ST. JOSEPH'S  LAUNCH NEW SCHOOL WEBSITE

St. Joseph's  have revamped its school website. The website address is www.stjosephscrossmaglen.com and the site is now an important source of information for pupils, parents and the local community. The website is constantly updated and records recent activities in the school, successes gained by the students and information on upcoming events; both academic and extra curricular.  Also available on the site is VLE (Virtual Learning Environment), links to the Newry and Mourne Area Learning Community and an online prospectus for prospective students. The school is delighted to have this excellent medium available and hopes that all those involved in the school and wider community will make good use of this.

P6 PUPILS ENJOY TASTE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL AT ST JOSEPH'S

Friday 4th March saw St. Joseph's open its doors to over 137 Primary 6 pupils from the local feeder schools.                                                    This event was organised by Mr. Short , Head of Junior School, it is an opportunity for students to get a taste                                                                 of secondary school.  Pupils had the opportunity to experience exciting lessons in Technology and Design, Science,                                                   I.C.T. , Home Economics and P.E. They were expertly guided and helped during these lessons by pupils from                                                          St. Joseph's.  The day was extremely successful and enjoyed by all.

　

PRESENTATION TO PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Mr. Scally (Principal) recently presented Primary School Principals of the area with a framed poster recording the successes of their past pupils at St. Joseph's.
The poster showed photographs of each of the 2010 GCSE Award winners from the Annual School Presentation which took place in November. The Prizes were presented by former Principal Mr. Bernard Crilly.
The Primary Principals were delighted to receive the poster and will be proudly displaying it in their schools .

The featured former students from St. Patrick's Primary School, Crossmaglen include

Patrick Boyle
Sionan Murphy
Ryan Connolly
Gary Mc Shane
Aisling Mc Creesh
Daniel Evans

The featured former students from St. Patrick's Primary School, Cullyhanna are
Nicole Mc Glade
Aine Nolan
Doreen Martin
Niamh Burns
Denise Rowland
Eva Conlon
Padi Reel



The featured former students from St. Brigid's PS, Glassdrummond are
Laura Mc Shane
Lisa Mc Gahon
Grainne Garvey
Anna Mc Creesh

The featured former students from St. Mary's Primary School, Mullaghbawn are

Packie Grant
Eddie English
Clinton Mc Keever
Michael Quinn
Emma Mc Verry

The featured former students from St. Oliver Plunkett's Primary School Forkhill are:
David Duffy
David Mc Cann
Shannon Lyons
Laura Judge
Declan Judge

The featured former student from St. Oliver's Primary School Carrickovaddy is:
Michelle Reel

The featured former students from Clonalig Primary School is :
Dearbhla O'Farrell
 

Gael Linn Quiz Champions for the Fourth Consecutive Year

St. Joseph's emerged victorious from the annual Gael Linn quiz. This is the fourth year in a row ,they have emerged champions. The pupils involved were : Aaron Duffy, Ryan Carville, Sean O g Irwin and Gavin Rowland
This event was held at Newry Sports Centre. This quiz is very popular and there was an impressive turnout from schools in Newry and the surrounding schools in Down and Armagh.
Given the high standard of the competition, it is a great accolade to the Year 11 pupils who took first place. Mrs. Karen Ridley, their Irish teacher was delighted and very proud of the team. She feels the event, which was enjoyed by all pupils who participated is a great way of promoting the Irish language. They are now on their way to the Ulster rounds.