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Welcome to the
 Saint Paul High School
 Alumni Association

  DEACONS FOREVER!  

Start planning now!

The St. Paul High School Alumni Association is planning the 1923 to 2009
class reunion to be held in late July 2009. Volunteers are needed to help with
names and addresses (mailing & email) for classmates from 1923 to 2009.
We do not want to exclude anyone. Please call Suzy Harrison at
(276) 762-5544 (W), (276) 762-9376 (H) or email at sph@jetbroadband.com
to volunteer or if you have names and addresses to share. You may also contact
Gloria Annarelli at gloria@annarelli.com.

  Please Visit the Voice for Community Schools website at

 http://voiceforcommunityschools.org   

 

Look for our billboard on Hwy 58 between Coeburn and Norton!

 

 

Membership

Membership in the St. Paul High School Alumni Association is FREE to all SPHS Alumni, anyone that attended any of the St. Paul schools, and all friends of SPHS.  Membership includes a listing in the password protected directory available only to our members.   Register here now.

Latest News

12-Oct-2008 The following updates have been made: 

  • An article titled "St. Paul teens practice ‘green’ construction" from the September 26th edition of The Coalfield Progress has been added to the NEWSLETTER page.
  • Minutes from the July 21, 2008 Board Meeting (pending approval) have been added to the Minutes section off the ABOUT page.
  • Archives have been added to both the HOME and NEWSLETTER pages.  Old items have been moved to their respective archive.  You can access the HOME page archive by following the link near the bottom of this page.  The newsletter archive is accessible from a link on the top left of the NEWSLETTER page.

04-Oct-2008 The following updates have been made: 

  • Two new "Letters to the Editor" to The Coalfield Progress - from former School Board member Ann Gregory and SPHS Principal Walt Padgett -  have been added to the VCS "We Get Letters" page.  Both are "must read" letters.
  • The VCS "We Get Letters" page had to be redesigned because we get so many letters!  The side-by-side table - which was intended to present a fair view of the issue - has been dropped in favor of a simple list to conserve space (not to mention we have received only ONE pro-consolidation letter).

09-Sep-2008 The following updates have been made: 

  • Photos from the Reunion in July 2008 for the classes of '63, '68 & '73 have been posted under the Other Photos section of the PHOTOS AND SPIRIT page.
  • A speech presented to the school board on July 7th from Debbie Stanley Baca, Chairperson for Voice for Community Schools, has been posted on the spdeacs MESSAGE BOARDS.
  • A letter from Debbie Baca emailed on August 7th to leaders of Dominion Power has been posted under ‘We get letters’ on the VCS page.
  • Letters from Suzy Pate Harrison, Chairperson for your SPHS Alumni Association, have been posted on the VCS page.
  • A letter and a cost comparison with regard to saving our community schools, written and presented to the school board on September 8th by SPHS Alumni Association board member Johnny Jones, has been posted on the VCS website under ’We get letters’.

15-Aug-2008 The following updates have been made:

  • In memory of another classmate: Click on IN MEMORIAM for details. 
  • Newspaper articles related to school consolidation have been added to the "In the news" link on the VCS web page.
  • An article from the 8-Aug-2008 edition of The Coalfield Progress titled "St. Paul students take part in South Africa conference" has been added to the NEWSLETTER page.

  • The 1987 yearbook has been added to the Yearbook section of the PHOTOS AND SPIRIT link above.  Thanks to Tammy Verno for supplying the yearbook, and very special thanks to Connie Molinary for taking the time to scan the 80+ pages!

27-Jul-2008 Scholarship Awards added:

  • Scholarship awards for the 2007-2008 academic year have been added to the NEWSLETTER page.  

22-Jul-2008 The following updates have been made:

  • Fall schedules for the Football and Basketball (boys and girls, JV and varsity) teams have been added to the PHOTOS AND SPIRIT page. If you have any schedules for other sports or school activities, please send them to webmaster@spdeacs.org.

21-Jul-2008 The following updates have been made:

  • A link to the website for the First Baptist Church of St. Paul has been added to the NEWSLETTER page.

 11-Jul-2008 The following updates have been made:

  • SPHSAA has learned that alumnus Valerie Ward Foutz is in critical condition since her cancer has returned.  She is in the hospital at:

Lewis-Gale Medical Center
1900 Electric Rd
Salem, VA 24153
(540) 776-4000

  • Updated the date of the upcoming school board meeting on both the SPHSAA and VCS home pages.

08-Jun-2008 The following update was made:

  • An Alumni Spotlight item on Sonny Hamm was added to the NEWSLETTER page 

06-Jun-2008 The following updates have been made:

  • In memory of another classmate: Click on IN MEMORIAM for details.
  • The SPHSAA and VCS home pages have been updated with information on the next regular Wise County School Board meeting
  • The mis-titled 'Mission' item on the NEWSLETTER page has been renamed 'Purpose', and has been moved to the ABOUT page
  • We have added the group graduation photo of the 2008 graduating class to the 'Year Books and Photos' section of the PHOTOS AND SPIRIT  page
  • Dates have been added to all articles on the NEWSLETTER page
  • The following four items have been added to the NEWSLETTER page:
    • 06-Jun-2008 - Audra Delauder accepts Jefferson Scholarship at U. Va.
    • 06-Jun-2008 - SPHS Classes of 1963, 1968, and 1973 Class Reunion (July of 2008)
    • 05-Jun-2008 - ANNOUNCEMENT: Deacon Sports Wall of Fame
    • 03-Jun-2008 - The Coalfield Progress: St. Paul High reps going to South Africa

04-May-2008
  • We want to share with you some very exciting news coming from St. Paul High School. Click on the NEWSLETTER link above to learn more about what you can do to support two students and one mentor at the GLOBE Learning Expedition and 12th Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa! We are very proud of our students’ participation in the GLOBE program and the WATeR Project, and are excited about the possibility of taking their message around the world. If you wish to provide financial support, please send your donations to:

Globe Project Team c/o St. Paul High School
PO Box 976
3207 4th Avenue
St. Paul, VA 24283

  • SPHSAA has learned that alumnus Scott Hamilton, SPHS Class of 1988, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer on February 26, 2008. Scott is using CaringBridge (http://www.caringbridge.org) to host his journal as he goes through this journey. You can get to Scott’s journal directly by going to http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/scotthamilton. 

  • The 10th Annual Clinch River Festival will be held on May 30th, May 31st and June 1st, 2008. Every year the town of St. Paul, Virginia comes alive with the flavors of the region during Clinch River Days. This is a perfect opportunity for alumni to meet! Come home to St. Paul for a weekend of fun in the mountains and a celebration of the Clinch River! For more information, including a schedule of events, go to http://clinchriverfestival.com

  • Two new letters in support of our community schools - one from April Cain and another from Bruce Puckett - have been added to the "We Get Letters" link on the VCS web page.

 

From time to time old items from this page are moved to a secret government archive where they are stored next to the Lost Arc of the Covenant.  Don't tell anyone, but archived items can be found here.

Quarterly Board Meeting

The next board meeting is October 14th, 2008 at 6:30 in the Vencil Learning Center.
 

 

Contact Us

SPHS Alumni Association
P.O. Box 516
St. Paul, Virginia 24283

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