Devonte Allen Opens Up About His Background, Journey, Motivation
(COVINGTON, La.) As the St. Paul’s basketball team eyes down the upcoming start to their 2017-2018 season, senior Devonte Allen knows that this season will be his last wearing the blue and gold. The road leading up to his senior season has been filled with hardships and triumphs that molded him into a young man […]
Teacher Profile: West Virginia Transplant Finds Home in Louisiana
Religion teacher Chris Sturgill came down to Louisiana for a job offer. What he found was a community, a culture, and a brotherhood. As a fresh Franciscan University graduate, Christopher Sturgill was looking for a job like any other millennial would be. He had received teaching offers back home in West Virginia and at St. […]
Garrett Cooper Competes in Junior Olympics for Riflery
(COVINGTON, La.) — Sophomore Garrett Cooper competed in the Junior Olympics in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in April for Riflery. Cooper scored his personal best on the first day with a score of 594.3, and on the second day he scored a 583.6, adding up to a total score of 1177.9. Entire high school teams competed in the […]
True Guitar Hero Seeks Guitar Donations for Summer Program
(COVINGTON, La.) — This summer, St. Paul’s student Cullen Irwin has decided to spend his time on others instead of himself. He has committed himself to teaching guitar to children three days a week at Christ Episcopal’s at-risk children’s summer camp and is seeking guitar donations from the community. Irwin is an experienced guitarist; he […]
SPS Senior Reagan Hill Honored with ‘Young Hero’ Award
(COVINGTON, La.) — In July of 2014, St. Paul’s senior Reagan Hill sustained fractures in his C5 and C6 vertebrae while playing in a pool, initially leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. At the time, the notion of him ever walking again was uncertain. However, on Aug. 29, 2014, Reagan was discharged from the […]
Home Away From Home: SPS Junior Recounts Semester Studying Abroad
(MANDEVILLE, La.) — Beginning on Aug. 7, 2016, SPS junior Hanson Stuckey traveled to Cascade, Idaho, where he began an extensive studying abroad experience rooted in outdoor exposure. Stuckey, along with his 25 other classmates, later ventured to South America, where this wilderness immersion intensified. “I was a little nervous before leaving, but I was very excited,” […]
Michael Doherty Pays Long-Awaited Visit to St. Paul’s
(COVINGTON, La.) — A brotherhood floats around St. Paul’s like a dense fog. It is visible to everyone, and like a warm breeze, one can feel it. A group of St. Paul’s and SSA students got to feel that brotherhood when they welcomed Michael Doherty back to the northshore on Feb. 9. On Friday, Nov. […]
Theatre Program Thrives Under Charbonnet
(COVINGTON, La.) — Since Denny Charbonnet stepped onto the campus of St. Paul’s School in 1987, she has transformed a dormant theatre program into a thriving experience for the entire community. The origins of the current theatre program can traced back to 1987 when former English teacher Judy Lacour approached Charbonnet with the idea of […]
Brother Ken: The Man Behind the Music
(COVINGTON, La.) — For almost 40 years, Bro. Ken Boesch, FSC, has had a prominent and inclusive role not just on the St. Paul’s campus but in the community as well. “I came to St. Paul’s in the summer of 1978,” Bro. Ken said. “I finished my undergraduate degrees in 1976, from the College of […]
