Award-Winning Speakers Encourage Spartans at 2025 Literary Festival

Oscar-nominated director and Austin-based filmmaker Greg Kwedar was among the impressive group of 14 featured guest speakers for the 2025 Literary Festival, a biennial all-school celebration of writing. Student moderators led Q&A-style sessions catered toward Middle and Upper School students. The different genres of speakers included:

• Authors (young adult, true crime, short stories)

• Filmmakers

Screenwriters

• A reality TV show producer

• A podcast producer

• Nationally acclaimed journalists virtually

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Featured Guest Speakers

Director and Screenwriter

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, St. Stephen’s track teams started their spring season on a newly resurfaced track at Denius Stadium. The community hosted a special ceremony where Middle and Upper School runners marked the occasion by jogging 200 meters through a red ribbon-style finish line.

Winter & Spring SPC

The Girls Varsity Soccer team capped off an incredible season by beating The Hockaday School (Dallas, Texas) 2-1 to win the SPC 4A Championship! We celebrate the competitive spirit and character of all Spartan athletes.

Watt Wilkinson ’25 showing off Spartans’ hardware at the Varsity Swimming & Diving SPC 4A Championship Meet

SPC 4A Champions

Girls Varsity Soccer

SPC 4A Runners-Up

Boys Varsity Cross Country

Boys Varsity Swimming & Diving

Girls Varsity Swimming & Diving

Boys Varsity Tennis

SPC 3A

Boys Varsity Lacrosse

Boys Varsity Swimming & Diving won 11 out of 12 events and set three SPC records!