PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR POSITION AVAILABLE - With the change in our preschool program we are looking for a director to fill this full time position. Job description and application are available in the school office and under the employment tab on the website.

OPEN ENROLLMENT - We are now enrolling for the 2012-2013 school year. Please contact the school office to set up a tour and get your questions answered. Applications are available at St. Paul or on the website. Become a part of our St. Paul family!

NEW PRESCHOOL PLANS - Starting August 2012 we will present a new preschool format. We will be offering preschool for children ages 2 to 4 (as of September 1). This new program will be a year round, full day program, with options of coming 2 days a week, 3 days a week, or 5 days a week. Call the school office at 472-3313 for more information.

CONGRATULATIONS GEOGRAPHY BEE WINNER - In mid-December our 4th - 8th grade took a preliminary geography bee exam. From that group of students, 10 students were chosen to participate in the final bee on January 5. After an exciting event, Ruth, a 7th grader was our finalist, and Ashley, a 6th grader took 2nd place. Ruth will now take a written exam to see if she qualifies for the state geography bee. This is Ruth's second time as the St. Paul Lutheran Geography Bee winner. Congratulations Ruth!

STUDENT TEACHERS - This spring we are blessed to have 5 student teachers with us. Three of the student teachers are from Concordia University, Texas and the other two are from Concordia, Wisconsin. St. Paul has great mentor teachers to guide these young adults to be effective teachers in our Lutheran Schools.

SCIENCE FAIR - We are bringing back the middle school science fair! Students are already working hard to be ready to present on Monday, March 5. Lower grade students may also participate if they choose.

COME FLY WITH ME - The parent group, Friends of St. Paul (FOSP) is bringing back the live and silent auction. It's been about 5 years since we've had this event and we are excited for it's return. The evening is Saturday, February 4, starting about 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults ($15 after 1/29) and $5 ($10 after 1/29) for children ages 3 through 6th grade. The child ticket includes a pizza dinner and child care. Entertainment and a BBQ dinner will be provide. Auction donations currently include a Texas Monthly subscription, Henna Chevrolet basket which includes an oil change, P.F. Chang gift cards, hand made quilts, and more. Tickets are available in the school office. All are invited.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. KELLI BELT, OUR 4TH GRADE TEACHER! Ms. Belt was nominated and chosen to be one of the top three finalists for the Lutheran Educator of the Year award, presented annually at our fall Lutheran teachers' conference. We are truly blessed to have Ms. Belt on our staff!

Congratulations to Philip Crandel for receiving a Letter of Commendation for the National Merit Scholarship Program. Philip attended St. Paul Lutheran School, graduating in 2008. He is now a senior at Concordia High School.

NEWS JUST IN "The Lutheran School Accreditation Commission met in June to review Annual Reports and Action Plans. St. Paul Lutheran School received an 'Excellent' rating based on your Annual Report." This letter was received in early July 2011 and refers to our accreditation report for the 2010-2011 school year. We are very excited about this rating as it is the highest rating NLSA offers.

What is NLSA? NLSA is a process of self-evaluation followed by a visit from objective observers designed to help Lutheran schools improve the quality of their programs. The process is completely voluntary and available for every school operated by a single congregation, by an association of congregations, or by a recognized service organization of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS).

The Iowa Test of Basic Skills test was administered to students in grades 2-8 in early March. The test is used as a snapshot of how our students are doing and how we are doing as a school. Again this year our students have done very well.

What is ITBS? The Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) is a nationwide, standardized test used by public and private schools. For the last three years our students overall scored higher than 92% of all students taking this test. That puts our students in the top 8% in academics nationwide!

ACCREDITATION - St. Paul is in the process of reapplying for accreditation. We have spent the last few months conducting a self study which will result in final documentation and a visit by an accreditation team. Below are some results from the recent Parent Survey.

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS will be an option for the 2011-2012 school year for all 8th graders. We currently teach Spanish in grades K-8 but we are able to offer ASL this year as an option for 8th graders only. Thank you Mrs. Randol for making this possible.

PSIA - PSIA is a private school academic competition that students in grades 1-8 may participate in. Students meet with a coach before or after school and study for dictionary skills, vocabulary, spelling, on-site drawing, and more. Contact Mrs. Julie Hammond, our PSIA coordinator, at 472-3313, for more information.

RENWEB is our new online school management system. By now all families should have logged in and updated their family demographic page. Mid-quarter and quarter grades for grades 3-8 are available. Monthly statements are also available now. Please use RenWeb as your school information site.

ST. PAUL WEATHERCAM: A weatherbug camera has been installed for our school! CLICK HERE to see images. (Be sure to check out animations too!). This now puts St. Paul on the weatherbug map so watch for it on KXAN!

ST. PAUL ON THE RADIO - Mrs. Eifert, our school principal, was interviewed by John Criswell on KLBJ radio. If you missed it CLICK HERE TO LISTEN (Originally aired on KLBJ on Friday, April 17, 2008 at 12:30). What a great opportunity to share the message of our great school.