The Daily Thistle, St. Margaret's School

Graduation Countdown is 29 days. Yesterday both the Softball and Track teams celebrated Senior Night before the softball game. We share some of the celebration from the evening’s festivities. We begin with the Track team and the underclassmen speaking of their seniors. Next, the softball team took the field to hear from their underclassmen.

Softball defeats St. Gertrude's 9-0.  Today both the Softball and Track teams will celebrate their seniors.  We will live stream the events beginning at 4:30 on our YouTube channel.  Links will be sent from our Facebook and Twitter feeds. We continue with Ms. Harvey’s Digital Media class which found the girls taking photos/video and creating an original soundtrack and movie represen...

We continue with Ms. Harvey’s Digital Media class which found the girls taking photos/video and creating an original soundtrack and movie representing SMS, the river, or a combination of both. They used a Digital Audio Workstation to create their original music and then created their video to represent their thoughts and the story of their music. It is a lot to be able to create the music and the...

Softball defeats Northumberland 12-0. The construction of the solar-powered boat is coming to completion as the electronics and batteries are being installed.  Taylor and Gracie will be launching the boat this week for an inaugural trip up to the athletic fields on Hoskins Creek.  This was part of their independent study coursework in A River Runs Through It. Gracie and Taylor will be jo...

Those were the sounds of last night’s Compline Today we returned to the St. Margaret’s Chapel for our morning school chapel services. St. John’s Episcopal Church was gracious to share its spacious pews as we moved through COVID earlier this year.  We will return to St. John’s on occasions in the future, as it remains a space that we have come to know so well.  Special thanks to the vestr...

Softball defeats South Hampton Academy, 4-1. For this Friday we offer something a little different. Ms Harvey’s Digital Media class  found the girls taking photos/video and to create an original soundtrack and movie representing SMS, the river or combination of both. They used a Digital Audio Workstation (Ableton Live or Band Lab) to create their original music and then created their video to...

We continue our Senior Speaker series with Midi speaking about the dilemma with technology today.

Those were the sounds from Friday evening’s Lantern Ceremony.  It is the passing of the lights of St. Margaret’s from the Senior to Junior class as they prepare to lead the school.  It also included the presentation of the Class Ring, as it was first struck in the 1940s.

We share a senior speech from Eunice on the advantages of owning a pet! On the River today the sun will rise at 6:24 a.m. and set at 7:49 p.m.. low tide will appear at 12:06 a.m. and high tide at 5:55 a.m. Another low tide will return at 1:03 p.m. and the day will finish with a high tide at 6:20 p.m.  Winds will emerge from the south at 5 to 10 knots you should expect that waves will be less...

Yesterday Mr. Bell took a group of students to support our track team at West Point High School. Upon their return to school, and missing dinner, Mrs. Bell provided Pizza in the B house. We spoke with the fans over the pizza about the day and began with a question who did you watch? Today, the school welcomed Mr. Sneed who will be the new athletic director at St Margaret’s. Mr. Snead is spending a...

On the River today the sun will rise at 6:26 a.m. and set at 7:47 p.m..High tide will be at 4:09 a.m. and low tide at 11:15 a.m. high tide will return at 4:33 p.m. and low tide at 11:14 p.m. It will be a waxing gibbous moon with a 90% illumination  We share "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" as we return from Easter Break.

The Passion, Good Friday, April 15, 2022

Arriving on campus yesterday were a pontoon boat and another pontoon swimming platform.  As Spring arrives, Mr. Bell is loading up the shoreline with everything from Jet Skis to Solar-powered boats that some of his students are building. We join Izzy for a walk around yesterday’s track meeting over at Northumberland High School.  Here’s Izzy and some team members.

Yesterday, the St. Margaret’s Board of Governors held their spring meeting here on campus.   The meeting included reports on the coming STREAM program and plans for expanding our river studies across all realms of school life. Another element was celebrating the retirement of Dr. David Charlton, President of the Church School of Virginia. Dr. Charlton served as President of Church Schools for...

The Daily Thistle returns after a hectic Wednesday at St. Margaret’s. We are sorry for not posting a Daily Thistle yesterday… On Wednesday, April 6th, a bomb threat was called into St. Margaret's School. All students, faculty, and staff were immediately evacuated and moved to nearby St. John's Episcopal Church. Ms. Tucker and Mrs. Bell brought ice cream to cool our nerves, and a few hours later th...

This is an abbreviated version of The Daily Thistle. Those were some sounds from yesterday’s Track Meet in Richmond,  We report on the results in tomorrow’s Daily Thistle

That was the CBS News report on the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the evening of April 4th, 1968. Today’s music is by Ben Branch & The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir.  Dr. King’s last words before he was shot were spoken to Ben Branch, a musician who was to lead the music that night at a fundraiser. They would sing a special song since it was his favorite and Dr. Ki...

Graduation Countdown is 64 days On the River today the sun rises at 6:53 a.m,. And sets at 7:31 pm. It will be a New Moon, Only 0.4% of the moon will be visible. Low tide will be at 9:22 am. High tide is 2:52 pm and low tide returns at 9:30 pm.   Winds will blow in from the west at 15 To 20 Kt With Gusts To 25 Kt. Waves Around 2 Ft. In the weather today will be partly cloudy. High 61F.  ...

Yesterday the softball team traveled to Collegiate in Richmond to open the season.  Mrs. Bell caught up with Oceana Diaz to talk about the team’s first outing.

Last Friday, we thought we would drop in on a class that finds Taylor and Gracie speaking with some guests in their River Runs Through it class.  It is an independent study with Mr. Bell that begins to frame some of the STREAM program that is coming to St. Margaret's next fall. Across the nation, students have fallen behind due to COVID restrictions in all forms.  For St. Margaret's, the...

On the River today the sun rises at 7:08 a.m,. And sets at 7:22 pm. It will be a waning Gibbous Moon, 84% of the moon will be visible. High tide will be at 5:10 am. Next low tide is 11:27 pm and high tide returns at 5:35 pm.  Sunset today is 7:22 PM. Sunrise tomorrow is at 7:04 AM. The moon phase is Waning Gibbous tonight. Winds from the west at 5 To 10 knots, Becoming Nw Late In The Morning,...

JoAnne Brown of the Class of 1985, who is from England, stopped by St. Margaret's over Spring Break.  Mr. Bell joined her for a walk through A-House and several stops in the ancient dorm to reminisce about her short time on the river. In Mr. Bell's walk with JoAnne, some sounds from her return to the A-House. We hope to see JoAnne in the coming years as her son is pursuing a doctorate at Geor...

We share some final sounds from last weekend’s performance of The Brother Grimm Spectacularthon with some final interviews from the cast. Like so many in the world, we continue to follow Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  We share this report from the United Nations In News from the BBC

We devote a portion of this day to the ancient city of Kiev, now known as Kyiv in Ukraine. As the eyes of the world are upon this contemporary city in Ukraine, lost is the great history of Kiev.  It was only in 2019 the old name of Kiev, a Russian name, was jettisoned for the Ukrainian name,  Kyiv. In 988, Kiev was the "mother of Russian Cities" when Prince Vladimir converted Old Rus (pr...

We share some sounds from this past weekend’s performances of THE BROTHERS GRIMM. SPECTACULATHON. In News from the BBC