School News

St. Mary's Academy principal in the 1920s led a boycott of the Ku Klux Klan.

To commemorate the 100-year anniversary of Pierce v. Society of Sisters, the 1925 landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, St. Mary's Academy caught up with Gardner, now a law professor at Cornell Law School who teaches students in their first semester of law school, about the case’s lasting impact.

Lopez '78 has ensured St. Mary’s Academy’s place in national high school athletics history as athlete, coach, administrator

St. Mary's Academy senior Sid James '25 took first place honors at the 35th Annual Young Historians Conference at Portland State University on April 28.

Each year, in line with the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary's corporate stand of advocating for migrants and refugees, St. Mary's Academy takes a group of 10th-12th grade Spanish students on a border immersion trip in Arizona at the Nogales-Sonora Mexican-American border. Senior Evie Cannon '25 attended the 2025 trip in April and penned the following reflection about the experience.

SMA seniors Mia Sena and Lucita Ocaña Dessen each reflected on what Pope Francis' life and ministry meant to them — Sena, who is Argentinian, on his cultural impact, and Ocaña Dessen on his religious impact.

St. Mary's Academy's Admissions Coordinator for Parent and External Relations is also a 2018 graduate, an assistant coach for the Blues cross country and track teams, and a