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Developing Employability Skills
Year 14 students participated in an Employability Masterclass facilitated by Maeve McParland and Deborah King from Newry and Mourne Enterprise Agency focusing on developing their employability and self-marketing skills within the recruitment process. The masterclass was followed by individual interviews where the students were able to demonstrate their skills and pick up important advice from a range of local business personnel. We would like to thank all those from the loc


School Choir Perform at Newry Business Christmas Charity Dinner
St Mary’s Choir along with the choir from St Joseph's Boys' High School, Newry were delighted to be invited to sing at the Newry Business Christmas Charity Dinner in Canal Court Hotel. The choir joined other local schools in the area in welcoming invited guests to the event. We were also excited to be joined on stage by Northern Irish singer Brian Kennedy for a special rendition of Silent Night. Well done everyone, we are so proud of you all.


St Mary's Annual Christmas Fayre
A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Annual Christmas Fayre. It was a lovely festive evening. A special word of thanks to all our vendors: Denise Mullen Orla Traynor Philomena Kavanagh Janet Powell Mya Morgan Donna Kirk and Kelly O’Reilly Gloria Havern Hannah Jones Sign It Chris and Emma Spice Infused Honey St Mary’s Business Department St Mary's PE Department Year 11 Raffle Sellers Aimee Jennings and Vakare Vaitkute Brenda and Emma Cunningham and Susan Tennyson Mari


Year 14 Mini Enterprise
Congratulations to our Year 14 Business Studies Students who set up a mini enterprise cake business 'A Slice of Kindness’ in Buttercrane Shopping Centre today. The girls had a very successful day selling all types of tasty treats ranging from cupcakes to tray bakes and biscuits to mince pies. We would like to send our sincere thanks to everyone who stopped by to purchase from their stall and also to everyone who so kindly gave a donation. All proceeds from the day are to b


Presentation Evening in St Mary’s High School
We celebrated the GCSE and A’ Level achievements of our Senior Students at the annual Presentation Evening. Grace Hobden, Head Girl, welcomed everyone to the celebration and gave a special welcome to the Guest Speaker Edwina Flynn, President of Newry Chamber. Edwina congratulated the students on their excellent GCSE and A’Level results and on their many curricular and extracurricular achievements in school. Her inspiring words encouraged the students to nurture the values


Health and Well-being Day
Students took a well deserved break from their regular timetable to enjoy a range of activities designed to support their physical and mental health. Each year group had an opportunity to participate in a Clubbercise workout led by Elaine Cunningham from EMC Fitness. This activity was a fun, full body workout that incorporated dance and combat moves to classic club anthems. The girls enjoyed getting creative with their glow in the dark equipment and uv face paints. Many thank


Pittsburgh Steelers Visit
We were delighted to welcome Mr Dan Rooney and the Steelers Legends to St Mary’s. Mr Rooney presented Miss Tegan McKibbin (St Mary’s) and...


School Formal 2025
We hope all our Year 14 students and their partners had a wonderful time at their school formal in The Canal Court. You all looked...


GCSE Results Day
Congratulations to all our students who received their GCSE results. The girls have worked extremely hard over the last five years and...


A Level Results 2025
Many congratulations to all our 'A' Level Students who received their results. We are so proud of you and all your achievements over the...


Congratulations to all our Students who were successful at Newry Feis
0824 were awarded 1st Place and Secondary School’s Cup for Choral Speaking Over 11 and Under 12 Poem 2nd Place: Siofra Connolly Over 12...


Art Exhibition 2025
St Mary's was proud to host our annual Art Exhibition for invited family and friends of our GCSE and 'A' Level exam students. ...


New Head Girls Announced
We are proud to announce that St Mary's new Head Girls are Grace Hobden and Eibhli Doran. Aimee Beattie and Zuzanna Kielczykowska have...


Technology and Design GCSE Projects
A huge congratulations to our GCSE Technology and Design Students who have successfully created and completed their final pieces to...


Business Studies Barcelona Trip
Our Year 13 Students had a wonderful trip to Barcelona. The girls visited Port Vell, Las Ramblas, Camp Nou, The Torres Vineyard...


St Mary's Spring Concert
The assembly hall of St Mary’s was filled with music, energy, and applause as students took to the stage for the first ever Spring...


World Book Day Celebrations
To celebrate World Book Day and the final day of our Literacy Week celebrations for 2025, we hosted the annual Year 8 World Book Day Quiz...


St Patrick’s Day
St Mary’s celebrated St Patrick’s Day with some Irish dancing followed by a Staff vs Pupils Gameshow, an amazing dance routine by our...


Ulster Development Shield Final
Our under 20 pupils played in their long-awaited Ulster Development Shield Final, versus Sperrin Integrated College. From the first...


St Mary's Open Night 2025
We were delighted to welcome Primary 7 Pupils and Parents to our Open Night. We hope everyone had a great evening.

St Mary's High School, Newry
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