Tartan Community Joyfully Comes Together for All-School Spring Service

St. Margaret’s entire student body came together in Pasternack Field House for the All-School Spring Service, a gathering which included prayers, readings, music and a culmination of the 2024-2025 All-School Service Learning Project.

 

This year’s All-School Service Learning Project was a partnership with Special Camp. Over the past several months, students joined together for educational touchpoints and opportunities to serve, and this week two students--Lilly from the Upper School and Rain from the Lower School—shared their experiences coming together and becoming friends during the project. The All-School Service Learning Project also had a donation drive benefiting Special Camp, which the Tartan community generously supported.

 

In further sharing the importance of service as part of St. Margaret’s mission, Upper School junior Nick Fox shared his involvement in the Moseley Venture to Serve, as he helped organize a golf tournament which raised money for Special Camp.

 

“If you blend the things you love with the things you care about, you can start leading a life of service,” Nick said. “I’m grateful to have had the chance to lead this project, and I am proud of St. Margaret’s for being a place that teaches us the importance of leading lives of service.”

 

The All-School Spring Service also included beautiful music—performances of “Stand By Me” by St. Margaret’s choral and orchestra students, and the hymn “I Sing a Song of the Saints of God” which was also played when St. Margaret’s first opened in 1979.

 

As the All-School Spring Service coincided with the first day of spring and Nowruz, two Upper School students spoke of the Persian New Year and wished students a Happy Nowruz and happy first day of spring, inviting students to visit haftseen tables set up in each of the divisions.

 

The ceremony concluded with a prayer for the Class of 2025 by Head of School Dr. Jeneen Graham, as the senior class prepares for the final months of their time at St. Margaret’s.

 

“May they shine as models of hope, carrying the essence of St. Margaret’s spirit in all their actions and interactions, illuminating paths not just for themselves, but for the world,” Dr. Graham said. “Amen.”