New Basketball Coach Optimistic for Future
(COVINGTON, La.) — As students wound down from their first day back at school from Easter holidays, the St. Paul’s basketball team made their way into the new gym to begin a new era. “Today is the first day that I am aggressively going to get ready for next year,” new basketball Head Coach Stephen […]
Marching Bands Are More Athletic Than They Seem
When you’re sitting in metal bleachers on a warm Autumn night, it may be easy to realize how athletic the football team on the field is. When the band takes the field, however, it may feel like the time to take out your phone. What you’re missing out on, though, is an exhibition of countless […]
Flag Debacle is Issue of Perspective
I’m taking U.S. History Honors, and we’ve been assigned an essay asking us to classify the battle flag of the Confederate States of America as a symbol of heritage or hate during our study of the Civil War. I like this assignment, because it makes me think. Being challenged to think critically about real-world problems […]
Open House Promises New Students a Sample of SPS Life
St. Paul’s School will host its annual Open House in anticipation for the 2016-2017 school year on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, at 1 p.m. Prospective students will hear from administrators of the school and department chairs of the curriculum they will be involved with for all five years of school, and they will also gain […]
SPS Swimming Legend to Head Aqua Wolves
(COVINGTON, La.) — Following the retirement of Coach William Babcock, the St. Paul’s School swim team, also known as the Aqua Wolves, will receive a new addition to their family this school year in the form of Coach Kris Babylon, who is no stranger to campus. “Kris Babylon has an incredible set of credentials,” school […]
Committee to Decide Fate of Benilde Hall
(COVINGTON, La.) — At a recent faculty meeting, Principal Trevor Watkins announced plans to form a committee to take on the subject of renovating the school’s underused library and other facilities in Benilde Hall. “We are very much in the preliminary stages of this,” Watkins said. “I have been very concerned with our library for many years now, not […]
Day of Activities Welcomes Alumni
(COVINGTON, La.) – On Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, various alumni from St. Paul’s School took to the campus once again to have a tour and luncheon provided by the alumni association to showcase how their donations have helped fund campus life. “We’ve seen from our brother schools that general alumni luncheons (have more success),” said […]
Be a Resolutionary in 2015
For as long as there has been a concept of a “New Year,” there have been New Year’s resolutions. The new year brings in a fresh start, a blank slate upon which people can rewrite the stories of their lives. In one night, a person can turn turn their lives 180 degrees around and become […]
2014 With Brother Ray: A Year Of Progress
(COVINGTON, La.) – The year 2014 was a year of many changes to the face of St. Paul’s School, as President Brother Ray Bulliard, FSC, said on Jan. 7, 2015, due to both campus facelifts and school regulation and curriculum changes. The Paper Wolf sat down with Brother Ray to review the year. Q: When […]
