St. Mary's Secondary School, Ballina

Green Schools

Green Schools

St Mary’s is a registered Green School and a member of the Irish Environmental Conservation School Clubs.

St Marys was awarded a Green Schools Flag in May 2015 in Waste Reduction and Recycling.

We are at the moment working on our second flag which is the Energy Flag.

The Green School’s team consists of members from First year to Leaving Certificate.

It is headed by St Mary’s Green School’s Co-ordinator Ms. Wall.

All students are encouraged to participate. Students in Transition Year and Fifth year use it for the voluntary work module that is required for their Gaisce programme.

What we recycle?

In St Mary’s we recycle

  • batteries
  • mobile phones
  • printer cartridges
  • paper cardboard
  • plastic bottles
  • plastic lids (caps)
  • tin cans

The students fortnightly go down to the local town to collect batteries from the businesses whom they have formed strong links with. These batteries are sent to WEEE Ireland whom donates the money made from them to the Lauralynn Children’s Hospice. In September 2015, St Mary’s was one of two secondary schools in Ireland that was awarded a certificate, a laptop and sports equipment by WEEE Ireland for our great efforts in recycling batteries.

May 30
2023
End of Year House Exams
Jun 02
2023
Class end for Summer Holidays
Aug 28
2023
1st year students Mass of Welcomes & Induction Day
Aug 29
2023
5th year, 6th year & LCA students return
12-May-2023
Congratulations to the St.Mary's girls who were part of the U18 Ballina rugby team
10-May-2023
Well done to 2nd yr students Clodagh Cawley, Ashling Gilmartin and Anna Connolly who won the Smurfit Kappa award for Sustainability at SciFest in Sligo!
24-Feb-2023
St. Mary's Secondary School hope to join in the fun and is encouraging as many of our students and staff as possible to take part. Over the next week, girls wishing to take part will be provided with 8 week training plans to prepare them for the day.
Convent Hill, Ballina, Co. Mayo, F26 R928
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