▁at ▁Texas ▁A & M ), ▁St . ▁Mark ' s ▁students ▁won ▁half ▁the ▁available ▁awards , ▁including ▁Best ▁in ▁Show ▁and ▁Best ▁Port folio , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁first ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁categories ▁of ▁Sm art phone , ▁Still ▁Life , ▁and ▁Land s cape . ▁ ▁Ch ess ▁is ▁popular ▁at ▁SM . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁ 6 0 ▁lower ▁school ers ▁were ▁on ▁the ▁team . ▁Some ▁continue ▁through ▁high ▁school ; ▁a ▁St . ▁Mark ' s ▁student ▁won ▁the ▁national ▁high ▁school ▁ch ess ▁championship ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁He ▁became ▁a ▁ch ess ▁international ▁grand master , ▁thereby ▁becoming ▁the ▁young est ▁person ▁with ▁that ▁rank ▁in ▁the ▁Amer icas . ▁Two ▁other ▁SM ▁students ▁have ▁earned ▁National ▁Master ▁status ▁while ▁still ▁in ▁high ▁school ▁( in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 6 ). ▁ ▁Between ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁four ▁SM ▁students ▁won ▁top ▁awards ▁for ▁design ▁from ▁the ▁nation wide ▁Young Ar ts ▁competition . ▁In ▁addition , ▁sevent een ▁SM ▁students ▁were ▁final ists ▁in ▁that ▁Young Ar ts ▁competition ▁between ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁multiple ▁SM ▁students ▁have ▁had ▁their ▁films ▁selected ▁for ▁inclusion ▁in ▁the ▁S X SW ▁film ▁festival . ▁One ▁student ▁had ▁his ▁work ▁profile d ▁in ▁Popular ▁Phot ography ▁magazine , ▁and