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February 3, 2012

“PREPARE YOURSELF FOR LEADERSHIP”: Ambassador Eacho Delivers February Gray Colloquium Address on Citizenship

On Thursday, William C. Eacho III, United States Ambassador to Austria and the father of IV Former David Eacho, delivered the fifth presentation in this year’s Gray Colloquium Series at St. Mark’s. “How do you,” he asked his student audience, “prepare yourselves for leadership in the world?” 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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February 2, 2012

Two St. Mark’s Basketball Players Nominated for the 2012 McDonald’s All-American Team

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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January 20, 2012

ALUMNUS ADDRESSES ST. MARKERS ON DISASTER MEDICINE INTERNATIONALLY

Dr. Gregory Ciottone, St. Mark’s Class of 1983, spoke to St. Markers on January 19 about his international work in disaster relief and trauma medicine. On the faculty at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Ciottone also works in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In addition, he has served as Commander of the Federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team Massachusetts-2. This team is a Level-1 response team for national disasters. His team was one of the first teams on site at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Dr. Ciottone has worked internationally as well including acting as an Implementing Partner of the United Nations Disaster Management Training Program. He is also involved in ongoing work in Haiti where he is the medical director of an orphanage built after the recent Haiti disaster. Dr. Ciottone urged his listeners to take the School motto of Age Quod Agis even further: “Find your space on the world,” he said, “and fill it.”

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January 11, 2012

St. Markers Visit Live Broadcast of ABC News “This Week” on eve of New Hampshire Primary

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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January 10, 2012

Robotics Team Gives Demonstration for Local Children

The St. Mark's Robotics team took time last week to visit with local children at the Southborough Public Library. They brought with them their award-winning robot from last year, and they delighted a group of Southborough youngsters with their demonstration. They unveiled their new robotic arm with great success.

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January 9, 2012

National Association of Episcopal Schools Newsletter Publishes Article by SM Chaplain

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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January 4, 2012

ST. MARKERS VISIT ORPHANAGE AND SCHOOL IN GHANA OVER BREAK

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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December 27, 2011

ST. MARK’S ROBOTICS GEARING UP FOR NEW YEAR

While still basking in the glow of last year’s success, the St. Mark’s Robotics Team is refusing to rest on its laurels. In fact, the “Gone Fishin’ Team” is gearing up for both competition and outreach in 2012. Once again guided by Ken Wells of the School’s science faculty, the participating St. Markers have high hopes for the new year. There are twelve members of the 2012 team. Two—Jonathan Cox ’12 and Diana Wang ’14—are returnees from last year’s squad, which took home two awards in the 2011 regional competition. Ryan Alipour ’14, Mia Chen ’14, Ga Ram Kim ’14, Alistair Chase ’14, David Eacho ’14, Henry Kim ’15, Melissa Kok ’14, Varun Shankar ’14, Luya Wang ’14, and Kevin Wu ’15 are also part of the St. Mark’s Gone Fishin’ Team 3566.

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December 14, 2011

COMMUNITY OUTREACH: St. Mark's Basketball Teams Work With Local 6th Graders

The St. Mark's Boys' Basketball team has opened its 2011-2012 with four straight victories, but that success was not their focus this past week. Instead, the St. Mark's players took the time to work with some local youngsters. The St. Mark's players hosted members of the Southborough 6th grade boys' travelling team at the main gymnasium in the Faculty Athletic Center. They provided instruction and advice to their eleven young guests, coaching them and playing with them. It was a fun time for both the St. Mark's athletes and the local 6th graders from Southborough.

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December 13, 2011

CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAY SEASON AT ST. MARK’S

The holiday season at St. Mark’s is filled with joyous celebrations. It began with the annual tree lighting ceremony on the quad, and continued with a Deck the Halls concert in the Hinkle Room, where the audience applauded a series of talented St. Mark’s musical performers with the tinkling of Christmas bells. That same Sunday afternoon, students created their own ornaments at Choate House, some of which they took home while others were hung on the Choate House tree. Just one week later, Santa Claus visited St. Mark’s, greeting both St. Mark’s students and little faculty children in the Hinkle Room. It all culminated with the annual Service of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel: a St. Mark’s tradition for almost seventy years. The School choir, accompanied by the St. Mark’s Chamber Players Strings ensemble, presented beautiful anthems and led the congregation in singing Christmas hymns and carols. The Masquerade Ball, Secret Santa, random caroling, and seasonal decorations and outfits, along with a final Chapel Service on the Thursday before departure, all added to the festive holiday spirit at St. Mark’s this year.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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