Flight Academy Opens With

St. Mary’s Ryken Flight Academy Opens With 24 Flight Simulators

A new STEM lab with 24 flight simulators opened this year in Paschal Hall. Called the SMR Flight Academy, the interactive classroom provides students with an opportunity to gain insight into the field of aviation. In the Flight Academy, students will use simulators to feel what it is like to be a pilot and see how math and science principles are used in flight.

Students enrolled in the Scholars Program Engineering Pathway, which focuses on aerospace engineering, will especially benefit from the simulators, which will be integrated into their curriculum.

“The Flight Academy allows us to take what we learned in our Aerospace Engineering class about how a plane moves and how its instruments function, and compare it to an actual simulation of flying a plane,” said Jack DeLucco ’23. “It allows us to understand the topics better by seeing as opposed to just being told how they function.” Students exploring other curriculums will have access to the space as well through extracurricular activities and clubs with a focus on sustainability, the environment and math.

The Flight Academy will also be available for Summer Knights summer camps, middle school STEM activities and other programs open to the public. For more information about the Flight Academy, visit www.smrhs.org/ FlightAcademy.

The Flight Academy is an interactive classroom that provides students with an opportunity to gain insight into the field of aviation. Pictured, from left: Kylan Burrell ’25, Ryan Hupp ’25 and Selam Taylor ’25

Welcome to the Class of 2026! Congratulations to

SMR is pleased to welcome 180

students Average GPA for incoming freshmen: 3.54

74

were accepted into the Scholars Program

From over 46

middle schools Middle schools with the highest number of admitted students: 19 • St. Johns Catholic School 18 • Father Andrew White, S.J. School 13 • St. Mary’s School, Bryantown

Marshall Flick with her siblings, Robert and Greenleigh, and parents, Stephanie ’97 and Jeffrey Ethan Nepini with his parents, Kimberly ’87 and Kevin

WELCOME HOME

OPEN HOUSE • OCTOBER 23 • 1 P.M.

the Class of 2026 Scholarship Winners!

Presidential

Liam Andres Luke Beamon Emma Braendeholm Ella Burghardt Alaina Burks Collin George Georgia Mudd David Munroe Louise Savvas Sofia Sola Jarrison Tharp Amelia Weilke

Principal

Gracen Armsworthy Joseph DiBonaventuro Alyssa Gensley Kelby Guy Devlin Kinslow Samuel McGee Annabelle Obe Brennan Rollins Kendall Tharp Katie Williams

Leadership

Lyla Bailey Alaina Burks Alexander Crane Luna Garner Alexandria Holliday Lindsey Jahn Howard Kennedy Justin Kennedy Devlin Kinslow Jayden Robinson Brennan Rollins Louise Savvas Lucas Sigafoose Sofia Sola Oliver Stevens Grace Wilcox

Dance Instrumental

Mason Currey Alyssa Gensley Emma McDonald Casuarina Pascarella Elias Russell Amelia Weilke Katie Williams

Theatre

Gracen Armsworthy Trinity Berry Alexandria Holliday Emma McDonald Amelia Weilke

Visual Art

Macey Bowles Luna Garner Kelby Guy Annabelle Obe Casuarina Pascarella Louise Savvas Sofia Sola Ava Wathen Gunnar Willen

Vocal

Gracen Armsworthy Trinity Berry Emma McDonald Louise Savvas Katie Williams

Blaine Whorl

Alaina Burks Emma McDonald Jamyson Miles Madeline VanCuren

Community Service

Angela Bradley Alexandria Holliday Amaya Mackall Louise Savvas Oliver Stevens Grace Wilcox

Join us to discover the difference a St. Mary’s Ryken education will make for your child!

Visit www.smrhs.org/OpenHouse to learn more.

Trinity Berry Abigail Ching Haley Ferrante Olivia Goodman

Piano

Gracen Armsworthy

Laurie Collins

Courtney Perraut Zachary Pugh Oliver Stevens

St. Thérèse Scholarship Matthew Lemke