2018 – 2019
Service of Remembrance and Reconciliation
Posted on : November 15, 2018
On Wednesday 14th November Sligo Grammar School held a special Service of Remembrance and Reconciliation in Calry Church to remember the fallen of both World Wars, in particular World War I. The school laid wreaths in remembrance of the pupils …
Prize Day 2018
Posted on : October 26, 2018
On Friday 26th October Sligo Grammar School celebrated its annual Prize Day in Calry Church. The school awards prizes for sporting and cultural excellence as well as academic achievement. This year our guest speaker was Katie Mullan, International hockey player …
Outstanding Achievers
Posted on : October 22, 2018
On Wednesday 10th October four TY students travelled to NUI Galway to collect special awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Junior Cert Business Studies exam, 2018. Ammar Khan, Aoife O’Donnell, Yeji Kim and Rachel Thorpe all received an “A” grade …
The Spanish Invasion!!
Posted on : October 21, 2018
Sligo Grammar School was delighted to welcome a group of Spanish secondary school students in this term. From September 25th to October 11th twenty five students from Vigo in Northern Spain joined the second years and attended classes with them …
Fundraising Activities in SGS
Posted on : October 17, 2018
In Sligo Grammar School students are encouraged to get involved in the community in a variety of ways. As well as volunteering to help with community projects, working with people with special needs and participating in flag days the students …
Cultural Tour to Germany
Posted on : October 16, 2018
From October 11th to October 14th the German language students from forms 3 and 4 visited the Cologne region of Germany on a cultural tour. During the trip they saw the marvellous Gothic Cathedral of Cologne as well as Drachenberg …
Rugby Trip 2018
Posted on : October 9, 2018
In the early hours of Friday 5th October the Senior Rugby team set out on a team bonding and training trip to Portugal. They were accompanied by Mr Staunton and Mr Gavin. The purpose of the trip was to help …
SGS – WORLD RECORD HOLDER!
Posted on : October 7, 2018
In September the word came through that Sligo Grammar School is now, officially, a world record holder! On Friday 4th May the whole population of Sligo Grammar School got together to attempt create the largest image of a human house. As …
Special Assembly
Posted on : September 15, 2018
On Friday 14th September a very special guest addressed the school in the first whole school assembly of 2018/19. The Anglican Archbishop of the Congo, most Rev’d Massimango Katanda spoke about poverty and unjust discrimination and favouritism. The Archbishop also …
The Class of 2018
Posted on : September 10, 2018
This year’s Leaving Cert class have moved on to the next phase of their lives and we wish them all the very best in whatever they turn their hand to in the coming years. A look at the figures shows …
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BFG Bank
Transition Year students Chloe Lougheed, Emma Gallagher, Avril Murray, Mark Mulhern, Emma O’Gorman and Luke Glennon recently competed in the AIB Build-A-Bank Challenge, resulting in them participating in the National Final in the RDS on March 13th. The AIB Build-A-Bank …
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2019
Just before the St Patrick’s Weekend break Sligo Grammar School ran its annual Seachtain na Gaeilge. Celebrating all things Irish, this week has become a fixture in the school . The week is organised and run by 5th year Irish …
Visitors from USA
On Monday 11th March Sligo Grammar School welcomed choristers from St Mark’s School, Massachusetts, USA, to Sligo. The American school is on a tour of Ireland , visiting Galway, Limerick, Dublin, Cork and of course, Sligo. St Mark’s is a …
Wellbeing Week 2019
The week before the mid -term break Sligo Grammar School ran a Wellbeing Week. During the previous weeks the students had been in the thick of exams – mocks for 6th and 3rd, and house exams for everyone else. It …
Junk Kouture
This year two groups of TY students submitted outfits for the Junk Kouture Design Competition. We are delighted to say that “Got You Covered”, designed and made by Clare Ison, Rachel Thorpe and Rachel Wang, made it through to the …