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 both Irish and Business in that time and was heavily involved in TY, managing the finances and was behind many TY fundraising ventures. She also ran the award-winning Seachtain na Gaeilge in SGS and was involved for many years in the Mini Company competitions with her colleague in business, Fidelma Lipsett. Mrs Lipsett taught Business Studies in SGS for 35 years. She was the driving force behind the many Mini-Company successes over the years. She supported and inspired her students to great success in many areas of business, both in their schooldays and beyond. She also ran the Gaisce programme in the school for many years, encouraging students to get active and try new things. James Gavin taught Irish in the school for 20 years, and was a much loved teacher to his students, but it is as rugby coach that he is probably best known. In his time as rugby coach he saw his teams win four Senior Connacht Schools League titles, four Senior Connacht Schools Cup wins and two Junior Connacht Rugby Cup wins. He served as a Connacht Schoolboy Rugby selector as well as an Ireland Schoolboy Rugby selector. Luckily for everyone James will not be retiring completely, however! He will continue to coach rugby and will teach a few classes of Irish. We wish our colleagues and teachers all the best as they retire -or semi-retire! -and look forward to having a proper send-off when social distancing and mask-wearing are a thing of the past.
Monday 9th October saw a surprise visitor to Sligo Grammar School. Jordan Larmour, Leinster and Irish International Rugby player, came to the school to meet our rugby players, both boys and girls squads. The visit was arranged by past-pupil Charlie …
Friday 29th September saw SGS bid a final farewell to teachers Garth Graham and Máire Hynes. Both teachers retire from teaching after many years in Sligo Grammar School. Mr Graham came to the school in from Northern Ireland where he …
On Wednesday 20th September Ms. Tansey’s 2nd, 3rd and TY German students departed for a five-day four-night tour of Germany. We began with a tour of Drachenburg Castle and its stunning landscape and enjoyed a relaxed lunch at the castle …
This year Ms Moore’s TY geography class is focussing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This area of study incorporates a series of challenges for the students, to illustrate the many issues that have to be overcome if the Goals …
TY students spent Friday 8th September in ATU, where they were introduced to the Power to Change Project, which is a project that aims to restore our connection with nature and help community groups lead Climate Change in their localities. Students from …