StM News

Now viewing articles posted in October 2024.

Pre-K Explores Early Reading Skills Through Library Class
October 3rd, 2024
A love of reading starts early at St. Martin’s — and library time is a favorite for so many of our Pre-K students! This week, Mrs. Shelley Foster has been reading “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat,” the Halloween-themed book in the “Old Lady” series, with Pre-K. As each menu ite...
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Posted in: Academic Excellence, Lower School, Love of Learning, Student Support Services
Two-Year-Olds Practice Early Math Skills Through Pretend Pizza-Making
October 3rd, 2024
Our George Cottage Twos have transformed their classroom kitchens into pizza kitchens. Students practiced counting, sorting, taking turns, cooperation, using their imaginations, and the process of making pretend pizzas. Using all of their new skills, they made real pizzas for a snack. To continue on...
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Posted in: Academic Excellence, George Cottage, Love of Learning
Middle School Hosts Annual Blessing of the Pets
October 3rd, 2024
This morning Middle School students (and a few George Cottage friends, too) celebrated their pets at the annual Blessing of the Animals. This StM Middle School tradition dates back three decades and is a wonderful way our community honors God’s creation and all God’s creatures as well as the wor...
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Posted in: Community, Episcopal Tradition, Faith, StM Traditions, Middle School
Alumni Spotlight: Barbara Farris ’94
October 2nd, 2024
Barbara Farris ’94 Attended 10th - 12th Assistant Head Coach, The University of Southern Mississippi Member of the St. Martin's Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame (2011) Tulane University, BA, Sociology Barbara Farris only attended St. Martin’s from her sophomore year, but she credits...
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Posted in: Alumni, Alumni Spotlight, Community
St. Martin's Inducts 2024 Honorees Into Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame
October 2nd, 2024
The Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place on the morning of Homecoming Friday. Alumni student athletes Thea Casseri Papageorgopolous ‘84, the members of the 1992-93 District Champion Football Team, and Nick DiMaggio ‘09 were honored in front of the 7th and 8th grade, and the entire Upper School student body. Local sports anchor, Fletcher Mackel, emceed the ceremony, as he has done for the past 12 years. Poignant memories were shared, tears were shed, and legends were recognized on the stage of the Solomon Theater.
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Posted in: Alumni, Alumni Spotlight, Athletics, Community, Alumni Awards
Katherine Sossaman Named National Merit Commended Student
October 1st, 2024
St. Martin’s is proud to announce that senior Katherine Sossaman has been named a Commended Student in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. Kate is among just 34,000 Commended Students nationwide recognized for exceptional academic promise. Commended students placed among the top 50,000 st...
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Posted in: Academic Excellence, Upper School, Love of Learning
Seventh Graders Explore Coastal Restoration and Sustainability
October 1st, 2024
Seventh graders recently embarked on an experiential learning trip at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Marine Education Center in Ocean Springs where they explored beach and barrier island ecology, trawled for vertebrates and invertebrates, and kayaked through a salt marsh. On the final n...
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Posted in: Academic Excellence, StM Traditions, Middle School, Love of Learning