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Two St. Mark’s Basketball Players Nominated for the 2012 McDonald’s All-American Team
February 2, 2012
Kaleb Tarczewski and Nik Stauskas, both VI Formers on this year’s St. Mark’s Boys’ Varsity Basketball team (17-2 overall), have been nominated for the 2012 McDonald’s All-American High School team. 300 high school seniors are nominated from across the U.S. and Canada, less than one-half of one percent of high school seniors playing basketball this year.
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BRANTWOOD DIRECTOR VISITS ST. MARK’S
By St. Mark’s Society Presents $1000 for Camper Scholarships
January 27, 2012
Ms. Amy Willey, Executive Director of Brantwood Camp, visited St. Mark’s this past Tuesday, speaking to students assembled in morning Chapel about the Brantwood experience. A number of current St. Markers who volunteered at Brantwood last summer also spoke at the service. Following her Chapel talk, the St. Mark’s Society presented Ms. Willey with a check for $1000 to benefit camper scholarships.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE AT ST. MARK’S: Girls’ 3rds Squash Team Visits Marlboro Boys & Girls Club
January 23, 2012
The St. Mark’s Girls’ 3rds Squash team took time off from their practice schedule on two Friday afternoons this month to visit the Countryside branch of the Marlboro Boys & Girls Club. At the Club, the St. Mark’s athletes played with local youngsters and helped them with their homework in the after school program there.
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“NEED IS NO LONGER A FRINGE ISSUE”: Author Stephen Kiernan Speaks on “Authentic Patriotism” for Gray Colloquium Series
January 10, 2012
On Monday, January 9, author Stephen Kiernan delivered the fourth presentation in this year’s Gray Colloquium series at St. Mark’s. “Need is no longer a fringe issue,” he told his audience of St. Mark’s students and faculty in the Class of 1945 Hall. “Poverty and need used to be ‘on the other side of the tracks’; now it is all around us.” Speaking in front of a rapid-fire power point presentation featuring telling statistics and inspiring stories, Kiernan encouraged volunteerism, calling such service “authentic patriotism”. The Gray Colloquium is designed to engage St. Mark’s students in an exploration of one complex global issue annually. It has been made possible by the generosity of former St. Mark's Board President and current School Trustee C. Boyden Gray '60. The theme for this first Gray Colloquium series is "citizenship", in all its varieties and complexities.
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Top School Officials Travel to Asia
January 5, 2012
Head of School John Warren ’74, Executive Director of Development Kirk Swenson, and Director of Admission Anne Behnke recently returned from a successful ten day Asian visit. The purpose of the trip was to connect with local parents and alumni/ae, interview prospective students, and explore partner school relationships. St. Mark’s currently enrolls 53 students from this area of the world.
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St. Markers Visit Live Broadcast of ABC News “This Week” on eve of New Hampshire Primary
January 11, 2012
On Sunday, January 8, 17 St. Mark’s students attended a special edition of ABC News’ “This Week”, broadcast live from Manchester, NH, on the eve of the 2012 New Hampshire Primary. George Stephanopoulos anchored the event, just hours after his moderating the ABC News Republican Presidential Debate in New Hampshire.
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ST. MARKERS VISIT ORPHANAGE AND SCHOOL IN GHANA OVER BREAK
January 4, 2012
Over the holiday break, nine St. Mark’s students joined St. Mark’s Director of Counseling Dr. Jamelle Greene and Mr. Brandon Zeigler of the School’s Admission Office to travel to West Africa and the Republic of Ghana. Samantha Bauer ’14, Claire Eun ’12, Ian Martin ’13, Samiat Okoya ’13, Stephanie Osei ’13, Beth Pezzoni ’13, Lindsay Ryder ’15, Alex Santangelo ’12, and Luya Wang ’14 visited the Sankofa Children’s Home in Ghana, spending five days with the students there.
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BOYS' VARSITY BASKETBALL VICTORIOUS IN HALL OF FAME CLASSIC, 67-57
January 16, 2012
The St. Mark's Boys' Varsity Basketball team travelled to Springfield, MA on January 15 to take on Friends Central (PA) in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 2012 Spalding Hoophall Classic. Before a packed house in the Blake Arena at Springfield College, the Lions won decisively 67-57, over an opponent that was ranked among the nation's top 25 high school teams in a 2011-12 pre-season poll. VI Former Kaleb Tarczewski led the way for St. Mark's with 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 blocked shots. .
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Computer Science Students Take Field Trip to Teradyne
January 13, 2012
The St. Mark’s Computer Science 31 class (Introduction to Computer Science) visited a computer testing company this past Thursday. Led by Mr. Christopher Roche, fourteen St. Mark’s students went to Teradyne, located in North Reading, MA.
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National Association of Episcopal Schools Newsletter Publishes Article by SM Chaplain
January 9, 2012
The Rev. Barbara Talcott, head chaplain at St. Mark's, recently had an article published in Network, the newsletter of the Association of Episcopal Schools. Entitled "Building the Beloved Community", the article talks about the work of Episcopal Schools and particularly the chaplaincy.
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