Class Agents

The mission of the Class Agent Program at St. Martin’s Episcopal School is to keep alumni connected with the school, to increase alumni understanding of the current state of the school, and to advance alumni support of and participation in the ongoing efforts of the school.

 

 

Class agents, as alumni leaders and StM ambassadors, can positively impact the lives of current and future students, fellow alumni, and the school community as a whole.

 

Effective communication with alums is a top priority at St. Martin’s. From The Bell, to emails, social media, and direct mail, the alumni receive a lot of correspondence from the school. However, as good as this communication may be, it will never replace the individual touch of a fellow class member. It is the personal nature of class agents that makes them an influential, positive force. 

 

Agents are communicators and motivators for their classes. Class agents:

 

 

There is no particular term of service for a class agent.  Some begin to serve upon graduation, and continue for many years; others begin early, and then choose to pass the baton after a short time; still others begin their service several decades after they have graduated. In some cases, agents resign their posts because of demands of their personal and/or professional lives. The school will always accept a class agent resignation – no questions asked.

 

Class agents who are consistently not meeting expectations may be asked to step down by the class or by the Alumni Office.  This action will only be taken when all other attempts to help the agent have been exhausted.

Class agents are, first and foremost, volunteers. They give of their time and talent to keep their fellow class members in touch with the school and each other.

 

Class agents for new alumni classes or those replacing a departing agent will emerge as a result of a call for volunteers from the school and/or from the class itself.

 

In a class where more than one person volunteers to be an agent, it can be ideal for one person to take on the communication responsibilities for the class and one person to take on the stewardship responsibilities for the class. In some cases, up to four individuals have volunteered to be agents for one class. The Alumni Office is glad to assist in deciding how duties can most effectively be distributed among multiple volunteers.

 

If you are interested in being a Class Agent, please contact Aimee Hyatt ’02, Alumni Director, at aimee.hyatt@stmsaints.com or (504)736-9986.