<p>See letter from DCU &#8211; a talent search is underway for suitable candidates for their programmes for young people with exceptional ability. See Ms Dolan for an application form or website here https://www.dcu.ie/ctyi Pdf-1</p>

<p>Reminder: school &amp; office are closed today Friday 27th September &amp; open again at 8am on Monday. Thank you</p>

<p>The St.Louis senior Gaelic football team opened their campaign with an impressive victory over The Marist last Friday, playing in near perfect conditions. The team donned their fabulous new jerseys for this opening encounter and certainly looked the part. It was an all round team performance from defence to attack. Captain Aine Murray led by example at midfield and was ably assisted by Grace Hoey with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Our Transition Year students enjoyed a forensic workshop last week in our Chapel Hall. They were presented with the case of the JFK assassination to investigate. The students had to employ their critical thinking skills &amp; were prompted to consider ballistics, fingerprints, facial recognition, autopsy results, trace evidence &amp; explore the main theories and links [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We have more amazing athletic talent on our staff to report! Ireland are the 2024 Senior Women’s Home Internationals champions after a thrilling final day at Castlerock Golf Club last Thursday! Our very own Ms Deirdre Smith is an accomplished, award-winning golfer and was an integral part of Team Ireland in this competition. The winning [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We are looking forward to welcoming 4th, 5th &amp; 6th class students and their families into our school Open Day tomorrow, Wednesday, September 25th. Please spread the word with your family and friends and encourage them to come in and visit our lovely school. There are two options to ensure you get a full tour and access to our [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We have some exciting news!! Today we are launching our very own St. Louis Fundraising Lotto! It is very simple to join and we hope that the weekly option of €2.50 per line will allow everybody to contribute. The maximum contribution you can make is €5. There will be a weekly winner &amp; the jackpot [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There was great excitement in St. Louis today when the 6 Nations Rugby Trophy stopped by for a visit! Eddie Conroy, father of TY student, Eimear, surprised us by calling in with the prestigious cup! Eddie is the Dundalk Rugby Club Community Officer, and was accompanied by Ray McCabe, the Rugby Officer for DKIT and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Louis supported Dundalk Credit Union at a recent event attended by Minister Neale Richmond, Minister of State at the Department of Finance. Our students spoke about the Cluedin project &#8211; a financial literacy programme for students which our Business Studies department delivers to first year students annually. We also had a group of 5th [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As a Voluntary Secondary School, St Louis Dundalk is governed by a Board of Management. A new three year term starts on 16th Oct 2024. Our current parent nominees, Geraldine Kirk and Oliver Lawrence are willing to continue for another term, however, if any other parent would like to be considered, please contact principal Michelle Dolan to put [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Congratulations to our very own international star, Ms Sonya McEneaney, as returns with her Irish hockey team mates from a very successful week in Italy! The team made Inline Hockey history by securing not one but two wins at their debut at the World Championships, ranking them now 19th in the world! A very impressive [&hellip;]</p>

<p>‘Volleyball Referee Level 3’ Award: A first for St. Louis! Volleyballs and whistles took over the sports hall at St. Louis last week as 14 students from TY and 5th Year participated in the first Volleyball Referee Award to run at our school. Joe from Volleyball Ireland spent the day with students teaching them all [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dear Parents / Guardians- a message from the Principal &amp; Senior Council Please remind all students to bring their St Louis Keep cups, own lunch box &amp; cutlery for use in the canteen. We greatly reduced the level of waste being generated in the school last year but habits have slipped over the summer and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We will be hosting our ????????. ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????? &#8211; ???????????????? ???????????????????????????????????? on Wednesday 25th September, 2024. ???????????????? ????: 4:30 ???????????????? ????: 6:15 Our neighbours, De La Salle, will be having their Open Afternoon on the same day. A great opportunity to visit neighbouring schools, on adjacent sites. Please spread the word with your family and friends [&he

<p>We have yet another St. Louis athlete doing us and her country proud this coming week! PE teacher, Ms Sonya McEneaney, is heading to Italy to play with &amp; captain the Irish Senior Women’s team at the Inline World Championships, which is part of the World Roller Games. There are 12 different sporting disciplines taking [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Talk from John Sharry, Author and parent specialist will present a talk Wednesday 11th September, 7-8pm on Managing Stress and Burnout in Families. Neurodivergent (ND) children can experience higher levels of stress and burnout due to their needs being misunderstood and not accommodated. Parents of ND children also experience higher levels of stress managing the additional challenges [&hellip;]</p>

<p>DkIT offers The Bernard Duffy Scholarship to first year students who attended a non-fee paying school in Dundalk town and who were HEAR eligible. The Scholarship will go to the two scholarship applicants who received the highest Leaving Certificate points. The Scholarship is worth €3,000 per year for each year of the student’s degree at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you’ve just received Leaving Cert results, please see the following dates for reviews and appeals. </p>

<p>We could not be more proud of our Class of 2024 and their amazing achievements as they received the much anticipated Leaving Cert results today! Many of them well exceeded their own expectations and every one of them did themselves, their families and St. Louis proud! The delight and relief was palpable among the students, parents [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Looking forward to welcoming the Class of 2024 back to school tomorrow at 11.30 to celebrate results and say a final goodbye! </p>