St. Paul High School recognized as Virginia Naturally School

ST. PAUL, Va.—The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries’ Virginia Naturally School Recognition Program is proud to recognize St. Paul High School as a Virginia Naturally School. Schools currently receiving this recognition have demonstrated exemplary efforts to promote civic pride through knowledge of the community history in the area in which they reside.

Virginia Naturally Schools must meet specific requirements which increase with each successive year a school achieves this recognition. This is the 10th year St. Paul High School has received this honor.

All schools meeting first year requirements as a Virginia Naturally School have qualified in four areas: administrative support, staff development and curricular integration, resource conservation efforts, and school/community based project.

Additional requirements for schools qualifying beyond the first year include: documentation of efforts to secure library materials/equipment to help students learn about the environment and to enhance field studies; developing instructional settings/outdoor classrooms; and developing community partnerships with area business, parent teacher organizations, and area civic groups.

Schools continuing their efforts receive a pennant imprinted with a symbol of our Commonwealth. St. Paul High School has been recognized for ten years and was among the first schools recognized in 2000. Five schools out of the 63 recognized in 2000 have completed ten years. SPHS installed a sign outside our school on November 4, 2009 to celebrate this milestone.

One of the hallmarks of St. Paul High School’s environmental program is our dedication to preserving wetlands Estonoa, establishing on outdoor classroom and encouraging recycling.