Students from Saint Patrick's Parish School have enjoyed success in the Tournament of Minds (TOM) ACT recently and have been invited to represent ACT in the international tournament final later in the year.

TOM ACT is a creative problem-solving program for teams of school students from both primary and secondary years within the ACT and surrounding region.

Two of three teams from Saint Patrick's are finals bound, one in The Arts Secondary and the other in the STEM Secondary School categories.

The third team placed second in Social Science Secondary receiving an Honours recognition.

St Patrick’s Parish School principal, Dr Sean Mangan, said six schools from the ACT and regions will be competing against other schools from across Australia and international schools.

"Along with Canberra Girls Grammar School, we are the only other school to have two teams represented," Dr Mangan said.

Marist College, Harrison School, Burgmann Anglican School, Canberra Girls Grammar School, and St Bernard’s Primary School will be competing in the tournament finals.

"ACT Tournament of Minds started with 93 schools and then to 24 teams, and now eight teams with our school and Canberra Girls Grammar school having two teams.

"Special thanks to the staff, led by Kerrie Harris, with Ann-Marie Madden, Rachel Kitcher, supported by Suja Tessy and others such as Lyndal Benson and Jolanta Zeija. Many parents and grandparents attended also," Dr Mangan said.

"It was a great day for our school, and we should feel very proud of all our students who represented our school."