On January 28, St. Paul had their homecoming inauguration. The candidates were: Clorisa Paulie, Sarah Murphy, Darbi Ahlquist, Kane Norris, Willie Westhoff, and Jacob Gard.
Every year, St. Paul High School has Kansas Assessments just like every other school in Kansas.
SFA has a drawing at the end of every nine weeks for all the kids who meet their get there reading goals. SFA stands for “Success For All Reading Program.” Students who get their bookmarks filled are eligible for rewards. Prizes are purchased through fundraising and candle sales in the elementary. Pencil sales and box tops also help towards the prizes. Grades K-6 can participate in SFA.
The St. Paul kindergarten, first and second grades recently went on a field trip to the Greenbush Southeast Kansas Education Service Center to broaden their knowledge about the universe.
Brent Vitt, an 8th grader at St. Paul Middle School, competed in the Labette County Spelling Bee in Parsons, Kansas. Winning that contest allowed Brent to represent Labette County at the state competition in Great Bend, Kansas March 17th. There will be 75 counties competing that day. If Brent wins at state, he will travel to Washington, D.C. The word that sent Brent to state was “potassium”.
Tracy Glover travels all over Kansas giving presentations about internet safety. She is one of only a few people who travel around Kansas to schools, community groups, and church groups telling them about internet safety.
Oliver Palmer from Waterloo, Iowa, is a 10-year-old boy who was diagnosed with Pediatric Brainstem Cancer on December 23, 2009. He has undergone many treatments to help stop the brain tumor. The doctors had it stopped, only to fine out later on that is growing once again and can’t be stopped.
On December thirteenth, the fifth grade graduated from the D.A.R.E. program. They performed skits about how drugs and alcohol are bad for you. Mrs. Jené Noe, the fifth grade teacher, stated that the kids had a wonderful and interesting time learning more about how drugs and alcohol can affect your body.
On the eleventh of January the business classes of St. Paul are being given the chance to go to Neodesha to the Cobalt Boat Company to learn more about how a business operates. The classes will be taken on a plant tour. They will get to see the entire operation from manufacturing and design to the finished product.
In 1992, a state statute that instituted the Quality Performance Accreditation (QPA) system was enacted. This statute requires Kansas schools to form site councils to provide advice and counsel on ways to make our schools better.
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