Optional Masking Thank you for all the support and understanding that was extended to the board and myself as we made the tough decision about masking. Who would have known that a day later our Governor would put a stop to mandatory masking? On Tuesday, I talked to the kids about the importance of respecting […]
Buckets of Water On Wednesday, May 12, our 5th and 6th grade students had the opportunity to meet up with Wartburg and 7th grade WSR students to walk for “Water to Thrive”. All the students started out from the Middle School and walked to the Cedar River and filled jugs of water and returned to […]
College Savings Contest Celebrate 529 Day and Win $529! State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald and College Savings Iowa are celebrating 529 Day throughout the month of May by giving away 100 College Savings Iowa contributions! A winner in each of Iowa’s 99 counties will win a $529 contribution and one grand prize winner from all entrants […]
EWALU Adaptations are made so traditions can continue. Since 1971 St. Paul’s students have traveled to Strawberry Point to the EWALU camp. Even during Covid we are still ensuring those travels are happening. As we all know during this past year the decisions we have had to make for our families and our organizations have […]
Acts of Kindness At St. Paul’s there is always an outpouring of acts of kindness. On Thursday, April 22, I was a witness to one of these acts of kindness by Mrs. Rieckenberg and her 5th graders. Every morning for this past month I have entered the west door of the school. I’ve looked at […]
Junior Achievement We are so fortunate the Junior Achievement program brings quality volunteers from the community into our classroom to deliver proven, hands-on programming on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship that inspires students to understand the opportunities provided by education. Our teachers report that students who participate in JA have a better understanding of […]
STO Student Tuition Assistance deadline date is April 15. Please let us know what we can do to help ensure that your family is considered for tuition assistance. Last year our students were awarded $40,009 total in scholarships. This winter we had seven generous donors that gave to Our Faith, Our Children, Our Future the […]
Easter Break Easter just feels like a good time to remind you how thankful I am for each one of you! I am so thankful to be a part of the team at St. Paul’s. I appreciate the students for their tenacity to learn, the staff for their resilience, the parents for their patience, and […]
The Power of Prayer A little story to tell… Yesterday at recess a group of kindergarten boys were playing the “Greenie” game. Part of the game is to give others super powers. One of our students explained that the super power was granted by putting two hands on the person and then the person falls […]
Lutheran Schools Week This year’s LSW theme was Hope and Joy, which is truly fitting as we bounce back from this world-wide pandemic. This week our mitigation has been somewhat of a good, bad thing. Of course the negative impact this week is that the community doesn’t get to participate in worship and parents don’t […]
