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Academic News
NEW: St. Mark's Saturdays Classes Will Meet Tomorrow
St. Mark's Saturdays classes are scheduled to meet tomorrow, April 2.
Saturday classes for the spring season meet April 9, 23, and 30, and May 7, 14, and 21.
NEW: It's Time to Register for Lion Term 2022!
Registration is now live for IV, V, and VI Formers. Here's what you need to know:
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Lion Term registration runs from March 30 to April 6.
- Note that requests received by the deadline will be given priority over those received later.
- Please take time to review the St. Mark’s School: Lion Term 2022 Guide.
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IV and V Formers, register by ranking your choices on the registration form here.
- VI Formers, submit your Plan B on the form here.
- Students might be enrolled in any of their choices, as courses do reach capacity.
- Use your St. Mark's School student Google account to register.
NEW: Feedback from Window Three
Grades and comments from Window Three will be posted to the Parent Portal on Tuesday, April 12. We appreciate your patience as faculty have worked to turn around this feedback following a welcome spring break! We will follow up with an email message when feedback has been posted to the portal.
Admission News
ACTION ITEM: Re-Enrollment Contracts Issued This Month
Dear Parents of Current III, IV, and V Formers: most student re-enrollment contracts for returning students in 2022—2023 have now been issued online. These were released during break over the past few weeks. As in previous years, contracts can be accessed via School Forms Online powered by inResonance. Contracts were sent to both parent email addresses for each household, if applicable. The email addresses utilized are the primary emails listed for each parent currently in our database (unless you share an email address, in which case the contract will only be sent to the shared address).
Re-Enrollment Timeline:
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By April 20: completed re-enrollment contracts and deposits are due by the end of this business day. Reminder: deposits are separate from tuition.
Dean of Students News
NEW: Weekend Activities for April 1-3
Parents' Association News
NEW: St. Mark's Giving Day, April 14
Save the date for Giving Day when the entire St. Mark's community joins together to support the School, with a focus on our mission to "educate young people for lives of leadership and service." Look for additional details in the next week or so, including information about our April 12 parent text/phonathon that will count toward our goal of 500 gifts. For every gift, the School will donate a box of basic school supplies to send to our sister school, Ste. Marguerite's in Haiti. While supporting St. Mark's, donors will also be supporting leadership and service throughout the School with this initiative that includes day-long activities for St. Mark's students in the Center on April 14.
Health & Safety News
NEW: Head of School COVID-19 Letter Contains Mask Update
In this week's letter, Head of School John C. Warren '74 shared COVID-19 test results along with Health and Safety Task Force updates, including lifting the School's indoor mask requirement. Wearing a mask indoors is now optional.
NEW: Health Services Reminder
Please visit Health Services or contact Adria Pavletic (508-786-6372)
if you are exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. It is imperative that all symptomatic students, faculty, and staff take an antigen test before returning to in-person activities on campus.
School Store News
NEW: SALE at the Online St. Mark's School Store!
The online St. Mark's School store is currently having a 20 percent off sale on golf gear for the month of April. Shop the online sale
here.
Important Reminders
All-School Endowed Faculty Chair Installation Ceremony
On Friday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m. we will induct two new endowed faculty chair holders during an all-School ceremony. Jason Eslick will be installed as the new holder of the Richard A. Rader Chair, and Dr. Colleen Worrell will be installed as the inaugural holder of the Burgess Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning Chair. This is a required event for all students and faculty and should conclude by 7:30 p.m.
Save the Date for the 157th Prize Day Ceremony
Spring is right around the corner, and at St. Mark’s, we are starting to plan for our
157th Prize Day ceremony on Saturday, June 11. The Prize Day Committee sent an email to VI Form families and students on Wednesday, February 16, that provided preliminary information on our Prize Day ceremony and the schedule leading up to the big day.
Select this link to learn more. We look forward to seeing you in June!
Parent/Faculty/Staff Book Club for March and April
The April meeting of the St. Mark’s Parent/Faculty/Staff Book Club will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, April 13, at 1:00 p.m. (EST)
Other titles mentioned:
The May book title for discussion will be selected at the end of the April meeting by those in attendance.
Please Notify Health Services of Health-Related Absences
Parents should notify Health Services (particularly in the mornings), of any health-related student absences, missed classes, or St. Mark’s commitments.
Essential Dates Calendar
Health and Safety & COVID-19 Updates
Important messages from Head of School John C. Warren '74, as well as additional details pertaining to COVID-19, can be found on our website.
Previous Deans' Weekly Newsletters
All Deans' Weekly newsletters can be found here on our website.
Upcoming Events
Friday, April 8
Endowed Faculty Chair Installation Ceremony
6:30 p.m.
All-School required event for students and faculty
Wednesday, April 13
Parent/Faculty/Staff Book Club
1:00 p.m. EST
Zoom
See reminder above for more information.
Recent News Stories
You can read all St. Mark's news stories on our website here.
