Welcome to the internet home of the Saint Paul High School Alumni Association
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New and (eventually) improved!!!
Welcome to the new version of the Saint Paul High School Alumni Association website. The times they are a’ changing, and we’re a’ changing with them. We hope the new format will be both easier to use and offer more features.
So, let’s start off with what hasn’t changed. The overall look of the site is different, but should have a familiar feel. The menu options at the top (HOME, ABOUT, PHOTOS & SPIRIT, etc) are still there, they are just in a slightly different location. Most importantly, all the photos, yearbooks, memorabilia, and media files are still here.
What has changed? Well, one thing you might notice is the RSS FEED option at the top right of the page. If you want to be notified any time this page is updated, just click on the button to set up a subscription via Really Simple Syndication. Don’t worry if you don’t know what RSS means or if you haven’t used it before – setting up RSS is simple and will keep you updated on changes to the site.
Another change that is sure to be popular is the restructuring of the PHOTOS & SPIRIT page. The page is much more interactive, and should make it easier to browse through the pictures.
St. Paul Deacons 2010 Football Schedules Posted
A link to the 2010 Varsity and JV football schedules has been added to the top of the PHOTOS & SPIRIT page
Not Wise
A link to notwise.org - A Forum Regarding Wise County School Consolidation- has been added to the LINKS page
Notice to Beta Testers
At the moment we’re over our allocation for pictures in the gallery. We’re working on getting this resolved. Once resolved, we’ll post the 1941 yearbook. Until then, please visit the other pages on the site.
Don’t forget to send us your feedback!
UPDATE: As of May 10th this issue has been resolved. The 1941 yearbook has been posted.
Beta Testing Beginning
As of May 3, 2010, beta testing for the new site has begun. The plan is to go live before the end of May.
Dominion donates $25,000 to help restore mussels in the Clinch River
Posted on the Bristol Harold Courier website on April 17, 2010
By Debra McCown | Reporter / Bristol Herald Courier
Published: April 17, 2010
Damaged in the 1960s and ’70s by a fly ash spill, the Clinch is considered one of North America’s most important rivers for rare and imperiled species, said Brad Kreps, director of the Nature Conservancy’s Clinch Valley Program.
The Clinch, damaged in the 1960s and ’70s when a power plant owned by a different company spilled fly ash into the river, is considered one of North America’s most important rivers for rare and imperiled species, said Brad Kreps, director of the Nature Conservancy’s Clinch Valley Program.
Dominion is the company building a new $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant just outside St. Paul. In addition to the donation for the Nature Conservancy, which is one piece of $1.1 million in environmental donations Dominion is distributing, the company is giving $5,000 to St. Paul High School for a mussel hatchery, and other grants to environmental groups.
Pam Faggert, Dominion’s vice president and chief environmental officer, said the environmental stewardship record of industry is better than it used to be – and Dominion’s 585-megawatt power plant is “designed to be fully protective of the environment.”
“In the past … sometimes environmental protection wasn’t everything it could be, but I think folks are a lot more knowledgeable and wiser these days,” Faggert said. “Sometimes in the past, industry didn’t do the right thing, but I think it’s much better now.”
For its part, Dominion is supporting efforts to heal the environment, she said.Kreps said the money will be used in the conservancy’s efforts to protect and restore mussel populations in the Clinch. Mussels are important, he said, because they play a role in filtering the river that provides drinking water for some 50,000 people.
“They actually clean our water,” he said.
David Paylor, director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, thanked Dominion for its gift, and noted that Gov. Bob McDonnell is continuing the work of predecessor Tim Kaine on land conservation.
Paylor said water quality is one of the most important environmental issues facing Virginia, and in many areas it’s been impacted by nonpoint source pollution, runoff from such areas as farms and subdivisions that lack wooded buffers between them and streams.
In Southwest Virginia, Paylor said, many areas still have those natural buffer zones – and the challenge will be keeping them in place to continue protecting water quality in the region.
He said people can help do that by leaving vegetation on and near stream banks instead of clearing it, by not over-fertilizing lawns and by fencing cattle out of streams.
Kreps said the conservancy is holding its second annual watershed symposium in May, at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. The symposium’s focus will be on practical things that towns and other localities can do to improve and protect their water quality.
dmccown@bristolnews.com | (276) 791-0701
SPHS Class of 2010’s Video to President Obama
This is a video made at St. Paul High School and sent to President Obama in order to be considered in the Top High School Challenge. If chosen, the President would speak at their graduation.
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Top High School – 2009!
St. Paul High School recognized by US News and World Report
St. Paul High School, along with Appalachia and Pound High Schools, has been recognized with Bronze Awards from U.S. News and World Report Best High Schools 2009 Search. To view the article please click on the following link: http://www.usnews.com/sections/education/high-schools/. The link for Virginia’s top high schools can be found here.
The following brief came from the Governor’s office:
Nationʼs Best: Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine congratulated Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County for being named the nation’s best high school by US News & World Report. A total of 43 VA schools made the annual list of Americaʼs top 100 high schools. Four high schools received Gold Medals, 12 Silver Medals and 27 Bronze Medals