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March 8, 2010
Alumni Hockey Players celebrate 30 years!
On Sunday, February 28, nineteen St. Mark’s alumni spanning 5 decades descended on Southborough for the school’s 30th Annual Alumni Hockey Game. This year the annual event has been renamed in honor of Peabo Gardner ’66, one of the organizers of the inaugural 1980 game.
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February 28, 2010
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told
Thursday’s Head’s Holiday ended at dinner time, but the fun was just beginning as many faculty and students discovered when they went to the opening night of the winter play entitled “
Read MoreThe Most Fabulous Story Ever Told.” Full of bawdy humor and side splitting jokes the play, which is the tale of the original inhabitants of the Garden of Eden -- Adam and Steve, takes the audience on a whirl wind tour of the centuries. The flamboyantly gay couple are banished from Eden, then meet a lesbian couple, Jane and Mabel, who insist that they are the earth's original couple. Together the quartet survives the centuries, including time on the Ark, slavery in Egypt, under the rule of a supremely effete Pharaoh, and life in contemporary New York. -
February 22, 2010
Poet Taylor Mali Changes Opinions at SM
Taylor Mali inspired the St. Mark’s community during his two days as the English Department’s visiting poet. He disabused students of the notion that poetry readings are dull or even remotely dreary. Mali, a professional spoken word artist, won the National Poetry Slam contest four times, appeared on “Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry” three times, and was a teacher for nine years. Mali is on a mission to create 1000 new teachers.
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February 11, 2010
Classical Archaeologist Visits St. Mark’s
By Dr. Matthew Hartnett
Professor Ann Koloski-Ostrow, Chair of the Classical Studies Department at Brandeis University and an eminent Roman archaeologist, kept an audience of St. Mark’s students and faculty fascinated with a slide-lecture on ancient Pompeii this week.
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February 8, 2010
Wick Festival Plays to Standing Room Only
Student singers from across New England performed in front of a full house in the Class of '45 Hall this weekend, during the 18th annual Myron A. Wick, Jr. Choral Festival. The Wick Festival, as it is affectionately called, was established in 1992 through the generosity of the Wick family and friends, in memory of Myron Wick '33 and in honor of his life-long enjoyment of singing.
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February 1, 2010
Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
The Athletic Hall of Fame Selection Committee recently announced that they will be honoring three of the School’s past athletes this spring with induction into St. Mark’s Athletic Hall of Fame. These athletes have not only had an outstanding athletic career at St. Mark’s and beyond, but are role models of sportsmanship, leadership and teamwork.
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January 26, 2010
Dr. Appell-Warren Publishes New Book
Dr. Laura Appell-Warren, teacher of IIIrd Form Seminar and Anthropology at St. Mark’s School, has recently edited a monograph, entitled The Iban Diaries of Monica Freeman 1949-1951: Including Ethnographic Drawings, Sketches, Paintings, Photographs and Letters, published by the Borneo Research Council.
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January 23, 2010
Rev. LaMacchia Installed as new holder of Martin Fenton Sr. Chair in Humanities
On the evening of Friday January 22, Rev. James LaMacchia was installed as the new holder of the Martin Fenton Sr. Chair in Humanities. Rev. LaMacchia is the second St. Mark’s faculty member to hold this distinguished endowed chair that was founded by the family and friends of Martin Fenton Sr. ’25 in the spring of 1999 to celebrate Martin’s life and recognize his belief in the importance of a strong humanities education.
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January 19, 2010
St. Markers Celebrate Martin Luther King Day
Martin Luther King day dawned wet and snowy, but the spirits at St. Mark’s School were high as the student body participated in a morning of teacher led workshops.
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January 15, 2010
Professor George R. Goethals Speaks to the Fifth Form About Leadership
All Vth Formers at St. Mark’s School will be participating in an affective education program in leadership and service this winter. On Tuesday December 8th guest lecturer Professor George R. Goethals kicked off the program with the first in a series of three workshops. Goethals, who is a social psychologist, is a member of the faculty at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond.
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