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appy New Year! It is with some disbelief that we’ve entered the year 2020, and it has provided me a moment to pause and examine the metaphor of 2020 as it relates to St. Martin’s. At the mid-point in the school calendar, this is a wonderful time to both reflect with 20/20 hindsight and also to look ahead with 20/20 vision to clearly see the path of St. Martin’s Episcopal School for both what it has been and what it might be. You’ll note that we are celebrating our 60th school year, and I invite you to take a trip back in time by perusing the 60th-anniversary article and pictorial timeline outlining some of the important milestones in the life of St. Martin’s. It’s truly been a fantastic journey and I’m proud to lead a school that’s been true to its mission since its inception in 1959. With 20/20 hindsight, I look back at the first semester of this school year and marvel at how quickly it flew by and also wonder how we scored in our efforts to serve our students best. I see that students were challenged and withstood both tests of knowledge and tests of character as SMES teachers and administrators worked hard to serve the needs of St. Martin’s students. Using a growth mindset as a compass, I see that when teachers meet children where they are developmentally and expose them to new concepts, the students are not limited and they find their pathway toward mastery. With that in mind, I’m encouraged by what I’ve seen in and out of the classrooms. Early Childhood children are developing literacy skills through innovative teaching concepts that intentionally meet children where they are for these important foundational skills. Letter games involving their names and those of their peers make learning and understanding the alphabet fun. And the games continue until everyone is on board. As I walk through the Elementary School, the 3rd-graders are conducting experiments to learn how animals adapt over time to find food in their environment, 4th grade has been learning to use the laser cutter in the Creation Studio and 5th-grade French students are applying the language to blueprints they are drawing. Active learning is an everyday activity. In Middle School, things are getting real for our 8th graders as they are in the throes of the high school application process. I enjoy a weekly lunch meeting with a small group of 8th-grade students to gain insights into their individual journeys through St. Martin’s. Whether they joined SMES in Pre-K or joined in Middle School, I’m always impressed with their insight for how a SMES education has impacted their lives and what they are hoping the foundation they’ve gained here will mean for their future. The repeated mantra of the importance of small class sizes and the connection they have with their teachers and peers is both telling and heartwarming. With 20/20 vision, I’m excited to see the future of our new infant program that just debuted this month. Almost a third of our smallest students are faculty and staff babies and another third are brand new to St. Martins! The 24 Baby Warriors are settling into their new routine exploring their environment, playing, resting and developing readiness skills that distinguish our Early Childhood program as both caring and innovative. It is a joy to have them join our St. Martin’s family! I hope you’ve all received my personal news relating to the next step on my journey toward Episcopal priesthood. It’s been an amazing experience to receive a calling, and I know this process will not only benefit me as a person but will allow me to provide vital pastoral value in my role as the Head of St. Martin’s Episcopal School. Please enjoy this latest edition of Patterns magazine, and I wish you all the best for 2020! With love, light and blessings always, H
Dr. Luis Ottley Head of School
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NEWS AND HAPPENINGS IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
Middle School Signs Honor Pledge Commitment to Honesty
8 Middle School students signed the SMES honor pledge during a special chapel service at the start of the year. This annual event asks students to acknowledge their understanding of and commitment to honesty in and out of the classroom with their signature on a special scroll.
DUKE TIP STUDENTS
First row (l-r): Ethan Cunningham, Dylan Mathis, Marshall Lisenby, and Candler Neel; Second row (l-r): Luke Williams, Eric Berg, Drew Park, Tate O’Leary, Max Bertolino, Alec Flint, Aiden Hoath, and Charlie Rohs; Third row (l-r): Jackson Dickert, David Albert, Preston Grice, Eloise Smith, Ingrid van der Mandele, Lillian Thomas, Katherine Graham, Sapna Goel, and Caroline Castellaw; and Fourth row (l-r): Jack Gessner, Janie Alexander, Eva McLaren, Caroline Palmer, Brady Lehwald, Mateo Tagtachian, Nicholas Demba, Amelia Marsh, Maya Warrier, and Hanna Livingston. Not pictured: Jack Breen.
32 Students Earn Duke TIP Talent Identified
8 The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) identifies academically talented 7th graders based on their 6thgrade ERB standardized test scores. Selected students have the opportunity to take the SAT or ACT and participate in programs for middle school students hosted by various colleges.
Honoring Superhero Patients Capes for a Cause
8 Mrs. Hollis’ Kindergarten class donned golden capes in honor of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s superhero patients who battle illnesses and injuries every day. Since Cape Day was first introduced in 2014, it has become a beloved October tradition for Georgians, garnering support and generating awareness statewide for some of Atlanta’s bravest patients.
Team Spirit Football Friday
8 Football Friday is a fan-favorite tradition for students to wear their favorite football (or fútbol) team jersey for a day to kick off the fall football season. Team spirit infected the school as toddlers through 8th-graders, faculty and staff showed off their team colors.
Inbound Panamá Exchange Program Cultural Immersion Experience
8 SMES welcomed four exchange students from Panamá City, Panamá for a three-week cultural immersion experience in September. Carmen Delgado, Amelia Arosemena, Alex Sayavedra and Daniel Ardila enjoyed a homestay with SMES host families, attended school and extracurricular activities with their host siblings, visited with SMES Elementary and Early Childhood students, and journeyed on day-trips to Atlanta’s must-see attractions including CNN, the Georgia Aquarium and The National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Thank you to the Granade, Davis, Studdard and Cunningham families for generously hosting the exchange students. In June, a group of SMES 7th- and 8th-grade students will travel to Panamá for their own immersion experience in the second-leg of this annual exchange between SMES and The Episcopal School of Panamá.
FUN FACTS ABOUT PANAMÁ
The word “Panamá” means “abundance of fish, trees and butterflies.”
Panamá is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic.
Panamá was the first country outside the U.S. in which CocaCola was sold.
Singing at the Braves SMES Chorus Performance
8 For the sixth year in a row the SMES Chorus, comprised of 60 3rd- through 8th-graders, performed the national anthem to a packed crowd at an Atlanta Braves game at SunTrust Park.
60 3-8 6 STUDENTS GRADES YEARS PERFORMING
Food, Fun, Fireworks! PTO Parent Social
8 SMES parents from all divisions gathered at the home of Holly and Colby Craig to enjoy food, live music and friends this fall. The PTO Parent Social is a wonderful annual tradition where new and returning parents meet or reconnect during a night of fun. This year’s social was tailgate-themed and guests enjoyed a surprise fireworks show to cap off the evening.
Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco Visits SMES Middle School CORE Program
8 As part of its Middle School CORE (Community Oriented Research and Education) program, St. Martin’s welcomed award-winning and presidential inaugural poet Richard Blanco to campus in September. Blanco spent the day with 7th-grade students leading poetry workshops, sharing his cultural heritage, and connecting with the school’s Spanish Club.
President Barack Obama selected Blanco in 2012 to serve as the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, following in the footsteps of such luminary poets as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou. The St. Martin’s CORE program provides meaningful, real-world experiences to students by forming partnerships in the Atlanta community and beyond with the goal for students to become more active, informed, and engaged citizens.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SELECTED BLANCO IN 2012 TO SERVE AS THE FIFTH PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL POET IN U.S. HISTORY.
OTHER PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL POETS INCLUDE:
ROBERT FROST MAYA ANGELOU
First Grade Fun! Giving Thanks
8 The families of St. Martin’s 1st graders gathered to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday together. Parents provided a feast of favorite family home-cooked recipes and delicious store-bought goodies. First-grade students and teachers decorated the cafeteria festively for the occasion.
Down on the Farm 8 First graders ventured to the country to enjoy fall outdoor activities at Southern Belle Farm. The field trip’s highlights included iconic fall farm activities like exploring the pumpkin patch, navigating the four-acre corn maze and much more.
Beloved Tradition Halloween Parade Shines Through the Rain 8 The relentless rain on Oct. 31 could not spook the beloved Early Childhood and 8th-grade Halloween Parade! Instead, festivities were moved indoors and EC students, their 8th-grade buddies and spirited teachers put on a great show for an animated audience of parents, faculty, staff and fellow students. Spectators went wild when a rare and beautiful Toddler unicorn broke away from the pack and galloped out in front of the parade. Costumes included SpongeBob, an ostrich, Disney princesses, scary monsters and so much more.
2nd Annual Warrior 5K and Fun Run Fundraising Fun
8 Nearly 400 runners from the Brookhaven and greater-Atlanta community attended the second annual PTO Warrior 5K and Fun Run! The 5K race was a Peachtree Road Race qualifier on a USA Track and Field-certified course that wound through the beautiful Brittany neighborhood. Participants warmed up after the races with hot chocolate and enjoyed a post-race celebration complete with the Atlanta Falcons’ own Freddie the Falcon, a DJ, sponsor booths, snacks and an award ceremony. Congratulations winners!
Fun Run Male.................... Jack Anderson Fun Run Female ................... Lila Botham 5K Female 0-7yrs......Aubrey Culberson 5K Male 0-7yrs..................... Clayton Byrd 5K Female 8-10yrs.............Elyse Stugard 5K Male 8-10yrs .....................Bobby Rohs 5K Female 11-14yrs ... Reese Richardson 5K Male 11-14 yrs ..............Thomas Koziol
Overall Female Student 5K Winner Reese Richardson
Overall Male Student 5K Winner Thomas Koziol
Teachers are encouraged to use the book nook to teach such themes as problemsolving and empathy.
Exciting Resource for Teachers Introducing the Multicultural Book Nook
8 St. Martin’s made an exciting addition to its collection of resources for teachers with the debut of the Multicultural Book Nook in November. The nook, located on the top floor of the Warrior Hall building, is a shared resource for all teachers and boasts a full range of books and accompanying teaching guides in a variety of reading levels especially curated around social-emotional learning and cultural competency.
EC Travels Around the World That Puppet Guy
8 Fan-favorite Early Childhood visiting performer, Lee Bryan, aka That Puppet Guy, returned to St. Martin’s to deliver his “Travelin’ Tales” show for Toddler, Beginner, Pre-K and Kindergarten students. Bryan used rod and shadow puppets along with beautifully hand-crafted animal masks to tell stories from India, China and Native American lore. Each tale was chosen specifically for a young audience and featured messages of anti-bullying and honesty in an engaging and at times, comical, performance.
Kindergarten Performance
The Story of Christmas 8 Parents and friends crowded into St. Martin’s church to cheer on Kindergarten performers as they sang and danced to Christmas classics and presented the Nativity story. This annual event is a special tradition for St. Martin’s oldest Early Childhood students. Students demonstrated their music and movement talents by jiving to popular holiday songs such as “Hip Hop Reindeer” and “March from the Nutcracker.” The main event included performers—dressed as kings, shepherds, angels and animals—gathered around the manger to recount the true meaning of Christmas.
Kindergarten performers presented the true meaning of Christmas for all in attendance.
CELEBRATING FEAST DAY AND 60 YEARS AT ST. MARTIN’S
St. Martin’s celebrated its second annual Feast Day and the school’s 60th anniversary on a sunny day in October. All students enjoyed a full day of fun and fellowship, kicked-off by a parade that highlighted the decades since the establishment of St. Martin’s in 1959. Students from 1st- through 8th-grade classes donned decade-themed costumes, beginning with the 1st graders in poodle skirts for the 1950s. St. Martin’s clubs also jumped in the parade line-up and creatively showed off each club’s mission with props, sandwich boards and costumes. The Drama Club spent extra hours outside of school assembling the parade’s showstopper float: an enormous 60th birthday cake.
After the parade, students enjoyed a special chapel service before moving on to the rest of the day’s festivities. Early Childhood students moved and grooved with a surprise musical guest and completed fun birthday-themed arts and crafts while ES and MS students rotated through engaging activities such as team relay-races on the big field, a student talent show, dancing and more!
Feast Day is a full day of fun and fellowship in honor of the school’s patron saint, Martin of Tours. Martin of Tours was a member of the Roman imperial army. One day, he encountered a beggar and decided to cut his heavy officer’s cloak in half to share with the beggar. Later Martin had a vision of Christ wearing the cloak.
Eating Local 8 Students, faculty and staff enjoyed the taste of a Georgia fall at Farm-to-Table Day in October. Once again, the St. Martin’s Green
Committee partnered with SAGE Dining Services to bring delicious, seasonal and locally-sourced food options to
SMES for a special lunch. As always, the Green Committee brightened up the cafeteria with festive fall decor including burlap runners and local pumpkins as centerpieces. Farm-to-Table Day
Treats Over Tricks Halloween Goodies
8 Elementary parent volunteers always amaze with the Halloween-themed treats and games they bring to ES classrooms to finish off the Oct. 31 school day. Ms. Letts’ 4th-grade class raced to unwrap prizes bundled in a saran wrap ball, while Mrs. McFarland’s 1st-grade class participated in ghost races where students propelled little ghosts down strings by blowing through straws, and much more.
Blessing of the Animals St. Francis of Assisi
8 St. Martin’s held its beloved Blessing of the Animals chapel service in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, who preached to love and protect all of God’s creatures. During the service, Mother Taylor blessed science lab animals, students’ family pets and donations collected from the St. Martin’s community for the DeKalb County Animal Shelter. Ms. Allen’s 4th-grade class went above and beyond and built and painted dog beds for the shelter with help from SMES maintenance staff employee Dwight Webbe.
Welcome Prospective Families November Open House
8 St. Martin’s welcomed prospective families to campus to learn more about SMES’s preschool through 8th-grade experience in November. Families enjoyed remarks from Head of School Dr. Luis Ottley and a Q&A-style session with Middle School students before touring the school and visiting with teachers in their classrooms. St. Martin’s student ambassadors led family tours and faculty and staff were on hand to answer any questions regarding curricular or extracurricular offerings at SMES.
The Votes are In! Student Council
8 Each fall, students in the 5th-8th grades are elected by their homerooms to serve as Student Council representatives, and some go on to campaign for council leadership positions in an open vote among all Middle School students. Congratulations to (from l-r): President Erielle Harris, Recording Secretary Eva McLaren, Vice-President of Community Service Elizabeth McCall, Vice-President of School Service Emerson Rand, Vice-President for Administration Liam Adcock, Corresponding Secretary Nicholas Demba and Treasurer Ryan Akin.
Fall Drama Showcase Inspires Laughter and Tears Much-Loved Variety Show
8 The audience was larger than ever at this year’s Fall Drama Showcase. The showcase is a much-loved variety show which features improvisation, musical theater and the drama program’s One-Act competition piece. Middle School musical theater students performed songs and scenes from “James and the Giant Peach” and “Freaky Friday” while 5th-8th grade drama students pulled at the audience’s heartstrings with their one-act version of “Big Fish.”
FALL FESTIVAL FUN
A rainy Saturday couldn’t stop the PTO’s annual Fall Festival from bringing fun and games to St. Martin’s families, faculty and staff. Attendees gathered indoors to enjoy the festival’s annual array of activities including bouncy houses, arts and crafts, face painting, a haunted house, balloon art and more! Delicious food and drinks were provided by local food trucks and cakewalk winners went home with tasty treats.
New York Times Best- selling Author Visits Campus
8 The New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the Vanderbeekers series, Karina Yan Glaser, visited St. Martin’s to discuss the writing process with 3rd - 6th graders. She conveyed to students how the literary skills they are practicing now in English can be applied to a future career.
Full STEAM Ahead
8 Fourth- and 5th-grade students hit the ground running in September with a STEAM challenge to design and build all-weather benches to outfit the newly upgraded Elementary STEAM Lab and Makerspace. Students measured the wood and assembled the furniture using power tools. When experiments are too messy or would be restricted by indoor tables and chairs, students move outdoors and use the benches as workspaces.
In Honor of Our Veterans 8 In honor of Veterans Day, SMES welcomed veterans and community members to campus for its annual Veterans Day celebration. The crowd filled the school gym to enjoy a patriotic program of performances, including student essays honoring veterans, patriotic music performed by SMES choruses and bands, and a presentation of the flag by the 4th grade. Awards were presented to student-winners of the annual school-wide essay and artwork contest called “The Veteran I Most Admire.” Georgia state senator Dr. Michael Rhett served as the keynote speaker and delivered an inspiring message about the importance of giving back to the community.
60 S T . M A R T I N ’ S C E L E B R A T E S years
The 2019-2020 school year marks the 60th anniversary of St. Martin’s Episcopal School. Founded in 1959 with more than 30 Kindergarten students under the leadership of church rector the Rev. Samuel T. Cobb and Director Hazel Gailliard (“Miss Hazel”), the school was a natural extension of St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church, which had been established only eight years prior as a mission of the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. Rev. Cobb saw an opportunity to utilize some empty classroom space at the church for a preschool and the rest is, as they say, history.
by KRISTI GAFFNEY
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
As St. Martin’s has grown exponentially over the past 60 years, each stride has been calculated and methodical and always with school family and founding principles at the root of the progress. By the mid-1960s, SMES had blossomed to an enrollment of well over 100 students, and the tuition for the five-day, half-day Kindergarten program was around $17 per month. In the mid-1970s, DeKalb County offered free Kindergarten to its residents and then Directors Ormond Caldwell, and later Millie Foote began formalizing what would become The St. Martin’s Day School as a private school alternative.
While the 1980s was a decade of physical growth with the addition of Claiborne Hall and Young Hall to accommodate the new Elementary grades, it was also a time for the school to formalize its leadership with the creation of the first Board of Trustees and a name change to St. Martin’s Episcopal School as an incorporated business. The 1990s was a decade of significant change to both the physical plant and the expansion of the curriculum. Then as SMES entered the new millennium in 2000, the school continued to keep pace with 21st-century technology while always being mindful of the critical balance of providing a nurturing environment for students. Former parent, PTO board member and 12-year Board of Trustees member Marianne Fortuna’s family joined the St. Martin’s community in 1983. She marvels at the growth and expansion of the small Episcopal school her family originally joined. “It is wonderful to visit and see what this incredible place has become,” says Fortuna. “During our 20 years of ushering our three children through the St. Martin’s program, I was also privileged to be on the Board of Trustees when it voted to expand the program into a Middle School. As such, I committed
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to having my children graduate with good faith that we would succeed. SMES prepared my children incredibly well for their final four years at Holy Innocents’ and they were all able to attend the college of their choice.” The late 1980s brought Dr. Neely Young to campus as its first official Headmaster. “When I arrived in 1987, there were two sets of goals - short-range and long-range,” he remembers. “The school was at a crossroads and had immediate needs to increase enrollment and raise the profile of the school. Achieving these goals consumed much of my time in the early days, but we exponentially increased enrollment, hired additional teachers and found classroom space to accommodate the growth. Over the course of my 12-year tenure, enrollment increased from about 200 to almost 600 students, we held three capital campaigns and built three new buildings.” The Rev. Dr. James Hamner became the second Head master of SMES in 2000. His steady, capable leadership saw many school improvements including the expansion of the Middle School into its own new building, the addition of many co-curricular programs including band, broadcast journalism and drama, the adoption of
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STEAM initiatives throughout the curriculum and the addition of the capstone 8th-grade annual trip to the Grand Canyon. “It was a great pleasure and privilege to serve as Headmaster during a period of considerable physical plant, programmatic and enrollment growth,” says Hamner. “I appreciated tremendously my administrative and teaching colleagues as well as our SMES families and trustees for their support and leadership as we worked together to embody SMES’ mission of academic and personal excellence and service to the larger community.” Dr. Hamner’s vision and collaborative work with the Board of Trustees helped craft the strategic goals for St. Martin’s to become the premier 21st-century preschool through 8th-grade school in the Atlanta area. Hamner led for 17 years and worked tirelessly to support the mission of the school in addition to being a parent to three daughters who enjoyed a St. Martin’s education. “As a parent of three alumni, I’m very glad that SMES exem plifies its core identity as an Episcopal school committed to cultivating the life of the mind, body and spirit for each student entrusted to its care.”
We worked together to embody
REV. DR. JAMES HAMNER
The 2017-18 school year brought new leadership to campus as Dr. Luis Ottley became the third Head of School at St. Martin’s. “When I visited the campus for interviews, I knew there was something very special about St. Martin’s,” says Ottley. “The Episcopal foundation of the school was something that I had long been searching for as a place to lead and also to educate my own two young children. The school was already a vibrant, thriving community and I was excited to take on the challenge of next steps.” Ottley was slated to begin his tenure on July 5, 2017, only to receive a phone call one-day prior, letting him know there had been a fire in the Claiborne Hall Early Childhood Learning Center. “I began my career here at St. Martin’s literally as trial by fire,” he remembers. “All of my entry plans had to be revamped as I tackled the task at hand to orchestrate a plan for the preschool students to begin the school year on campus in August. A capital campaign immediately followed to fund the new building and I appreciate the entire SMES community for rally ing to support this initiative at breakneck speed.” Under Ottley’s guidance and leadership, the Board of Trustees and with the support of the entire St. Martin’s commu
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nity, March of 2019 ushered in a new era for Early Childhood students as they moved into a state-of-the-art building intentionally designed for preschool-aged students. In addition to the physical rebirth of the Early Childhood program, Ottley has introduced several new programs including the addition of the Kairos Learning Center for children with learning differences, the expansion of the Early Childhood program to include Toddlers and Infants and the enhancement of the STEAM curriculum throughout the school. In the early days of SMES and into today’s climate, it is not unusual for teachers to join the staff and remain engaged and active in teaching and leadership for 20+ years. St. Martin’s is blessed to have 33-year SMES veteran Patti Pitoscia’s wisdom and experience still working as the Dean of Students. “I began at SMES in 1987 as the PE coach and art teacher for 2-year-olds through 5th graders - and that was the whole school at that time,” says Pitos cia (or Miss P., as she’s affectionately known). “I’ve held many positions over the years from Athletic Director, where I was a co-founder of the Metro Atlanta Athletic Conference (MAAC), to Leadership class instructor to countless coaching positions and have been on too many
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committees and councils to count.” Through the years, Miss P. has seen many changes but still feels grounded at SMES because it was the right fit from the get-go and, through it all, she still feels that the school has remained true to its core values and mission. “We’ve hired the right people at the right time to join our family and bring their gifts, talents and ideas to the table. We really do celebrate one another and care for each other in everyday life. St. Martin’s is like Norm on the old show Cheers, when someone walks in the building, St. Martin’s really does know your name.” Through the years, St. Martin’s has established many beloved traditions, celebrations and honors that have stood the test of time. The Excellence in Teaching award began in 1988 with a shared award between Fran Farmer and Alice Ryan. Farmer taught 4-year-olds for 25 years. Last year’s recipient of the Reeder Excellence in Teaching award went to Director of Speech and Drama Heidi McKerley in recognition of the amazing drama program that has blossomed under her leadership over the past 16 years. Grandparents Day, Veterans Day, the Halloween parade honoring the youngest and oldest students, Festival Day
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that morphed into Feast Day in honor of the patron saint Martin, and Lessons and Carols at Christmastime are all beloved traditions that continue to create memories for students, faculty, staff and SMES parents. Looking ahead ten years and beyond, St. Martin’s will continue to expand, improve and innovate, but it’s a safe bet to assume that the heart of St. Martin’s will always remain. “We finally found a word to describe what a St. Martin’s experience truly is - WholeheartED,” says Ottley. “This single word sums it up well. ‘Whole’ speaks to the mission of the school to educate the whole child while ‘heart’ supports the loving environment that welcomes and supports a diverse student body and ‘ED’ is the education that is at the core of what we do as a school. We educate young children to become well-rounded adolescents who are ready to take on the next steps of high school and beyond.” The mission of St. Martin’s has al ways been to provide a quality education of the whole person in a loving, Christian atmosphere which fosters lifelong learning and it remains the foundation today as SMES sets its sights on the next 60 years.
Historical Source: “A History of St. Martin in the Fields” by Anne Shepherd, 2001.
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