Early start, early finish
Lauren Purdy, Copy Editor
September 29, 2016
Picking a college is one of the most nerve-wracking decisions for many high school students, yet some already have their minds set on one in particular, making their enrollment process fast, stress-free and easy. Senior Austin Skinner has settled on the University of Mississippi, also known as Ol...
Hundreds of colleges, one choice
Laura McDowell, Communications Editor
September 27, 2016
If you drove by Agricenter International last Monday, you would have noticed more cars than usual filling its parking lots. St. George's students and other students from the Memphis area had the opportunity to attend the annual Greater Memphis National College Fair. St. George's has been an active...
A long way from home
Merryn Ruthling, News Editor
September 26, 2016
6,522 miles. That is the distance that Abed Maita, or Abdul as he prefers to be called, traveled to join the class of 2018. He spent six weeks studying at the “Lodge” before returning to his home in Lebanon. “I wanted to have a new experience,” Maita said. “I wanted to see how the...
Welcome to the lodge, sixth grade!
Caroline, Zummach
September 23, 2016
Every year, a group of 11 and 12 year olds step onto the corner of Wolf River Boulevard and Houston Levee and begin a new stage of their life: middle school. The Gryphon Gazette sat down with three sixth graders to see how the transition from the Germantown and Memphis Campuses are going with ne...
Bloody saints
Will Brown, Staff Writer
September 21, 2016
At least 105 lives will be saved by the amount of blood donated by St. George's students and faculty on Sept. 12. The blood drive, which was open throughout the school day, was led by senior Hannah Kate McDowell. Of the students and faculty that donated, some individuals were new to the process...
Bye Abdul!
Annie Murff, Opinion Editor
September 21, 2016
Students and faculty at St. George’s held a going away party last Friday for Abdul Maita, a transfer student from Lebanon who has been attending St. George’s since the school year began. The party, which was held in Mrs. Freya Kridle’s room during x-block, involved cake, pictures and presents...
Making the leap to upper school
Rachel Ducker, Photographer
September 16, 2016
There were many changes this school year. We have gone from trimesters to semesters, expanded senior privileges and experienced an influx of teachers in the upper school. Mrs. Mim Brown, Ms. Dani Douglass, Mrs. Leanne Ricketson, Mr. Patrick McGraw and Mrs. Juliet Wagner have made the jump from teaching...
One big, happy family
Annika Conlee, Staff Writer
September 6, 2016
Over 400 students now eat lunch within the same hour in the upper school because of the transition to a new schedule. Last year, the upper school had two lunches, and the location of the class they had within the lunch block, upstairs or downstairs, determined if a student had first or second lu...
The sole purpose of shoes
Lauren Purdy, Staff Writer
August 25, 2016
CEO and founder of Samaritan’s Feet, Emmanuel “Manny” Ohonme, shared with the St. George’s student body his “solution to a problem we take for granted”—shoes. The Institute for Citizenship has collaborated with Manny and his organization since last year by collecting athletic foo...
School’s in for summer camps
Eric DiNicolantonio, Staff Writer
May 26, 2016
While the end of school is in sight, there are a multitude of opportunities to involve yourself with St. George’s during the summer. Director of Summer Programs Mr. Austin Henderson and Associate Head of School Mr. Will Bladt have been working to create a new lineup of summer activi...
Online shopping? A+!
Anna Harbert, Columns Editor
May 25, 2016
St. George’s students know that following the dress code is a struggle, especially for girls. “Is this skirt long enough?” “Are these pants too tight?” The questions go on and on. Sixth-graders Bess White and Eleanor Peters wanted to help their peers find the answers to these questions,...
Teachers leave St. George’s for new adventures
Merryn Ruthling, Staff Writer
May 23, 2016
Sailing Forward After spending 15 years teaching at St. George's, Mrs. Lisa Ayerst, upper school algebra II and geometry teacher, is sailing on to new adventures as she retires from St. George's. Mrs. Ayerst plans on sailing to destinations all over the world, including the Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands a...
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St. George's congratulates all Spring 2020 Honor Society inductees. To learn more about each honor society, hover over the image and then click to see the students who have been inducted.
"Hello, my name is Miles Masters, and my pronouns are ‘he/him.’” Just a few years ago, no one would have introduced themselves this way. An introduction contained a few parts: a greeting, name...
It seems like “Star Wars” has been a force, binding modern culture together since the premier of “Episode IV – A New Hope.”...
This past November, junior Dariya Jones performed a poem at Coffee House, St. George’s annual performing arts showcase. The poem,...