A CONVERSATION with LEE MCGEORGE DURRELL ’67 1 St.Mary’S
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WINTER 2017 St.Mary’sTHE MAGAZINE OF ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL BALANCE FOR THE BODY AROUND THE WORLD: A CONVERSATION WITH LEE MCGEORGE DURRELL ’67 1 St.Mary’s WINTER 2017 The magazine of St. Mary’s Episcopal CONTENTS School is published as a service to all alumnae, students, parents, faculty, staff, ST. MARY’S • WINTER 2017 and friends of the school. Head of School Albert Throckmorton Director of Advancement A LETTER Kirk McClintock FROM THE HEAD Director of Alumnae Head of School Albert Throckmorton takes a “selfie” at William Rainey Ray Segars ‘05 Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, during OF SCHOOL the Poets and Pilgrims excursion. Director of Communication/ Editor Laura Russell Some of the best stories are born from travel. I enjoyed the great pleasure of collecting several when Senior English Photography teacher Shari Ray, Drama teacher Jenny Madden, and I accompanied 14 St. Mary’s students this summer to Ireland Lisa Buser and England for a curricular excursion called Poets and Pilgrims. On this literary tour of Galway, Dublin, Contributors Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, and London, I discovered that St. Mary’s girls engage in travel with the same commitment Grace Jensen Knight ’05 Eliza Leatherman ‘09 12 they give their studies, art, athletics, and community service. I saw them create original sketches and movies, write original Sally Lyon A COACH’S Owen McGuire poems, eyewitness Brexit, and spell “Ireland” with their bodies on the shore of the Irish Sea. They are fearless, creative, Shari Ray DREAM Rainey Ray Segars ‘05 and passionate at home and abroad. Three coaches add new 30 Letters to the Editor chapters to their lives CAMPUS NEWS Please address all 2 St. Mary’s immerses students in stories in Chapel, in the classroom, on the field, and, more often now, through travel and correspondence to: THE POWER in other languages. The Board of Trustees has created a Global Education task force to marry our mission to the important Laura Russell OF STORY goals of language and global education. We are asking, “What should be the unique global mindset of a St. Mary’s St. Mary’s Episcopal School 16 34 41 N. Perkins Personal narratives tie our student?” In pursuing this goal through curriculum, world language, travel, and service, we are identifying how our place Memphis, TN 38117 community together STORY FALL SPORTS [email protected] MATTERS in the Memphis community informs our place in the world. 901.537.1489 Chronicles from the Joseph Unless otherwise noted, all photos (with the On our international trips, we have already seen how important it is for girls to be immersed in another language and to exception of Board of Trustees, Alumnae Orgill III Speakers Series Profiles, Alumnae Pictures, and Class Notes 4 36 and Milestones) are by Lisa Buser. understand the perspective of another culture, and not just as a test-taker or a tourist. The stories they collect in these Parents of alumnae: If your daughter no BALANCE FOR ALUMNAE PROFILES longer maintains an address at your home, experiences illustrate their curiosity and build their confidence. Stories also spark their compassion. St. Mary’s girls, please notify Director of Alumnae Rainey THE BODY Ray Segars ’05 at 901.537.1424 or 20 already remarkable for their community service in the Mid-South, are expanding their knowledge, skills, and mindset [email protected]. Understanding the miracle AROUND to ask, “What can I do to help the world?” The mission of St. Mary’s Episcopal School is of the human body to provide a superior educational experience 38 for girls which will encourage and enable THE WORLD each student to reach her individual ALUMNAE PHOTOS Each day, the St. Mary’s community prays, “Keep the students in health of mind and soul and body.” We are taking that potential. Conversation on conservation: St. Mary’s Episcopal School does not Lee McGeorge Durrell '67 complete picture of the girl as the model for assessing and developing everything from our curriculum and travel to our discriminate on the basis of race, religion, 8 or national origin in the administration of plans for a new gym and dining hall. As you read the magazine, I hope you will see St. Mary’s, 170 years old, as the its admission, financial aid, educational, IN THE athletic, extracurricular, or other policies. 44 ARTS innovative school that is nurturing girls of all ages and in all aspects of their being. That journey, as you will see, creates 24 CLASS NOTES many meaningful stories. StMarysEpiscopalSchool Creativity and expression tell a memorable tale THROUGH @StMarysMemphis THE LENS StMary'sEpiscopalSchool A snapshot of life at 63 @StMarysEpiscopalSchool Albert Throckmorton St. Mary’s MILESTONES Head of School On cover: Hallie Browndyke '30 THE POWER OF STORY OUR STORIES Storytelling has been at the heart of St. Mary’s Episcopal School since its inception in 1847. Storytelling, in its truest form, is the activity of sharing a story as a means of entertainment, education, or connection. In contrast, story listening is the activity of opening oneself to another for the sole purpose of learning. At St. Mary’s, we celebrate both. This edition of the magazine showcases the stories that are uniquely St. Mary’s and demonstrates the impact they have on the world around us. 3 THE POWER OF STORY Although she may not recognize it, ever since her to self as they learn about their divided into groups, and each first days in the Marlene Shaw Early Childhood senses, then connect parts of group researches a major organ BALANCE Center, Margie has been learning how to keep the body to the various systems, from one of the human body herself in balance. and finally break the systems systems,” she says. “Then they down and connect those to the build a model of the organ Junior Kindergarten students are first introduced FOR THE building blocks of life. They they’ve researched from found to the human body through the language arts get to see how everything materials like boxes, bottles, program “All About Me.” The girls are able to successfully works together, a ribbon, packing materials, and identify body parts and how they work, and they BODY concept that can transfer to cardboard. The girls understand BY SALLY LYON are beginning to understand the five senses. They cycles in nature, patterns in the location and size of major also talk about healing the body when it’s hurt math, and interpersonal skills in organs and how they relate or sick. They even have a doctor’s office center cooperative groups.” and support other systems in the in their classrooms, complete with a reception body.” The systems are studied area, examination table, and all the real tools of These connections continue in in more detail in 2nd and 3rd the trade. In Senior Kindergarten, girls study the Lower School, where students grades, with special focus given senses in more detail. They can identify, explain, are introduced to human body to the importance of vitamins and understand why each one is important. systems, learn to identify the and minerals in food and which Through stories about real people who are missing brain as the body’s control foods make up a balanced diet. One after-school group of 3rd graders produced a 3D model “The girls make great connections of strawberry DNA, a project that shows the girls the food they during the human body study. eat at a molecular level. They get to see how everything Focus on the body isn’t just for successfully works together.” academic classes. St. Mary’s girls of all grades participate in Sheri Burkeen programs designed to increase cross every grade level, girls are girl graduates, she has gained remember storing questions in Curriculum Development Coordinator awareness of one’s physical learning about the miracle that is the valuable knowledge about the the back of my mind,” says and emotional self, as well A human body and the story the human human body and how to put Margie, “for when I knew we center, and begin to discover the one or more of the senses – Helen Keller and Ray as to respect and honor the body tells. And what a St. Mary’s student absorbs that knowledge to good use. were going to talk about it.” importance of regular exercise Charles – the girls recognize challenges a deaf or bodies and minds of peers. in Senior Kindergarten about major organs and When she graduates in May and checkups. First graders Margie Peeler '17 remembers blind person must face. In Early Childhood and Lower human systems, she carries along through A.P. and heads to college in the fall, create models of the systems building on her technical School, the girls hear about A Anatomy in Upper School. It's no accident that the Margie will be fully prepared “The girls make great connections during with Lower School Science understanding of the human Bridge to Caring during weekly curriculum is designed so that a girl builds on her to take care of herself, by living the human body study,” says Sheri Burkeen, teacher Shelley Kuykendall body, especially during her Chapel, talk about those values knowledge, year by year. By the time a St. Mary’s healthfully and managing the Curriculum Development Coordinator for Early Herzke '90. “The girls are Middle School days. “I can – respect, responsibility, stress that college brings. Childhood and Lower School. “They first connect 4 5 THE POWER OF STORY “It’s a class that helps girls make the transition from thankfulness, kindness, self- control, courage, honesty, and Lower School to cooperation – and integrate In their Senior year, all St.