TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas started the 2016-2017 school year Aug. 17 with its annual tradition of a university-style Convocation followed by “the Greeting,” where all faculty and staff line up to welcome all students on the first day of school.
During the Convocation ceremonies, at which new teachers are introduced, Headmaster John W. Cooper, Ph.D., sets a yearly theme. For 2016-2017, that theme is the single word “Forward.” Recalling the pre-race ritual of U.S. Olympic swimmer Dana Vollmer – who writes a single word of inspiration on her foot – Cooper told the students, “During this year, you will run into obstacles and disappointments. When you do, look at your foot and pretend you have written the word ‘Forward’ there. Keep striving toward your goal, and you will make it.”
This year, TMI has a total enrollment of 470 students in grades six through 12, including 120 new students with a record number of ninth graders. Most are day students from the San Antonio area; 60 are Residential Life (boarding) students from South Texas as well as Illinois, Kentucky and Mississippi. International students come from China, Mexico, Nigeria, Singapore and South Korea.
Cooper, who will retire at the end of the year after 23 years as a headmaster, five at TMI, urged students to “Make this the best year ever!”
TMI Episcopal has announced spring Cadet of the Semester awards for two members of the Texas Military Institute Corps of Cadets, the school’s JROTC program.
TMI Episcopal’s Mario Rivela Chapter of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica (Spanish Honor Society) inducted 26 new members in a ceremony held April 19 in the school’s All Saints Chapel.
Latin students from TMI Episcopal brought home honors in many categories from the Texas State Junior Classical League (JCL) convention, held April 13-15 at Naaman Forest High School in Garland.
TMI Episcopal juniors Bridget Lynch and Annie Notzon spoke to the April 10 meeting of the Dominion Rotary Club about their experiences at the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference (RYLA), held Jan. 12-15 at the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch in New Braunfels. The Dominion Rotary Club sponsors two students from TMI every year to attend RYLA.
MISSION: TMI provides an exceptional education with values based on the teachings of Jesus Christ that challenge motivated students to develop their full potential in service and leadership.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS TMI Episcopal admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, religion, and physical ability to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. The school does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, religion, and physical ability in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and financial aid programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
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