Meet the team from the St. Mary's School
From left to right: Mrs. Bensel, Kayla Stevenson, Monika Ruppe, Corey Cattanach, Anne Oursler, Nolan peard, Emma Dauterman,
Cody Holliday, and Dashton Peccia. Not pictured: Anna Thorndike
St. Mary's School is tucked in the mountains of southern Oregon in the small town of Medford. With approximately 450 students in grades 6-12, St. Mary's is the proud winner of the Oregonian Cup the past 5 years, offers 18 AP courses, and consistently produces multiple National Merit Scholars each year. Our faculty is made up of many Ivy League educated teachers with a student/teacher ratio of 11:1. St. Mary's is also a boarding school for students from around the United States and the world. Beginning the very first Confucius Classroom in the country, St. Mary's works closely with China and other countries to offer alternative learning and study abroad opportunities. St. Mary’s School is a member of the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) and competes at the class 3A level in sports. St. Mary’s School was founded in the pioneer mining town of Jacksonville, Oregon, in 1865 by three members of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary and was known as St. Mary’s Academy. Operating as a twelve-year boarding and day school, it served pioneer families in southern Oregon and northern California. St. Mary’s graduated its first student in 1871 and continues to promote its mission: St. Mary’s School provides a community in which intellectual curiosity and academic excellence combine with Catholic and democratic values to inspire and prepare responsible local, national, and global citizens.
Meet the St. Mary's School Mentor, Dr. Georgiana Kramer
George is a postdoctoral researcher at the LPI-JSC Center for Lunar Science and Exploration. Her role at CLSE utilizes her expertise in reflectance spectroscopy. Using remote sensing data from Clementine, Kaguya, Chandrayaan-1, and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, she characterizes the morphology and composition of the lunar surface. Dr. Kramer's broader interests are in the chemistry and mineralogy of the Moon, asteroids, and other planetary surfaces through integrated sample and remote sensing data analysis. Recently, she focuses on the chemical, physical and spectral effects of space weathering. This research includes modeling the formation of lunar swirls and the creation and retention of space dew. Dr. Kramer is on the Moon Mineralogy Mapper Science Team.
