Thank you to the 178 SGS students, families, staff, alumni and friends who participated in the SGS Virtual Fun Run May 16-17.  Congratulations to the overall division winners -- Mens: John DeForest, Peter Worrall, Spencer Hildie; Womens: Kala Reaves, Rachel Hildie, and Jill Anderson.  Dragons ran all over the globe -- Peter Worrall ran in Germany and Oscar Zhou in China!  Plus family, friends and alumni were running in Montana, Florida, Maine, Ohio, Arkansas, California, Michigan and Arizona, as well as across Washington state (Seattle, Chelan, Ephrata, Shoreline) and around the Spokane area.  See a Photo Gallery of runners from all over participating in the Virtual Fun Run!

Saint George's Dragons are the State Scholastic Cup Champions for 2019-20!  That makes SGS the top 2B school in the state for academics, athletics and activities for the seond time in the last three years.  Saint George's earned top points for the Boys Soccer State Title last fall and for Choir and Debate winning State Academic Titles for top GPA.  See a Complete List of the SGS teams and programs that earned points this year for their high finishes at State competitions.  

The Dragons finished with 755 points, more than 250 points ahead of second place.  The top six 2B schools in the state for 2019-20 were all in the Northeast District and are regular opponents of the Dragons.   See a list of the Top 2B Schools in the state and their point totals.

The Scholastic Cup is the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association's (WIAA) most prestigious annual school award.  The year-long competition recognizes the top school in each of the six WIAA classifications based on academic, athletic and sportsmanship excellence.  Points are awarded by a school’s finish in each of the WIAA State Championships and Academic State Championships.  Due to the cancellation of spring sports during the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s winners include points scored during the fall and winter seasons.  In addition to SGS as the 2B winner, local high schools Mt. Spokane (3A) and Central Valley (4A) also won the Scholastic Cup for their classifications, each for the first time.  Read the Full Announcement from the WIAA website.

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who participated in the SGS Virtual Fun Run this weekend.  178 SGS runners took to the trails and streets to race their 3.1 miles in weather ranging from bright sunshine to intense thunderstorms.  Dragons from across the globe reconnected to share stories, race results, and event photos throughout the weekend.  Race day photos can be found on the race website at https://runsignup.com/Race/Photos/WA/Spokane/SaintGeorgesSchoolVirtualFunRun. If you have photos to share, please continue to do so via email to rachel.hildie@sgs.org.  Raffle prizes will be announced in a celebratory livestream tonight at 6 p.m. PDT on the Facebook event page.  Tune in to be the first to find out who wins and to celebrate all of your hard work: https://www.facebook.com/events/545477796107011/.

Thank you to everyone who has registered for the SGS virtual fun run. Race weekend is this weekend (May 16th and 17th) so if you signed up, make sure to run your 3.1 miles and submit your time by Sunday evening. There’s still time to sign up if you want to join us! Head to runsignup.com/sgsfunrun by Thursday night to register. Share your race day photos with us by email at rachel.hildie@sgs.org or on the Facebook event page. Everyone who shares photos is entered into a separate raffle for race t-shirts and SGS swag.

The Saint George's School Virtual Fun Run is a free 5K (3.1 mile) virtual race on the weekend of May 16-17.  Already 42 people have signed up!  To join the event, all you have to do is sign up at https://runsignup.com/sgsfunrun, then go out on either May 16th or May 17th and complete a 3.1 mile race on any course of your choosing.  You’ll record your time and upload your result directly to the race website on race weekend (on the honor system).  All participants are entered into a raffle for free prizes and top male and female finishers get awards!  You can run it and go for a PR or just treat it as a fun walk in the sunshine with family.  Organizer Rachel Hildie has put together this video describing the event: https://youtu.be/km80LauNeVk 

The goal of this event is to encourage health and wellness, provide a free and fun SGS sponsored event for everyone, and to come together as a community.  Rachel says, "I encourage you to sign up and complete this race, as well as share the event with friends and family on Facebook, and submit photos of your race day experience or your time to the Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/545477796107011/, and really just make it a fun and involved community event.”

SGS Athletic Director Ryan Peplinski reports:
We have decided to postpone Spring Sports at Saint George's School.  We are hearing of neighboring school districts and our opponents doing the same thing.  Every school district must make their own decisions, but we want to make sure we keep our community as safe as possible.  Since this is a fluid situation, we are not sure if/when we will be able to resume practices or contests.  The Athletic Directors in our league will discuss option to continue into post season if we are able to when play resumes.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact ryan.peplinski@sgs.org.

KXLY News recognized senior Jocelyn Thew as one of the past week's Shining Stars -- outstanding high school seniors who won't get to compete in their spring sports season.  The Junior Olympics Level 8 state champion, Jocelyn will miss out on her dream of competing at Level 9 Nationals for gymnastics, as well as her senior track and field season.  She will compete in acrobatics and tumbling next Fall at Azusa Pacific University.  Watch the KXLY TV Coverage that ran on March 27.  Congratulations, Jocelyn!

Spirit Week in the Upper School features these dress-up day themes:  Monday - Class Colors; Tuesday – Camo; Wednesday – Wild West; Thursday – Denim on Denim; and Friday – Holy Grail shirts & Lifeguard attire.  On Friday, Jan. 31, SGS hosts Northwest Christian in basketball games:  4:30pm - Boys JV in Metter’s Gym, Girls JV in Errol Schmidt Athletic Center (ESAC); 6pm Girls Varsity in ESAC; 8pm Boys Varsity in ESAC.  Both schools are raising funds to support the Women’s and Children's Free Restaurant.  Look for an email mid-week with more details about the Battle for the Holy Grail on Friday, Jan. 31.

The SGS boys' basketball team earned the 3rd place trophy at the State 2B Tournament with a decisive 80-52 win over Willapa Valley on March 7.  See a 10-minute Highlight Video from that game, as well as a Photo Gallery by Bob Jones and a gallery of Additional Photos.  Go Dragons!

The 8th grade boys' and girls' basketball teams played in their first (and likely last) home games against Chewelah in Metters Gym on March 10.  Here are photo galleries of the Boys' Team and of the Girls' Team in action.