Contact: Jenni Brockman
Telephone: 804-443-3357
Fax: 804-443-6781
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Local Enrollment Nears Record at SMS
Tappahannock (August 31, 2001) - St. Margaret's School opened Tuesday (September 4) with a full enrollment of 158; among the highest totals in the school's history. Contributing to the increase were 14 new day students from the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. They joined 30 local residents who re-enrolled for a tally of 44 - one of the bigger day student populations at SMS in recent years.
Photo left: New day students at St. Margaret's School this year include: Front, l. to r., Catherine Chilton, Elizabeth Headley, Becky Clark, Kate Rice, Megan Burton. Back, l. to r., Morgan McFadden, Madison Barkley, Palmer Ware, Neillee Katona, Jessica Stokes. Not pictured: Annie Arnest, Teresa Martin, Sarah Reilly.
"Our application rate keeps rising, as does the quality of prospective students," said Director of Admission Kimberly McDowell. "We've had to establish a waiting list for day families."
First-time local enrollees include a published poet, a blue ribbon equestrian, a middle school valedictorian, a middle school salutatorian and an aspiring novelist. Five come from families where a mother, grandmother, sister or cousin attended St. Margaret's, and three are from families who recently moved to the area.
The new day students are: Annie Arnest, daughter of Alice Moore of Kinsale; Madison Barkley, daughter of William and Dolores Barkley of Hague; Megan Burton, daughter of David and Cindy Burton of Montross; Catherine Chilton, daughter of John and Nancy Chilton of Lancaster; Becky Clark, daughter of William and Kimberly Clark of Lively; and Elizabeth Headley, daughter of H.T. and Elizabeth Headley of Kinsale.
Also: Neillee Katona, daughter of Scot and Elizabeth Katona of Dunnsville; Teresa Martin, daughter of Timmothy and Cherry Martin of Callao; Morgan McFadden, daughter of James and Susan McFadden of Warsaw; Sarah Reilly, daughter of James Reilly and Robin Reilly of Bruington; Kate Rice, daughter of Theodore and Shan Rice of Tappahannock; Jessica Stokes, daughter of Jack Stokes of Dunnsville; and Palmer Ware, daughter of Tyler and Laura Ware of Dunnsville.
St. Margaret's is a boarding/day school for girls in grades 8-12 that was founded in 1921 by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. Its mission, "Educating Young Women for Life," is reflected in a college preparatory curriculum and co-curricular activities that equip girls to face the technological, global, intellectual and societal challenges they will encounter in our rapidly changing world.
Local families who want to learn more about attending St. Margaret's School in 2002-2003 are encouraged to call the Admission Office at 443-3357 and request an invitation to the next Day Student Visit Day, which will be held on October 26.
