NEW: Window Three Grades

Window Three grades are now available in the parent portal, as announced via this email on Tuesday, April 12. If you are having issues setting up your account and password or accessing the portal, please contact the St. Mark's helpdesk@stmarksschool.org or call 508-786-4001.

NEW: St. Mark's Saturdays Classes Will Not Meet This Week

St. Mark's Saturdays classes are not scheduled to meet this Saturday, April 16.

The remaining Saturday classes for the spring season will meet April 23 and 30, and May 7, 14, and 21.

ATTN: Re-Enrollment Contracts and Deposits Due This Week!

Completed re-enrollment contracts and deposits are due by the end of business day on Wednesday, April 20.

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 is only sent to the shared address). Reminder: deposits are separate from tuition. 

Thank you to all of the families who have already completed the re-enrollment process for next year!

If you have any questions, or have not received your contract, please email lauriekalapinski@stmarksschool.org. 

NEW: Zoom Webinars for Parents and Guardians

Class of 2024 Parents and Guardians: Please join the St. Mark's College Counseling Team for a Zoom webinar: "Decoding Standardized Testing" on Tuesday evening, May 3, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Find the Zoom link here.

Class of 2023 Parents and Guardians: Please join the St. Mark's College Counseling Team for a Zoom webinar: "Preparing for the Need-Based Financial Aid Process." Director of Financial Aid at Swarthmore College Varo Duffins will join us to share his advice and outline the steps of the financial aid process on Tuesday evening, May 10, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Find the Zoom link here.

NEW: Weekend Activities for April 15-17

Want to know what's happening this weekend? Check out the Weekend Activities Google Doc for events on campus and trips to off-campus locations.

INVITATION: Parent "Tailgate" Meet-up and Lunch on April 23

Registration is now open to join fellow St. Mark's parents for a light lunch "tailgate" before athletic events on Saturday, April 23, from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you! Register here.

REMEMBER: Today is Giving Day!

Don't forget to participate in Giving Day! Every gift made today will count toward our goal of 500 gifts and will add one item to fill a box of much-needed school supplies for our sister school, École Ste. Marguerite in Haiti. Support leadership and service and perpetuate generosity throughout the School. Make your gift now.

NEW: Parent/Faculty/Staff Book Club for May

The St. Mark’s Parent/Faculty/Staff Book Club will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, May 11, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (EST)

The title selected for discussion in May is The Reading List by Sarah Nisha Adams.

Interested in attending? Please email your interest to co-chairs Laurie Kalapinski at lauriekalapinski@stmarksschool.org, Joanne Flathers P’15, ’19, ’21 at joanne@flathersfamily.net, or Shalini Yerabothu P’20, ’23 at shryer@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link invitation the morning of Wednesday, May 11.

Other titles mentioned:

NEW: Wick Choral Festival Next Weekend

The Wick Choral Festival will take place on Saturday, April 23, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Putnam Family Arts Center's Class of '45 Hall.

FYI: Holy Week Services at St. Mark's School, Neighboring Parishes

Below is a list of Holy Week Services in the area provided by Rev. Talcott.

Celebrated at All-School Morning Chapel, 8:00 a.m.

Drop-in Prayer Garden in Belmont Chapel

Services also offered at parishes listed below

Services offered in person and via livestream at local parishes;  

all are within easy walking distance of the school.

Good Friday noon (Stations of the Cross) and 7:00 p.m.

Spoken Sunday Eucharist: 7:45 a.m.

Festival Sunday Eucharist: 8:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

 

Sunday Bible Discussion: 8:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.

 

Good Friday 3:00 p.m. (Stations of the Cross) and 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Mass: 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Class of 2022: If you have questions about enrollment deposits, college visits, waiting lists, or other aspects of the final stages of the process, please watch this video and be in touch with your college counselor. We're almost there!

Class of 2023: St. Mark's and other Boston-area Independent Schools will co-sponsor a college fair on Sunday, April 24, at Babson College. Given necessary COVID restrictions, attendance at the fair is limited to students only. Transportation to the fair will be provided by St. Mark's for interested students. Please be on the lookout for more information from the College Office.

Thinking about summer already? Wondering where to store all of your student's school stuff? OnDemand Storage will offer off-campus storage for the summer. Interested families should see the attached flyer for details.

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.

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!

Parents should notify Health Services (particularly in the mornings), of any health-related student absences, missed classes, or St. Mark’s commitments.

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.

To download the most up-to-date Essential Dates calendar, select this link.

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.

All Deans' Weekly newsletters can be found here on our website.

Upcoming Events 

Parent Meet-up

12:30 to 2:00 p.m.

Evening Chapel

6:15 to 7:30 p.m.

Parent/Faculty/Staff Book Club

1:00 p.m. (EST)

New Faculty Chairholders were installed this week.

You can read all St. Mark's news stories on our website here.