Marathon Day is tomorrow! Our annual Marathon is a fun fitness activity for our Montessori through 8th grade students. The marathon is walked/run in memory of Sr. Sheila, who served as Principal of St. Mary School for many years. We thank all our families for their participation!
SPARK! is Wednesday, October 4th at 7 PM in room 109. Young adults ages 18-25 are encouraged to come and check out this peer group designed just for you. Bring a friend, all are welcome. Meet others and share in fellowship.
Last week we celebrated the feast of the Archangels, and today we celebrate the feast of the Guardian Angels. Our new bulletin board up today reminds students to "Bee" an angel to others, and embody the monthly diocesan character virtues set forth for the year. We also encourage SMS students to pray the St. Michael and Guardian Angel prayers, for help in living out virtuous lives. #MondayMotivation #BeeAnAngelToOthers #CharacterEd
SMS - more than just a school! #SMStheplacetoBEE #CatholicEducation #MindBodySoul
Miss Reeves' 7th grade science classes are learning the different ways to measure matter!
Miss Reeves' 6th grade science class came back from their space jumps and wanted to share two things: the first is how sore they were after jumping so many times and second being the relationship that exists between mass and gravity.
Profe Maria not only teaches our students the Spanish language but we are learning about Hispanic artists and recreating their artistic styles.
What's for lunch?? Now that's an easy question to answer! Simply check what you may have ordered for your student(s) by clicking the "LUNCH" icon on the SMS website or App, (found under "MENU"), and view the menus for the week!
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!
