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Celebration of the Arts
Posted May 9, 2013
The following are remarks from Elizabeth Olson '94HS, instructor of Latin, Saint Mary's alum and arts enthusiast, at the Celebration of the Arts earlier this month. Singers, strummers, sculptors, actors, poets, dancers, drummers, drawers, musicians, painters, designers, writers, choreographers, photographers, cinematographers and dreamers! Who will not dare to answer to at least one name of artist?! Who among us today, students, faculty, staff, parents and most welcomed guests, doesn’t recognize him or herself in these pictures? Our childhoods, if we were lucky, were full of the wonders of discovery and play, of drawing, coloring, dancing, pretending, costumes, making music. As we entered school, some of us even began taking lessons, developing genuine interests and discovering God-given talents.
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Passing the torch of leadership
Posted May 3, 2013
Leadership education is an important part of life and learning at Saint Mary’s School. Leadership opportunities abound as students participate in the Student Government Association (SGA), head up clubs and special activities, serve on committees, act as prefects for day and boarding students, participate in leadership training and more. The following is a reflection by outgoing SGA president Alex Mahoney ‘13 and incoming SGA president, Mary Stuart Fountain ’14 on leadership and life at Saint Mary’s School. Being SGA president this year has given me the opportunity to get to know and work with people who I may have not otherwise known. The 10 SGA members come from all different backgrounds and experiences; since I did not share classes or sports with many of the girls, I did not have close friendships with some of them before this fall. However, after spending a year on the Executive SGA together, the 10 of us have grown close, working well together all for the betterment of the school.
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Reflections on an international exchange
Posted April 26, 2013
For the ninth year, Saint Mary’s School was thrilled to welcome students from the Institution des Chartreux in Lyon, France. This is a traditional exchange program during which Saint Mary’s students host a student for two weeks in March and then travel to Lyon to stay with their exchange student for two weeks at the end of June. This format enables students on both sides of the exchange to be immersed in daily life and culture, resulting in learning and insights beyond those gotten in the classroom or on travel tours. The French exchange is always one of the highlights of my year as it enables students to experience authentic learning, to practice their French skills, to learn about a different culture, to make new friendships and to extend learning outside of the classroom walls.
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Girl power! The power to change the world
Posted April 19, 2013
If there is one phrase I’ve learned over my time here at Saint Mary’s it is “girl power!” It’s always been an undertone in my classes, something that every subject comes back to. Whether discussing the opportunities for women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) or studying the movement of feminism and its role in the United States’ history, I once assumed that I understood completely and entirely the concept of “girl power.” However, it wasn’t until this past weekend, with the triple whammy of viewing "Girl Rising" on Thursday night, attending Dr. Ruth Anderson’s keynote, entitled “Servant Leadership: How to Access the Intelligence, of the Heart, the Mind and the Body for Leadership,” and the Girls Leadership Summit: Empowering Hearts for Service with Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy (WYWLA) that I realized how necessary and practical it is for women to be leaders. Together, the three events painted a picture of not only who we are now, but what we can be and what we can do.
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On the college search process...
Posted April 12, 2013
Earlier in this school year, Scott Orvis, director of college counseling and Morgan Higgins, associate director of college counseling, asked some students for their perspectives on the college search process and the advice they would offer to girls in the lower grades.
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