The St. Margaret’s Episcopal School Class of 2010 will graduate on Saturday, June 12 on the Gateway Field officially bringing to a close their careers at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School. They have excelled and contributed in the classroom, in leadership roles on campus, in service projects, on the athletics fields and in the visual and performing arts.
In the fall, these graduates will head to a prestigious and diverse list of colleges and universities across the country, including Barnard College, Carnegie Mellon University, Georgetown University, University of California, Los Angeles, University …

Upper School Theater 1 students performed a collection of poems by Shel Silverstein for Lower School students in grades 1 through 5 last week in Sillers Hall.

Ninety-five St. Margaret’s seniors will cross the podium and receive their diplomas next Saturday at the 2010 Commencement Ceremony. As they take those steps, symbolizing the end of their student careers at St. Margaret’s, Mr. Roland Allen, St. Margaret’s director of college counseling, will look on with confidence that they are headed toward vibrant and exciting futures.
The St. Margaret’s Class of 2010 received admission acceptance from more 175 colleges and universities, totaling more than 500 individual acceptances, among those are Barnard College, Carnegie Mellon University, Georgetown University, University of California, …

Last Friday, St. Margaret’s Upper School students gathered in the Pasternack Field House for the 2010 Upper School Awards Ceremony. This ceremony recognizes the exemplary academic work Upper School students have done throughout the school year and honors students for their outstanding work beyond the classroom as well as their contribution to the life of the school.
David G. Boyle, Upper School Principal, gave a warm welcome to all the students, parents and faculty in attendance pointing out that many students present at the ceremony are wiser, understand more about themselves, …

Last month, seven juniors and 14 seniors were inducted into the Cum Laude Society, an international honors organization for which only a small percentage of high school juniors and seniors are qualified. To be eligible, juniors must rank in the top 10 percent of their class, and seniors must rank in the top 20 percent of their class. In addition, each inductee must be approved by the Cum Laude committee, consisting of school faculty and administrators who evaluate whether they strive for perfection in their coursework and set high academic …

As the capstone to a great year of team competition, students in the St. Margaret’s speech and debate team won the state qualifier tournament and competed at the state level last month. During the past few years, this team has grown in size and scope: In the 2007–2008 school year, there were only four members in the speech and debate club; the next year, it had had grown to 16 students. This year, grade 11 student Sam Malagon coaches the 19 team members, who competed in 12 tournaments during the …

What I enjoy most about my involvement in the St. Margaret’s speech and debate team is helping other students feel comfortable presenting and being heard.

Each class had to create a different business. Our D Block class has created a discount card, the “Plaid Card” with the proceeds of this card going to Doctors Without Borders, an international medical humanitarian organization.

Roland Allen, St. Margaret’s Episcopal School Director of College Counseling, recently spent four days in Washington, D.C., as a member of the Presidential Scholars Program 2010 Review Committee. The program, started by President John F. Kennedy, is funded annually by an act of Congress to recognize and honor our nation’s most distinguished graduating high school students. There are only 18 members on this national committee, and serving  on the Review Committee is considered an honor.
The role of the Review Committee, Mr. Allen explains, is to choose semifinalists from each state …

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Amy Warren as Associate Director of College Counseling at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School. Ms. Warren has a strong professional and academic background and a proven ability to work with adolescents in school settings. Most recently she held the position of Chair of the Counseling Department at Santa Margarita Catholic High School. Prior experience includes a counseling internship at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Manhattan, and Assistant Director of Admission at Santa Catalina School, a boarding school in Northern California where she …