St Marys Hall - La Reata Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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A Word from the Headmistress One factor contributing to the uniqueness of Saint Mary’s Hall is that we are not an institution of learning so much as we are a family of learners and, being a family, we learn from each other. As a family, each of us is enriched by the other. Students, we as administration and faculty hope you have learned from us some what's, some how's and some why's: you have taught us generosity and geniality, commitment and caring, sincerity and sensitivity. We are the better for having known you. Our wish for you is that in your life, with all of your families, you will have both challenge and fulfillment and that this family will have helped you meet the one and achieve the other. 5 Joan Mellard Headmistress

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A jig-saw puzzle consists of many pieces which must be fitted together correctly in order to form a meaningful picture. Yet if one piece is misplaced or lost, the whole picture is ruined. The Saint Mary's Hall community, consisting as it does of many individuals and groups, also forms a meaningful composition. Each aspect of our school life can be likened to a piece in a puzzle in that each individual and group inter- acts upon the other to form the Saint Mary’s Hall family. For these reasons we have chosen the puzzle to illustrate this year's theme of unity.