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ANNUAL REPORT
MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL St. Paul’s continues to grow and thrive! During the school year 2018-2019 we successfully taught 282 children and St. Paul’s had for the first time ever, a second section of kindergarten! This of course meant growth in the excellent teaching staff for our school. Our science curriculum received accolades through our Science Olympiad Team’s first place regional win and third place state win. We were also awarded a 10K grant from the Brown Foundation to increase the robotics curriculum by purchasing robotics kits for 5th – 6th grades, adding to the 3rd- 4th grade kits we already have. We also started a new coding program in lower school and were able to triple our upload internet speed because our growth in technology education continues to soar! The Tricentennial of New Orleans was of major focus, affecting the social studies, art, music, sustainability and service learning curriculum. St. Paul’s celebrated with various events scheduled each month of the year. We completed the NOLA Notebook and 5th – 8th grade art students made ceramic tiles of historical faces and places, as well as present day faces important to New Orleans. We had a birthday party for our city, complete with a birthday cake of beignets and a second line. We even made historical New Orleanian scarecrow figures for our annual pumpkin patch. Enhancing the facilities, we moved the computer lab to be part of the library, creating one continuous research space for students. We also completed a FEMA project to replace lighting in the gym building of the school. This was one of 2 remaining FEMA projects left from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Because we have outgrown O’Ferrall Hall for many performances, we also added sound panels to the gym walls, enabling the gym to double as a performance space. After school choices expanded this school year. Besides our busy schedule of volleyball (including the 7th and 8th grade volleyball team winning the Metro League Championship), students enjoyed flag football, basketball, tennis, First Lego League, Book Club, Chess Club, and music lessons. For the first time in many years, our students could sign–up for golf in the spring! Lower school students could sign-up for soccer, Minecraft, and new to this year, STEM classes and Arts and Craft classes. Fundraising was the highest it has been in many years. We increased Pumpkin Patch income by 42% and Gala income was 46% higher than budgeted goal. The focus for much of our fundraising was to replace the deck and oak trees. Our annual fund and all of our fundraisers make so much of our growth possible! Our growth is exciting and far-reaching! Our students continue to benefit academically and socially from this growth and our entire community is enriched! Charleen Schwank
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD WINS 5 YEARS IN A ROW! Science Olympiad competitions are like academic track meets, consisting of a series of 23 team events in each division. St. Paul’s competes in Division B which is made up of middle schools, grades 6-9. Each team can consist of a maximum of 15 team members. Each year, a portion of the events are rotated to reflect the ever-changing nature of genetics, earth science, chemistry, anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical engineering and technology. By combining events from all disciplines, Science Olympiad encourages a wide cross-section of students to get involved. Emphasis is placed on active, hands-on group participation. Through Science Olympiad, students, teachers, and parents bond together and work toward a shared goal. Teamwork is a required skill in most scientific careers today, and Science Olympiad encourages group learning by designing events that forge alliances. In Elevated Bridge, an engineering whiz and a kid from wood shop can become gold medalists. Similarly, a talented builder and a student with a good science vocabulary can excel in Write It Do It, one of Science Olympiad’s most popular events.
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD 2015-2019 REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
ST. PAUL’S AWARDED STEM GRANT St. Paul’s Episcopal School’s STEM program was awarded a $10,000 grant from The Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation to enhance the school’s fourth through sixth grade robotics, engineering and technology program. Our school presently uses LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 Core sets for third and fourth grade which allow students to use LEGOS to build robots and program or code them to do basic functions such as turns and back and forth motions. The grant will allow the purchase of LEGO EV3 Comprehensive Solutions to be used for fifth and sixth grades. The EV3 is a higher level coding system that uses the LEGO blocks. In addition, WeDo 2.0 sets will be purchased. STEM-related opportunities are added to the workforce each day. Our school finds it vital to develop a cutting-edge plan designed to monitor student learning taught through real-world projects in a hands-on, engaging process that will motivate, challenge, and inspire. The program will also help the various learning styles and academic levels of our students by moving them through an actual engineering project in which students rapidly comprehend the relevance of what they are learning. STEM spirit abounds at St. Paul’s whether it is through our STEM night for lower school students or our award-winning Mindstorm Robotics team. Maybe a Minecraft Challenge course, or HTML website design, or CSS language for graphic enhancement, or Kodu game design are for your child. From the youngest student to our eighth graders, St. Paul’s offers STEM activities to challenge and to spark creativity.
ST. PAUL’S STUDIO BAND The St. Paul’s Studio Band meets for a full class period during middle school study hall once a week. Band members must commit to giving up numerous recesses for sectional practices, and additional full band performance rehearsals throughout the school year. The Studio Band accepts just about any musical instrument and band members are primarily made up of 5th-8th grade middle school students. Occasionally, by request of the band director, a 4th grade student can participate in this middle school activity. All band members are required to take private lessons outside of school hours on their performing instrument, and a private audition on his or her instrument is also required prior to being admitted in the band. This audition allows the director to see if the child knows the notes on their instrument, can read basic music, and is ready for the commitment. The Studio Band does various performances with the school choir throughout the year. For Christmas, they perform at Celebration in the Oaks in City Park, the Christmas Tree Assembly at school, and the neighborhood Holiday’s on Harrison celebration. In the spring, the band and choir put on a grand dinner theater style performance called the St. Paul’s Jazz Jam.
Our Little Saints Parade is one of our favorite events of the year! Our precious royalty King Taylor and Queen Juliette reigned with grace, poise and enthusiasm.
All Hail, King and Queen of Little Saints Mardi Gras Parade.
2018 Volleyball 1st Place League Champions (Undefeated Season)
ANNUAL FUND Mr. Thomas Easterling The St. Paul’s Founders Society Entergy, Matching Educational Gift ($2,000+) Mrs. Gina Brewster-Jenkins Mr. John Keegan & Dr. Catherine Keegan Mr. & Mrs. Phil Martin Mr. Robert Peterson & Ms. Barbara Bohn Dr. & Mrs. Matthew Rice Shell Oil Company Foundation
Head of School’s Circle ($1,000-$1,999)
Mr. & Mrs. Jason Akers Dr. & Mrs. R. Douglas Bostick III Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Boue Mr. Jack Bryant & Ms. Penny O’Krepki Ms. Carolyn Curry Ms. Lana Duke Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Edrington Mr. Ernest Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Chad Folse Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Lord Mr. & Mrs. Jay McGuire Mr. Robert Olsonoski Mr. & Mrs. Peter Plaia Mrs. Kathryn Richmond Mr. & Mrs. John Schwank Mr. & Mrs. Steven Seipel Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Shreves Mr. & Mrs. Robert Silajev The Elsie Gelpi Rubin Foundation
Trustees’ Society ($750-$999)
Greater New Orleans Foundation Dr. & Dr. Robert Occhipinti
Chair’s Club ($500-$749)
Mr. & Mrs. William Barousse Mrs. Laura Buchtel McWhirter Crissy Czerny
Program, Corporate Social Responsibility Dr. & Mrs. Jason Falterman Mr. & Mrs. John Kitchen Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Magee Dr. & Mrs. Steven McPherson Ms. Lisa Mosca Mr. Ed Mullaney and Ms. Maren Klich Dr. Gerald Myers & Dr. Gillian Eggleston Mr. George Nalley & Ms. Dona Dew Nalley Mr. & Mrs. David Pippin Mr. Stephen Saussy Ashley Shreves Dr. & Dr. Rohan Walvekar
Benefactors’ Circle ($250-$499)
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Abbott Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Benson Mr. & Mrs. Larry Bock Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brannon Mr. & Mrs. Pat Caraway Ms. Gnann Cather The Rev. & Mrs. Rob Courtney Ms. Jodee Daroca Mr. & Mrs. Paul Frolich Mr. & Mrs. Walter Gilbert Mr. Ramon Gonzalez & Dr. Julie Talavera Allison & Eric Guidry Mr. Jason Hall & Mrs. Kathryn BordsonBozzo Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Hazard Mr. Franz Hellwig Catherine Kitchen Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Lambert Dr. & Mrs. John Levendis Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Myer Mrs. Sylvia Parks Dr. & Dr. Brian Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Pontier
Dr. Alistair Ramsay & Dr. Alison Quayle Ms. Judy Rovetto Mr. & Mrs. John Seipel Dr. Lizheng Shi & Ms. Huahong Qiang Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Sistrunk Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Stockwell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Tubre Mr. William & Dr. Kelly Ural Mr. & Mrs. Forrest Willoz Mr. & Mrs. Tony Zoglio
Panther’s Club (Up to $249)
Mrs. Holly Abbott Mr. & Mrs. Mickey Akers Katherine Alexander Mr. & Ms. Alan Amy Ms. Alex Andrepont Dr. & Mrs. Paul Anthony Mr. & Mrs. Ken Arruebarrena Ms. Lydia Badon Mr. & Ms. Bill Bailey Mr. & Ms. Darrell Bishop Mr. Eric Bock & Ms. Rachel Eustis Mr. Bill Bozzo & Ms. Brenda Bordson Dr. & Mrs. John Boudreaux Emily Bowden Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bowman Brister Stephens Mr. Jason Burge Mr. & Mrs. Joe Calatayud Mr. Ronald Carrier Mr. & Dr. Christopher Chamberlain Mr. & Mrs. Chris Chopin Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Clark Mr. & Mrs. James Clary Ms. Rona Coleman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Collins Mrs. Meredith Davis Ms. Shannon del Corral Mrs. Nancy Delerno Anonymous Donor Mr. Andrew Doyle
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Duffy Mr. & Mrs. David Duke Ms. Lauren Durand Mr. Dale Duronslet Ms. Beth Edrington Mr. & Mrs. Robert Farmer Mr. & Mrs. John Farnsworth Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Ferrier Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Folse Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Folse Dr. & Mrs. Joshua Fowler Mrs. Rachel Francis Mrs. Julie Fremin Mr. & Mrs. Duff Friend Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Gardner Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Gilbert Mr. & Mrs. Richard Gray Mr. & Mrs. James Gregoric Mr. & Dr. Chase Grob Mr. & Mrs. Rusty Gutierrez Mr. Paul Hagel and Ms. Paula King Dr. & Mrs. Michael Hanemann Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hanemann Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hayden In Memory of Gilbert Parks Mr. & Mrs. Jared Hotard Mr. & Mrs. John Hotard Mr. & Mrs. Kenny Johnstone Ms. Angela Jubb Mr. Mark Juedeman Mr. & Mrs. John Kelley Kirkwood Family Mr. & Mrs. Jason Kithas Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Klein Mrs. Rita Kobila Dr. & Mrs. Grant Kollenborn Ms. Gretchen Korndorffer Dr. Benjamin Kuo & Dr. Jamie Kuo Mr. & Mrs. John Lavie Mrs. Pamela Legge Ms. Rita Sharon Lorio Ms. Barbara Lyons Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Maitrejean
Ms. Edith Martinez Mr. & Mrs. Jack May Mr. Chase McAlpine Mr. & Mrs. Samuel McCord Mrs. Aimee Menard Ms. Magdalena Merrill Mr. & Mrs. Casey Moll Dr. Judy Moreau Ms. Mary Katherine Murphy Dr. & Mrs. John Nelson Dr. & Mrs. Andrew O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Richard Olivier Dr. & Mrs. Erik Oltmann Mr. & Mrs. Michael Palasch Mr. Larry Palestina Mr. Jeremy Parks Mr. & Mrs. Michael Patin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pearson Dr. Andy Pellett & Ms. Rachel Smith Mr. & Mrs. Peter Perino Mr. Joseph Pitre Ms. Cindy Reed Ms. Maribeth Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Rick Robards Jeanne Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Samuels Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Sanderson Mrs. Rachel Schmidt
Ms. Patricia Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Harry Smith Mr. Robert Soniat & Ms. Carol Smoczynski Mrs. Elizabeth Stoner Mr. & Mrs. Ashley Sutton Mr. & Mrs. Michael Swiatkiewicz Mrs. Tiffany Tandecki Mr. & Mrs. StevenTassin Mr. & Mrs. Alcide Tervalon Mr. & Mrs. Steve Thompson Mr. Thomas Thorne Ms. Erica Thorne Mr. & Mrs. Jacque Touzet Mr. Antonio Tsatsoulis Ms. Gillian Turcotte Victoria Valdes Mr. & Mrs. Brett Venn Mr. & Mrs. Peter Verhoeven Mr. & Mrs. David Waguespack Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Vives Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wainwright Mr. & Mrs. Bud Waldmann Mr. & Ms. Von Waters Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Weinstock Mr. & Mrs. Roland Wiltz Mr. & Mrs. Michael Wood
ENDOWMENT Endowment Charlie Hemenway Memorial Ms. Jodee Daroca Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Edrington Mrs. Elizabeth Stoner Mr. & Mrs. Billy Weidner The Elsie Gelpi Rubin Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Mayfield The Reily Companies, LLC
SOURCES OF INCOME 9.6%
1.5%
0.9%
0.2%
87.8%
EXPENSES 20.4%
2.2%
2.1%
2.3%
72.9%
The 2018 – 2019 Annual Report was prepared by the Development Office and is distributed to alumni, parents, and friends, of St. Paul’s to express gratitude to those who have given to the school. We apologize if your name was omitted, misspelled, or listed incorrectly. Please advise of the error by calling the Development Office at 504.488.1319 ext. 119.
OUR MISSION St. Paul’s Episcopal School is dedicated to instilling in our children strength of intellect and strength of character in a Christian environment that is positive, respectful, and familial. We encourage our students to strive to do their best, to be compassionate, and to appreciate and preserve the beauty of life.
St. Paul’s Episcopal School 6249 Canal Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124 504.488.1319 Fax: 504.304.8315 www.StPauls-Lakeview.org