Category: 2022-2023

As the 2022/23 school year closes we at Sligo Grammar School say goodbye to some of our colleagues, two of whom head off into retirement, and one who is taking a career break. Angie Doherty and Patricia Henry are retiring from their jobs in SGS. Angie has spent the last 10+ years as a member of our Admin staff, in charge of all matters dealing with the facilities of the School. She started, however as a Special Needs Assistant, and

During the year all 1st Year Students in SGS entered the “Comórtas Sóisearach Matamaitice Éireann”, a Junior maths competition run by the Irish Maths Teachers Association. The questions were based on many different mathematical concepts taught at Junior Cycle. The problems required abstract and critical thinking under time restrictions. Over 15,000 students entered from 216 schools across the country. Only 2 students in the country achieved maximum marks and a total of 62 students received over 80%. Sligo Grammar School student

or the first time in a number of years Sligo Grammar School participated in Connacht Athletics events, and coach Seán Taylor was delighted to see such interest from students across all class groups. Various events were organised by Connacht Athletics and Team SGS first competed in ATU at the North Connacht Qualifiers and then went on to compete in Athlone on Friday 19th in the Connacht Finals. Alice Clarke, Anna Winston, Kenneth Kalu, Lara Clinch, Harry Graham and the Junior Boys

On Thursday 14th May the Leaving Cert students of Sligo Grammar School marked the end of formal class with a day of celebration and fun. Following a special breakfast in the dining hall the sixth years spent the first part of the morning rehearsing for the evening ceremony. Then they got togged out for the traditional soccer match and game of rounders against the staff. The whole school turned out to watch the competition, and, although the weather was a bit

Every year Damien Tansey Solicitors award two of our TY students medals  for excellent Junior Cycle exam results. This year the prizewinners were Sophie Swann and Jack Kennedy. Sophie achieved the highest results in the school and was awarded the Gold Medal  while Jack, following close behind, was awarded Silver. Well done to the two students and thanks to Damien Tansey Solicitors for sponsoring the awards.

Well done to Sophie Swann who has won the Royal Society of Chemistry Award at this year’s SciFest. She won the award for her project in which she did a study of microorganisms present on natural and artificial sports/playing surfaces. Sophie is a hockey player and this study was particularly interesting to her as she has played on a variety of different playing surfaces over the years. She concentrated her study on Astro Turf and natural grass pitches. She compared

On Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th May a host of SGS musicians and singers took to the boards on the Hawks Well stage to present “Stars in our Eyes”. Students from across all year groups were involved, along with some of their teachers. Before their performance each student introduced themselves and their act by video, saying why they chose their song. A lot of thought went into the costumes, as the performers tried to recreate the style of the singers they were

The rugby season had a fantastic ending this month with two more Connacht cups coming home to Sligo Grammar School. First the Sligo Grammar School U14 Rugby Team met Marist College, Athlone on Wednesday 19th April, in the Sportsground, Galway.  After a closely fought match the SGS boys brought home the 2023 U14 Connacht League Cup. With two tries from Kelvin Kalu and one from Oisín Choo, as well as two conversions from Ollie Isherwood, SGS finally emerged as victors with

For the past number of weeks the fifth year Art class has been involved in the BLAST Residency Initiative. This is a National project designed to bring practicing artists into schools to work with students. The fifth year students have had the opportunity to work  with local artist Lorna Watkins. Based in Sligo Lorna works in a wide variety of media and her work has been exhibited in Ireland and abroad. The fifth year students had a great experience working

It was a busy Easter break on the sporting front for many Sligo Grammar School students. Mathew O’Grady, 1st year, represented the school at the Swimming Interpros where he won silver in both the 100m Backstroke and in the Medley Relay. During the holidays four junior boys, Kenneth Kalu, Kelvin Kalu, Jack Glenister and Evan Barrett O’Neill travelled to Gormanstown as part of the EJ Sligo All-Stars U14 Basketball Squad where they competed in the All-Ireland Finals. After a tough match