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Margaret Boudreaux

5/27/2020

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With a 50+ year history, many have long-standing connections to Episcopal School of Baton Rouge. However, not many can trace that connection back to their own living room where the conversations between the founders began. Lower School English teacher Margaret Boudreaux’s father, Mr. G. Allen Penniman Jr., was one of the original supporters of establishing a new, independent school for the Baton Rouge community. Now all these years later, Margaret is set to retire from the place she has called home for so long.

Margaret, who graduated in 1976, began attending Episcopal the first year it was established. Before she ever put on an Episcopal uniform or stepped foot on campus, Margaret was a part of the community. Her father modeled for her what it meant to live with passion and vision as she watched Mr. Penniman and his partners make plans for the school. She says even when her father traveled, Episcopal was on his mind. “He would seek out the private schools and tour them,” she says. “He was always thinking about School and how to make it better. This passion of his was an enormous part of my upbringing, and it influenced me throughout my life,” says Margaret.

Margaret’s own passion for Episcopal grew once she became a student. She remembers her first impression of the Woodland Ridge school. “The campus was so beautiful,” she says. She also remembers the close-knit, family feeling that Episcopal offered and the positive influence of her teachers. “I revered my teachers who loved me but made me toe the line,” she says. 

After Episcopal, Margaret studied liberal arts at Rhodes College. She married Emmett, and they had two children. When it was time for Elliott and Anne to attend school, there was no question as to where they would go. Elliott graduated from Episcopal in 2010 and Anne in 2014. Seeing her children attend the school that had played such an important role in her own life provided Margaret another connection to the Episcopal community, this time as a parent and volunteer.  Margaret became a certified teacher and joined the faculty in 2006.

In a 2017 article highlighting Episcopal alumni, Margaret spoke of the importance of her work as an educator. “I believe we teach the future leaders of our community,” said Margaret.  “I wake up every day happy to teach bright 10 and 11 year olds.” Margaret does this with dedication and passion. “I feel each child has a special lock and I needed to find the right key to open them to embrace learning,” she says.

As Margaret looks toward her next chapter, she will treasure her Episcopal experience. “I’ve had the greatest opportunity to work with an outstanding faculty and I’ve loved seeing my school grow to be a flagship of innovative education while always maintaining the integrity of the individual,” says Margaret. “I love that faith is embedded in our lives.”
 
Margaret’s own story and the story of Episcopal are forever entwined. She watched her father follow through with his vision for the school, and she and her children benefited from his dedication to a dream. She has even had the unique opportunity to return and ensure that the next generation receives that same educational experience.

Margaret’s legacy as an Episcopal teacher and volunteer will live on. Thank you for your service and passion, Margaret. We will miss you!

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5 Comments
Tarra Clark
5/29/2020 02:54:48 pm


Thanks for being such a wonderful role model, teacher, and example to all my kids. You were a huge inspiration to my kids, as well as, my husband and I. Hugs to you and your family. We will miss you!

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Carolina Ruiz
5/29/2020 04:21:19 pm

You were my mentor when I came to teach at Episcopal 9 years ago. Later, you taught both Isabella and Ariana. You have always shown love, patience and passion in everything that you do and my family feels blessed to have had you in our lives. Thank you for you hugs and kind words as we passed you in the hallway throughout the years and for teaching my daughters well. They have very fond memories of you in the classroom. We will miss you. Love, The Ruiz Family :)

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Emily Freeman
5/31/2020 08:03:40 pm

Margaret, What a beautiful picture of you! It reflects your beauty on the outside but also your beauty from inside which shines right through in your smile. I have loved your family from the beginning of my journey at Episcopal. I so loved seeing your Daddy on campus and so enjoyed watching Anne and Elliott grow and blossom into adults. You were always ready to help us in the Alumni House with any project we had and you have always been the epitome of Episcopal to me. What a heritage your family has given the school for generations to come. Episcopal has certainly been blessed to have you there. Thanks for all you have done!

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Mary Crain Penniman
6/2/2020 09:04:51 am

Margaret Boudeaux brought many inherent attributes to her teaching practice at Episcopal School. She cultivated classroom decorum with abiding patience and a natural grace which instilled pupils with a 'Respect for Others' attitude. Using teaching models like 'Project Based Education' she developed many original and richly imagined projects taking reading and writing experiences to new domains. Margaret mentored and collaborated with other teachers. She was at once innovator and role model. Her work will live on in the totality of the learning she enabled, in the memory of her students and others, and in the context of the Penniman legacy to Episcopal School.

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Jennifer Smith Culotta link
6/3/2020 08:16:30 am

Jennifer Smith Culotta

I have been friends with Margaret for many, many years, and just being around her with her soft voice, pleasant demeanor, and hearing her speak so highly of her students & of Episcopal School has left no doubt in my mind of what a great teacher she has been! Margaret is bright, creative, and has a loving, giving heart; traits of which she shared freely with her students. Without a doubt, Margaret's presence at Episcopal will be missed. I wish her the best in her well deserved retirement years!

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