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Meg Kinnard Hardee, a St. Mary's lifer, became a professional journalist for the Associated Press and was honored at the 2025 Outstanding Alumn
Meg Kinnard Hardee ’98 named 2025 Outstanding Alumna
AP Daily Videos for topic 7.4 in the AP Human Geography online classroom are missing.
Some Daily Videos disappear from AP Classroom 
Senior Naomi Betapudi completes a physics assignment on AP Classroom in preparation for the AP exam in May.
Screen Test
Students place their cellphones in bins at the start of class in Ms. Ray's room. This phone policy will be replaced with a phone ban starting during the 2025-26 school year.
Throckmorton announces updated cellphone policy for 2025-26 school year 
The Church of the Holy Communion produces a bell noise heard multiple times a day by students.
Secrets of the Steeple
xAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, opened their first supercomputer facility to power their AI chatbot called Grok.
Memphis’s new supercomputer raises power grid and ethical concerns
Beale Street, a popular Memphis attraction, is located in Downtown Memphis.
A Defense of Downtown Memphis
Memphis Mayor Paul Young wants students to remember “Memphis is where the heart is.”
A visit from the Mayor
Memphis Mayor Paul Young speaks at St. Mary's chapel on Nov. 14. Students got the opportunity to ask the mayor questions followed by a few remarks by Young to "dream big."
[VIDEO] Memphis Mayor Paul Young comes to speak at St. Mary’s Chapel
Project Green Fork team member Leanne Edwards stands next to giant green fork.
Wasting Less to Help More
Wake Up!
Wake Up!
The popular entertainment app, TikTok, captures the attention of many students.
Time is running out for everyone’s favorite time waster
Memphis is home to over 618,639 people and all of their pets.
These Memphians have paws and a tail
Memphis’s walkability score is 35 out of 100, ranking the city the highest in the state. Compared to other cities of a similar size, Memphis’s walkability is less meaningful.
One step at a time
Third spaces such as malls and restaurants in Memphis are in decline, but some residents are trying to change that.
Spaced Out
St. Mary’s students’ school day starts at 7:50 a.m., but an 8:30 a.m. start would prioritize student health.
It’s Time
5 Tips to Work Faster
5 Tips to Work Faster
Beale Street, a popular Memphis attraction, is located in Downtown Memphis.
A Defense of Downtown Memphis
House of Mews, a cat sanctuary in Memphis, keeps cats for adoption, including this one.
Change your Cattitude
Students will have to decide whether to vote where they went to high school or where they go to college.
Voting here or there
St. Mary's Flashback
St. Mary’s Flashback
A "Wicked" Good Movie
A “Wicked” Good Movie
It Ends With Us starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni is based on Colleen Hoover's bestselling book.
A Film That Flopped – and Why
What are some of SMS’s hot takes?
What are some of SMS’s hot takes?
"Fourth Wing," a fantasy novel that sold millions of copies features extraordinary worlds, engaging characters and unique magic to make it an ideal fantasy book.
Loved “Fourth Wing”? Kim Huang has some suggestions for you
In the upper school, 11 athletes are on track to play sports at the collegiate level.
Next Stop: College courts, fields and pools
Varsity lacrosse players raise their sticks in the air before taking the field.
[GALLERY] Best of Eva Ferdinand
Students celebrate their win against Hutchison in the annual powderpuff game by crowding the score board. The Turkeys won by 23 points against the Bees.
Roses are Red, Winners Wear Blue
Excited SMS fans including Charlotte Stakem (11) and Pep Club President Shelby Williams (12) cheer on their fellow turkeys on the football field.
Despite loss, Powderpuff was a “blast”
To fix the discrepancy between the amount of people watching women's sports versus men's, Molly Kirshbaum suggests that more women start watching women's sports.
Women supporting women
Varsity lacrosse players raise their sticks in the air before taking the field.
[GALLERY] Best of Eva Ferdinand
Upper Schoolers gather on the turf after the color war covered in powder.
[GALLERY] Scenes from Derby Day 2024
[GALLERY] Walking in (Downtown) Memphis
[GALLERY] Walking in (Downtown) Memphis
Stairs: 1, Turkeys: 0
Stairs: 1, Turkeys: 0
ARTificial
ARTificial
Fall comic
Fall comic
Turkey Talk: Band and Choir Tour
Turkey Talk: Band and Choir Tour
Turkey Talk #4
Turkey Talk #4
Turkey Talk #3
Turkey Talk #3
Turkey Talk #2
Turkey Talk #2
Turkey Talk #2 has Natalie Smith interviewing chemistry teacher and junior class sponsor, Ms. Rose Dunlap.
Turkey Talk #1
Memphis Mayor Paul Young speaks at St. Mary's chapel on Nov. 14. Students got the opportunity to ask the mayor questions followed by a few remarks by Young to "dream big."
[VIDEO] Memphis Mayor Paul Young comes to speak at St. Mary’s Chapel
Amal waves goodbye of the site of the newly renovated Tom Lee Park after her walk through downtown Memphis.
Amal’s Memphis Walk
"Pride and Prejudice"
“Pride and Prejudice”
Seniors get hype for powder puff
Seniors get hype for powder puff
Memphis Issue December 2024
Memphis Issue December 2024
Tatler Print Edition February 2024
Tatler Print Edition February 2024
Winter Print Edition
Winter Print Edition

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Senior Naomi Betapudi completes a physics assignment on AP Classroom in preparation for the AP exam in May.
Screen Test
Mia Friedman, Reporter • February 26, 2025

Keyboards, typing and clicking will now be commonplace in testing rooms.  After the 2023-24 school year saw an increase in cheating on Advanced Placement (AP) paper exams, the College Board made the decision to transition more quickly to online testing. Students will now take many of their exams on a secured application called Bluebook, as 28 AP exams will be digital as of May 2025, according to...

Students place their cellphones in bins at the start of class in Ms. Ray's room. This phone policy will be replaced with a phone ban starting during the 2025-26 school year.
Throckmorton announces updated cellphone policy for 2025-26 school year 
Mayra Arshad and Wallis Rogin
The Church of the Holy Communion produces a bell noise heard multiple times a day by students.
Secrets of the Steeple
Addie Phillips, Reporter
St. Mary's students participate civically throughout our community.
Keep it Up
Mayra Arshad and Ella Townsend
A half empty Celsius Energy drink sits on a desk in Ms. Bielskis's classroom.
Out of Energy
Lyla Furlong, Reporter
Features
Memphis is home to over 618,639 people and all of their pets.
These Memphians have paws and a tail
Mayra Arshad, Reporter • October 22, 2024

Cat rescuer and Upper School history teacher Emily Metz recently saved a kitten stuck in a tree. “I saw [the kitten], and it was up a tree across a 12-foot concrete drainage ditch in my neighbor’s yard, and I couldn’t reach it,” Metz said....

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Beale Street, a popular Memphis attraction, is located in Downtown Memphis.
House of Mews, a cat sanctuary in Memphis, keeps cats for adoption, including this one.
Students will have to decide whether to vote where they went to high school or where they go to college.
Letter to Editor: Mock election has no third-party candidates
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