MARCH 2021 NEWS & UPDATES | STPHILIPS1600.ORG
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Winter Storm Uri Brings Damages to St. Philip’s Campus |
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We would like to share our utmost gratitude to all those who have prayed, donated, and stood by our organization through this tumultuous year. Due to Winter Storm Uri, a major pipe burst at St. Philip's and caused extensive water damage in the Legacy Building on our campus. Due to the unexpected damages, our Legacy Building will undergo a much-needed renovation. We are thankful for The Moody Foundation and the Mayor’s Disaster Relief Fund for providing grants to help our recovery efforts. Many thanks to Texas Land Care, Inc. for sending dozens of plumbers to South Dallas to support our neighbors who also experienced flooding and other issues from pipe bursts. A big thank you also goes out to St. Michael and All Angels Church, Highland Park United Methodist Church, and Good Shepherd Episcopal Church for their support.
Of course, with transition comes change. The construction in our Legacy Building has forced us to relocate our students and teachers to other classrooms within the building. We are grateful to our parents, teachers, and staff for being so resilient through it all. St. Philip’s continues to send thoughts and prayers for all those affected by the winter storm.
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21st Annual Destiny Award Luncheon Tickets are Available NOW! |
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Tickets and sponsorships are available for our 21st Annual Destiny Award Luncheon on Friday, March 26th. This virtual experience will feature a conversation with Pulitzer Prize and National Humanities Medal winning author Isabel Wilkerson. She is the author of The New York Times bestsellers, The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Wilkerson is a gifted storyteller, captivating audiences with the universal human story of migration and reinvention, as well as the unseen hierarchies that have divided us as a nation, in order to find a way to transcend them. She has become an impassioned voice for demonstrating how history can help us understand ourselves, our country, and our current era of upheaval.
The Destiny Award luncheon is our biggest fundraiser of the year. By supporting Destiny, you help St. Philip’s continue to transform the world through faith, education, and service. Click here for information about the event, tickets, and sponsorship opportunities.
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21st Annual Destiny Award Luncheon Sponsorships and tickets are available NOW! Click here.
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Our first graders did an amazing job during our Annual Heritage Program, celebrating the legacy of prolific composers of the African Diaspora! If you missed the event, watch it here.
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Congratulations to Fourth Grader, Naiel Wheeler, who represented St. Philip's in the Virtual Dallas County Private School Spelling Bee.
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Dr. Flowers' Words of Wisdom |
Read Dr. Flowers’ latest blog entry, Manifesting Burdens into Blessings. With over a million dollars and counting worth of repairs to our campus due to flood damage confronting St. Philip’s, we are convinced the same faith that got us to where we are will not only sustain us but provide God's abundance. Enjoy this inspirational and thought-provoking message informed by Dr. Flowers’ faith, ministry in education, and work in community development. Read the Blog
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We Love Referrals from our Friends and Families! |
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Applications are open for the 2021-2022 school year!
You are our best ambassadors; help a family you know learn more about our school by sending them to our Why St. Philip’s page. If you know families who are interested send them to apply here!
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YOUR REVIEWS MATTER: Word of mouth from happy students and parents is the best way to spread the good news about St. Philip’s School & Community Center! Reviews on various websites help promote our school. Information and links to share your experience can be found here.
EARN TUITION CREDIT FOR YOUR STUDENT: The highest compliment our parents can pay us is the referral of family or friends. In appreciation, for each new student you refer that enrolls and attends St. Philip’s, your family will be awarded a $200 tuition credit through our referral program!
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Join Us for Upcoming Admissions Events |
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Virtual Admissions Preview
Join us for our Virtual Admissions Preview on March 31st at either 12:00 pm or 5:30 pm (chose the session that works best for you). We'll discuss our UNPARALLELED educational experience which develops students who are Christ-Centered, Culturally Aware, and Intellectually Driven. Register for the admissions preview today!
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Virtual Campus Tours
Tuesday. March 2nd at 11:00 am: Join our Admissions Director for a live tour of our campus and let us answer any questions you may have.
Tuesday, March 23rd at 11:00 am: Get the full experience of what our students are learning and our teaching methods as we go live in the classroom.
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If you can’t make it to our special admissions events, join us weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2pm to 4pm; and Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 11am to 1pm. Click here to find out more.
Please note our virtual office will be closed March 15-18.
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Girls Night Out - March 12th
Due to the inclement weather and power outages, our February Girls Night Out event was postponed to March 12th. This fun-filled virtual mentorship and networking program is for young ladies in 1st - 12th grades. If you are interested in signing up for our next Girls Night Out event, sign up here.
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Crystal Brown, a St. Philip’s Alum, was highlighted in Hockaday’s African American alumnae group for Black History Month. Brown is a performing artist, director, and theater educator based in San Francisco, CA. She currently teaches theater at The Brandeis School of San Francisco, where she's established a middle school theater department and introduced a lower school theater curriculum. While she greatly loves both teaching and directing, she looks forward to returning to performance soon.
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St. Philip’s COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Center
With the help of 62 volunteers, we have registered 301 neighbors at our Vaccination Registration Center in the Doherty Family Fieldhouse. We will continue to register residents by phone, through our pantry, and at events hosted on our campus. Throughout March and beyond as necessary, we will educate the community, so they feel empowered to make an informed choice about the COVID-19 vaccine.
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ICMYI: We hosted a COVID-19 education panel at our February Community Meeting where Carolee Estelle, M.D., Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine Infectious Diseases at UTSW, provided education, answered questions, and addressed concerns from the audience of community members. The meeting was recorded and is available below.
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Parents of Alums - Serving in the Pantry!
We love that there are so many Parents of Alums who are volunteers in the Pantry! According to Jackie Longshaw, “It’s like coming back home.” Jackie serves every Wednesday, which is her day off from work as a pediatrician in DeSoto. Her youngest graduated from St. Philip’s with Angelyn Page’s son and Felicia Thornton’s youngest daughter. Angelyn, our Pantry Coordinator, is there every day, and Felicia is an AmeriCorps member working in the Pantry four days a week. Natalie Crawford and LaTasha McDade, both parents of St. Philip’s alums, also work in the pantry. Both Natalie and LaTasha brought their daughters over the holidays to serve as well. Natalie works in Human Resources at AT&T where she is encouraged to volunteer and give back to the community. Regina Walton is another parent of alum who currently volunteers in the pantry. Regina is the Director of Human Resources at St. Philip’s. Kim Wilson just recently joined the growing list of parents of alums working in the Pantry. Thank you to all of you for your time and service, it is so appreciated, and such a testimony to the heritage and connection between the school and community center.
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LaTasha McDade & Daughters |
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Bag Donations for Pantry Clients
Lael Brodsky is a fierce advocate for our neighbors who visit the pantry on foot. She is always concerned about how these individuals will carry the large amounts of food home, so sprang into action and let her friends know she was collecting rolling luggage to assist our clients. In no time at all her garage was full of donated suitcases and bags. Another pantry volunteer and friend, Dee Dee Hoak, had the idea to purchase the giant reusable IKEA bags. Dee Dee and others have donated 340 of these bags to the pantry and they are being put to use every day. Neighbors are even bringing these bags back to the Pantry to load up their groceries on their next visit. Thank you Lael and Dee Dee for your generosity, innovation, and for caring so much for the neighbors who visit the Pantry.
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Anaya’s Food Drive
Anaya Dube is a 10-year-old who is wise beyond her years. Inspired by her years as a student at St. Philip’s, Anaya organized a food drive for Aunt Bette’s Community Pantry for Valentine's Day. She communicated the need for food donations and set up collection boxes. Anaya also stays connected to St. Philip’s through the monthly Girls Night Out program. We are so thankful for Anaya and applaud her efforts to support the Pantry during this time of increasing need in our community.
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Aunt Bette's Community Pantry
Aunt Bette’s Community Pantry has a few volunteer slots available on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:45am-11:15am. All volunteers must wear masks and gloves, maintain safe social distancing, and neighbors are required to wear masks upon arrival. Masks are provided for those without one. If you are interested in helping out, sign up here. Sign up to volunteer.
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Tackle Hunger Souper Bowl of Caring - A Success!
Thank you to all our donors who participated in the Tackle Hunger Souper Bowl of Caring for Aunt Bette’s Community Pantry. We raised a grand total of $8,783.99 which will directly support our pantry. If you didn’t get a chance to donate during Tackle Hunger Souper Bowl of Caring, you can make a donation on our website.
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St. Philip’s partnered with Lullaby House and the Dallas Stars Foundation for a Diaper Giveaway on Saturday, February 27, serving 160 families in the drive-through event. Everyone received diapers, wipes, formula, bottles, pacifiers, toiletries, and a t-shirt and pair of socks for mom. Baby clothes were also available for those who were interested.
Dunkin' Donuts sponsored the event by donating individually packaged donut holes for all attendees, as well as donuts and coffee for the volunteers.
Special thanks to Chelsea Livingston and Marty Turco from the Dallas Stars Foundation for their enthusiastic and ongoing support of St. Philip’s and for providing volunteers for this event.
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Friends of St. Philip’s
Friends of St. Philip’s held its General Membership meeting on February 10. The virtual event, via Zoom, featured Ashlee Kleinert of Ruthie’s Rolling Cafe, Chad Houser of Cafe Momentum, and Dr. Froswa Booker-Drew, VP of Community Affairs and Strategic Alliances for the State Fair of Texas. We were inspired by these community leaders who spoke about their involvement with the St. Philip’s community and South Dallas. If you could not attend, or would like to share with others, you can view the recording here.
We look forward to continuing to serve the South Dallas community as ambassadors for St. Philip’s School and Community Center. If you have not already done so, please join us in this effort by becoming a member or renewing your membership now. Your membership, starting at $50, is valid through December 2021.
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Join Our Team
We are currently hiring! We are seeking great talent to join our team. Do they have a Servant Heart? Are they Respectful, Trustworthy, Pursuing Excellence, Collaborative, and Dedicated? If these values stand true, send them to our website to learn more.
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Experience Feedback Box
We want to hear from you! We now have an anonymous form that can be submitted electronically to offer feedback regarding your experience, suggestions, or compliments.
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How You Can Help
For those who have asked what you can do to support St. Philip’s – PRAY and DONATE. Our needs and that of those we serve continue and grow daily. You can make an online charitable donation here to support our families.
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