On Wednesday, April 24, 2013, St. Mark's inducted nine members from the Class of 2013 and nine members from the Class of 2014 into the Cum Laude Society. With the motto Areté, Diké, Timé (Excellence, Justice, Honor), the Cum Laude Society honors scholastic achievement among secondary institutions. The Society only allows schools to induct up to one-fifth of its graduating senior class and one-tenth of its junior class.
Eugene McDermott Headmaster Arnie Holtberg was chosen to deliver the address to the new members. Mr. Holtberg recalled his own time spent as a student and the many tough choices he had to make while pursuing his academic and professional career.
"I hope that we do not simply play to our strengths," Mr. Holtberg told the boys, "Because if we do, we will never take those important risks that will take us to new places and even greater accomplishments than we could have ever imagined."
Click the video to the right to watch his full address.
This year's Cum Laude Society inductees from the Class of 2013 are:
St. Mark’s School of Texas is a private, nonsectarian college-preparatory boys’ day school for students in grades 1 through 12, located in Dallas, Texas. St. Mark’s aims to prepare young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.