Saint James School

When the United States became embroiled in the Civil War 150 years ago, people such as farmers, schoolteachers and business owners were caught in the chaos. Saint James School was not immune from the ravages of the war, according to Ted Camp, who talks about the school being in the middle of “Route 1 of the Civil War,” in the path of retreats from major battles, including those at Antietam and Gettysburg. One of the times Saint James School found itself in the middle was in 1863, after the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., when Union troops were pursuing Confederate troops and both sides reached the Episcopal boarding school five miles southwest of Hagerstown, according to Camp, who is chairman of the school’s history and religion department.

ST. JAMES - For their last night on campus, Saint James School's class of 2008 spent time at a teacher's house Saturday before going to Waffle House at midnight. Maura McCormack, of Hagerstown, said she and her classmates went to the restaurant to talk about moments some of them have shared together for five years. On Sunday, they shared one last moment together. The 42 members of the graduating class of 2008 received their diplomas during a commencement ceremony at the boarding school's campus.

Saint James School Second trimester ST. JAMES - Saint James School honors list for trimester two includes the following students: Grade 8 - High Honors: Emily Brown, Alyssa Glass, Hannah Itell, Woo Jae Park; Honors: Jillian Ford, Michael Knable, Benjamin Louderback, Emmett Orfan, Bethany Palkovitz, Mason Redmond, Carrie Spicher, Kathryn Sweeney, Kate Zeber. Grade 9 - High Honors: Cornelia Barber, Lucile Duncan, Nikhil Gupta, Yoo Na Lee; Honors: Alex DeMarco, Hadley Dryland, Taylor Goodie, Jae Hyung Kim, Sung Mo Ku, Sang Yun Lee, Christopher Lee, Opeoluwa Martins, Soo Joo Park, James Peterson Jr., Ross Reid, Molly Sackett, Ian Smith, Rachel Thompson, Christiana Tiches, Michael Townes Jr., Martez Townes, Thomas Wagner, Seung Wook Yoo. Grade 10 - High Honors: Mary Bacon, Devin Bostick, Robert Brooks, Zachary Clouse, Lindsey Gish, William Howard, Tierra Jones, Seul Ah Kim, Ian Lukens; Honors: Zachary Abeles, Antoinette Addo, Ellen Barr, Lauren Bowyer, Brigid Donovan, Elizabeth Draper, Sang Jin Han, Nicole Hause, Hao Hsu, Fraser MacPherson, Mande Magassouba, Charles McGuigan, Aabid Mohiuddin, Andrew Moynihan, Caroline Murphy, Elias Orfan, In Young Park, Courtney Peterson, James Post, Kristen Procter, Carolyn Ross, Samantha Simmons, William Smith, Callan Spicher, Christian Thomas, William Young.

Saint James School has hired several new employees for the 2006-07 academic year. The new staff members are: · Bill Wivell was named the business manager. Wivell, a Smithsburg, resident, has a bachelor's degree from Shepherd University and a master's degree in business administration from Mount Saint Mary's College. He is a certified public accountant and worked at Allegheny Energy for 19 years, most recently as a manager/analyst in the regulation and rates department.