2020 – 2021
Christmas in SGS
Posted on : December 17, 2020
The festive season is upon us in SGS and the school has welcomed the festivities with open arms. The feel-good factor of Christmas has brought much needed diversion as well as cheer to what has been a difficult term for …
SGS Young Scientists
Posted on : December 7, 2020
This year SGS has been running a dedicated Young Scientist class and three groups have been accepted to compete in the BT Young Scientist 2021 competition. The competition takes place on 6th – 8th this year and due to Covid-19 …
Agricultural Science Field Work
Posted on : November 26, 2020
As part of the Agricultural Science programme for Leaving Cert., our Ag. students and teachers went on “walkabout” around the grounds of SGS. This year the theme they are to investigate and research is “Improving Sustainability in Irish Agriculture”. They …
Remembrance Service 2020
Posted on : November 21, 2020
On Friday 20th Nov. 2020 Sligo Grammar School held its Annual Remembrance Service. This year it was a pre-recorded Virtual Remembrance Service and reflected on the way our world has been turned upside-down by Covid19. Our headmaster thanked the students …
Adieu Mr Potter
Posted on : November 13, 2020
No sooner has Sligo Grammar School said goodbye to Mrs Lipsett and Mrs O’Donnell than we once again bid “Adieu” and “Happy retirement” to Mr Alfred Potter. After 35 years of teaching in SGS Mr Potter is bowing out and …
Irish Angus Project Ends
Posted on : November 11, 2020
On the 10th November the SGS Angus Girls said a permanent goodbye to their five angus calves. Named Ash, Midnight, Blair, Cheddar and Ermi, the calves – now yearlings – left Harte’s Farm for ABP Clones where they were slaughtered. …
Movember 2020
Posted on : November 10, 2020
Our senior Rugby Team took two minutes out of their socially distant training today to pose for this year’s Movember photograph. Team 2020-2021 continue the recently established tradition of allowing their facial hair develop for the month of November in …
Fond Goodbyes
Posted on : October 29, 2020
On Friday 23rd October SGS said goodbye to Mrs Lipsett, Mr Gavin and Mrs O’Donnell. Collette O’Donnell taught at SGS for 33 years, retiring from full-time teaching in 2017 but continuing on a part-time basis until August 2020. She taught …
Fancy Dress Day
Posted on : October 22, 2020
On October 22nd, the Young Social Innovators group from TY organised a whole-school Fancy Dress Day. The day was a huge success with the students raising over €1000 for Pieta House. This very worthy charity works with people who are …
Maurice Flanagan
Posted on : October 17, 2020
It is with great sadness that the school mourns the passing of past teacher Maurice Flanagan. Maurice passed away peacefully on Wednesday 14th October in Dublin, where he had been living since retiring from Sligo Grammar School in 1999. Most …
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Happy Easter!
The last day of this Lockdown term was marked by a Lá Glas (Green Day) in Sligo Grammar School. In celebration of Seachtain na Gaeilge and as a welcome to the arrival of Spring, the staff and 5th and 6th …
Term’s End
Finally we can see an end to Lockdown. All classes are due to return to school on April 12th, after the Easter holidays. Leaving Cert and fifth year students are back already and are glad to be back – most …
Paralympian Past Pupil
SGS is delighted to report that past pupil Martin Gordon is hoping to represent Ireland at the Tokyo Paralympics this summer. Martin has represented Ireland as a Para-Cyclist for the last five years, winning a World Cup Silver Medal. At …
TY Acting Workshop
Never one to sit still waiting for something to happen, TY student, Saoirse O’Donovan took the initiative and applied for an acting workshop with the Gaiety School of Acting. It was part of the GSA Tenemos Youth Theatre Event. From …
TY Legal Eagle
This week lucky Transition Year student Paul Daffy is taking part in the Law Society of Ireland’s “Solicitors of the Future” Transition Year programme. This project encourages TY students to consider a career in law. Participants are given an insight …