Mrs. Kotlik might be a little biased, but she’s pretty sure she has the most amazing teacher assistants around! 😉🤍🐝💙 #kindergarten #smartboards #SMStheplacetoBEE
Today Mrs. Gengo and Miss Kerwin took their 4th and 5th graders to the Williamsville Planetarium! The students loved getting to explore space, all the planets, moons, and galaxies! 🪐🌎✨🌒#explorespace #scienceisfun #STREAM
Here at SMS, we of course have a special devotion to our patron saint, the Blessed Mother, and enjoy celebrating her many feast days. Today we celebrate the feast day of Our Lady, Undoer of Knots. This popular devotion to Mary is to take the things that are “tangled” in our lives and to entrust them to Mary.
Prayer to Our Lady Undoer of Knots:
Mother of fair love, I look to you. Take into your hands the ribbon of my life, and see the snarl of knots that keeps me bound to sin, anxiety, and hopelessness.
I beg you, Mother, by your powerful intercession and long fingers of love and grace, undo the knots in my heart and in my life.
Free me to love as Christ loves. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us!
Image via: https://catholicnovenaapp.com/novenas/mary-undoer-of-knots-novena/
The entire SMS student body, 2008-2009. Can you spot Sr. Sheila, yourself, a sibling, or a favorite teacher? #ThrowbackThursday #SMStheplacetoBEE #alumni #StMarys175
Mrs. Wojtaszek's 2nd graders gathered in prayer around our flag pole today. Students at schools all across America annually gather at their school’s flagpole on the fourth Wednesday in September to pray for their schools, friends, teachers, government, and nation.
Miss Reeves' 6th grade Earth Science students are exploring mass and gravity. Today they measured how far they can jump on Earth. Tomorrow they will do some conversions to see how far their "Earthly" distance translates to distances on other planets based on their different forces of gravity.
St. Mary's Varsity Volleyball Bees are showing great teamwork as they take the first match against St. Amelia's tonight.
In addition to Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades also visited Akron Acres on this beautiful fall day! Students learned about pumpkins and how they grow, as well as all kinds of animals including horses, cows, rabbits, turkeys, and more! #fallfun #fieldtrip #downonthefarm
The SMS/Nativity Swim Team participated in another meet over the weekend! We're proud of all of our student athletes and their commitment to good sportsmanship, respect for coaches and teammates, and dedication to a healthy lifestyle. #youthsports #catholicschoolsports #goBEES
Mr. Mark Fenz is one of the highlights of many students' 4th grade year here at St. Mary's. Mr. Fenz comes to us from The Prevention Council of Erie County. He visits our 4th grade class for character education and has engaging talks with our students about respect, self control, accountability, perseverance, and so much more. His stories and lessons follow the students well beyond their 4th grade year and still are talked about when they move onto Middle School. We LOVE having Mr. Fenz visit us here at St. Mary's, we are so BLESSED again this year!
Each month students at SMS adopt a virtue to learn about and embody. At the end of the month, students from each grade are recognized for their ability to live out that virtue.
The virtue of the month for September is temperance. St. Thérèse of Lisieux exercised temperance in the small annoyances of her day as a way of pleasing Jesus. So when a sister in her community grumbled, St. Thérèse smiled and chatted cheerfully with her, or when a lunch companion mentioned being thirsty, St. Thérèse offered her the last gulp of cider in the pitcher. We, too, can be on the lookout for these little moments to practice temperance.
St. Thérèse's feast day is coming up on Oct. 1. #mondaymotivation #littleway #sainttherese
"Just make a mark, and see where it takes you." Mrs. Genovese, our amazing art teacher here at SMS helps students of all ages discover their artistic talents. Students have been creating this evolving, collaborative bulletin board in our main hallway, based on the book "The Dot", by Peter H. Reynolds, and it's turning into quite the masterpiece!
A quality education, and so much more. #SMStheplacetoBEE
Tomorrow is the official first day of Fall! SMS students were busy this past week creating artwork that captures the beauty of God's creation in this season. ☺️🍂🍁🌻🐿 #happyfall
This Sunday is Priesthood Sunday. Please thank a priest and keep the priesthood in your prayers!
Fr. Art, one of the priests from our family of parishes, celebrated our Friday school Mass this morning. He commended the lectors from our 8th grade, the altar servers, and beautiful singing from our entire student body!
SMS students are blessed with opportunities to participate in school Mass on a weekly basis.
Correction: OKTOBERFEST is NEXT Saturday evening, SEPTEMBER 30, 5:30- 9:00, in the gym. Adults 21+ are invited. Admission $5/person, BYO snacks welcome, fun German food for purchase, beer/wine, music by the Frankfurters. Oopa!
We had a surprise visit from one of our family priests today. Fr. Art introduced himself to our students while visiting classrooms. We are excited that we now know him as he will be celebrating Mass with us tomorrow. We also learned that he is a big Buffalo Bills fan...GO BILLS!
St. Mary School Swormville Class of 1923
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SMS parents had a great time meeting our teachers, HSA members, and each other this evening! We are blessed to have such a wonderful, collaborative community of teachers and parents who are committed to continuing a tradition of excellence at our school. We're all looking forward to a great school year! #meettheteacher #SMStheplacetoBEE
