St Marks School - Marker Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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INTRODUCTION “What is a school?” or, more specifically, “What is St. Mark’s School?” This is a difficult question to answer, and there are myriad ways of forming an answer. Like the world itself, it can be described in terms of an overall composition. However, it is also made up of many smaller facets, as the world is made of continents, islands and countries, and each of these has its own distinct features which con- tribute to the essence of the whole. We have tried to give the personality of St. Mark’s school as a unit, and we have also examined the various facets of the school as a unit, and we have also examined the various facets of the school, trying to show both their own distinctive charac- teristics, and their part in making up the personality of the school. The world of St. Mark’s is constantly changing in its years of youth, expanding and improving to keep pace with the world around it. The administration and faculty make numerous changes in the curriculum, the schedule and other policies, all changing and molding the school. The students themselves change the face of the school by their actions, forming new organizations and activities. The turn- over in students brought about by each graduation class effects a subtle change in the personality of the school. In this book we have tried to present an accurate picture of the dynamic, evolving, constantly changing world of St. Mark’s, I