An independent, college preparatory, co-ed, Episcopal Day School serves a community of students in grades 6-12.
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visionaerie of School, Jesse Morgan, was hired. Pat was PTA President for Palmer School from 1984-85. She and John donated new bleachers for the gym, hosted many fundraisers in their home, used Mercedes-Benz to sponsor various fundraising initiatives, and donated Mercedes-Benz vehicles to be given away as "door prizes" at different school and community events. When times got tough at Palmer School, Pat and John were always there to offer their support—and even wrote a five-figure check, without thinking twice, to fund the faculty payroll and keep the spirit of the school alive. "We wanted to help the school in any way we could," Pat says of those early years. "It was so rewarding to watch progress being made as our school grew, and most importantly, our children thrived." MUCH LIKE THEIR PARENTS, BOB AND BETH WERE BOTH VERY INVOLVED IN THEIR SCHOOL LIFE DURING THEIR YEARS AT PALMER SCHOOL, AND EVEN BRENDA AND JOHN III, WHO NEVER WENT TO PALMER, STAY INVOLVED TODAY. Bob played Varsity Boys Football and Varsity Boys Soccer, and ran track. When he wasn't on the athletic fields, Bob thoroughly enjoyed taking journalism and photography classes. Beth played Varsity Girls Volleyball and Varsity Girls Softball, was a cheerleader, and was selected as one of two Homecoming Queens during her senior year. Beth was also the Entertainment Editor for "The Pirates Log," the Palmer School newspaper. Since graduation, Bob has served on the Palmer Trinity School Board of Trustees; his wife, Paula, is a current Trustee; and Beth is in her second year as President of the PTS Boosters Club. John III sent his daughter, Katie Brockway '13, to Palmer Trinity School as an upper school student; and Brenda, who lives in Sarasota, never misses an opportunity to watch her Falcon nieces and nephews compete in various athletic events. In recent years, the Brockway family has faced some major turning points. In 2007, John was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, and died in November of that year at the family's ranch in Livingston, Montana. He passed away peacefully with the deer at the window, his black lab, Tar, by his side, and all nineteen family members, including ten grandchildren, right there with him," Pat says. "We all miss him so much, but what an honor it has been for all of us to have known and loved him." This year, the family will reach another milestone, as the fourth Brockway, Katie '13, graduates from Palmer Trinity School. Before starting high school at PTS, Katie and her family lived in Montana. "As difficult as that move was for her, and as hard as it was for her to leave all of her friends, Katie always acknowledges John and Pat with (L-R) Bob, Beth, John III and Brenda Brockway in the June 14, 1968 edition of The Miami Herald 20 the superior education she has received at Palmer Trinity School, and how it will help her in the future," Pat says. "Her graduation from PTS will be an emotional day for our family, and we will all miss having her here when she goes off to college!" From hosting get-togethers, to attending sporting events, watching her children and grandchildren graduate, and having Bob and Beth's Palmer classmates hang out at her house over the years, Pat's 35-year stint with Palmer School, and now Palmer Trinity School, has been one filled with many heartfelt memories. "I look back at the 'early days' of Palmer Prep and remember a fantastic Pat's father, Bill Ussery, at Bill Ussery Motors Beth (Brockway) Serrate '85 and Bob Brockway '82 during the 1981 Palmer School football season