I WANT TO BE
a Marksman.
ST. MARK’S AIMS TO PREPARE young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world. To this end, the School professes and upholds certain values. These values include the discipline of postponing immediate gratification in the interest of earning eventual, hard-won satisfaction; the responsibility of defending one’s own ideas, of respecting the views of others, and of accepting the consequences for one’s own actions; and an appreciation for the lively connection between knowledge and responsibility and the obligation to serve.
Welcome to St. Mark’s
On behalf of all my colleagues and the more than 900 Marksmen who walk our halls each day, I want to thank you for your interest in St. Mark’s School of Texas.
Since its founding in 1906, St. Mark’s has been focused on helping young men prepare for lives of leadership, responsibility, and service. Our motto, Courage and Honor, reaffirms the important core values that underpin our mission and daily work with boys.
As we hope you’ll learn and experience, St. Mark’s is a vibrant community full of energy, warmth, and inspiration. It’s an open and inclusive environment that cherishes the important elements of boyhood, including exploration, creativity, play, and cooperation. In the classroom, on the playing field, in the art studio, on the stage, or working with a teacher one-on-one, we strive to ensure that every boy is known, loved, and challenged. Our curriculum and programs are carefully designed to help students test their limits. Experienced, dedicated, and passionate teachers motivate and inspire boys to stretch themselves in every way possible. We set high aspirations for every boy so that he will learn to overcome challenges and develop the self-confidence and independence necessary for a life of meaning and purpose.
While excellence and achievement are certainly important and ever-present, our primary focus is the personal development and character of every boy. People define our School – faculty who care deeply about their students, and boys who support one another in a continual effort to make our community stronger. Older boys guide and mentor younger boys at every turn, continually mindful of the example they provide for those who follow in their footsteps. The Path to Manhood statue in the Perot Quadrangle represents the very essence of our School. It depicts a senior Marksman carrying a Lower School boy on his shoulders, tangibly demonstrating what it means to lead and to serve.
You can learn a great deal about the strength of St. Mark’s by perusing the website or picking up a recent issue of the student-run and nationally recognized newspaper, The ReMarker, but the best way to experience the School is to spend time on campus. Watch a class of Upper School Marksmen respectfully wrestle with a challenging topic around the Harkness table, listen to Lower School boys lift their voices as part of our internationally known Choir, or witness creativity in action as Middle School boys delve into advanced robotics and engineering in the Winn Science Center Makerspace. You’ll quickly see that St. Mark’s is an amazing place where remarkable things happen every day, in and out of the classroom.
Again, thank you for your interest in St. Mark’s. I hope that as you get to know our School better, you’ll see that being a Marksman is about much more than preparation for college; it is about preparation for life. We look forward to seeing you on campus sometime soon.
Sincerely,
David W. Dini
Eugene McDermott Headmaster
Helping boys become good men
For 120 years, St. Mark’s School of Texas has provided boys with exceptional educational opportunities, preparing them for lives of meaning, impact, and service. As a school driven by mission and values, we make intentional decisions focused on developing boys into good men. Our curriculum, programs, and culture are carefully formed to ensure that we address the unique developmental needs of boys as we guide them on the PATH TO MANHOOD. Boys are encouraged to explore a wide range of intellectual, physical, and creative interests. By nurturing and cultivating the many different backgrounds, perspectives, interests, and abilities that our students bring to campus, St. Mark’s helps boys mature at their own pace as they develop more independence, take on greater responsibility, and learn what it means to be a man of strong character. As a founding member of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition, St. Mark’s
serves as a beacon of excellence in Dallas and around the world. While high levels of academic, athletic, and artistic accomplishment have distinguished the School throughout its long history, our primary focus is on the formation of each boy’s character.
The St. Mark’s faculty is a talented and diverse group of educators dedicated to the personal development of every boy in our care. Over the past four decades, the School has established 22 fully endowed teaching positions and consistently maintains faculty salaries in the top 10 percent of independent schools nationally. This commitment enables St. Mark’s to recruit and retain the BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATORS from around the world, evidenced by the fact that the average teaching tenure of our faculty exceeds 21 years. More than 80 percent of the School’s teachers HOLD ADVANCED DEGREES and many serve in state and national leadership positions in their respective disciplines.
The strength of the School is defined by our teachers, coaches, and advisors. Small classes and a low studentteacher ratio foster close and meaningful relationships as adults guide and mentor boys at each stage of their growth and development. Boys are routinely challenged to stretch themselves in a supportive environment where learning from failure and mistakes is encouraged. Ultimately, teachers invest themselves fully to ensure that every Marksman is known and loved.
One of the most important aspects of St. Mark’s is the strength of the community. Generations of Marksmen, their families, and their teachers make up a close-knit family where everyone shares ownership and responsibility for the well-being of the School. The St. Mark’s community includes a GLOBAL DIVERSITY OF BACKGROUNDS AND PERSPECTIVES. The student body and faculty reflect a wide variety of racial, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and more than half of the boys are students of color. From the classroom and the Journalism Suite to the Chapel and the Quad, relationships are forged based on mutual respect, an openness to different perspectives, and a commitment to the free exchange of ideas.
St. Mark’s seeks to enroll boys who will thrive and contribute in and out of the classroom as we strive to remove financial barriers for potential students and their families. The School maintains a longstanding commitment to need-based financial aid that supports families from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Additionally, there is a strong tradition of generous PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT that ensures the best possible opportunities for every boy. Contributions to the St. Mark’s Fund alongside income from the School’s endowment serve as a hidden scholarship to support the education of all Marksmen, contributing a third of the School’s operating budget.
The School’s 40-acre campus in the North Dallas area is an EXCEPTIONAL VENUE for learning. First-class facilities and cutting-edge technologies provide students with the opportunity to nurture academic, athletic, and artistic interests. In the fall of 2008, two new facilities (Centennial Hall and the Robert K. Hoffman Center) opened to house the English, mathematics, humanities, and language departments, as well as our RENOWNED DEBATE PROGRAM
AND STUDENT PUBLICATIONS. The Winn Science Center opening and renovation of the McDermott-Green Science Building in 2019 provides state-of-the-art science facilities. The newly constructed 77,000-square-foot ZIERK ATHLETIC CENTER includes an 850-seat gymnasium and a 12-lane swimming pool. The quality of the campus facilities reflects the School’s dedication to the boys and the School community’s dedication to St. Mark’s.
Helping boys become good men requires an institutional commitment to teaching and modeling ethical behavior and personal integrity. Infused in all areas of campus life, the School’s CHARACTER & LEADERSHIP EDUCATION emphasizes the values of strong moral development and personal courage. These intrinsic values can be seen in the Chapel program, which provides spiritual reflection and life lessons to boys of all faiths, as well as in the COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM, which contributes about 16,000 volunteer hours to the broader Dallas community during each school year.
In every aspect of their lives — at home, at school, and beyond — St. Mark’s students are challenged to live out the School’s motto: “COURAGE AND HONOR.” As the phrase suggests, members of the school community expect one another to do what is honorable and have the courage to act on their beliefs. To create a school community grounded in the fulfillment of potential and the development of moral and ethical character, all members are expected to behave truthfully, honestly, and fairly. Academic and personal integrity are at the School’s very foundation, and our goal is to foster a sense of responsibility for oneself and for others.
Commencement does not represent the end of the St. Mark’s experience. With more than 4,000 alumni spanning the globe and working in a wide variety of professions, our graduates have access to an active ALUMNI NETWORK who passionately support the mission of the School and its students. The Alumni Association’s efforts are visible in all aspects of school governance and support. St. Mark’s hosts annual gatherings in major cities around the world for the purpose of connecting alumni with teachers, administrators, and classmates.
Over the past 10 years, more than 50 percent of all seniors have been recognized by the NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION as finalists, semifinalists, and commended scholars.
A brief history of St. Mark’s School of Texas
St. Mark’s School of Texas is a nonsectarian, collegepreparatory, independent day school for boys in grades 1 through 12. The School’s charter states that it is “designed to afford its students well-rounded physical, intellectual, moral, and religious training and instruction.”
The School is intended to be a DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS who share a love of learning and who strive for high achievement in whatever they undertake.
St. Mark’s proudly builds upon a rich heritage of scholarship and excellence in education that dates back 120 years. In 1906, Menter B. Terrill, fresh out of Yale University, came to Dallas, a city of over 70,000 citizens, and established the prestigious Terrill School for Boys, which served both day and boarding students.
In 1913, at Terrill’s urging, Ela Hockaday moved to Dallas and opened the Hockaday School for Girls.
The Hockaday campus on Haskell and the Terrill campus at Peak and Swiss backed up to one another with a simple fence in between. In 1946, The Terrill School became The Cathedral School, which in turn merged in 1950 with Texas Country Day School, founded in 1933, to form St. Mark’s School of Texas.
Impressive facilities such as the planetarium, observatory, and greenhouse once inspired TIME magazine to call St. Mark’s the “BEST EQUIPPED DAY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY.” In the sixties and seventies, the School established a financial aid program and initiated innovative teaching methods within the classical curriculum where appropriate. During the eighties, the Board of Trustees developed a forward-looking strategic plan called Goals for St. Mark’s that resulted in DRAMATIC MODERNIZATION of the School’s physical plant and substantial growth of its endowment.
Today the School continues its tradition of excellence serving more than 900 boys and their families.
1906 Menter B. Terrill and his wife Ada establish The Terrill School on the principles of providing rigorous academic preparation and strict discipline for boys.
1913 Menter B. Terrill recommends former student Ela Hockaday as Headmistress to open a school for girls in Dallas.
1930 The Terrill School moves from Swiss Avenue to a 12-acre campus on Ross Avenue. The Episcopal Diocese owns the campus, former home of St. Mary’s School for Girls.
1933 Many parents of Menter B. Terrill’s former students join together to establish Texas Country Day School at the northeast corner of Preston Road and Walnut Hill Lane.
1940 Texas Country Day begins to develop a new campus about threequarters of a mile north of its leased location and constructs the first building, Founders Hall, for a cost of $75,000.
1943 Founders Hall catches fire and suffers $150,000 in damages. Students meet in classrooms in Southern Methodist University’s Fondren Library. Boarding students move into a home provided by the Higginbotham family.
1946 The Terrill School officially closes its doors and reopens as Cathedral School for Boys, with Episcopal Bishop Avery Mason as its new leader.
1950 Cathedral School for Boys and Texas Country Day merge to form St. Mark’s School of Texas, a nonsectarian, collegepreparatory school. Standards for admission are raised, the Lower School is added, and several key hires are made. Faculty member Bernard Fulton leaves to found The Greenhill School.
1961 Executive committee chairman Ralph B. Rogers announces that the School raised $500,000 for the Eugene McDermott Scholarship Endowment Fund. The McDermott-Green Science & Mathematics Quadrangle opens to national acclaim.
1971 St. Mark’s hires the Outward Bound company to organize and staff the first ninth-grade wilderness trip—a 12-day hiking, camping, rafting, and climbing experience at Big Bend National Park. The School takes over the trip the following year, initiating the annual wilderness trip near Pecos, New Mexico.
1977 Cecil and Ida Green establish the first fully endowed Master Teaching Chair, and Lower School teacher Evelyn Boone fills the position.
1985 The Board approves a comprehensive, long-range strategic plan, Goals for St. Mark’s, to guide the School’s future growth and development. To implement the plan, the School is required to raise $32 million for the new facilities and the endowment.
1986 The St. Mark’s Choir takes its first overseas trip to England, beginning a biennial tradition and elevating the group to even greater national prominence.
1991 The School hosts the first St. Mark’s Teacher Institute to promote interactive professional development for area public school teachers.
2005 The Leadership and Ethics Program is launched, bringing greater focus to the personal growth of every student.
2006 St. Mark’s begins a yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the opening of The Terrill School for Boys, capped off by the Centennial Celebration that brought together more than 3,000 people for events and gatherings including a concert by Steve Miller ’61.
2009 Casey McManemin ’79 and Bob Roberts ’64 together pledge $5 million to establish the Alumni Financial Aid Challenge. The gifts are the two largest single commitments to financial aid in the School’s history.
2010 Two graduating seniors are named Presidential Scholars in the Arts, an honor bestowed on only 20 students in the nation.
2014 After more than two decades as Headmaster, Arnold E. Holtberg retires. Following a comprehensive, nationwide search, Assistant Headmaster David W. Dini is appointed as the Eugene McDermott Headmaster. The Winn family announces a $10 million gift toward construction of a new state-of-the-art science building.
2015 The new Roosevelt Family Pipe Organ is dedicated. Dr. Alan Stern ’75 leads NASA’s New Horizons mission, exploring Pluto for the first time.
2016 Graduate Hall, three decades in the making, is dedicated inside Centennial Hall and honors the legacy of every graduate of St. Mark’s School of Texas and its predecessor schools.
2017 Construction begins on the Winn Science Center and McDermottGreen Science Building, which will include more than 75,000 square feet of new and renovated science education facilities. Both facilities open in 2019.
2019 In October, St. Mark’s receives a direct hit from an EF-3 tornado. Much of the north side of campus is damaged and the Thomas O. Hicks Family Athletic Center is completely destroyed. The School reopens after a nine-day cleanup effort.
2022 St. Mark’s hosts the 2022 International Boys’ Schools Coalition for the second time in school history. Delegates representing 12 countries, 120 schools, and over 225,000 students attend more than 80 workshop sessions.
2025 The 77,000-square-foot Zierk Athletic Center opens, providing many features, most notably the 850-seat Hicks Gym and the collegiate-level, 12-lane Levering Pool.
FOUNDATION OF EXCELLENCE
Endowed Chairs
Established by generous gifts from alumni, parents, and friends of the School, endowed chairs are one of the ways St. Mark’s recognizes excellence among the faculty. The current number of endowed teaching chairs stands at 22, including five endowed department chairs and the Headmaster’s endowed position.
These teachers are expected to be outstanding in the classroom, to serve as leaders within the School, and to
David W. Dini
Eugene McDermott Headmaster
B.A., Southern Methodist University
M.L.A., Southern Methodist University
Fletcher H. Carron
Stephen M. Seay ’68 Science Department Chair
B.S., Rice University
D. Scott Hunt
Tony Vintcent
Fine Arts Department Chair
B.S., Texas A&M University – Commerce
M.F.A., Texas A&M University – Commerce
Jack Mallick ’14
Ahlberg & Ribman Family Director of Alumni Relations
B.S., Texas Christian University
K. Shane May
Thomas B. Walker III ’73
Mathematics Department Chair
B.S., University of Houston
M.Ed., Houston Baptist University
provide leadership in local, state, regional, and national topics pertaining to their disciplines.
Because the compensation of our Master Teaching Chairs is endowed, additional funds are available to provide competitive salaries and benefits to the entire faculty.
St. Mark’s faculty salaries are, by a considerable margin, among the highest in the region and in the top 10 percent among large day schools nationally.
Veronica G. Pulido
Al G. Hill ’63 Director of College Counseling
B.A., University of Notre Dame
M.S., University of Notre Dame
Mark Adame
Cecil H. and Ida Green Master Teaching Chair in Science
B.S., Texas A&M University
M.A.T., University of Texas at Dallas
Teri Broom
Ackerman Family Master Teaching Chair in Lower School
B.A., Virginia Tech University
J. Gregory Crook
Thomas S. Adams
Master Teaching Chair
B.A., College of William and Mary
Zuming Feng, Ph.D.
Suzanne and Patrick McGee
Family Master Teaching Chair in Mathematics
M.S., Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Michael R. Lane, Ph.D.
Leonard N. “Doc” Nelson
Alumni Master Teaching Chair
B.S., University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Janet Lin
Gene and Alice Oltrogge
Master Teaching Chair
B.A., Universal Journalism College
B.A., Soochow University
Nancy G. Marmion
J.J. Connolly
Master Teaching Chair
B.A., College of William and Mary
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Tracey McKenzie
Founders’ Master Teaching Chair
B.A., Texas Southern University
M.A., American Intercontinental University
John S. Mead
Eugene McDermott Master
Teaching Chair in Science
B.A., Duke University
M.A.T., Duke University
Amy J. Pool
The Sally & Edward Genecov
Master Teaching Chair
B.S., Portland State University
M.S., Portland State University
Lynne M. Weber Schwartz
Trustee Master Teaching Chair
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., University of Dallas
Martin F. Stegemoeller, Ph.D.
Malcolm K. and Minda Brachman
Master Teaching Chair
B.A., Northwestern University
M.A., Vanderbilt University
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
GayMarie Vaughan, D.L.S.
Victor F. White Master
Teaching Chair in English
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.A.T., University of Texas at Dallas
M.A.S., University of Dallas
D.L.S., Southern Methodist University
Bruce C. Westrate, Ph.D.
Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Master Teaching Chair in Humanities
B.A., University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
M.A., University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Ph.D., University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Position Currently Open
Arnold E. Holtberg
Master Teaching Chair
Position Currently Open
Cecil H. and Ida Green
Master Teaching Chair
Life Skills
Teaching grades 1–12 on a single campus, St. Mark’s has the unique opportunity to support boys during the sometimes stressful transition between grades. With each new year, boys are given more independence as well as more responsibilities. To help them find balance in their schoolwork and personal lives, Dr. Gabby Reed, Director of the Marksman Wellness Center, along with a team of faculty, teach Health and Wellness to boys from grades 4 to 12. Beyond the universal lessons of time management and decisionmaking, boys learn about issues that are relatively new to this generation: balancing a healthy level of “screen time,” addressing the use of alcohol and drugs, and understanding the messaging within advertisements. The curriculum in Life Skills dovetails with St. Mark’s wider Character and Leadership Education and introduces students to a range of topics and skills that maturing boys need to address.
A PLACE TO THRIVE
Academic life
lower school
The academic program in the Lower School offers courses in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and Spanish, as well as performing and fine arts. Physical education involves an extensive developmental program, and a nonsectarian chapel program stimulates spiritual reflections twice a week. The study of Spanish begins in first grade, and in fourth grade, language arts, social studies, and study skills are combined to form the humanities classes. Teachers seek to DEVELOP STRONG STUDY AND LIFE SKILLS, including how to maintain concentration, work well both independently and as a member of a group, persevere when confronted with difficulty, learn from mistakes, and enjoy work that is done well.
middle school
Energy, enthusiasm, curiosity about whom one is becoming, a desire to be nurtured while seeking adult responsibilities—these traits and more define the middle schooler. Instruction is based as much on the PROCESS OF LEARNING as it is on the product of learning. Rigorous academic expectations, coupled with a variety of co-curricular offerings, shape lifelong habits and interests. Boys are taught that striving to do one’s best and developing new talents can be as rewarding and fulfilling as achieving established goals. Courses in fine arts and physical education or interscholastic athletics complement instruction in humanities, mathematics, language, and science. Middle School boys participate in outdoor education programs during their Middle School years, culminating in the Pecos Wilderness Trip the summer before their freshman year.
upper school
Upper School at St. Mark’s is a challenging, stimulating, close-knit environment that encourages young men to develop individual talents, pursue varied interests, and challenge themselves in and out of the classroom. Programmatic studies and a culture of brotherhood promote the six vital qualities of integrity, confidence, judgment, passion, ethics, and balance. A strong and comprehensive college preparatory curriculum ensures that students gain BREADTH AND DEPTH in the arts and sciences, going well beyond the acquisition of factual information, to develop keen analytical and problemsolving skills. A wide array of cocurricular offerings in athletics, fine arts, community service, and leadership allow boys to contribute to the School community and extend their talents and interests. Academic offerings in the Upper School include honors and Advanced Placement courses in language, biology, chemistry, environmental science, physics, mathematics, computer science, English, and history. To develop the habit of serving the broader community, students perform a minimum of 15 hours of community service each year in a variety of programs in the Dallas area.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:
The academic year comprises two semesters. Students must complete the equivalent of 18 full-year courses in the Upper School, including but not limited to: four English, three history and social sciences, three laboratory sciences, three language, three mathematics, one fine art, and one elective. Students must also complete 2.5 PE/athletic credits and 60 total hours of community service. During the last year of Upper School, students are required to complete a SENIOR EXHIBITION where they demonstrate a talent, skill, or interest to students and members of the faculty.
For the 16th time in 18 years, St. Mark’s photography has been named the “TOP PROGRAM” by the Association of Texas Photography Instructors.
Campus Facilities
St. Mark’s School of Texas is on approximately 40 acres in the Preston Hollow area of North Dallas. Since moving to its current location more than 70 years ago, the School has developed an EXTRAORDINARY CAMPUS through an extensive, long-range campus master plan. Although the focus has always been on the students and faculty, St. Mark’s has long been known for having worldclass facilities.
Today, the St. Mark’s campus stands among the most modern and well-developed schools in the United States. Facilities at 10600 Preston Road include seven major academic buildings, a freestanding Lower School, two libraries, two gymnasiums, a pool, a wrestling center, a chapel, a fine arts center and music building, an alumni
commons and reception hall, extensive playing fields, a field house, and a state-of-the-art turf stadium with a national-class-level track and field facility with a Beynon® encapsulated synthetic surface.
The School garnered national acclaim in the 1960s for the opening of the McDermott-Green Science & Mathematics Quadrangle. A half century later, St. Mark’s took A LEAP FORWARD in science education with the construction of the Winn Science Center and the renovation of the McDermott-Green Science Building. Students are now learning in a cuttingedge science facility complete with a planetarium, greenhouse, lecture hall, a makerspace, and dedicated lab spaces for DNA science, robotics, Lower School science, and more.
Campus Facilities (cont.)
St. Mark’s Chapel
The Chapel is perhaps the most recognizable landmark on campus. Apart from weekly, nonsectarian services, the St. Mark’s Chapel also hosts a monthly Service of Choral Evensong, talks from guest speakers, spring Baccalaureate, and a Festival of Lessons & Carols during the holidays. The world-renowned St. Mark’s Choir performs at many of these services, accompanied by the Roosevelt Family Pipe Organ.
Dedicated in 2008, the LEED Silver-certified Centennial Hall is the primary academic and administrative building on campus, housing the Upper and Middle School administration, faculty offices, and classrooms that feature large, conference-style Harkness tables to facilitate natural discussion and group learning.
Robert K. Hoffman Center
The LEED Silver-certified Hoffman Center, which was dedicated in 2008, created additional classroom and office space. The Center offers a state-of-the-art home for the School’s nationally renowned journalism program and debate team. The building also houses the Paul Weadon Language Lab, the College Counseling offices, and the senior lounge.
Nearburg Hall
At the entrance to the main Quad, Nearburg Hall is the first stop for visitors and houses the offices of Business, Admission, and Development & Alumni Relations. The first floor features two large meeting areas, and the second floor includes several Middle School classrooms and the Wood & Metal studio.
W.W.
Browning, Jr.,
Great Hall & A. Earl Cullum, Jr., Alumni Commons
Built in 1994, the Alumni Commons hosts large gatherings, including Spring Alumni Dinner and the All-School Christmas Party. The Commons also houses the Student Store and serves as a common area and corridor between the main Quad and the athletic fields. Within the Commons, more than 1,000 students, faculty, and staff enjoy lunch in the W.W. Browning, Jr., Great Hall every day.
Centennial Hall
Athletic Facilities
The Norma & Lamar Hunt Family Stadium is the School’s main outdoor athletic field for varsity competition, including football, soccer, lacrosse, and track & field. A lighted, all-weather turf stadium is surrounded by an eight-lane Tartan track. Bordering the stadium are the multipurpose Silcock Field, Montgomery Field, Ruff Field, Ralph B. Rogers Family Fieldhouse, Winn Wrestling Center, Albert G. Hill Tennis Center, Mullen Fitness Center, and Spencer Gym. Dedicated in 2025, the Zierk Athletic Center provides 70,000 square feet of space, including Hicks Gym and Levering Pool.
This spacious auditorium, equipped with state-of-the-art sound and lighting, hosts hundreds of events throughout the year, from weekly assemblies and theater productions to musical performances and guest speakers. The Center also includes visual and performing arts studios and the Eamonn Lacey Black Box Theater, which support a world-class fine arts program.
Fojtasek Family Lower School
The Lower School is home to grades 1 to 4 and features an extensive fine arts wing for creative learning. Nearly every square foot of wall space is covered in vibrant colors, posters, maps, and photos to inspire and enthrall young boys. The dedicated fine arts wing is home to the music, art, and drama rooms, as well as a pottery kiln.
Cecil & Ida Green Library and the Lower School Library
The campus houses two libraries: The Cecil & Ida Green Library serves Middle and Upper School students, while the Lower School Library serves boys in grades 1-4. In addition to providing a wide range of print and digital books, periodicals, databases and more, the librarians also work to educate boys on the ever-evolving landscape of information literacy. Working with faculty, the libraries support curricular needs across all divisions and academic disciplines. Together, the two libraries offer more than 59,000 print publications, 3,600 eBooks, and 100 available databases.
The Winn Science Center and the McDermott-Green Science Building
Dedicated in 2019, the Winn Science Center and McDermott-Green Science Building provide a combined 75,000 square feet of new and renovated classrooms, labs, common areas, and offices. Students and teachers of all disciplines use this state-of-the-art facility, including a makerspace, DNA lab, planetarium, greenhouse, lecture hall, and more.
H. Ben Decherd Fine Arts Center
CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
FINE ARTS
St. Mark’s believes in a HOLISTIC EDUCATION and encourages its students to expand their minds beyond the classroom and playing fields. Students are offered a wide range of artistic outlets to explore, including its nationally recognized and award-winning programs in photography, ceramics, woodworking, choir, drama, painting, drawing, debate, band, film, and orchestra.
Students are introduced to the arts in first grade and are provided an ever-increasing ARRAY OF CREATIVE DISCIPLINES to delve into as their career progresses. Many boys ‘discover’ hidden talents through the arts and go on to great creative accomplishments.
In the past five years, three seniors have been named PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS IN THE ARTS, of only 20 students in the nation to do so each year.
Student works have appeared in film festivals and won national art competitions. Student musicians have toured internationally and been recognized at state and national competitions. Graduates have gone on to win Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, and been inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
A gifted athlete with a knack for acting or a science scholar who is also a talented artist is common on campus. It is a product of nurturing all aspects of a student.
Wood and Metal
Choir
Band
Film
Photography
Science
St. Mark’s opened the doors to two cutting-edge facilities and began a new chapter of science education in 2019.
The Science Center Project was a years-long undertaking by St. Mark’s to REVOLUTIONIZE ITS SCIENCE EDUCATION FACILITIES and foster intellectual curiosity for future generations of students. Following a seed gift of $10 million by the Winn Family Foundation, the School secured gifts from 60 other families to fully fund the project prior to the start of construction.
The new Winn Science Center and the renovated McDermott-Green Science Building together include 75,000 square feet of state-of-the-art science education facilities. Marksmen of all ages explore their scientific curiosities through the buildings’ modern classrooms, laboratories, greenhouse, makerspace, lecture hall, and theater-
style planetarium. These are among the environments that will serve as INCUBATORS FOR STUDENTS to explore disciplines including engineering, robotics, DNA science, bioengineering, and computer science.
Beyond the sciences, these facilities also support learning and community across campus. Drama productions use the spacious atrium while history classes explore ancient battlefields through immersive planetarium shows. In every corner of the buildings, chairs and tables provide gathering places where students can collaborate and study.
Teachers and students are just beginning to realize the FULL POTENTIAL of these facilities. In the coming years, teachers across campus will find new and exciting ways that spaces can help ignite the curiosity of their students and forward the mission of St. Mark’s.
Mosle Family Engineering Shop
Lower School science classroom
Planetarium
McDermott-Green Science Building
Winn Science Center video wall
Chapel Council
Upper School Chapel Council members serve as school leaders in interfaith dialogue through three primary initiatives:
Interfaith Visits Visit a variety of religious and spiritual congregations in the greater DFW area to develop a greater appreciation for the many religious traditions that shape our world.
Interfaith Guests — Host spiritual and religious leaders from across the North Texas community to share information and perspectives with students about their traditions.
Interfaith Roundtables — Organized conversations about a variety of topics, such as: How do I practice my religious identity? What makes me most proud of my religious tradition? Where was I before I was born? Why do bad things happen to good people?
Lower School Chapel Council, guided by Upper School members, has its own programs. They give Chapel talks, perform skits promoting positive values, host guest speakers, and serve as leaders during special services such as Grandparents’ Day, Birthday Chapels, and Father-Son Chapels.
Chapel Program
s a nonsectarian school, St. Mark’s seeks to develop an atmosphere of free and open inquiry into the various aspects of religious belief and spiritual practice. The School’s goal is to assist students to clarify their principles, assess their values and learn to act responsibly based on their convictions as well as to develop lifelong habits of CONTEMPLATION AND REFLECTION useful to them as mature adults and as conscientious members in our contemporary global civil society.
The mission of a nonsectarian chapel program is to provide spiritual and moral formation through the diversity of spiritual and ethical traditions reflected across our community. The Chaplain, an Episcopal priest, serves as a teacher in addition to leading Chapel services, guiding the student-driven Chapel Council program and providing pastoral care for boys, faculty and staff, families and alumni.
A Chapel service at St. Mark’s is one of the places where our students engage with IMPORTANT TOPICS IN LIFE. Young people today want to know why people are different and yet, how they are the same. Why do some people eat meat and others don’t? When people say that they pray, what do they actually do? Why do we celebrate different holidays? Are religions around the world really just the same at their cores or do they prioritize values differently and uniquely? The Chapel program is a safe place for the boys to ask these big questions in life.
Embedded historically in the Episcopal tradition, these services handle these questions through a RICH MIXTURE of music, sacred literature, congregational prayers and Chapel talks. Chapel services are held weekly in all three divisions and reflect the broad diversity of our community.
Chapel services include a variety of themes:
Sampling of Spiritual Celebrations: Yom Kippur, Diwali, Hannukah, Christmas, Easter, Eid al-Fitr
Sampling of Other Chapel Celebrations: Convocations, Step-Up Chapels, Matriculation Chapels, Banner Chapel, Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, Lunar New Year, Veterans’ Day, Baccalaureate
Community members, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni, regularly speak during Chapel services, sharing personal experiences that touch on a wide range of topics.
The Chapel is also home to the St. Mark’s Choir, one of the world’s PREEMINENT BOYS’ CHOIRS. The Choir sings for many beloved and long-standing traditions of the St. Mark’s community, including monthly services of Choral Evensong in the Anglican choral tradition, the annual Festival of Lessons and Carols, Baccalaureate, and regular Chapel services during the academic term.
The Chapel’s 24-bell Roosevelt Family Carillon marks key moments of the day with melodies such as The Bells of St. Mark’s and the Alma Mater. A keyboard in the chapel tower also allows trained students to play the bronze bells on SPECIAL OCCASIONS, like Commencement.
Physical Education & Athletics
Physical education and athletics are important elements in St. Mark’s quest to develop MEN OF CHARACTER. The physical education program prepares students to live a healthy life by developing athletic potential, lifelong wellness habits, and an appreciation for the benefits of health and personal fitness. The interscholastic sports program teaches boys the value of competition, cooperation, perseverance, and hard work. Boys participate in physical education classes in the Lower and Middle Schools and have the opportunity to begin participating in team sports in the seventh grade. Because athletic participation is highly valued at St. Mark’s, it is not uncommon for boys to participate in two, even three, varsity sports per year during Upper School.
St. Mark’s is COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE in athletics through sound instruction, maximum participation, and genuine competitiveness at every stage of the athletic program. We consider athletic participation complementary to the intellectual demands of the classroom and, therefore, strive for the classical ideal of “a sound mind in a sound body.” St. Mark’s employs a highly accomplished group of veteran coaches, trainers, and physical education teachers to guide, train, and mentor studentathletes. Included in this group are former collegiate athletes, former NCAA champions, a former Dallas Cowboy, and several St. Mark’s graduates.
The School offers modern athletic facilities, including a two-story Athletic Performance Center with extensive Olympic lifting platforms, free weights, resistance, and aerobic training, rehabilitation facilities, a multi-sport outdoor stadium with an all-weather playing surface, and a NATIONAL-CLASS LEVEL track and field facility with a Beynon® encapsulated synthetic surface.
The School also has multiple outdoor grass practice and playing surfaces, including two competition baseball facilities, a soccer field, as well as an indoor pool. A strong tradition of financial support also enables the School to offer SPECIALIZED SPORTS such as fencing, water polo, and crew in addition to mainstay sports like football, basketball, and lacrosse.
While the goal of the St. Mark’s athletic program is not necessarily to win as many championships as possible, Marksmen regularly bring home Southwest Preparatory Conference titles. We believe this accomplishment is a result of applying the same HIGH STANDARDS to athletics that are dedicated to the academic and artistic programs on campus.
In the past decade, St. Mark’s has won 18 SPC CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 11 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
varsity sports
St. Mark’s fields more varsity boys’ teams than any other school in the Southwest Preparatory Conference. The following is a list of the sports offered, as well as the number of Southwest Preparatory Conference championships won in each:
Baseball (21)
Basketball (18)
Cheerleading
Crew (15–state titles, 1–district title)
Cross-Country (19)
Fencing (6–state titles)
Football (20)
Golf (15)
Lacrosse (10 – SPC, 1– state title)
Soccer (15)
Swimming (26)
Tennis (25)
Track & Field (39)
Volleyball (14)
Water Polo (13 –state titles)
Wrestling (37–SPC, 13–state titles)
PATH TO MANHOOD
Character & Leadership
At St. Mark’s, we approach teaching the habits of character and the skills of leadership with the same intentionality we apply to teaching the academic disciplines. Our CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP EDUCATION CURRICULUM is comprehensive, spanning grades 1–12 and guided by defined learning outcomes for Lower, Middle, and Upper School. Our mission is to develop boys into good men and to provide our students with essential concepts, virtues, and skills that will help them thrive and will, in turn, allow them to contribute to the well-being of their communities.
lower school
As a starting point of Character and Leadership education at St. Mark’s, the Lower School introduces students to fundamental concepts, habits, and skills that form a SOLID FOUNDATION for each boy’s growth at St. Mark’s. Guided by a shared vocabulary and defined outcomes, Lower School teachers integrate these foundational concepts into daily classroom activities. By the end of 4th grade, our youngest Marksman will be able to articulate, explain, and put into practice essential concepts to help them thrive as boys.
middle school
Building upon the foundation of Lower School, while helping new students transition to St. Mark’s, the Middle School reviews essential concepts, habits, and skills while also introducing new ideas to nurture the development of each boy’s character and capacity for leadership. Through a series of guided, division-wide conversations, boys reflect on key concepts and record their understandings in the PATH TO MANHOOD PORTFOLIO. By the end of 8th grade, students will be able to articulate, explain, and demonstrate their mastery of concepts and skills of caregiving.
upper school
Continuing to review the essential concepts, virtues, and skills learned in Middle School while also introducing additional ideas, Upper School Character and Leadership education is integrated in both curricular and co-curricular programs. Guided by DEFINED OUTCOMES and shared resources, teachers, coaches, and advisors blend essential concepts into their work with the boys so that by the end of 12th grade, students will be able to demonstrate mastery of topics and skills that allow them to thrive by caring for others and contributing to their communities.
MEET THE DIRECTOR
For 20 years, David Brown (pictured right) structured his English classes with the School’s Character & Leadership mission as his bedrock. Through collaboration, research, and 45 years of experience, he honed courses that became standards in the application of Character & Leadership to academic pursuit. He now manages fulltime the challenge to enhance the School’s C&L mission for grades 1–12.
In addition to his responsibilities with C&L, Brown sponsors St. Mark’s annual Literary Festival.
Brown holds a B.A. from Oral Roberts University, an M.A. from San Diego State University, and an M.F.A. from Pennsylvania State University.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Student Highlights
Middle Schooler Named National Math Champion
After a year of advancing through the MathCounts competition series, Nathan Liu ’29 has been crowned the 2025 National Champion. Nathan attended the national competition, held in Washington, D.C., as one of four students representing Texas.
Nathan began the weekend by participating in three written math competitions against more than 220 other students. He finished first overall heading into the final elimination bracket and arrived at the one-on-one championship round undefeated. After a tense back-and-forth, Nathan clinched the final point on the question:
“A regular octahedron has a surface area that is 44% greater than the surface area of a smaller regular octahedron. This smaller octahedron has a volume of 1,000 in³. What is the volume, in cubic inches, of the larger octahedron?”
Before the moderator had even finished the question, Nathan buzzed in and confidently answered: “1,728 in³.” As national champion, Nathan receives a $20,000 scholarship, in addition to a $2,500 scholarship for finishing first in the written portion.
Student Publications Sweep National Awards
St. Mark’s student publications recently collected an impressive sweep of awards and accolades from both state and national organizations.
At the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s convention at Columbia University in New York, six publications from the 2023-2024 school year received prestigious Crown awards, which are given to the top scholastic publications in the country.
On the state level, student journalists earned a slew of awards from the Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC), the journalism arm of the University Interscholastic League. The ReMarker Editor-in-Chief Hilton Sampson ’25 was named Newspaper Editor of the Year; Marksmen Editor-in-Chief Teddy Fleiss ’25 was named Runner-up in the Yearbook Editor of the Year competition; and smremarker.com Editor-in-Chief Will Clifford ’25 was runner-up in the prestigious Texas Journalist of the Year competition.
Across a range of Individual Achievement Awards, from feature writing to podcasting, Marksmen earned 24 first-place, nine second-place, and 11 third-place finishes, and seven honorable mentions. Thirteen of these winners were further honored with the ILPC’s “Tops in Texas Award”.
Lacrosse Wins State
St. Mark’s capped off a dominant postseason run with a 7–3 victory over the Maroons of Austin High School to claim the 2025 Texas High School Lacrosse League (THSLL) Class A State Championship. Entering the tournament as the top seed, the Lions earned their place in the final with hard-fought wins over Strake Jesuit (5–3) and Memorial High School (12–9), setting up a highly anticipated matchup against the Maroons.
In the title game, Weston Chance ’26 put St. Mark’s on the board early, controlling possession and keeping the pressure on Austin throughout the first half. The Maroons managed to equalize before halftime, but the second half belonged to the Lions. Matthew Weir ’27 reignited the offense in the third quarter, followed by a powerful drive and goal from Chance, who muscled past a defender to give the Lions a 3–1 edge. With momentum building, Mac Saye ’27 added another tally, and Chance completed his hat trick with a laser from close range.
Tournament honors went to several Lions: Saye was named Offensive MVP, Rocco Renda ’26 earned Defensive MVP, and Chance received Overall Most Valuable Player for his standout performance throughout the tournament. With grit, depth, and relentless execution, the Lions delivered a championship performance worthy of their top-seed status.
Quiz Bowl Defends National Title
St. Mark’s Quiz Bowl teams traveled to Chicago to compete in the Small School National Championship and, once again, brought home the six-foot championship trophy.
The A-Team, consisting of captain Surya Dinesh ’25, Andy Li ’26, Tony Lu ’27, and John Paul Hanks ’28, climbed to the finals with a 10-0 record in the preliminary rounds, and went on to take first place in the national championship after two victories against the undefeated #1 seed. Along with the first-place victory, Dinesh was named one of the tournament’s top players, and Lu was named one of the tournament’s “Rising Stars” for their incredible efforts. This is the team’s second consecutive national title.
St. Mark’s B-Team, featuring Matthew Bybee ’25, Kevin Hong ’26, Chris Huang ’27, and Rishik Kapoor ’27, also had a 10-0 run in the preliminary rounds and ended up finishing 17th overall.
The C-Team, consisting of Marksmen Jeremy Mau ’25, Tejas Allada ’26, Aryaman Lahoti ’26, and Sebastian Garcia-Toledo ’28, finished strong with a 6-4 record, earning playoff eligibility and winning seventh place overall.
Campus Life
Outdoor Education
Outdoor education is an integral part of the St. Mark’s experience. Confronting some of life’s basic problems in the wilderness under the guidance of skilled and caring adults can help boys learn to cope with uncertainty while gaining SELF-CONFIDENCE and self-reliance. Students learn the skills of an outdoorsman at the same time they develop their ability to organize and lead others. The Wilderness Program begins with campouts in the sixth grade and culminates with a 10-day trip to the Pecos Wilderness in New Mexico between eighth and ninth grade. The Pecos Trip is a rite of passage to the Upper School and a longstanding St. Mark’s tradition.
Community service
St. Mark’s believes in the importance of student engagement, service, and leadership within their communities. The community service program seeks to develop the habit of community involvement, awaken concern for those coping with hardship, and encourage a SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY for the environment. A meaningful and flexible program of mandatory community service can raise social awareness, broaden outlooks, teach sound leadership skills, and promote moral and ethical values. The program distinguishes between community service and charity through its emphasis on the educational, person-to-person nature of service, which enables students to play a beneficial role in the Dallas community.
Alumni Association
The Alumni Association exists to advance the well-being of the School, to sustain its high standards, and to promote a close relationship between St. Mark’s and its alumni. The Alumni Board comprises more than 40 members and meets regularly to enhance local and regional programming and FOSTER ENGAGEMENT around the country and the world. Regional clubs have formed in seven cities across the nation and young alumni serve their campuses as college ambassadors.
THE LEE S. SMITH ’65 COURAGE & HONOR AWARD
The award recognizes an alumnus of the St. Mark’s community who demonstrates courage, honor, perseverance, and justice, in the communities to which they belong by using his voice and actions to affect measurable change to elevate humanity.
The award is named in honor of Lee S. Smith ’65, the School’s first Black student, who served as an exemplar of the ideals of the award as a student at St. Mark’s and throughout his professional and personal life.
Past Recipients
2023 – Dr. David M. Vanderpool ’78 2024 – Matthew L. Osborne ’90 2025 – COL Cedric G. Lee ’96 (pictured right)
There are OVER 70 CLUBS on campus, ranging from philosophy, ping-pong, stock market, neuroscience, squash, artificial intelligence, comedy, film, Meals on Wheels, physics, history, armed forces, politics, blues, power lifting, cooking, conservation, improv, and dozens more.
STARS OF THE PRIDE
Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipients
The Distinguished Alumnus Award recognizes achievement of exceptional nature in any field, vocational or voluntary, covering an entire career. Because the award is defined by its recipients, it has been given sparingly.
1987 ~ P. O’B. Montgomery, Jr. ’38
Professor of Pathology and Associate Dean at Southwestern Medical School
Special Assistant to the Chancellor of the University of Texas System
Executive Director of the Cancer Center at the UT Health Science Center
President of the St. Mark’s Board of Trustees (1974–1976) and Life Trustee
1988 ~ Samuel W. Papert, Jr. ’37
First editor-in-chief of The Roundtable, predecessor to The ReMarker school newspaper
Recognized by the Advisory Council of the University of Texas College of Communication with a fund and a room named in his honor
Served on boards and committees for Goodwill Industries, Red Cross, Timberlawn Research Foundation, and the Salesmanship Club
1989 ~ Ray L. Hunt ’61
First recipient of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce Erik Jonsson Award
Order of Marib (given by the North Yemeni Government)
CEO, President, and Chairman of the Board of Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Appointed to the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board in 2001
1990 ~ Tommy Lee Jones ’65
Oscar-winning actor and director
“Best Actor” Emmy for The Executioner’s Song
“Best Supporting Actor” Academy Award for The Fugitive
“Best Actor” at the Cannes Film Festival for his directorial-debut feature film, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
1991 ~ Carl Sewell ’61
Owner of Sewell Automotive Companies
Co-author of Customers for Life, a best-seller published by Doubleday in 1990 (also named best business book in 1990)
“America’s King of Customer Service”
President of the St. Mark’s Board of Trustees (2000–2002) and Life Trustee
1992 ~ Robert K. Hoffman ’65
Co-founder and managing editor of National Lampoon magazine
Longtime CEO of The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of the Southwest (the fifth-largest bottling enterprise in the country)
Significant contributions to the Dallas Arboretum (Chairman of the Board), Southwestern Medical Center, and the Dallas Museum of Art (trustee)
President of the St. Mark’s Board of Trustees (1983–1986) and Life Trustee
1994 ~ Michael R. Levy ’64
Founder and publisher of Texas Monthly
First recipient of Travis County Medical Society’s Community Citation for Distinguished Service Award
Member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, and the World Presidents’ Organization
1999 Henry Johnson Fisher Award (for magazine professionals)
1995 ~ William Clarkson IV ’66
St. Mark’s Chaplain and chairman of the religion department (1975–1980)
Assistant Headmaster and Headmaster of the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia
President of The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia
1998 ~ Robert W. Decherd ’69
Chairman, President and CEO of Belo Corp.
Chairman, Parks for Downtown Dallas
Member of the board of directors, lead director, and chairman of the Executive Committee of Kimberly-Clark Corporation
President of the St. Mark’s Board of Trustees (1988–1991) and Life Trustee
2002 ~ Ross Perot, Jr. ’77
CEO, Perot Systems
Founder and Chairman, Hillwood Development Corporation
Developer of Fort Worth Alliance Airport
Co-piloted the first around-the-world helicopter flight
President of the St. Mark’s Board of Trustees (2004–2006) and Life Trustee
Steve Miller ’61
Clark Hunt ’83
Ross Perot, Jr. ’77
Robert Edsel ’75
Alan Stern ’75
2005 ~ Stephen T. Jurvetson ’85
Co-founder, Future Ventures
Co-chairman, with former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, of the NanoBusiness Alliance
Founding venture capital investor in Hotmail, Interwoven, and Kana
2005 Young Global Leader, named by the World Economic Forum
2007 ~ Steve Miller ’61
Multi-platinum recording artist
Producer of more than 20 albums, including such hits as The Joker, Book of Dreams, Fly Like an Eagle, Greatest Hits, and Abracadabra
Leader of the legendary Steve Miller Band
2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
2009 ~ Alan Stern ’75
Principal Investigator of NASA’s New Horizons mission, oversaw the historic first flybys of Pluto in 2015 and the Kuiper Belt
Object Ultima Thule in 2019
Twice named by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world
Served as NASA’s chief of all space and Earth science programs, directing a $4.4 billion organization with 93 separate flight missions and a program of over 3,000 research grants
Delivered the St. Mark’s Commencement Address (2008)
2011 ~ Robert M. Edsel ’75
Formed Gemini Exploration, a leader in horizontal drilling
Established Monuments Men Foundation
Received National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush in 2007
Served as Trustee of St. Mark’s and President of the Alumni Association
Wrote the book that inspired the George Clooney film The Monuments Men
2013 ~ Kurt Eichenwald ’79
New York Times reporter and bestselling author of four books
Wrote the book that inspired the 2009 film
The Informant
Uncovered numerous corporate fraud and malfeasance scandals
2015 ~ Ken Hersh ’81
Co-founder of NGP Energy Capital Management
Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the World Economic Forum
Gave $5 million gift to build the Hoffman Center at St. Mark’s
President of the St. Mark’s Board of Trustees (2010–2012)
Named President and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in 2016
2018 ~ John Nance ’64
Aviation analyst for ABC World News and the aviation editor for Good Morning America
New York Times bestselling author of 19 books, both fiction and nonfiction
Logged more than 13,700 hours of flight time as a military and commercial pilot
Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War and Gulf War
2020 ~ Victor Vescovo ’84
Broke the undersea depth record, diving 35,853 feet into the Challenge Deep
Completed the Five Deeps Expedition, exploring the deepest point in all five oceans
Completed the Explorers Grand Slam, climbing the Seven Summits and reaching the North and South Poles
Co-founder of Insight Equity
Former U.S. Navy Reserve intelligence officer
2022 ~ Clark Hunt ’83
Chairman & CEO of Kansas City Chiefs, Super Bowl IV, LIV, LVII, LVIII Champions Chairman of the NFL Finance Committee
Founding Investor-Owner of Major League Soccer
Chairman of Hunt Sports Group, overseeing FC Dallas soccer team
President of the St. Mark’s Board of Trustees (2018-2020)
2024 ~ Steve Winn ’64
Founder of RealPage
Founder & CEO of Mirasol Capital
Board Chairman of Cosm, an immersive entertainment, media, and technology company
Winn Family Foundation served as catalyst for the St. Mark’s Science Center Project
Alumni facts
More than 4,200 alumni worldwide
Regional clubs in Austin, Boston, Houston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.
Annual events in more than 30 cities around the country
~ Homecoming in the Fall and Alumni Weekend in the Spring
60 percent alumni participation in the 2024–2025 St. Mark’s Fund, with gifts totaling more than $3 million
Access to the Alumni Association’s Online Alumni Database for networking and career mentoring St. Mark’s Alumni live in 48 states and 25 countries
~ Over 40 St. Mark’s College Ambassadors at universities across the country
~ More than 73 percent participation in the St. Mark’s Fund from the 15 youngest alumni classes
Steve Winn ’64
Victor Vescovo ’84
Access & Affordability
Tuition
A St. Mark’s education is an investment that will PAY DIVIDENDS for life. By providing an extensive financial aid program as well as tuition financing options, St. Mark’s helps families find manageable ways to afford their son’s education. The St. Mark’s endowment and other funds contribute nearly $14,000 to the actual cost of educating each boy in addition to tuition and fees paid by families. A new student fee of $1,500 is required for first-year students.
Financial Aid
St. Mark’s admits qualified boys regardless of their financial circumstances. The School actively seeks students who represent VARIED SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS. An extensive need-based tuition assistance program, which includes a significant middle-income fund, will provide awards in the current year totaling more than $3 million to over 14 percent of the student body.
Tuition assistance awards are based on need and require annual qualification. Awards are recommended by the St. Mark’s Financial Aid Committee using information provided by applicant families and qualification information. Awards are communicated to applicant families with their admission decision in March.
Two Marksmen have won the SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
admission team
Anna Crouch
Director of Enrollment Management
administrative team
David Dini
Eugene McDermott Headmaster
Kerry Schneidewind
Director of Admission Operations
John Ashton Associate Headmaster
Korey Mack ’00
Director of Student Recruitment
William Atkinson ’95
Head of Upper School
Alicia Alvarez
Admission Coordinator
Dean Clayman
Head of Middle School
Jennifer Jackson
Admission Office Administrator
Marion Glorioso-Kirby Head of Lower School
To apply or learn more about St. Mark’s, visit www.smtexas.org/Apply
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
St. Mark’s School of Texas is a nonsectarian, college-preparatory, independent day school for boys in grades 1–12. The Charter states that the School is “designed to afford its students well-rounded physical, intellectual, moral, and religious training and instruction.” The St. Mark’s Board of Trustees intends for the School to be a diverse community of teachers and students who share a love of learning and who strive for high achievement in whatever they undertake.
Challenging studies in the Sciences, Arts, and Humanities form the basis of a St. Mark’s education. Teachers work to instill an enthusiasm for learning, to encourage independent and critical judgment, and to demonstrate the methods for making sound inquiries and for effective communications. To complement this academic experience, St. Mark’s offers boys a rich variety of opportunities for involvement and leadership in the School community and on its playing fields. Whether academic or non-academic, activities at St. Mark’s should motivate students to realize their potential, rewarding those who strive as well as those who achieve.
St. Mark’s aims to prepare young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world. To this end, the School professes and upholds certain values. These values include the discipline of postponing immediate gratification in the interests of earning eventual, hard-won satisfaction; the responsibility of defending one’s own ideas, of respecting the views of others, and of accepting the consequences for one’s own actions; and an appreciation for the lively connection between knowledge and responsibility and the obligation to serve.
St. Mark’s School of Texas does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.