COMMUNITY
St. Mark’s Episcopal School was founded in 1979 as a Christian outreach of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. St. Mark’s Church and School are located in Palm Beach County, Florida, 3 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean on Florida’s east coast.

SCHOOL
St. Mark’s, which was established by the clergy and parishioners as a preschool alternative emphasizing a loving and nurturing Christian environment, has grown steadily in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the National Association of Episcopal Schools and the Vestry of the Church. During the past twenty-eight years the following classrooms spaces and programs have been added: 1980—Kindergarten; 1982—Elementary Classes through Grade Six; 1995—Middle School; 2001—Robb Field Sports Complex; 2002—Fine Arts Classroom Building. The School is housed on a five acre site shared with the Church in addition to a six acre sports complex with multi-purpose field, courts and pavilion.

The enrollment capacity is 403 in the Lower School and 150 in the Middle School with a total school enrollment of 553.

SCHOOL MISSION
St. Mark’s Episcopal School provides an academically enriched program in a nurturing Christian environment.

ADMISSION CRITERIA
Admission is open to academically qualified students without regard to race, creed, gender or national origin. St. Mark’s Episcopal School seeks students from backgrounds who can contribute to and benefit from its PK4 through grade eight enriched program. Students must meet the School’s academic and behavioral standards.

ACCREDITATION
- Florida Council of Independent Schools
- Florida Kindergarten Council

MEMBERSHIPS

- Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida - National Association of Episcopal Schools - Florida Art Education Association - Florida Association of Media in Education - Florida Bandmasters Association - Florida Music Educator’s Association - Florida School Business Officers Association - International Reading Assocation - National Association for the Education of Young Children - National Association of Music Education

- National Association of School Business Officers - National Association of Secondary School Principals - National Association of Student Councils - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - National Junior Honor Society - National Middle School Association - National Science Teachers Association - Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce - Palm Beach County Business Development Board

TESTING
The Stanford Achievement Test Tenth Edition is required for all currently enrolled students in kindergarten through grade 8.

Stanford Achievement Test Tenth Edition Scores *

	TOTAL READING	TOTAL MATH	COMPLETE BATTERY
Lower School Mean K-5	84	86	83
Middle School Mean 6-8	83	84	83

* National Grade Percentile Ranks, April 2007

FACULTY
The professional staff, administrators and teachers, number 47. All teachers hold, at minimum, a bachelor’s degree and a State of Florida certificate or qualify as candidates for a Florida certificate.

CLASS OF 2007:
The 46 eighth grade graduates are attending the most prestigious private and public high school programs in Palm Beach County offered at the following: Cardinal Newman High School (9), Dreyfoos School of the Arts (2), Jupiter High School (2), Jupiter Christian High School (2), Palm Beach Gardens High School (5), South Fork High School/Martin County (2), Suncoast Community High School (13), The Benjamin School (5), William T. Dwyer High School (5) and out of state (1).

LOWER SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
PK4
The PK4 program is designed to allow children to develop their individual talents and abilities and to experience success in academic and social situations.

Grades K-5
The learning environment in the Lower School is designed to address the emotional, intellectual, physical, social and spiritual needs of each child. In addition to classroom instruction in language arts, mathematics, science and social studies, students receive instruction in art, Spanish, Christian education, music, physical education, science lab and library.

Special Events/Assemblies			Extracurricular Program
- Colonial Day - International Day - Fine Arts Week - Art Show - Author Assembly - Book Fair - Mother's Day Tea - Donuts with Daddy	- NASA field trip- 4th grade - St. Augustine trip- 5th grade - Fine Arts Assemblies - Musical Programs- K-5th grade - Grandparents’/Special Friend Day - Academic & Cultural Field Trips - Lions Love Literature Week		- Chorus - Chimes - Intramural sports - Newspaper - Safety Patrol	- Art - Chess - Computer - Tae Kwon Do - Science

Awards/Recognition:

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay Competition: First Place, Second Place, Third Place & Honorable Mention 9 students (2007)
• ArtiGras Youth Art Competition: Second Place & Honorable Mention (2007); Second Place & Honorable Mention (2006); Third Place & Honorable Mention (2005); Second Place & Honorable Mention (2004); First Place, Second Place & Five Honorable Mentions (2003)
• Lighthouse Center for the Arts Annual Community Students' Exhibition: Second Place (2007); First Place, Second Place, two Awards of Excellence (2005); Second Place (2004); Award of Excellence (2003), (2002)
• Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians & Jews Writing and Creative Arts Contest: Essay Contest - Honorable Mention (2007), (2005), (2003); Art - Third Place & Honorable Mention (2007)
• Florida Elementary All State Chorus: Two students selected (2007), (2006); one student selected (2004), (2003)
• Chorus performances: City Place, The Breakers Hotel, City of Palm Beach Gardens, Prosperity Oaks Retirement Facility, Meridian Park Women’s Club, Worth Avenue on Palm Beach
• 34th Annual W.R. McIlvaine Grade School Swim Meet: Second Place overall, boys and girls teams (2006)
• Kravis Center Spring Sings: Participant (2007)

MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
The St. Mark’s Middle School Program focuses on the traditional core subjects while offering enrichment courses such as foreign language, band, technology, physical education and Christian education.

• Testing Results: 70% of 7th graders qualified for the Duke Talent Identification Program. Three seventh grade students qualified for state recognition (2006); two students (2007)
• Science Fair Awards: 18 of 26 projects submitted earned awards at the Palm Beach County Science Fair (2007). All 21 projects submitted earned awards at the Palm Beach County Science Fair (2006). 19 of 25 projects submitted earned awards at the Palm Beach County Science Fair with 3 projects earning 1st place awards (2005).
• State Science and Engineering Fair: Fourth Place, Microbiology and Fifth Place, Teams (2005)
• All State Band: Student selected (2006)
• Florida Bandmasters Festival: "Excellent" rating (2007), (2005); "Superior" rating (2006), (2004)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay Competition: Honorable Mention (2007); First, Second, Third, Fourth, Honorable Mention (2006)
• Daughters of the American Revolution American History Essay Contest: First Place in 6th, 7th and 8th grade (2007)
• ArtiGras Youth Art Competition: Honorable Mention (2007); Second, Third, Honorable Mention (2006)
• Sports Program: consistently winning seasons in North Palm Beach Small Schools League in soccer, flag football, volleyball, swimming, basketball, tennis and golf
• Community Service: 50% of Palm Beach County High School students awarded the Congressional Award started their community service projects at St. Mark’s (2007), (2006), (2005), (2004)
• Community Service Award: Top School Team Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International for raising $14,000 (2004)
• Community Service: NJHS raised and donated over $6,000 to the Episcopal Relief Fund/Southeast Asia tsunami project. NJHS raised and donated over $9,554 to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina victims (2005)
• President's Volunteer Service Awards (2007) 58 students qualified
• Special Academic Field Trips:
  6th grade - Social Studies: Epcot - Millenium Culture Program
  7th grade - Science: New Found Harbor Marine Institute & Big Pine Key
  8th grade - American History: Washington D.C.