REMINDER to all parents/guardians: today is an early dismissal day at 11:30 am, and there is no school tomorrow, Fri., Nov. 10th in observance of Veterans Day.
Mrs. Witkowski's 2nd grade science class had a special visitor today... Mr Witkowski! As a licensed drone pilot, he brought in one of his drones to take footage for the 2nd grade's upcoming topographic maps project. The students had a chance to fly, as well as race the drone!
New faces in the office today... meet our "principals for a day", Henry, Grayson, and Noah Valentine! The Valentine family won this experience for their students at last year's "Spring for Success" Auction Gala which celebrates St. Mary's Parish and helps support St. Mary School.
SMS students: help our 2nd grade adopt a Sea Turtle! A bake sale will be hosted in all lunches on Weds., Nov. 8th to fund their marine conservation efforts. If your student would like to purchase a treat in lunch tomorrow, please be sure to send them in with $1 or $2.
CATHOLIC GAME NIGHT for Grades 6 - 12! Come on over to St. Mary's gym TONIGHT, Monday, November 6 from 6:30-8 PM and have some fun, Catholic-style! Friends are welcome!
“For it is in giving that we receive.”
-Saint Francis of Assisi, Catholic Saint, founder of the Franciscans
#MondayMotivation #CharacterEd #Generosity #Virtueofthemonth
Thank you to all who volunteered or attended, and made our 2023 Meat Raffle such a great success! Check out some of the photos and sizzling good time here:
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CATHOLIC GAME NIGHT for Grades 6 - 12! Come on over to St. Mary's gym on Monday, November 6 from 6:30-8 PM and have some fun, Catholic-style! Friends are welcome!
We had a visit from the Swormville Fire Company this morning! Students had a chance to tour the fire truck and learn about fire safety. The winners of the annual Fire Prevention Poster Contest were also announced, congrats to all of our talented artists! #fireprevention
For #throwbackThursday today we have a a photo of our beloved former principal, Sr. Sheila. Let us pray on this All Souls Day for all of our dearly departed alumni, staff and students. 💙🐝 #allsoulsday
We had a furry friend join us again today for the first time this school year - welcome back to Holly the service dog!
For more info on Holly click here: https://www.stmaryschoolswormville.org/o/school/article/1099073
A special thank you to all of our teachers and parent volunteers who helped make this day fun and festive for all our students! We hope everyone had a safe evening!
Our annual costume parade kicked off right after the "Pumpkin Prayer" in the gym this morning. #halloween #jointheparade #SMStheplacetoBEE 🎃👻🐝💙
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Happy Halloween! Check out some of the spooky "haunted" houses designed, built and decorated by our 4th grade students in Art class.
All Saints' Day, Wednesday, November 1st, is a Holy Day of Obligation in the Catholic church.
Holy Day Masses at St. Mary's:
Tuesday, October 31 - 5:00 PM Vigil
Wednesday, November 1 - 7:00 AM, 9 AM, 7 PM
All Masses are in the church.
Miss Reeves' 7th grade classes have been learning about the information on the Periodic Table and Atomic Theory. They took what they learned and made atomic models of different elements using Fruit Loops.
Calling the youth of St. Mary's Parish and friends! Come, join us!
#MondayMotivation #Patience #CharacterEd #Virtues
SMS families had buckets of fun tonight at Trunk or Treat! Check out some of the creative costumes and trunks here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.702658168553811&type=3
If you have photos to share, please post with the hashtag: #SMStrunkortreat 🚙🎃👻💀🚘
Miss Reeves 8th grade science classes are learning about diffusion. When they set up their lab they questioned why the "S" on the Skittles needed to be facing up - but once they covered them with water and waited a few minutes they figured out why 😉
