lead taken in new developments within theschool and in the wider community.

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St Mary3 Girls Reach Finals ofJunkkouture

Art students DanielleKinney and OdetaZirrar1qy'te reached the

Semi Finals of the Junkkouture Competition. Bothcontestants travelled to Derry to compete in the Millenniumforum in March 2013.It was St Mary's first time entering so

there was great delight being in Derry during this year ofCulture.

Junk Kouture in association with the European RecyclingPlatform (ERP) is a national competition for second levelstudents in Ireland and Northern Ireland which challengesteenagers to create high-end wearable fashion from everydayjunk that would normally find its way into the bin. JunkKouture aims to inspire and ignite passion in teenagers whileat the same time subtly educating them about the importanceof recycling and reusing waste for the good of the planet.

In the last two years, Junk Kouture has established itself as thepremier fashion competition for teenagers throughout Ireland.

Danielle and Odeta, both 6th year students workedtirelessly to create these masterpieces. Danielle's 'ToySoldier' ensemble is based on the theme of stolenchildhood. Odeta's creation entitled'A Flight of Fancy'reflected her personal voyage uprooting from Lithuaniaand her journey to Ireland. Both outfits are madeentirely from recyclable materials. The majority ofDanielle's costume is made from broken toys, alongwith the waste from the hole puncher and Odeta's iscreated from leaves, seatbelts and black bin bags.

Danielle Kinney and her supporters, from St Mary's,travelled to the Bord Gais Theatre in Dublin for thefinal of the competition in April and after a very nailbiting competition, Danielle and another studentreceived equal votes fromthe judges. However,Danielle was placed secondafter the Internet votes werecounted.


Presentation Night in St MarytsPresent and past students of St Mary's celebratedtheir achievements at the annual PresentationEvening. Laura Hillen, Deputy Head Girlwelcomed the guests who included members of theBoard of Governors, Primary School Principals,Former Principals , Representatives from Dankseand Bank oflreland, parents, pupils past and presentand the guest speaker Dr Gerard O Hare CBE. TheMusic Department's Traditional Group and Choirprovided the entertainment for the guests.

Dr Gerard O Hare CBE commended the students ontheir excellent GCSE and GCE Advanced Levelresults and on the many curricular and extracurricular achievements while at St Mary's HighSchool.

He praised the outreach ethos in the school inparticular the schools link with the Newry AfricaProject and commended the pupils on their spirit ofcompassion and generosity.

Mrs Margo Cosgrove, Principal, was delighted bythe high standards set in recent years in the GCSEand GCE Examinations. Once again St Mary's isamong the top performing non-selective postprimary schools in Northern Ireland. In this verysuccessful year students have achieved excellentresults, 83 % of the Year 12 pupils achieved five ormore subjects at grades A* - C. She noted thesuperb results at Advanced Level; I00% pass ratewith students gaining entry into a range ofUniversities Courses and colleges or Employment.

She commended the dedication of the schoolcommunity which was recognised through the receipt of the Investors In People Award, ECO and RightsRespecting School's Award.

Congratulations also went to the many studentsachieving the Bronze President's Award and TheJohn Paul II Awards who have demonstrated theircommitment to Voluntary and Community Work.These along with numerous other extra curricularactivities enrich the lives of the students as thevacquire many essential life skills.

Mrs Cosgrove paid tribute to parents, pupils andstaff and all those who generously gave their timeand expertise including a wide range of Financialand Business Partners along with many agenciesand individuals whose support enriches the life ofthe school.


Junior Students Celebrate SuccessStudents in St Mary's High School enjoyed a very successful afternoon when they were presented withJunior Certificates, along with a wealth of academic and pastoral awards. Mrs Margo Cosgrove,principal, welcomed former pupil, Miss Treise Lively B.Sc, AMRSC, as guest speaker. Treise iscurrently completing her doctorate in Electro Chemistry in Queen's University, Belfast.

In her presentation, Treise congratulated the students on their recent success and paid tribute to herexperiences in St Mary's. Her inspiring speech encouraged the students to rise to challenges and seize

every opportunity.

Mrs Cosgrove, in heraddress, praised both thestudents and their parents forthe support they give to theschool. She concluded"There is no secret tosuccess; it is a combinationof pupils' hard work, theirdetermination to succeed andhaving supportive parents. "She also congratulated thestudents on their manypastoral, sporting andacademic awards.


St Mary's has Christmas all Wrapped UpOnce again St Mary's has risen to the challenge to help local, national and global charities and staff andpupils must be commended for their efforts in helping to make a difference to those less fortunate thanthemselves.

Their fundraising activities, which included a

Junior School fitness day, staff coffee morning,sponsored walk, cake sales, and a Zumba fitness

event have enabled them to make donations toseveral organisations. They have also generously

contributed to the Blytheswood Shoe Box Appealand the annual Christmas Hamper appeal in aid ofSt Vincent de Paul. A total of f2925 has been

raised in the first term.

Cheques have been presented to

Macmillan Cancer Support - f500,Samaritans - L425,

Action Cancer - f.400 ,

Breast Cancer Awareness - f 150,

Zambian Street Children - f550,St Vincent de Paul - f900.

Above: Mich6al Murphy and Brendan Keenanwith just some of the shoe boxes and hampers

The cheques and hampers were presented to Mich6al Murphy and Brendan Keenan by Mrs MargoCosgrove and Mrs Pauline Morgan and Year 8 pupils, Leanne Ruddy and Cara Murphy, Year 9 pupils,Anna Kearney and Dearbhla Markey, and senior pupils Shannon Doyle, Laura Campbell, Aileen OHare,

Shannon Phillips, Niamh Brady and Aishlene Bagnall.

St Mary's Aids The Blytheswood Shoebox Appeal 0824 Cake Sale Raises {550 for Street Children

Year 10 pupils helped pack the shoeboxes for thisyear's Bly.theswood shoebox appeal. As alwaysthe girls of St Mary's were very generous. Thisyear the boxes were destined for Romania

Mr. Barry Traynor visited school to collect acheque for f550 from class 0824.

Their donation will contribute to the wonderfulwork, he carries out to support "street children"


Action Cancer Think Pink Event

Macmillan Cancer Support

Pupils from the Senior Council, began our annual fundraising activities in aid of MacMillan Cancer

Support with a Cake Sale.

Mrs Pauline Morgan and sixth formpupils: Kate Madine, Breda OHare,Shannon Philips, Aileen 0Hare, andJennifer Magennis.

St Maryts Celebrates itts Africarr School Proiect


Lst Place in Soroptomist Competition Mourne Coastal Tourism Forum

Two highly accomplished students took part in the Newry Lions Youth Award Evening.

Kirsty Mc Kevitt was placed first in the local heat while Nicola O Gorman came second. Kirsty then

represented St Mary's in the Regional Final and in winning received both a plaque and bursary which is

to be spent on her chosen

community project.

Kirsty travelled to Dublin to

take part in the A11 Ireland

Final and was presented with

a plaque as a finalist. The

girls are extensively involved

in helping young people, the

disabled and disadvantaged in

their local community. The

Lions Award recognises,

encourages and supports

young people who are

actively involved in their

local community.

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Congratulations to Marie Pearce from Year 12 who

won First place in the local final of the Newry

Soroptomist Public Speaking Competition.

Her speech was titled, '

Not for Sale: End Human

Trafficking'. In her speech

she highlighted the trauma

of human trafficking which

exists throughout the world

and even in our own town

of Newry.

Her engaging speech challenged those in authority

to work together to stop current practice and so

improve the lives of many vulnerable young

women

"Legend has it"This is a short story writing competition whereentries had to write about an existing legend ofsomething connected to someone famous locally ora story about an ancestor.

St Mary's pupil Rachel Curtis, Year 11 came

second. Rachel wrote about her local legend -

"Pat Jennings". Her winning story will feature onthe website - www.come2mournes.com


St Marys Bids a Fond Farewell to Fr Conor

Staff , pupils and guests of St Mary's High School assembled as a school community to bid a very fondfarewell to a very popular and dedicated school chaplain, Fr Conor Mc Conville

Mrs Cosgrove, Principal thanked Fr Conorcommenting that as chaplain for sixteenyears he has worked tirelessly,strengthening the vibrant links between theschool and parish. His work in promotingthe gospel was very evident through themany liturgical celebrations during theschool year and St Mary's students havebenefited from his support, kindness andfriendship.

The schools traditional group and choirperformed during the presentationceremony and the school council and staffpresented Fr Conor with a token ofappreciation as they wished him everysuccess in his new role in the parish ofLurgan.

Pope John Paul 11 Award Success

The R.E. department is proudly celebrating the achievements of six Year 14 pupils who have received the

Pope John Paul 11 award for voluntary work carried out in their parishes and local communities. The

award requires atotal of 40 hours voluntary work and the girls received their awards at a special ceremony

in Banbridge Parish Centre. The girls who received the award are

Aoife BagnallCarmel MorganKate MadineBreda O'HareDanae MorleyCaoimhe TumiltyMany congratulations girls !


On Wednesday 13th March, staff and students travelled to Belfast to visit the BBC to take part in BBCNews School Report, a BBC project to engage 11-16-year-olds in the news.

On arrival at the BBC studios they were greeted by Austin O'Callaghan, BBC sports reporter, who joined them on a tour of thestudios. First stop on the tour was to visit the BBC Newsline studio.

The girls experienced at first hand the role of a newsreader as well as

audio and lighting techniques.

One of our A Level students Laura Hillen who hopes to studyjournalism at university was able to pick up "a few tricks of the trade"and get a feel for the broadcasting world.

Next stop was a trip to the backstage area of the studios where the girlswitnessed the technical side of broadcasting. This included the television galleries and the televisioncontinuity suites. They witnessed how the BBC in London communicates with the regional BBCcompanies in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland to provide a smooth and consistent service to allviewers.

BBC School Report - live....

On Thursday 21st March 11 St Mary's pupils from St Mary'sjoined up with around 1000 schools across the UK making the

news.

At 2pm the students broad-

casted their news, covering

the stories of the day as

well as their special reporton three St Mary's Girlswho have been chosen to

represent their country.

Student Laura Hillen who was one of the BBC school reporters said:

"I was privileged to be working on the BBC School Report

Programme as I got the opportunity to work with Austin O Callaghan. This was a great opportunity for me

as I am going on to study journalism in the future."

BBC Studios Belfast visit School Report Team - St Mary's.St Mary's welcomed back the BBC team and BBC Sports Presenter/Researcher Austin O'Callaghan whenthey visited our school to talk with the girls involved in the BBC Schools Report..

After a tour of the bus and seeing the facilities on board, the school report team discussed the plan ofaction for this year.

The BBC team also welcomed other students on board the bus through-out the day and the girls got the opportunity to experience the life of areporting team. The girls had to discuss a variety of topics and intervieweach other. Then they got the chance to go into the recording studio torecord their interviews. The A Level Media Studies students alsoavailed of the experience of the recording studio and witnessed what itslike, first hand, behind the scenes of a BBC broadcast.


Eco Group Attend TIDY Nl Event in BelfastOn the 14th February, four year 9 pupils visited Stormont, Belfast to

represent St. Mary's High School's Eco- committee. This event was

sponsored by Tidy Northern Ireland. The girls focused on Nigeria and the

impacts of climate change on this Africian country compared to that ofNorthern Ireland. Many schools participated in this event and presented

many presentations that interested and challenged the audience. Fainche

Lennon described their involvement. "We decided to get our hands dirty

and created a beautiful, colourful notice board display". The co-ordinators

of the event were so pleased with the outcome that they have asked

permission for the use of a photo of St. Mary's pupils taken at the event.

This photo will be used for a TIDY NI Gazebo banner. The four girls who

proudly represented St. Mary's on the day were Fainche Lennon, Anna

Ruddy, Dearbhla Markey and Aiobheann O Hare.

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St Mary's pupils are dedicated to recycling, lowering their carbonemission, and "giving back" to their environment. With help fromthe National Trust, St. Mary's received 40 trees including Rowan,Cheny Blossom, Birch and Oak, which they planted around theschool grounds. These Eco-warriors respect the environmentwhere their teaching takes place. By planting these trees, the pupilsunderstand that, not only will it promote a more pleasant learningenvironment, but it is reducing their carbon footprint.

Newry and Mourne Area Learning Commirnity support QUB Law Seminar

St Mary's, in conjunction with Queens University Law School,hosted a very successful Area Leaming Community Seminar

Students from schools in the Newry & Mourne ALC attendedthe event where they received first hand information aboutstudying for a Law degree at Queens University Belfast.

The interactive event began with an introduction from GordonAnthony, Admissions Officer, School of Law who focussed oncareer opportunities after studying the Law Degree. This wasfollowed by a presentation from Professor Sally Wheeler, Headof the School of Law: "Why a Queen's Law Degree?" Thisfocused on the skills element of the degree; subjects to be takenand staff-student expectations. To conclude the event, Mrs Meave Gilchrist, School Manager, offeredinvaluable insights into the student experience at Queen's and addressed matters such as pastoral care andpersonal development within the University.


GCSE Drama Students Perform Blood BrothersYear 12 pupils thrilled their audiences recently

with their excellent production of Blood Brothers.

This was part of their GCSE Drama practical and

with the combination of acting, song and dance

students were able to display their skills and

talents. Mrs McAllister, Head of Drama, was

delighted with the girl's performance. They

portrayed the characters with such skill and

expertise that they impressed their audience.

Double Treat for GCSEDrarna StudentsGCSE Drama students had a doubletreat as they attended the play, 'TheCrucible'. They were guests ofCinemagic - Belfast, and wereinvited to attend a Drama workshopin the Odyssey. Afterwards theywatched the f,rlm, starring Daniel D.Lewis and Winona Ryder.A week later they attended a

performance of the play, acted bystudents of the Sheridan Stage

School, in the Townhall, Newry.This double bill of the Crucible willbe ofgreat benefit to the students as

they are studying the play for theirGCSE Drama and English.


St Mary's Celebrates Feis Success

Congratulations to all the St Mary's girls for another successful year at the Newry Speech and DramaFestival.

Winners at the Feis for Poetry, Good Conversation and PublicSpeaking

Secondary Schools Cup (Shannon Mulholland); Plaque for MostPromising Speaker (Emma Gaul); Good Conversation Cup(Emma Gaul, Aisling Sarah Magee, Leah Mooney, AlannahStephens); Public Speaking Cup (Emma Gaul, Maeve Murtagh,Aisling Sarah Magee, Alannah Stephens)

Poems: Winners of Individual Poetry Ages

'Noah and the Rabbit'2nd: Nicole Farrell (0823)3rd: Holly Hughes (0823)

'Blind Boy on the Shore'2nd: Katie Farrell (0824)3rd: Natalie Rice (0920)Highly Commended: Aoife Magee (0917) and Caoimhe Devlin(0e20)

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lst: Jordan McMahon2nd: Shauna Gribben3rd: Tiarna RiceHighly Commended: Shannon Taylor

Senior Poemlst: Secondary School Cup - ShannonMulholland2nd: Collette Heaney3rd: Emma Gaul

Public Speakine:

lst: Winners of CupEmma GaulAisling Sarah MageeMaeve MurtaghAlannah Stephens

2nd: Marie PearseOlivia ElliottGrace McKendryLisa Mulligan

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Good Conversation:

Lst: Winners of CupEmma GaulAisling Sarah MageeLeah MooneyAlannah Stephens

2ndz Paris CreganShannon DavisonLauren QuigleyEllen Murphy

3rd: ShannonKavanaghMegan RaffertySheena ByrneRebecca McDonnell

4th: Molly Anne WoodsGrace McKendryOrla TraversKirsty O'Neill

Most Promising Speaker Cup:

Emma Gaul

Winner of the Felix O'Hagan Perpetual Trophy

for best in Secondary Schools Poetry Sectionand

Winner of the Secondary Schools Cup:

Shannon Mulholland


My Experience as a Ist Year in St Mary's High School.

My name is Jessica Harris and I am 12 years old. I wish to relay my experience as a first year. St Mary's isagreat school and all the teachers and staffare so friendly and helpful. The subjects here are taughtextremely well, and the teachers make sure you understand everlthing before they move onto a new topic..

I enjoy so many subjects, in Maths class we have so much fun. Our teacher, Mrs Kearney calls it 'FunFriday'. We play and are challenged to become competitive and achieve success.

In Drama, we learn scripts from different plays. As a group we were enjoying a play named "It's onlyan animal." I played the character Jodie and she had a cat named Boots. I loved this play because I havelots of cats and I love animals. At the moment we are studying the play Macbeth. This is one ofShakespeare's popular plays and although we are only first years I love studying it.

In Art we are experiencing lots of different drawings and shadings. We draw shoes, pets, pencil cases

and our dream world. I loved a project we did last term about African art. This was part of a "ConnectedLearning Project" where we studied Africa in many subjects. This all tied in with our sister- school, St.Mary's, in Nigeria. We support this school and have fund raising events throughout the school year. I feelvery proud that we are contributing to such a worthy cause.

In History, we were studying the Normans and we were fortunate to see a play about the Normans. Wealso went on a trip to the 'American Folk Park' at Halloween and learned all about old Irish customs andtraditions.

In Technology, we have made 'Key fobs' and we are also in the process of building an 'electronic doorbuzzer'. Our teacher Mr Magee makes it fun.

While in Music class, we learn about the keyboards and also about the different musical notes and howto draw them. One of the first year classes were involved in the "Pathways Project" and got to play a newinstrument for a year. They are putting on a performance for parents during our presentation of awards inJune.

In French class, we learn so much, about the language and the culture. I know I love to learn newlanguages, but French is awesome, with all the weird pronunciations and words, it is confusing, but stillfun. We all have French pen pals. My pen pal is a boy named Luise. We have got some things in commonand it is fun writing letters in French. May be I will meet him some day if he comes to Ireland on holiday.

Also the School Council organized a school disco, with a tuck shop, the treats were delicious. We had so

much fun dancing to the beat and watching people get presented with their awards for best dancers.

Right now the Drama teacher, Mrs McAllister, is organizing a "St Mary's Got Talent". Most acts are

singing and dancing. We love to get an opportunity to perform to an audience.

There are many after- school activities, such as Choir, Netball, Drama and Basketball. I have joined theDrama club. In this club we do acting, singing, dancingand playing wann-up games. The teacher is so kindand gives you tips on expressing yourself.

At St Mary's High School it is not hard to fit in ormake friends. When I first came I felt excited, but verynervous at the same time, because lrealized it was abig change for me, I was going from oldest in PrimarySchool to youngest in High School.

I actually found it is easier to make friends in HighSchool than in Primary School.

Time goes by quickly as you move from class to classduring the day and I can't believe my first Year iscoming to an end.


Year 9 Paris TripYear 9 pupils from St Mary's High School are pictured at the famous Stade De France stadium as part oftheir school trip to Paris. Other highlights included a day in Disneyland, a cruise on the River Seine, a visitto the top of the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe, along with a visit to Montmartre. The pupils also

enjoyed activities such as bowling in the Latin Quarter, swimming at Aquaboulevard and shopping inVal D'Europe.

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St Mary's Welcome Vistors from Kirovsk, RussiaSt Mary's Principal, staff and pupils welcomed a group of visiting Russian students, their Principal andstaff from the town of Kirovsk in Russia. St Mary's students shared stories of Irish culture, performed reelsand jigs while the Traditional Group entertained them with a selection of Irish music. The Russian studentsin turn informed the students of their town, education system and performed Russian songs for the

students' entertainment.

Mayor John McArdle thanked the staff and the pupils from St Mary's for their wafln welcome and

hospitality as well as their generous donations.

Science Department Welcomes the STEM ModuleSt Mary's welcomed the STEMmodule to its grounds. Pupils fromNewtownhamilton High Schooljoined St Mary's Year 8 pupils forSTEM activities in the morningand Primary six pupils from theBunscoil joined the STEM modulebus in the afternoon to learn aboutForces and rockets.

Activities of the day included:Making eiephant toothpaste,Using forensic science techniquesto determine 'Who killed Freddythe frog' and making rockets. Anenjoyable day was had by all.

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In May 2013, Students,Parents, Families andStaff gathered togetherto say an emotionalfarewell to our Year 14

students.

Miss Shannon Devlin,as her final task as HeadGirl welcomed herfellow students, parents

and teachers.

A beautiful mass wascelebrated by ourSchool Chaplain Fr Corr followed by a heartfeltspeech by Mrs M Cosgrove, wishing the girls luckand every good wish for whatever path they nowchoose to follow.

Mrs Cosgrove presented the Year 14 girl's with a

gift to honour the completion of their Secondarystudies at St Mary's and Head girl Shannon Devlincut the Celebration cake.

The Class of 2013 then finished the celebrationswith a song whichbrought it home to themthat they had reached theend of a wonderful lifechanging experience inSt Mary's High School.

The photographs capturesome of their cherishedfriendships.

Year 14 Leavers Mass 2013

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Cosgrove cutting theCeiebration cake

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Southern UL3 Regional Development Netball AcademyFour Year 9 pupils were selected for theSouthern U13 Regional DevelopmentNetball Academy. This was the largestnumber of players that have been selectedat this level in the School's history. Theseplayers were also members of our verysuccessful Year 8 team last year that came2ndinthe Newry & Moume Netballtournament. The players are presently,members of Newry Junior Netball Club.

Players arefrom left to right JessicaWatters, Mary Ellen Darling, AoibheanO'Hare and Kinga Mikolajska

Republic of [reland Under 2't National Netball Squad 2012

Pupils from St Mary's have been selected onto the

Republic of Ireland Under 21 National Netball Squad.

The players have been part of the club from Under 16

level and now currently play at Senior club level in

Newry. The girls have also been involved in Regional

development squads at U15, U17 and U19 level. This

group ofplayers are great ambassadors for Sport and

Netball in the Newry area. They also represented

their school in the SELB School Senior Netball Finals

against Our Lady's Grammar School.

Recognition at Netball NI Awards CeremonyCongratulations to Mary Adegbamiye who was recognised as one of

the country's top talented netball players at the Netball NI awards

ceremony in Belfast. Mary was nominated for intemational player of

the year which is a fantastic achievement for the young netball star.

Mary was pipped to the post for the overall award by the senior

netball captain for Northern Ireland who will lead her country into the

Commonwealth games qualifiers at the end of the month.

Mary is pictured with our Head of PE Miss M Murray and former

Head of PE Mrs E O'Higgins.


Newry and Mourne Sports Awards SuccessCongratulations went to St.Mary's for making the final list of nominees forthe Secondary Schools category for the Newry and Mourne Sports Awards.

The event took place in the Canal Court Hotel is hosted by the NewryDemocrat and Newry and Mourne District Council.

Miss Murray, Head of the P.E, Department said "'We are delighted to havebeen nominated once again this year for the Newry and Mourne SportsAwards, it is great to see the hard work of our pupils and their coaches beingrecognised in this way. I am very proud of all the girls' achievements and would like to thank Newry and

Mourne District Council and the Newry Democrat for recognising our many achievements over the past

year."

The school is also very proud of its links with local sports clubs in the area, including Newry LadiesNetball Club, Newry Basketball Club, Newry Athletics Club, Newry Running Club, Newry Bosco GFC,and Ballyholland Harps GFC.

The photograph (righr) is of the senior pupils who have been selected on to Country, Regional andNational squads. Jenna McCartan represents the NolanSchool of Dancing competing in the World Champion-ships, Terry Quinn selected on to the Down U16 girlssquad, Nicola O'Gorman - Down Minor and SeniorCamogie Squads, Mary Adegbamiye -rJ2l NorthernIreland Netball Squad, Kirsty McKevitt - U19 SELBSchools Netball squad, Christiana Adegbamiye, ZaraPowell - U15 Regional Development Academy.

Pictured below: are the three pupils who represent majorsports in school - Year 8 Tiarna Tumility Newry Ladies,Year 11 Mary Kernan - Newry Athletics Club and Year12Terry Quinn Bosco GFC.

The strong tradition of sport in St.Mary's is now firmlyembedded in our pupils from Year 8 pupils as they are

active in all of the extra curricular sports on offer at

St.Mary's e.g. Netball, Volley Ball and Gaelic Football

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