
The 2nd grade class was enjoying the beautiful fall foliage on the grounds of St. Mary School Swormville


Our Montessori students made applesauce this week! They participated in all the steps of the process: washing, peeling, cutting, and measuring! Once cooked, they taste-tested and recorded data on who liked it, as well their preferences for different types of apples.




Our 4th grade students participated in the liturgy at Mass today by sharing a reading, reading the prayers of the faithful, and bringing up the offertory. Father Joe presided and spoke with the students about the meaning of "grace". #FridayMass #grace #catholicEd









Children's Liturgy of the Word (PK-GR. 4) at 9 AM Sunday Mass each week. "I love hearing what the children know about their faith! It is a blessing to be able to reiterate to them that they are loved greatly by God!" Jennifer G.


We've got a trio of vintage photos for #throwbackThursday: a clown at the school picnic with the old school in the background, a Christmas concert, and First Communicants! Recognize anyone or want to take a guess at the years these were taken? Comment below! #stmarys175😊🐝💙📸




Our third graders have been getting into the spirit of the season while practicing their descriptive writing! They created these super cool monsters and then were tasked with describing them! 👻🎃






A peek into our hallways and classrooms this week to see what we're up to... https://youtu.be/nVQy9dIeULo
#SMStheplacetoBEE #STREAM #makerspace #music #spanish


Our SMS/Nativity JV boys baseball team ended their season last week finishing 6th overall. Thank you to Coach Carver and Coach Amedio - well done on a great season, we can't wait until next year! #baseball #JV #goBEES


Today students enjoyed dressing down in pajamas as a treat for donating to the new HSA "Teacher Lunch Fund". Our Home School Association provides lunch to SMS teachers once a month throughout the school year as a thank you for all of their hard work! #pajamas #letsdolunch











Never get between a girl and her pliers! St. Mary's students work on their engineering skills during Makerspace class. There's something for everyone at SMS!


Our SMS character virtue for the month of October is patience. #MondayMotivation


Here's a look at some student artwork celebrating our character virtue for the month of September, temperance. #SundayThoughts #CharacterEd #CatholicSchools









As altar servers, lectors, choir singers, gift-bearers, and members of the congregation, SMS students get involved at weekly school Mass! #GetToMass #catholicschools #schoolMass #SMStheplacetoBEE











Our Montessori Children's House is full of all sorts of themed work this month! The students love being able to choose their own activities, many of which develop their concentration and coordination in addition to traditional academic learning. #Montessori #Fall #Halloween











Check out these spooktacular Pumpkin Character Book Reports! 🎃 Awesome job, Kindergartners!! 📚🐛😍











Our 8th graders received their Class of 2024 sweatshirts today! As Father Art blessed the sweatshirts (and our 8th graders) he asked that they, as student leaders, will be the foundation that builds the kingdom of God. #SMStheplacetoBEE #Classof2024 #SMStraditions








In honor of school picture day yesterday we went through the archives and found this pre-K class of cuties from 2003-2004. Recognize anyone? #ThrowbackThursday #StMarys175


Miss Kerwin's 4th grade class visited the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village today and learned about the agricultural history and rural heritage of the Buffalo Niagara region while touring ten 19th century buildings! The village includes a school, blacksmith shop, village store, bandstand, farmstead, log home, and more!











Last call! Orders for limited edition Meat Raffle Shirts are due TONIGHT! If you plan on coming to the HSA Meat Raffle on Nov. 4th, or just want to have the coolest shirt for BBQ's and weekend brunch, these are for you! All proceeds benefit St. Mary School. https://www.promoplace.com/stmarymeatraffle?fbclid=IwAR2mAvFYKZ6-UqRSPxX10SjjyiAAyV623qPlDuMRBNDatAvaJ0ZNop6p2cY


All of our students, from the smallest to the tallest were looking great today for school pictures! A special thanks to all of our parent volunteers who helped straighten collars and smooth hair, even the students were helping each other look their very best today!






