Continuing our Chefs to Schools program is Jim Tinkham, Executive Chef for Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, MO. Chef Tinkham will be at St. Paul’s serving lunch on May 6th. Jim received his Associate Degree in Culinary Arts from The Culinary Institute of America in 1985. Chef Jim was proud to serve his country as a member of The United States Marine Corp from 1980-1984. Jim has also judged the National SKILLS USA Culinary Arts Championship and the JCCC Culinary Apprenticeship Graduation luncheon for the past eight years. Chef Jim was also a semi-finalist for the 2013 National Chef of the Year!
MCTM Math Competition
St. Paul's was represented well at the MCTM math competition held at Barstow this past Saturday. We had 15 competitors from 4th-6th grades compete in this "pre-math counts" competition. Luke F., Pacey S., Mark H., Jack M., and Grant B. all won ribbons for placing in the top 5 of the competition. Congratulations to all!
Visitor in Fifth Grade
In conjunction with our study of economics and Exchange City, Jon Willis came and spoke to the entire 5th grade class about the Federal Reserve and its impact on our economy. The students loved analyzing the dollar bill, unemployment rates, and even left with a "bag of cash" in the end. Thanks to Mr. Willis for sharing his enthusiasm and knowledge with us!
Message from the Business Office
If you wish to sign your child(ren) up for Lunch Bunch or Extended Day next year: the sign-up forms for both are now online.
Extended Day: http://www.speds.org/Page/Programs/Extended-Day
Lunch Bunch: http://www.speds.org/Page/Student-Forms
Should you find that you need to make a change to your child’s enrollment in either program after you’ve registered, please DO NOT fill out another form. Instead send the changes for Extended Day to Karen McDonald (kmcdonald@speds.org), and send the changes for Lunch Bunch to Linda van Thullenar (lvan@speds.org).
Kindergarten Mother's Lunch
On April 11th the mothers of our kindergarten classes were invited to come to lunch at St. Paul’s and enjoy some time with their child. We enjoyed sandwiches from Mr. Goodscents and Bella Napoli and topped the lunch off with cookies the students made in cooking class. This year we had Mrs. Zavagnin do some mother-child yoga moves/positions with each class. Namaste!
On Friday, April 11th after the kindergarten mom’s celebration, we had a special presentation by Ryann and Addie Waller’s granddad, Dr. Cott, DVM Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the College of Veterinary Medicine at MU.
Dr. Cott ( Doc) has traveled to Africa for more than 10 years and had just returned from a month long trip. He had amazing pictures for the students. We studied Africa in kindergarten and researched animals that live all over Africa. With this presentation we had an up close look at each of the animals. Doc and Nana presented each of the kindergartners with a leather book mark from Africa.
Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day
What a wonderful day we enjoyed with hundreds of
grandparents and special friends being on hand to experience a little of the
work and play of our kindergarten, fourth and eighth graders! Children were delighted to spend this time
with these very special people and they, too, enjoyed the time and
activities. Our guests enjoyed
activities that ranged from the academic to the physical and they participated
wholeheartedly in all aspects. In fact,
the balloon game with the kindergarten families began to look like an athletic
competition at one point!
The Art Fair
Several years ago, we decided to move Grandparents’ and
Special Friends’ Day to the day of our Art Fair so that our extended families
could enjoy the artistic gifts of our students, as developed and displayed by
our art teachers, Ms. Laird and Mrs. Crumpecker. The display of four to five pieces of work,
created by our kindergarten through eighth grade students during this school
year, was, once again, amazing! It was
truly a gallery of art and a great representation of our children’s artistic
development during their time here at St. Paul’s. Students, parents, and guests enjoyed the
show from morning until night – with students proudly finding and explaining
their work and seeking the work of friends and buddies.
We were
very sad that Ms. Laird could not join us to hear the accolades from all of the
guests, due to the death of her father.
But Mrs. Crumpecker and all of us can let her know as we see her some of
the great support she received that day.
Thank you
to all of you who took time in your busy schedules to share this experience
with your child. It meant a lot to them
for you to want to share their creative talents, too.
The Pillar's of St. Paul's Luncheon
The last event in our eighteen month celebration of our
first fifty years was a huge success, thanks to the wonderful people who
returned to the school to share with us the legacy they have created. Of the five heads of school who have led St.
Paul’s, four attended or were represented.
Mr. Richard Hill, son of Lida Hambrick, our founding head of school,
flew in from Boston for this event and was both charmed and charming. Nicole L’Heureux Flynn and her son, Jackson,
came from Lawrence to represent Larry L’Heureux, our third head of school. Nicole attended St. Paul’s for seventh and
eighth grades so she was able to visit with former teachers she had known. Terry Bartow, the fourth head of school, was
here from Jacksonville, FL with his daughters, Katie and Samantha, who
graduated from St. Paul’s.
Also in
attendance were the three rectors during these fifty years of the school who
are still alive: Murray Trelease, who
flew in from Washington state; Bob Wood, who resides here in Missouri and is
still active in the church; and Stan Runnels, our current rector.
We were
delighted that so many former trustees and teachers were able to join us and be
reunited with each other and with our school as it is today.
Our message
to this assembled group, as delivered very eloquently by Dave Hall, the
President of our Board of Trustees, was the debt of gratitude we owe to all of
these people for bringing us to this point in our history. There have been challenges of many kinds
during these years, but the people assembled represented the spirit of St.
Paul’s that we can, quite literally in one case, rise from the ashes and
continue to grow stronger. There have
always been those who would dig deeply into their pockets, and/or roll up their
sleeves and get to work to ensure that our children were provided with the kind
of education, in a faith-based environment, that they deserve. It’s a proud heritage on which to build our
future.
Jill Watt,
the Chair of our Fifty Anniversary Celebrations, has been an incredible leader
and partner in making all of the events of this special time possible:
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She and husband, Joe, helped us create the 50th
anniversary logo two years ago with the students, faculty, and staff of the
school assembled on the playground and photographed from a helicopter that they
arranged.
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She helped us decorate the north wing MPR for
the church celebration a year ago in January that was the first celebration.
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She organized our parade, bringing in
cheerleaders, all of the sports mascots, noisemakers, and so many of the ideas
that made it special of all of us.
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She and Joe hosted a Cinco de Mayo Party for all
of our faculty and staff last spring that included amazing food, activities for
the children in the lovely setting of their home where we could thank our
current faculty and staff for all they have done and continue to do.
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She helped us organize, develop, and manage the
alumni celebration in November of this school year that brought almost 500 of
our alums and their families back to the school for a joyous reunion.
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And, last but by no means least, she helped us
organize and execute the lovely luncheon we enjoyed on Friday.
And, as is
true with any St. Paul’s event, there were so many other people who made these
events as successful as they were that I could not begin to name them all. But I want to sincerely thank Jill and Joe
Watt, for their generous contributions of time, talent and resources to the
recognition of our Fiftieth Anniversary over a two year span of time, and to
all of the volunteers who helped them. Thank you to everyone who has helped make each of our 50th Anniversary events so special. God bless St. Paul’s history and its future!
Calendar Notes
5/2 Pillars of SPEDS Luncheon
5/8 2nd grade Music Program, 9:00 a.m.
3rd grade Showcase, 7:00 p.m.
5/14 Parents' Guild Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
5/21 Baccalaureate
5/22 Last Day of School
5/23 Graduation
For the full school calendar, please click here!
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