Reflections
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Reflecting back on the good ol' days going to school in St. Paul, Kansas reminds us of our good friends, our families, the teachers, administrators, staff and coaches, the sports and extracurricular activities, the bus drivers and cooks, the wonderful aromas of cinnamon rolls in the cafeteria and popcorn in the gym, the crowds cheering for the Maroon & Gold home team, the assemblies and dances, life's lessons learned....and so much more! School was where we had our first adventures outside our family homes and into the real world. School is where we began to develop the skills needed to turn our childhood daydreams into our lifetime achievements. School was where caring adults worked together to help us learn the fundamentals: how to read and write and speak and to compute numbers; to first appreciate great literature, other cultures and languages, abstract philosophies and complex sciences; about governments and the history of man and the geography of the world; how to make music, to type and cook and sew, to work with metal and wood and tools; how to raise foods and families. We learned how to push ourselves to be even better, to value lifelong learning and hard work, to deal with adversity and to persevere, to listen to and accept constructive feedback....sometimes whether we wanted to or not! School was where we learned to become loyal and creative team players, having fun in helping each other reach championships as well as our common goals. We learned to be prepared, to be courteous, to respect ourselves and others, to say thank you, and sometimes to apologize. We learned that we are judged not just on the money we would earn, but also on our accomplishments, and the 'content of our character'. We learned that along with rights come responsibilities. We learned to love and to contribute back to our country and to our community and school. Going to school in St. Paul taught us how to realize and follow our dreams. Our school is still there. Caring adults are still there helping kids to realize and follow their dreams. This all reflects well on St. Paul. What pleasant memories do you have when you reflect on going to school in St. Paul, Kansas? George Wayne McAtee Class of 1965 12/24/2010 The following was taken in part from The St. Paul Journal, April 23, 1903:
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The following was taken in part from The St. Paul Journal, February 13, 1941:
The Hot Lunch Project Gets Underway At St. Francis School This Week
On Monday of this week the government-sponsored hot lunch program got underway at St. Francis School. A member of The Journal staff being a little curious as to how you go about feeding some 250 growing boys and girls "a hot lunch" in about 45 minutes, drove over to St. Francis Monday to watch the plan work.
And the said staff member is here to tell you that it really works alright and is really a worth-while project.
On Monday, the first day, there were 251 students who enjoyed hot lunch. Classes are dismissed at 11:45 and the students begin the trek to the dining room which is in the school auditorium. At 12:30 all the students have received their lunch and are back in the class rooms. In this manner school is dismissed one-half hour earlier in the afternoon.
The project is under the supervision of Mrs. Betty Hentzen and Mrs. Gertrude Phelan is chief cook. Others who were working on the project Monday were Miss Jennie Doherty, Mrs. E.E. Neer, Nick Diskin, Herman Volz, Fred Born and George Kennedy.
The menu Monday consisted of cornbread, beans, eggs, cookies, cocoa and stewed fruit. A different menu is used each day and these menus are prepared by experts who know the value of food to the growing child.
A price of 5c (cents) per meal has been placed on the project with the hope that this will take care of the necessary expense connected with it.
