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Teachers departing mid-year is rare, but not unheard of.
What Happens When a Teacher Leaves Mid-year?
Honor Council cases nearly double in the 2024-2025 school year.
Inside the Honor Council
Many students increase the playback speed on educational videos for class in order to save time.
Learning at 2x speed
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
Yondr pouches are one of the options among other solutions like phone lockers that will restrict access to phones during the school day. As Throckmorton announced, students' phones will be locked up next year.
Time to let go
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
A day in the life
A day in the life
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
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
Louise Lawhead awards her top 9 movies out of the 101 she watched in 2024.
I Watched 101 Movies in 2024
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?
Racing Against the Clock
Racing Against the Clock
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”
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
Time Issue April 2025
Time Issue April 2025
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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Teachers departing mid-year is rare, but not unheard of.

[Photo] What Happens When a Teacher Leaves Mid-year?

Farah Arshad, Reporter
May 13, 2025
Honor Council cases nearly double in the 2024-2025 school year.

[Photo] Inside the Honor Council

Mia Friedman
May 6, 2025
St. Mary's Flashback

St. Mary’s Flashback

MC Hitt
April 23, 2025
Louise Lawhead awards her top 9 movies out of the 101 she watched in 2024.

[Photo] I Watched 101 Movies in 2024

Louise Lawhead
April 29, 2025
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.

[Photo] Throckmorton announces updated cellphone policy for 2025-26 school year 

Mayra Arshad and Wallis Rogin
February 13, 2025
Louise Lawhead reviews her favorite musical- now movie.

[Photo] A “Wicked” Good Movie

Louise Lawhead
December 6, 2024
Mock election gives upper school students the opportunity to vote

Mock election gives upper school students the opportunity to vote

MC Hitt
October 31, 2024
Project Green Fork team member Leanne Edwards stands next to giant green fork.

Wasting Less to Help More

MC Hitt
October 28, 2024
Dining Hall trash can overflow after Upper School lunch.

[Photo] Chew on This

Ruba Elabiad, Reporter
October 3, 2024
An empty chapel podium and the overhanging question of who will be the next head chaplain.

[Photo] A Long Search Ahead

Mia Friedman
September 13, 2024
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Brewing up change

Brewing up change

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April 1, 2024
John Young, lead cookie team member at Sweet LaLa's, began working at the bakery at its founding in 2014.

Baking for Better

MC Hitt
March 25, 2024
Memphis in motion

Memphis in motion

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March 25, 2024
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Mayor Paul Young is the new mayor of Memphis, Tenn. as of Jan. 1, 2024. As the former CEO of the Downtown Memphis Commission, Paul Young plans to enact positive change in the Memphis community.

Our exclusive interview with new Memphis Mayor Paul Young

MC Hitt
January 14, 2024
Junior Abigail Fernandez wraps herself in her blanket to ward off the cold.

Baby, it’s cold inside

MC Hitt
November 10, 2023
Senior Saniya Young sells her homemade crochet items at the annual Memphis Cooper Young festival.

Slow down your fashion

MC Hitt
September 29, 2023
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