Saint Mary's - Around the Campus and Beyond

The arrival of the lovely month of May means it's just a few short weeks until graduation on June 3 and the end of the school year. With that comes much activity, many great school events, and much celebration of the school year ending and the wonderful work of Saint Mary's students.

Congratulations to everyone involved with the recent fun and funny production of The Addams Family Musical and thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the show and support Saint Mary's Performing Arts! A special thanks and hurrah to Mr. Antone Olivier '70, who, after more than 40 years directing on the Saint Mary's stage (and four acting during his high school years), will retire from the Performing Arts Department at the end of the school year. Mr. Olivier (front row, red tie) was hailed by his family, alumni, students, and the school community following the final Addams Family show last Saturday night (photo).

The Class of 2018 celebrated College Decision Day on May 1 with class activities while sporting tees and sweatshirts from the many colleges and universities they've decided to attend next year (photo). A huge banner (photo) captured their choices on paper to share with the entire community.

Additional photos and news: Panther Men's Tennis Team members joined the Earth Day Albany Beach Clean-Up on April 21. Twenty-one Jazz Band Members and Director, Mr. Casey Filson (Saint Mary’s Class of '85) traveled to Reno in late April to perform at the Reno Jazz Festival. SM Jazz musician and songstress Olivya Conner '18 performed with the Jazz Band. The school library collected hundreds of pounds of books from the community to donate to the Berkeley-based Prisoners Literature Project that has provided free books to prisoners for more than thirty years. The school collected a whopping 95 pounds of travel-size toiletries during April to donate to the Saint Vincent de Paul Society in Oakland. Meanwhile, the Alameda County Community Food Bank thanked the school for its Lenten donations which were able to help provide for the community. On April 14, Saint Mary's welcomed its newest Panthers for the Class of 2022 Freshman Orientation. And on Sunday, April 8, the community gathered for the blessing and opening of the new Saint Mary's Student Chapel, the first designated chapel space on the campus since 1973. Mark Cavagnero and Associates, San Francisco, Architects.

A shout out to the Panthers on their recent TCAL Championships in Men's Track, Women's Track, and Men's Golf.

Be sure to mark your calendar now: The Spring Dance Concert, "barebones" will take place on May 18. The annual AP Art Show featuring student work will take place on May 24, as will the Spring Music Concert. Watch the Saint Mary’s web site for details on these and other events.