St. Mary School Swormville -

SMS parents & students, don't forget to bring in food items & supplies for our Help for the Homeless Thanksgiving Drive by this Tuesday, November 25th!

#Thanksgiving #helpforthehomeless #SERVICE #SMStheplacetoBEE

SERVICE is important to St. Mary School students! Our students have completed numerous service projects this fall, including raising money for Veterans’ HERO Boxes through a patriotic dress down day, & donating warm socks for the homeless.

This week our entire 8th grade class got together after school to bake cookies that will be distributed with the warm socks collected, through the UB Newman Center's Homeless Ministry. A special thank you to Mrs. Braunscheidel & all of our parent volunteers who helped with the baking!

#SERVICE #thanksgiving #Classof2026 #bakingcookies #HEROboxes #community #CatholicValues #TomorrowsLeaders

We are so blessed to have wonderful staff & families here at SMS! Mrs. Robbins returned to in-person teaching this week, after suffering an injury late this past summer. We're so happy that she's on the mend and back with us now!

A big thank you also goes out to the Munro family for lending Mrs. Robbins this big comfy chair to give her feet a rest on and continue healing! We have the best families who are always willing to lend a helping hand. 🩷

#FAMILY #ELA #MiddleSchool #welcomeback

¡Qué colores tan bonitos! Check out the beautiful way that Mrs. Hammond's 6th grade Spanish students learned their colors - by painting pictures with their words!

#grade6 #spanish #paintapicture #words #colores #colors #knowledge

SMS students have been drawing God! Recently before school Mass, students met together in their Faith Families to listen to Karen Kiefer's book, "Drawing God", read aloud by Mrs. D'Angelo. Then they each worked on their own drawing that will be hung at OLV National Shrine & Basilica for an exhibit on November 22 .

The Catholic Parenting Initiative would like to invite families to attend the upcoming event, Drawing God Night, on Sat., Nov. 22nd from 5:30-7 pm. The evening will begin with Eucharistic Adoration for families in the upper Basilica, followed by food, crafts, activities and an art show including SMS students' artwork in the lower Basilica. The first 50 families to arrive that evening will receive a free copy of "Drawing God".

If you are planning to attend Drawing God Night, kindly RSVP at the link below: https://www.cpiwny.org/events-1/

#DrawingGod #CatholicParentingInitiative #artshow #faithfamilies #FAITH

🏀 🐝 Our grades 3 & 4 co-ed basketball team's first game tipped off this past Sat. at home against Notre Dame. The team worked hard at going through all aspects of game play in their recent practices, and it was exciting to see them put it all together!

#wintersports #grade3 #grade4 #goBEES #basketball #coed

Students in grade 5 recently learned about the native tribes of North America, then built paper models to represent each tribe.

#grade5 #socialstudies #NativeAmericans #models #inuit #makah #najavo #sioux #iroquois #cherokee #KNOWLEDGE

We're thinking about & honoring Veterans this whole month of November at SMS. We thank all of those who have served to keep our world safe and their families! May God bless all of those in our 5 branches of duty.

#Army #Navy #Marines #AirForce #CoastGuard #VeteransDay #HonorVeterans #November #kindergarten #grade2

SMS graduates continue to achieve great things, in high school & beyond! Congratulations to the following St. Mary School Swormville Alumnae on making the first marking period Honor Roll at their high schools.

Mount St. Mary Academy:
Amelia Bocketti

Canisius High School:
Matthew Carver
Evan Dahl
Tyler Kubiak
Anthony Pepe
Alexander Zgoda
Stanislav Ryskin
Aiden Charland
Solin Cruz
Ryan Kubiak
Patrick MacDiarmid
Lucas Pepe
Evan Wilkes
Jacob Puckett

#SMSalumni #AlumniNews #HonorRoll #Knowledge #CatholicValues #TomorrowsLeaders

Trout Update: Our alevin are growing bigger & stronger every day! Many of them have already lost their attached yolk sac for nourishment, & soon we will begin feeding them & they will be known as "fry". The transition from living off the yolk to independent feeding is a critical life stage for the young trout.

Our grades 3, 4, & 5 students are truly embracing observing the trout each week. During prayerful observation time, students listen to/sing the Prayer of St. Francis (the patron saint of animals) while observing them in their tank. It is truly amazing that our students are able to witness the changes between stages in the trout life cycle right in front of them in their classroom!

#browntrout #troutunlimited #alevin #fry #lifestages #stfrancis #troutintheclassroom #grade3 #grade4 #grade5

🇺🇸 In honor of Veterans Day tomorrow, SMS students in grades K-8 made thank you cards that were distributed to veterans at all St. Mary's weekend Masses.

In addition, students donated $2 to dress down today in patriotic colors in support of the Senior Wishes program. Senior Wishes recognizes the service of WNY Senior Veterans with HERO Boxes. During the month of November, HERO Boxes filled with patriotic items are delivered to local veterans, & they are invited to share their stories. Each individual story reminds us what true service & sacrifice look like, & why we are thankful for these heroic men & women!

#VeteransDay #thankyouforyourservice #SeniorWishes #GodBlessAmerica #Heroes #FAITH #SERVICE