FALL ATHLETICS

FOOTBALL

• The football team beat Faith Academy 10-7 Week 5 of the season bringing the team together after a 3-1 start. The Faith Academy game started a 7

• The team beat a 4A undefeated and eventual State Champion Vigor Wolves. Our team came back from a 10 point deficit in the 4th quarter.

• Linebacker, Bo Carrington, and Offensive Line, Lucas Taylor, both were named First Team All-

• Chris Bracy was named

• Grayson Myles was named All-

VOLLEYBALL

• The volleyball team were Runner Ups in the Baldwin County

• Were Champions of the Battle of Old Shell Road Tournament

• Won the 6A Area 1

• Qualified for a 6A State

• Finished 2nd place in 6A with a

• Ella Vallas, Rachel Bell, and Hannah Pearce were named

• Rachel Bell, Peyton Hass,

Julia Joyce received All Mobile

• Rachel Bell, Peyton Hass, Hannah Pearce received 6A State Tournament Awards

VOLLEYBALL (CONTINUED) • Rachel Bell and Peyton Hass received AL.COM All Coastal

• Ella Vallas and Hannah Pearce received AL.COM All

• Rachel Bell received AL.COM

• Rachel Bell received the

(National Award)

• Rachel Bell received the

Honorable Mention (National Award)

• Coach Marston received the American Volleyball Coaches Association Region 3 Coach of the Year Award (National Award)

SWIMMING & DIVING

• Sophomore diver, Reagan Costello finished fifth overall in the 6A-7A Girls 1-meter

• The Girls 200 Freestyle Relay team of Isabella Lord (JR),

Robinson (SO), and Harper McLean (SO) finished second

• The Girls Medley Relay team of Edie Paterson (JR,

Everette (8th, Butterfly), and Stella Bosio (SR, Freestyle) and the Girls 400 Freestyle Relay team of Harper McLean (SO), Abby

Robinson (SO), and Isabella Lord (JR) both finished sixth overall SWIMMING & DIVING

(CONTINUED) • Sophomore Harper McLean finished second in the Girls 50 Freestyle and eighth in the 100 Freestyle

• Junior Isabella Lord finished second in the Girls 100 Breaststroke and third in the 200 Individual Medley. Isabella’s 100 Breaststroke set a new school

• Junior Sabrina Grace finished fourteenth in the Girls 100 Freestyle and thirteenth in the 100 Breaststroke

• 8th grader Abby Lane Everette finished ninth in the Girls 500 Freestyle

• The Boys 200 Medley Relay team of Stephen Conrad (SR,

and Charleston Webb (SO, Freestyle) and the Boys 200 Freestyle Relay team of William

and Stephen Conrad (SR) each captured a Silver Medal at State

• Senior Stephen Conrad captured a state title in the Boys 100 Backstroke and finished third in the 100 Butterfly

• Senior William Jameson placed first in the Boys 200 Individual Medley and finished third in the 100 Breaststroke. William set a new school record in the 100 Breaststroke and his lead-off split in the 200 Freestyle Relay set a new school record in the 50 Freestyle

• Freshman Maddox Bethea finished eleventh in the Boys 100 Breaststroke

• 7th grader Karson Grace finished eleventh in the Boys 500 Freestyle GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

• The girls cross country team won the Admiral Twilight Meet

• Won the 7A Section 1

• Finished second by 3 points at the 6A-7A Mobile County

Championship

• Audrey Kate Smith was the Mobile County Varsity RunnerUp and GG Webb was the Junior

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

• The boys cross country team won the Mobile County Championships for the third

• Won the 7A Section 1 Championship and placed second at the 7A State

• Junior Mac Conwell was named the 6A-7A Runner of the Year by the Mobile Optimist Club for the

At the end of the 2021-2022 school year, Susan Newby is stepping down from her role as Head of Intermediate School. With Susan’s long history as a member of the Community of Saints, she was a natural choice for the Epistle Spotlight!

I have a wonderful husband (Mark) and three terrific daughters (Belle ’11, Jane ’15, Sarah ’17), who are all St. Paul’s alumnae! They are all working and successful. I enjoy cooking and running, and I love to read. I look forward to having more time to enjoy a good book. I also enjoy spending time with my family – we all still travel together. AND I look forward to more time on the river!

Not counting my student years (I am a St. Paul’s alumna myself), I have worked at St. Paul’s for 26 years – all at the Intermediate School level. They are my peeps! I began as an AIP teacher and then worked as a reading specialist before becoming the Head of Intermediate School 15 years ago.

It’s a long and complicated story. Essentially, I was asked to be the assistant head of lower school when it was reorganized into a PreK-4 model. With Anne Davis being on the church campus with PreK-2, I was the administrator for 3-4 on the main campus. It stayed that way even when it changed to Scott McDonald being the Director of Grades 3-8. When Dr. McDonald became Assistant Head of School, we created the Intermediate School as a separate division, and I became its head. I was excited about the chance to serve in this role, and I have loved it ever since.

I will miss the people SO much. I love the people I work with – they make me happy every day and laugh constantly. They are the absolute best. I won’t miss some of the hard conversations and the mornings where it seems the alarm clock goes off too early, but I will also miss seeing “my” kids every day.

Wow, that’s a hard question, because so many memories come back to me. It’s like a collage from my student years, my teaching years, and my leading years. But they all come down to relationships. I suppose I will most miss seeing my students grow and turn into the awesome young men and women that they always seem to become.

A place where people can be themselves and grow into the best version of themselves possible. It’s a wonderful place to find one’s purpose and one’s gifts. St. Paul’s is truly a beautiful place for those who allow themselves to open up to its possibilities and give themselves to it.

I am open to opportunities and look forward to seeing what the next chapter of my life will hold. I do look forward to having a more flexible life and to spending more time with my mom and my family. I will always be part of the St. Paul’s family, though, and hope to be back on campus a lot!