St. Stephen's School

We want to extend a massive thank you to our wonderful St. Stephen's parents! 🍲🍰 Last week, our parent community came together to host an incredible and delicious event: the Faculty & Staff Appreciation Lunch!

To show their deep gratitude, parents prepared a magnificent buffet filled with authentic, home-cooked dishes, each reflecting their own nationalities. It was a beautiful celebration of diversity, where flavors from all over the world met on a single table.

St. Stephen’s is all about this: coming together to taste traditional food from different cultures and strengthening the deep bonds that make our school so unique. This lunch was a beautiful gesture of appreciation from our families to our dedicated faculty and staff who guide, inspire, and support our students every single day. 🌍❤️

Thank you so much to all the parents for their time, effort, and culinary passion!

Arts and culture completely filled our campus on Tuesday evening! 🎨🎭🎶

We are incredibly proud to celebrate the immense talent of our visual and performing artists. The evening kicked off with a diverse exhibition featuring stunning 2D, 3D, and digital artworks, and concluded with a brilliant, high-energy showcase of music, drama, and dance.

A massive 'Bravi' to all the student artists and performers whose dedication and passion made the night so special. What a remarkable year of creativity it has been for our school community! ✨👏

We are excited to share that local music producer and composer Taylor Walters Vogt, 17, of Rome, Italy, will attend the prestigious Interlochen Arts Camp in northern Michigan this summer! 🏆🎶

Interlochen is the nation’s premier summer arts program for aspiring artists in grades 3-12. Taylor will join students from around the globe, acclaimed faculty, and celebrated guest artists on Interlochen’s scenic campus to study Music Production.

Taylor, who is the son of Mark Walters, St. Stephen’s Performing Arts Chair, is a member of ASCAP and has recently released two singles under his moniker, Duncan Taylor, which you can listen to on iTunes and Spotify. 🎼

In addition, one of his latest compositions will have its world premiere debut at the upcoming St. Stephen’s Faculty Arts Recital! 🎹

Wishing Taylor an amazing summer of artistic transformation! ✨

🎵 Join us for the St. Stephen's Faculty Recital: "Myths and Legends" 🎵

There is nothing quite like seeing our educators share their passion for the arts firsthand!

We are incredibly proud to invite parents, students, alumni, and friends to our upcoming Faculty Recital on June 3rd at 6:00 PM.

This year’s theme, "Myths and Legends," features a magnificent repertoire including works by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, and Ravel, performed entirely by members of our talented faculty: Rhonda AbouHana (voice), Jill Muti (flute), Paige Short (piano), Monica Pontini (violin), Filippo Sodi (viola), and Edoardo Sbaffi (violoncello).

Come support our amazing teachers and enjoy an elegant evening of classical music in the heart of Rome.

📍 Location: St. Stephen’s School, Via Aventina, 3
🗓 Date & Time: June 3, 2026, at 6:00 PM
🎨 Poster featured artwork by Jennifer Vogt.

We look forward to celebrating the power of music and community with you! 🏛✨

🎾 Amazing Results from London! Congratulations to our Tennis Stars! 🏆🎉

Please join us in celebrating the St. Stephen’s School Tennis Team, who just returned from an impressive showing at the ISSA Tennis Tournament in London! Our student-athletes put on a spectacular performance, bringing home some incredible titles.

A special shout-out to our tournament winners and finalists:
✨ Alessandra S. and Sara DP. – Winners of the Girls Doubles Tournament!
✨ Flavia T. – Finalist of the Girls Singles Tournament!
✨ Milo A. and Piter H. – Finalists of the Boys Doubles Tournament!

We also want to congratulate Alma G., Christian W., and Lylah F., who played brilliantly and secured vital wins in their matches.

Your hard work, dedication, and team spirit have made the entire St. Stephen's community proud. Congratulations to the team and their coaches for such a successful trip to London! 🏛️💪🎾

What was life actually like inside an ancient Roman home? Let our Grade 9 students show you! 🏛️🏺

The St. Stephen's School community is warmly invited to the Aventinus Minor Project exhibition: Space in the Roman Domus.

This annual exhibition highlights a fantastic community archaeology collaboration between St. Stephen’s School and The American University of Rome. Our City of Rome 1 students have spent the year researching real artifacts uncovered right behind our school during the 2022–2024 excavation campaigns—including ancient coins, mosaics, figurines, and oil lamp fragments.

This year, visitors will experience a unique, interactive itinerary that walks you through the social spaces of a Roman house: from the bustling taberna and welcoming atrium, to the private cubiculum, the open peristylium, and the grand triclinium.

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, May 26th
🕓 Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Location: St. Stephen’s School (Via Aventina 3)
🥂 Light refreshments will be served.

Come travel back in time, support our 9th graders, and enjoy an afternoon of history and community!

Can art change the way we walk through our daily lives? 🏛️🌍

We believe it can. Our latest Mural Painting project has brought together a select group of advanced student-artists to commission a permanent work of art on our campus. Guided by the expertise of professional artists and teachers Ms. Berman and Ms. Fedich, these students are navigating the complex journey from an abstract idea to a monumental reality.

This project is a masterclass in Creative Responsibility. It takes more than just talent—it takes discipline and the courage to paint on a massive scale. 🪜🎨

When they aren't working on the mural, our artists are in the streets of Rome, practicing plein air techniques and finding their own unique voices. From the scaffolding to the city sidewalks, creativity never stops! 🏛️✨

Keep your eyes on our campus—the walls are starting to tell a new story. 🎨🔥

We are thrilled to announce the release of the new collection by our esteemed faculty member Rossano Astremo, “Otto sonetti sbagliati dopo il giro di boa.” Within these pages, Rossano navigates the territories of memory and wakefulness, offering a lesson that transcends the classroom walls. 📚✨

Teaching in an international environment means preparing the youth for the future, but Rossano teaches us that there is no future without an honest contemplation of one’s own roots and "pulsing blood." His poetic voice is a gift to our community—a constant invitation to sensitivity and interior research.

Our heartfelt congratulations to Professor Astremo: your work is a testament to the transformative power of writing and an inspiration to us all. 🎓🌍

Congratulations to our newly elected Student Council for 2026-2027! 🎉

A huge thank you to these students for deciding to take on this exciting, engaging, and motivating journey with and for St. Stephen’s. It’s wonderful to see such dedication to our school community! ❤️

Here are the fresh, smiling faces of our new team:
Ludovica ‘27
Filippo ‘27
Vittorio ‘27
Meyer ‘27
Milos ‘28
Benjamin ‘28
Martina ‘28
Oscar ‘28
Jiayi ‘29

Let’s wish them the best of luck for the year ahead! 👏🏛️

Our community is the soul of St. Stephen’s. ❤️

The Parents Committee invites all alumni, friends, parents, faculty, and staff to join us on Wednesday, May 27th at 7:00 p.m. at the breathtaking Villa Appia Antica for the 2026 St. Stephen's School Gala! 🥂

Come enjoy a sunset aperitivo, a wonderful dinner, live music, and the excitement of both our live and silent auctions. This year, we have some truly spectacular items up for grabs, including:
✈️ Vacations from Costa Rica to Alaska
🍇 Masterclasses of award-winning sparkling wines
🎾 Elite tennis camps
🌿 Weekend getaways at La Chimera and Viterbo’s luxury spas... and so much more!

Giving Back to the Terrace: All funds raised from the evening will go directly toward the renovation of the school terrace—the very place where so many of our alumni made lifelong memories, and where future generations of students will continue to study, socialize, and thrive.

📍 Still need tickets or want to donate? Click here: https://sssrome.givecloud.co/product/155C50F/parents-committee-gala-2026
📍 Can't make it in person? Don't worry! Our silent online auction (https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/126903/auctions/199978?r=1&t=all ) remains open until May 28th, so you'll have plenty of time for a post-gala last bid.

We want to extend our deepest gratitude to all of our donors, and a special thank you to those who have already purchased tickets and sponsored our incredible faculty and staff to attend as our guests. It is going to be a fabulous evening! 🌟