WELCOME TO ST. PAUL HIGH SCHOOL

St. Paul High School

1st & Washington

Mailing Address: Box 68

St. Paul, Kansas  66771

Phone: (620) 449-2245

Fax: (620) 449-8960

Greetings from the Principal

For more than a century and a half, education has been a priority in St. Paul, KS. The first settlement on these grounds, even prior to statehood, was for the purpose of educating the original inhabitants at the Osage Mission, founded by the Jesuits and the Sisters of Loretto. That long tradition still lives in our current schools, thanks to a community that supports hard work and high expectations.

From the frame buildings that once adorned this landscape, to the stone and masonry buildings, to the newly erected high school, student growth in the intellectual, social, physical, and emotional realm have always been the priority. We are blessed to have strong, traditional families that care about this growth and support this most important task.
It is our goal to bring children in at the kindergarten level and to send young adults out into the world upon graduation, capable of making positive decisions that lead to life-long learning and societal leadership. As a small school, we are able to put students in leadership roles and can easily monitor individual student growth, while offering a high quality curriculum delivered by a dedicated professional staff.

St. Paul schools have been awarded several “Standard of Excellence” citations by the Kansas State Department of Education. These awards are based on exemplary test scores on the Kansas Assessment in Math, Reading and Writing. Our Spring 2009, assessment scores garnered eighteen Standard of Excellence certificates. In the Fall of 2009, St. Paul Middle School was selected as the recipient of the prestigious Challenge Award based on the 7th grade reading assessment scores. We are committed to excellence!

St. Paul, KS is a bedroom community for the larger cities of Pittsburg, Parsons and Chanute, nestled on the banks of the Neosho River. It truly is a beautiful town with much to offer. Our patrons fill our bleachers and the gymnasium to watch quality athletic teams as well as student programs such as the annual Veterans Day performance and Winter and Spring concerts.
The voters of USD 505 recently approved a bond issue that provided a state of the art high school with a new gymnasium, media center, music and art room. Six new classrooms, including a science lab as well as two locker rooms and two FEMA approved tornado shelters were constructed. A new kitchen will be completed in the Spring of 2010. Within the bond issue, $650,000 was set aside for technology. All of our classrooms are equipped with high-speed internet, SmartBoards, and all high school students have their own laptop computers. We indeed are blessed.

On behalf of St. Paul Schools, I would like invite you to visit our campus to see our newly updated facilities and meet our dedicated staff. We are proud of the tradition set many years ago and look forward to many years of quality education at St. Paul Schools.

Mark LaTurner, K-12 Principal