Please see below a messsge from Mrs Fanning ❤️
As many of you know, we lost one of our dearly loved pupils, Cerys in S4, on Monday. We are all devastated at her passing as she was a very popular member of our school and we shall miss her greatly.
1/2: The whole community of St Stephen's is devastated at the loss of our very own Stephanie Hurrell. She was a real inspiration to us all as, despite her health issues, she was always willing to give up her time to help others in any way she could.
Mr Murray’s family have asked that we share this photo of today and pass on their deepest gratitude and thanks to our young people and the wider school community for the support and prayers shown to them and Mr Murray.
We would like to thank the wider school community for their support during this week as we mourn the loss of our colleague and friend, Mr Murray. Please continue to hold Mr Murray and his family in your prayers during this time. Eternal rest, grant unto him O Lord.
Today we remember our friend Cerys Reeve, on what would have been her 16th Birthday. The school community remembers her family and friends in their prayers today. The Oratory is accessible for anyone needing time for personal reflection. R.I.P Cerys.
Today we said farewell to Mrs Fanning as our Head Teacher. To mark the occasion, Bethany from S6 painted a fantastic picture of the school. We thank Mrs Fanning for her dedicated service and wish her a very long and happy retirement.
Our community remembers one of our young people and friend - Cerys Reeve. Today marks the first anniversary of Cerys' passing and we continue to pray for her family and friends. May she Rest In Peace.
"I'll live in you if you live in me: I am the Lord of the dance, said He"
That was another moving tribute for Gerry McHugh shown on STV tonight with lovely words from Fr Gerry McNellis and Provost Martin Brennan. His love for the job and the pupils of
@ndhs1
shone through and they loved him back 💔
@sshsparents
#redforgerry
Least week he was celebrating his final recital at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and now he’s looking forward to joining us as a music teacher 🎶 we’re looking forward to having you back Mr Hepburn
@CAFSSHS
@ststephensPAP
#teamsshs
The loss of Gerry McHugh will be felt through Inverclyde and beyond. He was a friend, colleague and teacher to many of us in SSHS and we will miss him. We will keep our
@ndhs1
colleagues in our prayers with Gerry’s family & friends.
@sshs_maths
@sshsparents
🙏💔🙏
Tonight as we celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection we remember our brother Gerry who passed to Eternal Life today and pray He shares in Christ’s Triumph.
May the angels lead you to paradise; may the martyrs receive you and lead you to the Holy City Jerusalem.
Requiescat in pace
This is a lovely tribute to Brian. Please keep the McCool Family in your prayers particularly over the course of this week. ✝️ Tributes have been paid to a respected former Port Glasgow secondary school teacher who has died | Greenock Telegraph
Congratulations to Fr Matthew on the first anniversary of his arrival in Port Glasgow. His support to our young people has been wonderful and we are truly grateful 🙏
@sshsparents
@ststephensRE
@RCStFrancisPG
Last night we said goodbye to our wonderful sixth years with a fantastic prom at Celtic Park.
We are confident you will be successful in the next chapter of your life.
Good luck S6, we will miss you!
It would never be an occasion to celebrate without
@PCKirsty
taking our legend away! Good luck to Mr Johnston on his retirement from Catholic teaching as a Teacher of English. 41 years of dedicated and loyal service to the community! May you be blessed with many years of it.
After interview we are delighted to have the first part of our S6 Leadership Team in place.
Head Girl - Niamh Kelly
Depute Head Girl - Emma Payne
Head Boy - Marc McGachy
Depute Head Boy - Luke Cunningham
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#S6
#Leadership
#BadgeHolders
#teamsshs
Amazing Opening Night. Thank you to all who supported our sell out show tonight and if you are coming along Wednesday or Thursday you will not be disappointed.
The last official school day for our S6 pupils. All of the staff and community of St. Stephen’s High School wish you good luck as you start your life out in the world. Your life is yours to lead. Keep God close to you and cherish your days from your school life! 📚
Please see below a new message from Mrs Fanning ❤️ I am so proud of how our wonderful young people and staff have come together in a respectful way and supported each other during this most difficult week.
Great Push-Up Challenge at lunchtime today raising money for cancer research! Fr Matthew
@RCStFrancisPG
showing everyone how it’s done.
#ValuesInAction
We are saddened to hear the loss of James McVittie, former Head Teacher of our school from 1975-1984. James has left a lasting mark on Catholic Education in Scotland and as a school, we pray that he will rest in peace and rise in the glory of our Lord. St Stephen, pray for him.
Congratulations to our talented S1 pupil Cora who will represent Scotland at the World Irish Dancing Championships in Montreal, Canada next year.
Well done Cora!
Here are our 3 5As - Jonny H, Emily S and Chloe D 😃 after the excitement of Tuesday, yesterday they were called together with other Inverclyde pupils to celebrate their achievements. Well done to them and all of our senior pupils celebrating their exam success.
@ststephensPAP
Tonight, we celebrated our fantastic S6 Leavers Mass and Graduation Ceremony. This group of young people have been incredible and we will miss them all very much! Remember the words of St Catherine of Sienna “Be who God made you to be and you will set the world on fire”
#Proud
5/5: The whole amazing event was supported by the whole campus. Through your support and the hard work of
@hemphill_anna
and her team £1600 will be donated to the Golden Jubilee along with all the sweets and biscuits. Thank you doesn’t seem enough 😊
@ststephensPAP
#teamsshs
Today we had a Thanksgiving Mass for the almost 42 years of teaching service by Mr Johnston, one of our legendary English Teachers. Mrs Fanning and Mrs Stevenson read and it was a beautiful occasion attended by staff and pupils. The countdown is on for Mr Johnston 🙏😇
Our (for the next 24hrs 😢) lovely Anna Hemphill for a Community Champion Award from the Greenock Telegraph and she is into the final!!!! And BREAKING NEWS Jack Vize is a finalist for the Live Music award!!! 🎶🎸🎤🎶
@ststephensPAP
@thehubsshs
@JubileeHospital
#teamsshs
**S6 Leavers** Who could have predicted in 2014 that your school career would be finished so abruptly?? We hope this brings back some happy memories ❤️
#makingmemories
#nextsteps
#goodluck
We said a social distanced farewell to Mr Macqueen this morning after 25 years at
#SSHS
We wish him every happiness in his retirement and we will celebrate properly when “all this” is over 🎉
@sshsparents
@KirstenBoyd18
#NextSteps
It was so lovely to hear the voices of our new S1 pupils around the school today! We hope they all had a great day and we’ll see them all again tomorrow 😊
@sshsparents
#FirstDay
#NewS1
#Welcome
🎥 Schools across Glasgow and the west are reopening today for the first time since March 📚✏️
⏩ Our reporter
@linseyhanna_
went along to
@Ststephenshs
as first year pupils started their first day 🏫
Thank you so much to all pupils and parents for supporting the wearing of face coverings today. We are very proud of how our young people have responded and followed our guidance. Let's do it all again tomorrow...
Alison Fanning
@sshsparents
#teamsshs
We would like to offer some emotional support to anyone who has been affected by this tragic news and so school staff and partners will be available for a drop-in between 10am and 12 noon on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th July.
Our S6 just slipped away today. Some of us & them got to say bye to our “faves” but lots of us didn’t 😢 We’ll make that right when we get the chance! We wish you all every happiness in life after
#sshs
you’ll be missed. Take care & stay safe 🙏
@sshsparents
#S6
#Classof2020
We say goodbye to S5 pupil, Reuben McNeil who leaves us to join Myerscough College, Preston on a basketball scholarship. Reuben has already represented Scotland at basketball
We had a great, fun day in Blackpool at the Pleasure Beach. We are just out from Carlisle and will be stopping at the service station for some refreshments and a bite to eat. A photo from this morning 🎢
Our Head Boy and Girl featured in the Greenock Telegraph. We are proud of them and the start they have already made in their leadership role
@sshsparents
We celebrated Mass with the P7s, soon to be our new S1 young people, who completed a successful first day of their transition today. Thank you to our Chaplain, Fr. Matthew Carlin, for the lovely celebration of Mass 🙏
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@StFrancisPG
@StJohnsPG
@SMPG1964
The school will be open today (Thursday) and tomorrow between 10am and 12pm to offer some emotional support to anyone who has been affected by the tragic news of Cerys passing away.
@sshsparents
@StJohnsPG
The whole school community of St Stephen’s is thinking of our friends
@StJohnsPG
. You and Rosie’s family and friends are in our thoughts and prayers 🙏
Thank you to the P7 pupils from
@StFrancisPG
@StJohnsPG
&
@SMPG1964
who joined us for a full day transition visit today.
Thank you to Miss Magee, the PE department and all staff involved aswell as the S3 Columba 1400 group who delivered a fantastic afternoon session
@sshsparents
We are very proud of our S1 pupils, Abi, Kathryn and Luke who were finalists in the Wallace Oak Project poetry competition. Congratulations to Chei who was the overall winner. SLT were delighted to attend Holy Family RC Church to watch the ceremony. Well done!
We teamed up with
@PortGlasgowHS
to do a Campus Community Clean-Up. Pupils from both schools went around our community picking up litter and rubbish this afternoon. We hope over the next couple of weeks we can raise awareness about the importance of putting our litter in the bin!
Thank you to Father Matthew and the parishioners of St. Francis who welcomed our Caritas group to Mass this morning as part of Catholic Education Week
@PaisleyDiocese
@DoPEducation1
Successful first day back in St. Stephen’s High School. The school was buzzing with excitement and activity. Great to see our young people and staff in more normalised conditions compared to previous years. S1 looked fantastic in their uniform, as did the rest of our pupils! ⭐️
2/3: Our senior pupils, Joseph, Bethany and Daniel were an excellent example to our younger pupils. Sarah, Bernadette, Miya and Sophie sang the Psalm beautifully. Maria read the first Reading and Ewan and Oliwia did the bidding prayers.
@ststephensRE
@sshsparents
@RCStFrancisPG
Erin S, S2 has reached the final stage in the Inverclyde Year of the Young People Legacy Awards for her work raising awareness for Crohns and Colitis UK. The finals are on 11th December. Congratulations Erin and good luck 🎉
@sshsparents
@CrohnsColitisUK
#S2
#widerachievement
Congratulations to Kiera, Amy, Erin, Meghan, Morgan, Ellie, Gabrielle and Connor who were received their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award last night at Port Glasgow Town Hall
@InverclydeDofE