Happy spring from Saint Mary's!

Happy spring from Saint Mary's!

 A Message from Grandparent Co-Chairs
 Mary Jane Jenkins and Vicky McKenzie Armes '62C

As co-chairs for Saint Mary's grandparents and grandfriends
Annual Fund campaign, we are excited to share this edition
of our quarterly e-newsletter, which was created especially
for grandparents and grandfriends of our Saint Mary's girls.

This edition will update you on what's happening at Saint
Mary's this quarter, as well as important updates regarding
Grandparents & Grandfriends Day 2021.

In the past, Saint Mary's has held an in-person event on campus. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck
last year, we had to cancel our annual event. This year, with new variants and surges in exposures,
Saint Mary's is adhering to strict protocols to keep our granddaughters safe. Following direction from
the CDC and local state agencies, this year's Grandparents & Grandfriends Day event will be a virtual
event.

Be sure to scroll down for the updates and all the news from campus.

Additionally, if you have not yet made your Annual Fund gift to Saint Mary's Grandparent &
Grandfriends Campaign, we hope you will join us this year. Click here to donate or pledge. (For those
who have already given, THANK YOU!) We also hope you are as excited as we are for the wonderful
learning experience our granddaughters receive at Saint Mary's, and we look forward to connecting
with you in the near future.

Warmly,
Mary Jane Jenkins and Vicky McKenzie Armes '62C

Special Event Reminders

GRANDPARENTS & GRANDFRIENDS DAY VIRTUAL AUCTION 2021
2021 Saint Mary's 18th auction is co-chaired by volunteer
At Saint Mary’s we recognize that families are an Sally Burlington P'21 P'24, Janine Coleman P'23,
integral part of preparing young women for college Kat Fritter '91HS '93C P'23, and Jill Usher P'22.
and for life, and that includes our Grandparents and Proceeds from this year's virtual auction will add a
Grandfriends. This year, we will host a virtual new vehicle to our student transportation fleet. The
celebration to allow our students the opportunity to online auction runs from April 23-29, with the live
share their Saint Mary’s experience with virtual event on April 29 from 7-8 p.m. If you have
their Grandparents and Grandfriends. To ensure that an item to donate for the auction, are interested
you receive timely communications and virtual in being a sponsor, or purchase some Saint Mary's
event information (including Virtual Auction of gear (shirts, knick-knacks, other SMS swag), please
2021), please visit our contact information update reach out to the co-chairs at auction@sms.edu or
form on the Grandparents and Grandfriends Day click the blue links above. You can also visit the
web page located at www.sms.edu/grandparentsday. auction website at: tinyurl.com/smsauction2021. To
 stay up-to-date on information regarding the auction
 and other SMS news, keep your contact information

Save-the-Date for Friday, April 16, 2021. updated with us by emailing Eileen Nedoma
 at enedoma@sms.edu.

 Save-the-Date for Thursday, April 29, 2021.

School News
MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL BRENDAN
O'SHEA

Time to Celebrate!

Dear Members of the Saint Mary’s Community,

We've made it to March! That fact, in itself, is reason to celebrate as winter
weather slowly begins to fade while sunshine and slightly warmer weather
return. It’s amazing how much a couple of days of sunshine have boosted the
energy on campus.

At Saint Mary’s, we’re also celebrating International Women’s Day (which was Wednesday, March 3) and
Women’s History Month, which continues throughout March. During the first week of March, our Connected
Saints time was dedicated to learning more about significant women in history who through their grit,
perseverance, dedication, and vision established themselves as pioneers in their respective fields.

We shared information about women in the following areas:

 Business and Corporate World
 Performing and Visual Arts
 Politics and Government
 Medicine and Science
 Sports and Sports Management
 Education and Technology

Women from around the globe were celebrated as advisory groups learned about three or four women in one of
the above categories. From Shirley Chisholm to Sandra Day O’Connor, from Ellen Ochoa to Kim Ng, and
from Katie Sowers to Fei Fei Li, a range of talents, backgrounds, ethnicities, and nationalities were explored.
Don’t know one or more of these names? Take a moment to research them and celebrate these accomplished
women in history.

There’s a month ahead to learn even more. Go Saints!

Brendan J. O'Shea
Head of School

 CLASS OF 2022 | Pitch Night
 As part of their seminar programming, Saint Mary's juniors spent
 this past quarter of the semester working with our community
 partner, District C, to solve real-world problems for real local
 businesses. For the last two months, the juniors have worked
 collaboratively in squads of three to four girls to tackle complex
 business problems. The experience has required them to build and
 exercise a number of key competencies, like communications,
 cross-cultural intelligence, self-directed learning, and new media
 literacy, to name a few. They have engaged in independent
research, regularly interfaced with business professionals, asked critical questions, brainstormed solutions, and
challenged themselves to think outside the box. Pitch Night was held on Tuesday, March 8, and was the
culmination of their incredible work. This year's community partners include: Copeland Springs Farm and
Kitchen, GoKart Kids, Iris Coffee Lab, Jobs for Life, Raleigh Pride, Susie Silver Art, Whole Brain Escapes,
and Wiley Elementary PTA. We hope to soon share the videos from the virtual event withyou.

 Saint Mary’s Chapel celebrates Inspiring Women
 of Scripture for Women’s History Month
 Saint Mary’s Chapel program is celebrating Women’s History
 Month with a series of messages about “Inspiring Women of
 Scripture,” throughout the month of March. Chaplain Maggie
 Stoddard introduced the theme in Chapel, Tuesday, March 2,
 speaking about the importance of lifting up the lesser-known
 stories of Bible women who taught, led, served, and loved with
faith and courage throughout the generations. “These women are our spiritual ancestors, and we honor them by
celebrating their stories and discovering, or rediscovering, the Good News that God calls and equips women to
the holy change-makers,” says Chaplain Stoddard. Over the next few weeks, Coco Jones ’22, Annie T. Ham
’21, Matilda McCard ’21, Jane Usher ’22, and Sarah Stockton ’22, will each speak about an inspiring woman
of the Bible, including Mary and Martha of Bethany; Queen Esther; Deborah; and more.

 Winter Sports Celebration
 Congratulations, to all Saint Mary's winter sports athletes and
 coaches on a successful season celebrated Thursday, March 4,
 2021, in the Winter Sports Celebration, held virtually this year.
 Congrats, to the award winners, pictured, on your outstanding
 contributions to Saints athletics! Swimming: Most Improved
 Player - Scarlett Strickland '23, Coaches Award - Audrey

Goldfield '21, Most Valuable Swimmer - Hallie Tant '21; JV Basketball: Most Improved - Marion Barber '24,
Coaches Award - Raynor Singleton '23, MVP - Helen Newcomb '24; Varsity Basketball: Most Improved -
Evelyn Crosthwaite '22, Coaches Award - Mills Austin '22, MVP - Paige Fisher '21. Fisher was also honored
for being named to the TISAC All-Conference Basketball Team. Go, Saints!

 Saints Athletics Livestream
 Saint Mary's will livestream the home events for lacrosse and soccer.
 You will need to register but the school has covered the cost of these
 subscriptions. The following link is for our HOME
 games: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/saint-marys-school-
 raleigh-nc.

 REMINDER: SUMMER@SAINT MARY'S
 Registration is open for Saint Mary's summer 2021 program. There's
 something for everyone with enrichment, art, STEM, sports, and
 performing arts options. Visit our Summer@Saint Mary's page for more
 information and registration. www.sms.edu/our-programs/summer-
 saint-marys

This Week's Gallery

This week's gallery features second slate Executive SGA speeches, St. Patrick's Day advisory lunch, a big win
for our Diamond Saints on the softball field over Ravenscroft Ravens, our students beginning to get their
COVID vaccines, and a few spring scenes of our Tulip/Saucer Magnolia trees in glorious bloom!

Check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for more great photos and updates!

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