St. Mary School Swormville

DID YOU KNOW ....

⏰ It's time to start planning for Pre-K or Kindergarten for Fall 2027
🍂 Our Fall Open House is Thurs., Oct. 15th at 5:30 pm
👏SMS is one of the highest-rated private schools in the Buffalo area
🍎 We offer Pre-K 3, Montessori Pre-K , & Kindergarten
🎓We're one of just 9 area schools highlighted as WNY's All-Star A-Listers
🍩 Your child can have a book read to them while enjoying juice & a doughnut at Fall Open House
🔬Our students perform above local district averages in ELA, Math & Science
👩🏻‍🏫 You can meet teachers & tour classrooms on Oct. 15th
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 We're more than an excellent Catholic School that offers a superior education, we're a family.

🐝 CLICK TO RSVP: www.smstheplacetobee.com

#openhouse #fall #preK #montessori #kindergarten #smstheplacetobee

1 day ago, Rebecca Kisailus

❤️ 🦬 💙 Students who purchased the HSA Dress Down Pass may dress down tomorrow, Weds., Oct. 14th, to cheer on our Buffalo Bills with your team gear or Bills colors!

If you did not purchase the Dress Down Pass & would still like to participate in dress down days as they arise, please bring in $2 to dress down tomorrow. Click here for our dress down guidelines (page 3): https://tinyurl.com/4cjczj6w

#goBills #dressdownpass #homeschoolassociation #heyeyeyey #letsgobuffalo

1 day ago, Rebecca Kisailus

⚽️ St. Greg’s Knights of Columbus hosted the District 79 Soccer Championship on October 3, 2026. Each contestant took 25 penalty kicks from a line based on their age group. Congratulations to the following St. Mary's Champions who now qualify for the upcoming Regional Championship!

Charlie H., 9yo Boys
Isabella C., 9yo Girls
Sloane R., 10yo Girls
Iona D., 11yo Girls
David M., 12yo Boys
Francesca M., 12yo Girls

Thank you, Grand Knight Kirk Stubbendeck (St. Greg’s), Grand Knight Frank Masi (St. Mary’s), Event Coordinators Calvin Ticoalu (St. Greg’s), Greg Honsberger (St. Mary’s), parents, and all of the Knights of Columbus members who supported this fun event for our youth.

#knightsofcolumbus #soccerchallenge #smstheplacetobee

3 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

🍂 It’s not too early to plan for Pre-K or Kindergarten for Fall 2027!

Join us at our Fall Open House to tour our Pre-K 3, Montessori Pre-K , & Kindergarten classrooms. Meet teachers & current school families, & learn more about enrolling your child at St. Mary School. Bring the family & enjoy Fall Story Hour where your child can have a book read to them while enjoying juice & a doughnut!

Find out why our families say SMS gives them MORE, & why enrolling was the best decision they could have made for their child.

🐝 CLICK TO RSVP: www.smstheplacetobee.com

#openhouse #fall #preK #montessori #kindergarten #smstheplacetobee

4 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

"There are many reasons that my family is a part of the St. Mary School community. The academics, athletic opportunities starting in Kindergarten, Makerspace classes for grades K-8, and various extracurricular activities. However, the most important reason I send my children to St. Mary’s is because the education and environment are infused with the Catholic faith."

-Katie Bishop, SMS alumna, Mom to Owen & Matthew, SMS Assistant Principal

If you'd like to hear more about Pre-K & Kindergarten at SMS, join us at our Fall Open House! Click the link for more info & to RSVP: www.smstheplacetobee.com

5 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

Today is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

This feast goes back to October 7, 1571. As the Christian fleet sailed into battle at Lepanto, Pope St. Pius V asked the faithful to pray the Rosary. When word of the victory came, he credited it to Our Lady's intercession and set aside this day in thanksgiving.

Families - a simple way to keep the feast with your kids: pray one decade together tonight. Before each Hail Mary, let a different child name someone they want to pray for.

#ourladyoftherosary #feastday #october #Marysmonth

8 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

🌼 Kindergarten's "Friendship Week" was filled with so many memorable lessons and activities! They started off learning about "Stick" and "Stone", went on a friendship walk, made a friendship fruit salad craft, and friendship bracelets in Makerspace. It was a great week learning about and getting to know their amazing friends in Kindergarten!

#SMStheplacetoBEE #Kindergarten #FriendshipWeek #GodMadeUsEachUnique

8 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

kindergarten students smiling in a group

TOMORROW is the HSA Sister Sheila Marathon! A few reminders are below, please see the text message sent to parents for more info:

🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏃🏻‍♀️ Please turn in your pledge/permission sheet if you haven't already!
💙🐝🤍 Students may dress down in spirit wear, or blue & white, but most importantly dress for the weather!
⏱️ Each class will walk during their specified time period.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parents/guardians are invited to come and walk with your student.
🔖 Each participant will be issued a “lap tag,” which will be marked each time the student reaches a certain point.
🍎🍌 Water and fruit (apples, bananas) will be provided.

Thank you for supporting one of HSA’s biggest fundraisers of the year!

9 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

students running in last year's marathon

🍎🍏 Apples here, apples there, apples EVERYWHERE! Kindergarten's apple week was fun and delicious. They completed an apple counting math activity, used their 5 senses to try red apples, green apples and yellow apples, and then learned to graph their favorites. The class wrapped up the week celebrating Johnny Appleseed's birthday & learning about who he was, all while enjoying apple muffins they made themselves!

#kindergarten #johnnyappleseed #counting #graphing #SMStheplacetoBEE

9 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

Kindergarten class learns about apples and johnny appleseed

Our Montessori class has been growing each day in grace, courtesy, and classroom rhythms!

Learn more about enrolling your 3, 4, or 5 year old in our Montessori program at our Fall Open House on Oct. 15th. Click the link below to RSVP: www.smstheplacetobee.com

#montessori #preK #kindergarten #smstheplacetobee #openhouse

10 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

Montessori students at work in their classroom

Happy feast day of St. Francis! Fr. Peter visited students after school Mass to ask our Lord's blessings on them, their pets (represented by photos brought in to school), and our youngest students' "stuffed" animals. #stfrancis #guardianangels #feastday #blessingoftheanimals

11 days ago, St. Mary Swormville

Father Peter blesses students with holy water

#openhouse #fall #preK #montessori #kindergarten #smstheplacetobee

12 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

In September our 7th graders got in the back to school spirit with a 3D printing project. They made name key chains, and they turned out great!

#grade7 #3dprint #backtoschool #makerspace #smstheplacetobee

12 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

🪽 Today we celebrate the feast of the Guardian Angels.

Everyone has a Guardian Angel and none of us has to walk through the trials and sufferings of this life alone, because we each have a special friend that is ours alone. No one before us had our specific Guardian Angel, and no one after us will have the same one ever again. Many Saints have even seen their Guardian Angels and spoken with them.

There are many prayers we can say to our Guardian Angel. The most traditional one is the Guardian Angel prayer;

“Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits here, ever this day/night be at my side to light, to guard, to rule, and guide."

We should pray often to our Guardian Angel for guidance and protection. They want to help us, but we have to be open to allowing them to work in our lives.

#feastday #guardianangel #lightguardruleguide #togetherinchristfamily

13 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

🌡️🔍 Grade 2 learned about thermometers this past week and watched as water went from solid ice to boiling at 100 degrees Celsius. The students observed many things using magnifying glasses as well!

#grade2 #science #temperature #observations #scienceisfun

13 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

student in grade 2 observing with a magnifying glass in science

student in grade 2 observing temperature with a thermometer

🐴🍂 Our K, 1, & 2 students had some fall fun down on the farm yesterday! They picked pumpkins, went on wagon and pony rides, and met and learned all about tons of cute animals.

They even were introduced to Mrs. Marilyn Kelkenberg, Akron Acres co-owner and St. Mary School alumnus! Marilyn shared some fond memories of her days at SMS, and we're sure this field trip to the farm will become a wonderful memory in the minds of our current students. Thank you Marilyn!

See more photos of the field trip here: https://tinyurl.com/c4y46csm

#alumni #akronacres #fallonthefarm #SMStheplacetoBEE #pumpkinpicking

14 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

Marilyn speaking to a group of St. MAry's students

Girls Varsity Volleyball continued this week with a triple match against St. Greg's on Tuesday night in the SMS gym. Our girls had a strong showing and pulled out the win in the last match! Our Lady Bees stayed in it until the end, playing a total of eight sets - great job! Their next game is Friday, Oct. 3rd at 6pm at Christ the King.

#volleyball #girlsvarsity #goBees

14 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

💛 🦬 💙 Students who purchased the HSA Dress Down Pass may dress down tomorrow, Thursday, October 1st, to cheer on our Buffalo Sabres with your team gear or Sabres colors!

If you didn't purchase the Dress Down Pass & would still like to participate, please bring in $2 to dress down tomorrow.
Click here to see our dress down guidelines (page 3): https://tinyurl.com/4cjczj6w

#goSabres #dressdownpass #homeschoolassociation #scarygood #letsgobuffalo

14 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus

💛🦁 Today is the feast of St. Jerome, who spent decades in a cave in Bethlehem translating Scripture into Latin so ordinary people could read it. He was famously difficult and famously devoted, which is a combination most of us can recognize in someone we love!

He is one of the Doctors of the Church. Happy feast day to the students in our St. Jerome Faith Family!

#faith #faithfamilies #stjerome #doctorofthechurch #feastday #SMStheplacetoBEE

15 days ago, Rebecca Kisailus