Out With the Old, In With the New: Band Hall Being Reconstructed
(COVINGTON, La.) — The St. Paul’s band hall has been destroyed, and construction on a new one is underway. In 1966, the first band hall was constructed at a $15 thousand cost. It started as a student recreation center equipped with ping pong and pool tables, a TV, and a snack bar. At that time, […]
Spring Sports Catch Up
During the 2018-2019 school year multiple St. Paul’s sports teams succeeded at the district and state level, with the Spring Season being no exception. Golf: The Golf Wolves are the district, Northshore League, and regional champions this year. In fact, they were only six shots away from winning the state championship. Tennis: The tennis team went […]
St. Paul’s School State Literary Rally Results
St. Paul’s had eight winners at the April State Literary Rally held at LSU. The State Literary Rally is an academic competition in which the top high school students in a given subject from each district in Louisiana take a standardized test. Each testing room divides students up into three to four different sections, with […]
Wolf Pack Dominates Competition at Mu Alpha Theta Convention
(BATON ROUGE, La.) — Students in the SPS branch of Mu Alpha Theta recently competed in the Mu Alpha Theta convention held in Bator Rouge to compete against other schools and test their knowledge. The competition began Thursday evening with a round of “games” that were actually math challenges in disguise. On Friday, in […]
SPS Repeat as Challenge Night Champions
(COVINGTON, La) — On April 8, many people might have been watching the NCAA Championship, but at St. Paul’s the students battled it out at Challenge Night with sister school SSA. St. Paul’s students entered “The Gene” (Gene Bennet Sports Complex) wearing cowboy attire, and St. Scholastica came as Little Red Riding Hood. The energy […]
New Classes According to You
(COVINGTON, La.)– St. Paul’s students recently participated in a survey gauging preferences for the 2019-2020 school year. The survey, conducted and tabulated during Pack Time, asked students to weigh in on proposed electives, hours of the school day, and daily routines. Of the 49 packs participating, 725 student responses were included in the tabulations. Proposed classes […]
Iron Wolves Place 2nd in South Regional Meet
(COVINGTON, La.) — The Iron Wolves recently took place in the South Regional Powerlifting Meet at Pope John Paul II High School, in Slidell, La. Head Coach Jesse Kellum has been training the Wolves for over ten years now, with a strong winning tradition and multiple State Champions. Assistant Coach Joshua Gast has also been […]
(Smarticle) Dark Money and the Death of Democracy
(COVINGTON, La.) — Democracy is the key to making any free government tick. It’s what gets the wheels of personal liberty spinning, ensuring that elected officials represent the people and, more importantly, uphold their rights. The defining aspect of democracy is elections, ensuring that citizens maintain the power in the country, as they decide through […]
Wolves Look to Start off the Football Season Strong Against John Curtis
(COVINGTON, La.) — The St. Paul’s Wolves football team suffered a heartbreaking quarterfinal loss by the hands of John Curtis last season. The Wolves open up with a scrimmage against the same team that eliminated their 2017-2018 playoff run. Both teams are bringing back many bodies on both sides of the ball which calls for […]
