St. Patrick's Day Parade

St Michael’s once again entered a float into the St Patrick’s Day parade in Longford. The boys under the guidance of Mrs. Quinn, Ms. Barrins, Ms. Lennon and Mr Delaney helped to create the pieces needed for the parade. The theme this year was ‘Amuigh Faoin Spéir’. The boys created clouds, suns and a large rainbow to show the sky, We had a weather man too. The rest of the boys dressed in the School sports kits to represent the activities we enjoy doing ‘amuigh faoin speir’ or under the sky. We also had flags from lots of different countries to represent the diversity of our school community.

The boys were excited for the parade. Cristín came to help out on the day. Thankfully the weather stayed dry. There was a great crowd out to see the parade.  The boys had a great time walking in the parade and to top it all off, we were announced the winners of the ‘Best School’ category at the prize giving ceremony that evening.

It was great to see so many boys represent the school so well and winning the trophy was a great reward for all the hard work that went into getting the float ready.

 

        

 

            

 

STEM in St Michael’s:

 

Green Schools Committee:

Pupils in The Green Schools Committee meet to have their say and take action. They are working towards the 9th Green Schools flag for our school. Pictured above are pupils meeting to organise a travel survey. St Michael’s BNS have already won Green Flags for Litter & Waste, Energy, Water, Travel, Biodiversity, Global Citizenship Litter & Waste, Global Citizenship & Energy, Global Citizenship & The Marine Environment.

Students Council in The Longford Arms:

Mr Gannon with some members of the Students Council in The Longford Arms Hotel, November 2025

 

Our first Student Council:

St Michael’s BNS first ever student council formed in October 2025. Pictured here with Ms Horan and Ms Maher. Two pupils were selected from each of the 4th, 5th and 6th classes and 1 pupil from each of the 2nd and 3rd classes.