The St. Mark's School of Texas is a nonsectarian preparatory day school for boys located in Dallas, Texas, USA. The school begins at first grade and continues through the senior year in high school.==History== St. Mark's was created in 1950 by a group of Dallas businessmen. The original name was to have been St. James's, but St. James is associated with the lamb. St. Mark's was chosen because a lion was thought a more suitable mascot. Image File history File links StMarksTexasCrestColorImg. ... Dallas redirects here. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... The St. ... For the film of this title, see Private School (film). ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... For other uses, see Lion (disambiguation). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Sectarianism is an adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination, it also usually involves a rejection of those not a member of ones sect. ... A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, or prep school) is a private secondary school designed to prepare a student for higher education. ... A day school is an institution where children are given educational instruction only during the day and after which children return to their homes. ... Dallas redirects here. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Saint James can refer to the following: Several men mentioned in the New Testament, whose various epithets and euphemisms cause some uncertainties: James, son of Zebedee, an apostle, brother of John the Apostle; also called Saint James the Great. ...

St. Mark's was developed out of three less-financed private schools: Terrill School (1906–44), Texas Country Day School (1933–50), and Cathedral School (1944–50). The school traces its history to Mr. Terrill's school, which he founded in 1906 as the city's first effort to create a private school that could rival its east coast counterparts. The Hockaday School for Girls was founded in 1913; it became a "sister" school to St. Mark's. The Hockaday School is an independent school, non-sectarian college preparatory day and boarding school for girls located in Dallas, Texas. ...

The school today

The school was historically fairly homogeneous and geared towards the sons of doctors, lawyers, and affluent businessmen. St. Mark's has made significant gains in terms of financial aid and minority recruitment, however, and now 28% of the school is composed of "students of color." Approximately 10% of students are involved with the financial aid program at St. Mark's as of 2005-2006.

Eighty percent of the 106 faculty members have advanced degrees, while 25% have been at St. Mark's for more than twenty years. There are twelve endowed teaching positions, including nine endowed chairs.

Neatly organized across its forty acres are an array of buildings, most of which are named after well-known Dallas families. Texas Instruments' co-founders Cecil H. Green and Eugene McDermott[1] donated the math and science quadrangle, the main library, the greenhouse, the planetarium and the observatory. The Roosevelt family contributed a carillon in early 2005, Ralph Rogers [2] provided the natatorium, the Lamar Hunt family donated a football stadium, completed in the fall of 2005, and Tom Hicks, the owner of MLB's Texas Rangers the NHL's Dallas Stars, and Liverpool FC, funded a new gymnasium. Its arts facilities are also impressive. Time magazine once called St. Mark's the "best-equipped day school in the country." D Magazine also rated it the best school in the Dallas area. Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), better known in the electronics industry (and popularly) as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, USA, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology. ... Cecil Howard Green (August 6, 1900 – April 11, 2003) was a geophysicist who trained at the University of British Columbia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a founder of the company Texas Instruments. ... Eugene McDermott (1899-1973) was a co-founder of Texas Instruments. ... For other uses, see Library (disambiguation). ... The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken. ... For the song by Ai Otsuka, see Planetarium (song) // A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. ... This article is about scientific observatories. ... This table shows the descent of President Theodore Roosevelt and President Franklin D. Roosevelt from their common ancestor Claes van Roosevelt. ... For the University of Regina student newspaper, see The Carillon. ... Ralph Rogers was the founder of Texas Industries in 1951. ... A natatorium is, stricta sensu, a structurally separate building containing a swimming pool. ... Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was a promoter of American football, soccer, tennis, basketball, and ice hockey in the United States and an inductee of the first three sports halls of fame. ... Thomas O. Hicks (born 1946 in Port Arthur, Tx), nicknamed Cheddar Tom, is a Dallas businessman. ... Major league affiliations American League (1961–present) West Division (1972–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 26, 34, 42 Name Texas Rangers (1972–present) Washington Senators (1961-1971) Other nicknames None in common use Ballpark Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (1994–present) a. ... The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. ... {{Football club infobox | clubname = Liverpool FC | image = fullname = Liverpool FC | nickname = The Reds | founded = 1892 | ground = Anfield | capacity = 45,000 | chairman = D.R.Moores | Chief Executive Officer = R.N.Parry | manager = Rafael Benitez | league = FA Premiership | season = 2005-06 | position = FA premiership, 5th | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FF0000... Modern indoor gymnasium with pull-down basketball hoops. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... D Magazine is a monthly magazine covering the city of Dallas, Texas. ...

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St. Mark's has long resisted efforts towards coeducation, though there are a half dozen courses that students can take with Hockaday students at the Hockaday campus. Its uniform has remained unchanged for decades: grey shorts or pants and white oxford shirts; seniors, though, wear blue shirts. The school's mascot is the lion, and the official colors are navy blue and gold.

Student life

Its 817 students, frequently known as Marksmen, are spread across first through twelfth grade. Lower School classes average about 15 boys, and there is an overall student/faculty ratio of 8:1.

Extracurricular activities and sports are an integral part of campus life. Its sports teams compete against similarly sized private schools in the Southwest Preparatory Conference [4], an athletic conference created by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest. Certain teams—such as swimming, wrestling, golf, and tennis—compete against the largest schools in the state, while such teams as crew, water polo, lacrosse, ice hockey, and fencing are played at St. Mark's but are not widely followed in the large public schools of Texas. Southwest Preparatory Conference is the athletic organization for many of the most prominent private high schools in the southwest. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... Scholastic wrestling is a modification of collegiate wrestling. ... This article is about the sport. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ... Water polo is a team water sport that combines some elements of swimming and football. ... For other uses, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... This article is about the sport, which is distinguished from stage fencing and academic fencing (mensur). ...

St. Mark's offers 36 Upper School clubs and academic teams, a list of which can be found here. St. Mark's students have long been nationally prominent in policy debate. The school also hosts one of the biggest debate tournaments in the nation, the St. Mark's Heart of Texas Invitational. Debate (North American English) or debating (British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational argument. ...

The Upper School newspaper The Remarker, literary magazine The Marque, and the yearbook win national awards nearly every year. For example, in both 2005 and 2006, St. Mark's was the only school in the country in which each of its three publications was a finalist for the Crown awards, given annually by Columbia University [5]; no other school has placed three finalists in one year for at least fifteen years. In 2006, all three St. Mark's publications won Gold Crowns. Many of the other teams are similarly prominent in contests involving math, robotics, science, and languages. A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. ... For other uses, see Yearbook (disambiguation). ...

Typical SAT range (25th–75th percentile) is 1320–1530 [6]. For other uses, see SAT (disambiguation). ...

Notable alumni

• Richard Bass '46. Owner, Snowbird Ski Resort. Mountain climber. [7]
• George Bayoud '73. Real Estate Investor, Politician. [8]
• William Clarkson '66. President, The Westminster Schools [9]
• Robert Decherd '69. Chairman and CEO, Belo, a Dallas-based media conglomerate. [10]
• Kurt Eichenwald '79. Journalist. [11]
• Sai Gunturi '07. 2003 National Spelling Bee champion
• Robert Hoffman '65. Co-Founder, National Lampoon. Businessman. [12]
• David Hudgins '83. Television writer and producer. [13]
• Clark Hunt '83. CEO, Kansas City Chiefs. [14]
• Steve Jurvetson '85. Venture Capitalist, Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
• Tommy Lee Jones '65. Actor. [15]
• Walter 'Tres' Francis Evans III '03. Venture Capitalist, Maxim Magazine's Millionaire under 30 of the Year.
• David Laney '67. Chairman, Amtrak. [16]
• Michael R. Levy '64. Founder and Publisher, Texas Monthly [17]
• Doug Mankoff '81 Independent Film Producer [18]
• Rhett Miller '89. Musician, Old 97's. [19]
• Steve Miller '61. Musician. [20]
• H. Ross Perot, Jr. '77. Executive Chairman, Perot Systems, Real Estate Developer. [21]
• Eric Miller Reeves '82. Politician, Businessman [22]
• Boz Scaggs '62. Musician. [23]
• Douglas St. Clair Smith, aka Ivan Stang '71. Minister and Alleged Founder of the satirical Church of the SubGenius.[24]
• Dr. Alan Stern '75, NASA scientist and head of the New Horizons mission to Pluto
• Dr. Mark A. Stern '77. Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics, Duke University. [25]
• Kalen Thornton '00. Linebacker, Dallas Cowboys. [26]
• Michael Weiss - Jazz pianist, composer. Attended 1st - 7th grade. [27]
• Luke Wilson '90. Actor. [28]
• Owen Wilson '88 Actor, expelled in tenth grade. [29]
• Craig Zisk '83. Television Director.
• Randy Zisk '77. Television Director.

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External links

• St. Mark's School of Texas website
• Peterson's Guide to Private Schools
• St. Mark's Course Listing