St. Paul’s High School is pleased to announce Dr. Jerome Cranston as the 2025 Ignatian Challenge Award recipient for the 30th Annual Tribute Dinner on November 18, 2025.
“It is with profound respect and admiration that I share the news that Dr. Jerome Cranston will be honoured as the 2025 Ignatian Challenge Award recipient,” states Kevin Booth ’78, President of St. Paul’s High School. “As a former principal of St. Paul’s and a lifelong educator formed in the Ignatian tradition, Dr. Cranston has devoted his life to forming young people and adults, and transforming communities through justice, scholarship and service. His tireless pursuit of equity and his global efforts to uplift the marginalized exemplify the Jesuit call to be men and women for others. Dr. Cranston embodies the Ignatian spirit of reflection, action and accompaniment – walking with the excluded and working to build a more hopeful, just and compassionate world. We are privileged to recognize his extraordinary faith in action.”
Read the full announcement here.
Proceeds from the Tribute Dinner support the St. Paul's High School Bursary Fund.
The Maroon & White Society is holding a collection drive on June 9th and 10th in support of wildfire evacuees. Student are encouraged to donate “essential items” to those displaced due to the forest fires. There will be boxes in the library to collect these items, which will then be donated to support the Southern Chiefs’ Organization collection drive. A list of requested items can be found here (https://scoinc.mb.ca/donations-to-support-northern-relatives/ ).
On Tuesday, June 10th, students will be permitted to dress casually with the donation of an “essential item” or a minimum $2 donation. Cash donations will be forwarded to the Canadian Red Cross – 2025 MB Wildfires Appeal (https://www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/current-emergency-responses/manitoba-wildfires-response-2025). The governments of Manitoba and Canada are currently matching donations.
Schedule II in effect.
PM: Review classes for all students writing morning exams.
Although the last day of classes is Tuesday, 10 June and the last day of exams is Tuesday, 17 June, there are several year-end school activities students are required to attend as indicated below.
Dress Code III: Relaxed
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Students may come to school to review their final exams and speak with their teachers and counsellors. Teacher locations will be posted in the school.
The deadline for submitting work to teachers to clear incompletes (INC) is noon on Friday, 20 June. Students have been made aware by their teachers of any incomplete coursework or outstanding hours to fulfill Ignatian Service hour requirements. In addition, parents of students with incomplete coursework were sent an email on Tuesday, 10 June notifying them their son has incomplete coursework along with this letter with further details.
On Thursday, June 19th, 2025, students will be expected to return all textbooks they were assigned throughout the 2024–2025 school year. Further details about the structure of the day will follow in a future communication.
An email listing the books due will be sent to each student's school email account.
Please start looking for any textbooks that are at home, in your car, etc. so that you have them all organized in advance of the day.
Please note: If textbooks are not returned (or are returned in an unusable condition), the student will be charged the full replacement cost of the textbook. If textbooks are returned in a significantly poorer condition than when they were assigned, students will be asked to pay a charge commensurate to the amount of damage.
Dress Code II: Warm Weather Dress Code
All students in grades 9–11 are expected to be in attendance for the school's closing Mass and awards assembly.
Students with academic failures that are elegible for recovery learning will be required to attend recovery learning sessions on the following dates: June 23, 25, 26, and 27. The recovery learning schedule will be available by Friday, 20 June. Counsellors will contact students to inform them of academic failures and assist students in planning for credit recovery.
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Paul Albrechtsen MultiPlex
More details to come.
We are looking for photos of students volunteering at their Ignatian Service placements to include on the volunteering page in the yearbook. Students have been invited to submit photos on Teams. If parents would like to submit on their son’s behalf, they can email photos to jkolton@stpauls.mb.ca. Please include the student’s name and service placement.
Graduating students were asked this week to complete a counselling survey that gathers information about their post-secondary plans and provides an opportunity to offer feedback on the support they’ve received at St. Paul’s. The survey also includes instructions on how to submit scholarship awards for recognition at the Convocation Ceremony on June 24.
Scholarships will only be included in the program if verification is submitted to Ms. Audino in the Principal’s Office at naudino@stpauls.mb.ca.
Survey deadline: Monday, June 9.
Students of Filipino heritage graduating in June 2025 are invited to apply for the Knights of Rizal Scholarship. To be considered, students must meet the following criteria:
Interested students should submit a one-page letter of interest to Ms. Kolton in Room 133 by 8:30 A.M. on Monday, June 9. The letter should highlight the student’s accomplishments, leadership activities, and community involvement.
Thanks to everyone who came out on Wednesday, June 4, for our last Parent Guild Meeting for 2024/2025.
We are excited that so many of you came to hear about how you can support your son throughout his journey at St. Paul’s.
The Parent Guild at St. Paul’s High School is unique, as the school is very welcoming and committed to creating a strong sense of community for parents. More importantly, should you choose to participate, we are certain you will feel it is a place where you belong.
The mission of the Parent Guild is to “Build Community through Hospitality” & does so via three core principles:
As a St. Paul’s High School parent, you are already part of the Parent Guild Community. It is important for you to know that the Parent Guild is not a fundraising group, nor are we forming policies for the school. As such, we are truly asking for you to volunteer your time when feasible. There are a variety of volunteer opportunities both during the day and evenings.
Examples of events supported by the parent guild include Cru Shoppe lunch hours, homecoming, hospitality for parent-teacher events, advent band concert, Christmas staff brunch, Christmas decoration set-up & take-down, open house, bake sales, Freshman retreat, staff appreciation week, parent retreat, fashion show, convocation reception, custodial luncheon.
Michelle Queau, President, Parents Guild 2024/2025
We are looking forward to your support and hope to see you in September at the first Parent Guild Meeting for the 2025/2026 school year. SAVE THE DATE, September 10, 2025,
With heartfelt gratitude, we are also saying goodbye and are appreciative to the service of Michelle, Gillian, and Kim, as they begin their next chapter. We wish them well and thank them for their dedication and commitment to St. Paul’s! We welcome Karen, Nadia, and Erin to the team!
We also wish Kevin Booth, Happy Retirement! You have been a guiding force and strength, and we truly are grateful for your heartfelt and thoughtful dedication to St. Paul's. We welcome and appreciate that Mr. Bob Lewin will continue to support and provide leadership towards the Parents Guild.
We are collecting gently used Suits, blazers, Dress pants, Dress shirts, School uniform polo shirts, School sweatshirts and t-shirts, shoes, belts, and ties to sell at our pop-up shop on the evening of September 11, 2025.
Items for the Nearly New sale should be clean and labelled Nearly New and can be dropped off at the Front Office. All proceeds support our Christmas hamper fund!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Nelia Borges-Bahl, Nearly New Shoppe, Volunteer Coordinator at Neliaborges66@gmail.com
Please consider completing the signup link for the specific upcoming volunteer opportunity for the 2025/2026 school year. We thank all those who completed the paper sign-in sheet on Wednesday, but do hope you will sign up per the link below.
If you have any questions regarding an opportunity or need more information, please reach out to Karen Andersen at parentguild@stpauls.mb.ca
Please click HERE to sign up to volunteer at the events listed or any of the upcoming events for the year!
On behalf of the Parents Guild, we wish you all a wonderful and restful summer and are looking forward to seeing you in September!
