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The Varsity Volleyball team revs up for state competition, capping its best season in school history.<br />
Winter 2016<br />
The magazine of St. Mary’s Episcopal School is<br />
published twice a year as a service to all alumnae, students,<br />
parents, faculty, staff, and friends of <strong>the</strong> school.<br />
Head of School<br />
Albert L. Throckmorton<br />
Director of Advancement<br />
Leanne Kleinmann<br />
Director of Alumnae<br />
Rainey Ray Segars ’05<br />
Director of Communication / Editor<br />
Sally Walker Davies<br />
Photography<br />
Lisa Buser<br />
Contributors<br />
Courtney Shove ’96<br />
Cara Modisett<br />
Shari Ray<br />
Zina Kumok ’07<br />
Owen McGuire<br />
Letters to <strong>the</strong> Editor:<br />
Please address all correspondence to:<br />
Sally Walker Davies<br />
St. Mary’s Episcopal School<br />
60 Perkins Extended<br />
Memphis, TN 38117<br />
swalkerdavies@stmarysschool.org<br />
901.537.1489<br />
Unless o<strong>the</strong>rwise noted, all photos, with <strong>the</strong> exception of<br />
select photos in Class Notes, are by Lisa Buser.<br />
On <strong>the</strong> Cover:<br />
St. Mary’s alumnae (L-R) Patti Person Ray ’65, Jessica Johnson<br />
’94, Grace Jensen Knight ’05, Courtney Taylor Humphreys ’01,<br />
and Lucy Foster ’10 are helping build a better Memphis through<br />
<strong>the</strong> Memphis Teacher Residency.<br />
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Parents of Alumnae: If your daughter no longer maintains an<br />
address at your home, please notify Director of Alumnae<br />
Rainey Ray Segars ’05 at 901.537.1424 or<br />
rsegars@stmarysschool.org<br />
The mission of St. Mary’s Episcopal School is to provide a<br />
superior educational experience for girls which will encourage and<br />
enable each student to reach her individual potential.<br />
St. Mary’s Episcopal School does not discriminate on <strong>the</strong> basis of race,<br />
religion, or national origin in <strong>the</strong> administration of its admission, financial<br />
aid, educational, athletic, extracurricular, or o<strong>the</strong>r policies.<br />
In This Issue<br />
2 <strong>Bridging</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Gap</strong><br />
Alumnae invest in educational equality<br />
7 Choosing <strong>the</strong> 901<br />
Zina Kumok ’07 chats with five alumnae about why<br />
<strong>the</strong>y ultimately chose to call Memphis home.<br />
10-13 College 101<br />
New faces, new spaces, advice for college planning,<br />
and an update on <strong>the</strong> SATs.<br />
14 To Be or Not To Be Ophelia<br />
In <strong>the</strong> first of a series of essays by St. Mary’s faculty,<br />
Upper School English Teacher Shari Ray explains that<br />
<strong>the</strong>re’s no way her students should ever be an Ophelia.<br />
16-21 Campus News<br />
Alumnae<br />
22 Honoring Gigi Gould ’70<br />
23 Class Notes<br />
44 Milestones<br />
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