Saint Mary's School

Celebrating a year of artistic inspiration

Each spring, through Saint Mary’s numerous awards celebrations, the campus community has intentional opportunities to reflect upon and celebrate the outstanding and courageous accomplishments and efforts of our students throughout the year and in all aspects of school life.

The annual Celebration of the Arts assembly in historic Pittman Auditorium brings the entire school together to recognize, celebrate and thank students in the performing and visual arts for their artistic endeavors during the year.

Learning a language, exploring the world

Learning a world language at Saint Mary’s School is more than just learning to communicate with a new vocabulary—it is about opening a door to another world and creating links between our students and the cultures our faculty represent and teach. In and out of the classroom, the world languages program at Saint Mary’s emphasizes the five standard “C’s” of language instruction: Community, Communication, Culture, Connection, and Comparison.

The college search: more than completing applications

This time of year, the Saint Mary's School college counseling calendar always presents an interesting contrast as our seniors make the decision about which college they will attend; and juniors are analyzing information gathered during spring break and the COMPASS Week college visits. Seniors can bask in the realization that their hard work and dedication have been worthwhile as juniors simultaneously wonder if they will ever share that feeling. Our 58 seniors submitted close to 400 applications with 131 institutions with an average number of applications in the 6-7 range. At this writing, 24% of the seniors have been admitted by every institution to which they applied and 83% have been admitted by at least half of the institutions to which they applied.

A Holy Week Homily from Chaplain Bonner-Stewart

On Tuesday, March 26, the Saint Mary’s School community gathered in Chapel to celebrate Holy Week and the coming of Easter. The homily was delivered by Saint Mary’s School Chaplain Ann Bonner-Stewart, who spoke about how we may often find “good” in what may at first appear to be “bad.” The following is an excerpted recounting of Chaplain Bonner-Stewart’s homily: Once there was an old man, known from being wise and kind. One day, his horse ran away. His neighbors pitied him. However, the man said, “Who is to say that this is a bad thing?” Months later, not only did the man’s horse come back home, the man’s horse brought another horse back with him, a beautiful stallion. His neighbors envied his good fortune. However, the man said, “Who is to say that this is a good thing?” The man’s grandson loved the new horse and started riding the horse daily. The grandson fell off the horse, injuring his hip so that it never healed properly. His neighbors pitied him. However, the man said, “Who is to say that this is a bad thing?” Months later, the country went to war. The grandson could not go, because of his hip. His life was spared. This old Chinese story is meant to illustrate an old Buddhist saying: “Who can say what is good or bad?” (Fu, Ping. Bend, Not Break.)