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ALUMNI LEGACIES
Many members of the Class of 2022 have immediate family members (parents and siblings) as well as extended family members (aunts, uncles, cousins) who graduated from Mount de Sales. Here, we highlight a few of these alumni.
Graduates with alumni family members not pictured: Jose Benjume Gavin Brahney Tamaya Braswell Desiree Buafo Belen Diaz Gabriel Ferguson Dargan McAfee Kennedie Owens Khevan Patel James Pierson Camden Tims Jack Union Karli Wagner Hunter Wiggins
Holst Beall ('85), Jim Beall ('87), Mary Lin Beall (2022), and Joyce Evelyn Beall (2020)
Teneca Patterson ('90) and Caleb Duncan (2022)
Patrick Green (2020) and Will Green (2022)
Qualin Lockett (2022) and Jaiel Lockett (2016) Josh Blanche (2020) and Jacob Blanche (2022)
Todd Freeman ('93), Paige Freeman ('93), Kenzie Freeman (2019), Elijah Freeman (2022), and Casie Freeman Palmer (2014)
Fiona Hall ('87), Duncan Hall (2014), Brianne Hall (2015), and Kelsey Hall (2022)
Abby McCombs (2022) and Mary McCombs ('87) Barclay Burns ('88), Belle Burns (2022), and Caroline Burns (2020)
Rob Garvin ('87) and Bryce Garvin (2022)
Haley Hatcher (2018), William Duck Hatcher ('67), Ed Hatcher (1988), and Hanna Hatcher (2022)
Kenneth White ('79), Laura White McKenzie (2004), and Adia McGahee (2022)
Remember When
by: Carolyn Garvin
Sister Elizabeth
Carolyn Garvin
Echoes from the Mount
Refl ecti ons by Carolyn Garvin, who taught history, Old Testament, physical educati on, pre-algebra, and a marriage class for seniors from 1974 to 1991. Mrs. Garvin also coached the cheerleading team and chaired the religion department. She is the wife of the late Coach Mike Garvin.
Who among us can remember a ti me when Mount de Sales Academy has not stood proudly atop the hill once known as Beall's Hill? Though changed in appearance from Governor Towns' (Georgia governor 1847-1851) southern mansion surrounded by oak, laurel, and crepe myrtle trees to today's sprawling and modern complex of brick buildings, the Sisters of Mercy lived, served their community, and taught numbers of boys and girls from this site. While the rustle of the long black skirts and the click of Rosary beads that hung from the waist of the traditi onal habit worn by the Sisters have given way to the modern atti re of a lay faculty, memories of those Sisters who taught at the Mount echo through the years.
Some recent memories echo more loudly than past memories of others who lived, worked, and taught at the Mount: Sister Veronica, in full habit later yielding to the modifi ed habit, peering over her glasses at her study hall but not seeing those boys who sneaked through the windows aft er the roll had been called; Sister Bernadine remonstrati ng with voice and ruler, "Do your algebra, boys!"; Sister Barbara and "the Pit"—those who misbehaved had to write their names on the board in that area designated the Pit, plus the ti me the boa constrictor escaped the biology lab and made its way to the wall heater in her classroom, MH3 (Sister Barbara vowed never to enter Mercy Hall again!); Sister Fidelis voicing the morning announcements, declaring dress code checks and conducti ng those music practi ces in the gym preparing for the next school Mass— pity the person or faculty member who didn't give it her or his all to make a joyful noise to the Lord; Sister Grace Marie and the index cards absolutely necessary to write an acceptable term paper along with Kate Turabian's manual for writi ng term papers ever at her side or on her desk; sun tanned Sister Pat dressed in shorts and golf shirt, whistle around her neck, Chap Sti ck in her pocket, working with the track teams and oft en mistaken by rival coaches as someone they'd like to meet; Sister Elizabeth, #1 cheerleader for her Cavaliers startling referees and umpires with her all-out enthusiasm expressed in vociferous praise if she deemed they were right and in much less praiseworthy terms if she deemed they were wrong, also famous for her blessing to
Sister Pat
someone who sneezed in her class, "May God bless you, may the Devil miss you, and may the right girl kiss you, but not right now!" So many memories—some not to be att ributed to a parti cular student or Sister, such as the "chopping down of the cherry tree" incident, the suspension of several boys whose hair was deemed "too short" incident, the "mooning" incident, the "egging" incident, the "rolling of the trees" incident.
GARVIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND The Garvin Scholarship was established in 2015 to honor the legacy of former administrator, teacher, and coach Mike Garvin. This renewable, need-based scholarship is available for eligible incoming freshmen.
To support this fund with a gift, visit www.mdsgives.net.
All such memories and many more echo through the years as former students reminisce about their ti me at the Mount. When they come together for sports events, for music or performing arts events, for class reunions, or for alumni gatherings like the alumni golf tournaments and other sport tournaments, stories abound—some completely true, some parti ally true, and some embellished by the teller. And even though there are no longer Sisters of Mercy teaching at Mount de Sales, their legacy remains. The stories, yes, but more importantly, the core values of spirituality, community, service, and justi ce, fi rst voiced by Catherine McAuley, founder of the religious order known as the Sisters of Mercy, echo through the years and live on in the mission of the school known as Mount de Sales Academy.
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