St Pauls Episcopal School

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name =St. Paul's Episcopal School


motto =A Private School With a Public Purpose
established =1975
type =Independent
affiliation =CAIS, WASC, NAIS, NAES, ERB, CSEE, EBISA, BATTI, Aim High, All Kinds of Minds, Oakland Chamber of Commerce

district =Oakland Unified School District
grades =K-5 (Lower School) 6-8 (Middle School
president =
principal =(Lower School) Laroilyn Davis(Middle School) Judy Stone
head of school =Karan A. Merry
dean =
faculty =46
staff =14
students =365
enrollment =
athletics =coed cross country, football, volleyball; boys' and girls' JV and Varsity basketball
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colors = Blue & White
mascot =Jaguar
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location =116 Montecito Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610
information =Two Campuses, 116 Montecito Avenue (Lower School) and 262 Grand Avenue (Middle School)
website =http://www.spes.org/

St. Paul's Episcopal School is an independent coeducational K-8 school in Oakland, CA. The school was founded in 1975 by the Vestry of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church as an independent, coeducational school that welcomes and supports children who represent the broad diversity of the Greater Oakland area.

The School is accredited by California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Location

St. Paul's Episcopal School is located on the northwest corner of Lake Merritt. The campus is composed of three sites: the Lower School (grades K-5) campus on Montecito Avenue at Bay Place includes the primary educational building, with an adjacent assembly hall and playground. (In 2008, this site will begin reconstruction to accommodate a Lower School library, gymnasium, Kindergarten and First Grade Learning Center, and new school entrance. The Middle School campus is located 1-1/2 blocks away on Grand Avenue in a newly constructed building that opened in September 2006. Administrative offices are located in an office building next door to the Middle School. City parks and community partners provide additional learning opportunities.

Academic Program

St. Paul's Episcopal School features a constructivist educational approach of hands-on learning informed by academic guidelines established by the California State Educational Framework. The Responsive Classroom and Schools Attuned approaches enhance learning and social development.

Service Learning and Public Purpose

In 1986, St. Paul’s School revamped its community service activities into an enriched Service Learning Program that connects community service with classroom instruction and reflection. Each year, St. Paul’s students in all grades provide over 7,000 hours in service to over two dozen different organizations.

St. Paul’s Episcopal School serves as a site for Aim High [http://www.aimhigh.org] , a summer learning and social development program for public and parochial school students. The School is affiliated with Facing History and Ourselves ( and is a co-founder of the Bay Area Teacher Training Institute (, an educator certification program.

Awards and Honors

(selection)
September 2006: Daily Points of Light Award
April 2006: Community Service Recognition Award for Classroom and Community Partnership from the Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE)
May 2004: Excellence in Service Learning Program Award, focusing on the issues of hunger and poverty, from the Council on Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE)
March 2004: National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Leading Edge Award for Community Involvement
April 2002: Community Service Network Recognition Award from the Council of Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE) for “Overall Excellence in creating and sustaining a K-8 environmental program that is integrated into the curriculum”
June 2000: Volunteer Organization of the Year Award from ARC (formerly Association for Retarded Citizens) in the Bay Area
March 2000: Community Service Recognition Award from the Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE) for “Overall Excellence in creating and sustaining a K-8 Hunger Program that is integrated into the curriculum”
March 1999: Target's Outstanding Schools Award
March 1996: Certificate of Merit from the Council for Religion in Independent Schools (CRIS)
March 1992: Certificate of Merit from the Council for Religion in Independent Schools (CRIS)

Mission

St. Paul’s School is a private school with a public purpose — to serve and benefit the community by working directly within it, by developing future adult leaders, and by being a model for others of a high quality education for a diverse student body in an urban setting, stressing both academic excellence and personal growth.

St. Paul’s School is a learning community of students, families, faculty, staff, board, church, friends and supporters. It is a community that celebrates and values diversity — of socioeconomic background, ethnicity, race, culture, sexual orientation, learning style, religion, and all families however constituted — and seeks to reflect its city and region. All aspects of the school, including a major financial aid program, honor this commitment to diversity.

St. Paul’s School is dedicated to education, to providing the finest standard of education, from kindergarten through eighth grade, and to enabling its graduates to advance successfully to high school and thereafter to university and careers. St. Paul’s School measures its academic excellence in achievement — mastery of subject matter, classroom performance, high school entry, higher education and career paths — and also in the development of independent thinking, intellectual curiosity, self-confidence and positive relations with others.

St. Paul’s School values and appreciates its exceptional faculty, who are dedicated to both the academic standards of the school and to its values, and are fully qualified to impart both.

St. Paul’s is an urban school, committed to its central city location, to using the city’s resources and discovering new ones, and to serving and representing the city.

St. Paul’s School continues the Episcopal tradition of respect for a diversity of faiths and religions. The school and church work together to teach both academics and human values in a compassionate environment, offering a program for children of all faiths.

St. Paul’s School requires community service as an integral part of its students’ lives — to give back and to share among economic levels, generations, races, ethnicities, and cultures.

External links

* [http://www.spes.org/ The St. Paul's Episcopal School website]