SJ 360 — Commending St. Margaret's School.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 23106327D I SENATE JOfferedJOINT FebruaryRESOLUTION 16,NO. 2023 N Commending St.

360 E Commending St.

––––––––––N TAgreed Patron––McDougleto by the Senate, February 21, 2023 R ––––––––––Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 22, 2023 O WHEREAS, for more than 100 years, St.

Margaret's School, an Episcopal all-girls school in L Tappahannock, has helped generations of students develop into young women of confidence, resiliDnce,resilience, andWHEREAS,L St.and high character;

Margaret'sand School was established by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia in 1921 to create new opportunities in the region for a quality education in a Christian environment;

and to E WHEREAS, St.

Margaret's School opened with 14 girls and three boys and offered a kindergarten D through 11th-grade curriculum;

the school held its first classes above a local pharmacy in E Tappahannock;

and WHEREAS,steamboat atas there was no bridge to the time,Northern manyNeck studentsand atno St.major roadways linking the area with either Richmond or Washington, D.C.;

Margaret'sand SchoolWHEREAS, arrivedwithin inits Tappahannockfirst bydecade Dof eitheroperations, RichmondSt. or Washington, D.C.;

andNorthernMargaret's NeckSchool andgrew noto majorserve roadways20 linkingday theRiver; area with WHEREAS, within its first decade of operations, St.

Margaret'sandnd School grew to serve 20 day students and 70 boarding students and began to develop its picturesque campus along the Rappahannock River;J WHEREAS, the Rappahannock River plays an essential role in campus life and academics;

andat WHEREAS,each the0 Rappahannockgrade Riverlevel, playsstudents anvisit essentialdifferent roleparts of the river, from the headwaters in campusthe lifeBlue Ridge MountainR to the Chesapeake Bay and academics;the ocean at Virginia Beach, to gain a greater appreciation for the local swimming, art projects, raising oysters, and more;

atandrelated each grade level, students visit different parts of the river, from the headwaters in the Blue Ridge Mountains ecology and participate in a wide range of activities related to the river, including kayaking andland swimming,WHEREAS, artin projects,1991 raisingSt. oysters, and more;

and 0 WHEREAS, in 1991 St.

and grades eight through 12, and the diverse student body represents girls from 17 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 18 foreign countries;

Margaret's School currentlycontinues maintainsto anfulfill enrollmentits ofmission aroundto 100help studentsgirls indevelop gradesa eightsense throughof 12,belonging, believe in their abilities, and become the diversebest studentversion bodyof representsthemselves girlsthrough fromthe 17hard stateswork andandRESOLVED by the DistrictSenate, the House of ColWHEREAS,Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend St.

Margaret's School continues to fulfill its mission to help girls develop a sense of belonging, believe in their abilities, and become the best version of themselves through the hard work and dedication of its faculty and staff members;

now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend St.

and, be it 35 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for 37 school's history and contributions to young women from the Commonwealth and around the world.or the 3