Getting Ready
Getting Ready for the School Year
The team at St. Mark's has provided a Getting Ready website to help you navigate and prepare for the school year.
- 2024-2025 Essential Dates Calendar
- Week of April 29: Students will receive their official St. Mark's School email address and access instructions. Once these email addresses are created, the School will no longer send emails to their former email address used to apply to St. Mark's.
- Week of April 29: Students and families will receive instructions on how to access Blackbaud and be provided their Blackbaud IDs (BBID). Blackbaud will be used for course registration, schedules, and grades.
- May 3: Course registration and placement testing begins
- May 17: Course registration closes
- May 20: Math and language placement testing closes
- Please note, additional updates and deadlines will be added throughout the spring and summer as the new school year approaches. All updates and deadlines will be communicated through email in addition to this site.
Important Information
Packing List
Over-the-counter medications, such as Tylenol and Ibuprofen, may be kept in student rooms. Cough syrup is not allowed in the rooms but is available at Health Services. All prescription medications must remain at Health Services for distribution by the nurses.
House (Dorm) Room
- bedspread/comforter blanket
- bed linens (beds are U.S. standard twin size: 39" x 75" or 96.5cm x 190.5 cm)
- pillow
- towels
- hangers
- laundry basket
- alarm clock
- desk light (no bulbs exceeding 60 watts or halogen lamps)
- power strip with surge protector
- plastic bucket for toiletries
- key chain
Academic
- notebooks
- highlighter
- pens/pencils
- computer
- TI-83 Plus or TI-84 Plus* calculator**
*We do not recommend the TI-Nspire calculator for our classes.
**Please note: Students who are enrolled in Algebra I or Geometry are not required to bring a TI calculator.
Sports
- sweatshirt/pants
- running shoes
- cleats (for soccer, field hockey, football)
- water bottle
- sport-specific equipment
Roommate Survey
Student Laundry
St. Mark’s School will once again work with E&R Laundry to provide laundry services to all interested students to better meet our community’s needs.
E&R offers a variety of plan options to maximize your student’s available free time and promote a clean and healthy dorm room.
Laundry machines are also available to students in each house. Machine charges can be made by both Lion cards and coin (quarters).
Lion Card
Incoming families received an email over the summer with registration details. Lion Cards will be given to new students at Orientation.
The Lion Card is the official identification card for all students. The Lion Card comes with a prepaid spending account feature called Lion Cash that are the student incidental accounts. Students can use their card to buy textbooks and other items from the bookstore as well as eat at the Lions' Den. There are no fees to use the Lion Card and you can add as much value to your card as you would like.
Family Information Form
The Family Information Form will be shared in the summer.
In This Section
Helpful Contacts
Athletics
Lauren Ames
Academics
Nathaniel (Nat) Waters
Casey Bates
Sarah Eslick
Mike Marinella ’08
Kinne McBride
Business Office
Robert Kuklewicz
Liz MacArthur
Marcus McDonald
Katie McLean
Community & Equity Affairs
Rick DaSilva
Joe Alford Jr.
Mary Ann Ciampa
Orlando Patterson
Looking for more information on Community & Equity at St. Mark's? Select this link.
Student Engagement
Elizabeth (Liz) Agosto
Margaret (Maggie) Caron
Carl Corazzini
Mike Marinella ’08
Health Services
