During Catholic Schools Week at the end of January, we celebrated our weekly School Mass with a Mixed Faith Family Choir, Virtue Awards for Fidelity, & the Knights of Columbus Poster & Essay Contest Winners! Congratulations to all of our fabulous students who were recognized for their achievements, & thank you to the Knights for their generous contributions to our school!

#CatholicSchoolsWeek2026 #VirtueAwards #Fidelity #KnightsofColumbus #contestwinners

about 13 hours ago, St. Mary Swormville
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It's another #throwbackthursday - Kindergarten style! Miss Gon's Kindergarten cuties colored some beautiful bees during Catholic Schools Week, then delivered them to the mailboxes of SMS teachers & staff. What a nice way to show appreciation for all that our hardworking staff does each & every day!

If you're looking for a school for your child with small class sizes, a focus on academics, AND on service to others, click here to learn more: stmaryschoolswormville.org/tour

#Kindergarten #Service #weappreciateyou #SMStheplacetoBEE #CatholicSchoolsWeek
2 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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Grade 4 had such a great time exploring the relationship between speed and energy, and energy transfer in science lately. Mrs. Witkowski is so proud of the class's wonderful background knowledge and genuine enthusiasm for physics! Great job grade 4!

#speed #energy #science #physics #grade4
3 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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Grade 3 has been having a blast exploring Force and Motion in science recently through sports (soccer and football), scooters with Mrs. Genovese, and even arm wrestling!

#grade3 #science #forceandmotion
4 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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Whether you have a business or want to sponsor as a family, we need you for Magnificat!

Through a tax deductible sponsorship or donation, you’ll reach the entire audience of St. Mary School families, parishioners and attendees who attend Magnificat in person or bid online in the Silent Auction. This highly targeted, local, and relevant base of potential customers will see your business or family name supporting Catholic education. Support for Magnificat shows your support for your community, and builds awareness and trust in a community that will in turn support you!

We would love your support of this important fundraiser for our school. Please review the Sponsorship and Donation forms as well as other donation ideas online here: stmaryschoolswormville.org/magnificat

#Magnificat #AuctionGala #SilentAuction #LiveAuction #Sponsorship #Donation #Banners #ProgramAds

5 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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🎠 Last week our 2nd & 3rd graders had a wonderful time on their field trip to the Herschell Carousel Factory Museum. They learned about the rich history of the carousel, and even designed a crank shaft with a horse!

#grade2 #grade3 #CarouselFactory #Museum #fieldtrip #SMSspiritweek #roundandround #merrygoround
6 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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We honored our 8th grade Varsity Boys Basketball players last Monday night after their last home game of the season. Our 8th grade players are pictured with roses, please also enjoy some other photos from the boys' season!

#BoysBasketball #Varsity #SMStheplacetoBEE #middleschool #grade7 #grade8
6 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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Spirit Week just isn't Spirit Week without the 8th grade relay races!. Faith Families cheered for their favorite team member in this tight race that switched leaders a few times. Was there a winning team? Yes. Did it matter who won? No. We all had a blast and just enjoyed having fun!

#classof2026 #SpiritWeek #grade8 #relayraces
6 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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Students in grades 4-8 recently participated in our SMS Career Fair. We welcomed over 20 guests, including school parents and even some alumni! Fr. Tom opened the event with a prayer and talk on vocations. Students enjoyed meeting with our guests and learning about various careers, including architecture, banking, law, the food industry, speech therapy, education, advertising, criminal investigation, and more!

#careerfair #vocations #whatdoyouwanttobewhenyougrowup #SMSalumni

6 days ago, Mrs. Bishop
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🐢 Our Montessori Pre-K students are really loving their new class pet - Bennett the turtle! Students voted on a name for their new pet before he arrived, & now that he's here they have new work to go along with him. There are interesting facts about Bennett's species posted above his enclosure so that friends can learn more about him. Additionally, students may work on an observation sheet that records whether Bennett is eating, sleeping, walking, or hiding!

If you're looking for a self-paced, hands-on Pre-K environment for your child, click here to learn more about Montessori Pre-K at SMS: stmaryschoolswormville.org/montessori

#classpet #ornatewoodturtle #newwork #montessori #preK #observations
7 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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🐟 SMS students Sam, Julia, & Adam, along with Mr. Reeds and Mrs. Witkowski recently showcased our Trout in the Classroom project at the 2026 Catholic Education Dinner! SMS was one of 7 Diocesan Elementary schools to showcase something special at the annual event.

The Catholic Education Dinner is a fundraiser for The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, & was held at Salvatore's this year. Our students explained how they participated in the program to attendees, including Bishop Michael Fisher and represented our school well. We are so proud of our students who are not only learning the science of the life cycle, but about the Creator of all!

#troutintheclassroom #troutunlimited #CatholicEdDinner #science #lifecycles #GodsCreation
8 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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We're doing a #throwbackthursday to just a few weeks ago during Catholic Schools Week! Faith Families competed in the first event for SMS Spirit Week, which was “Holy Hive” Catholic Trivia for grades 3-8.

#CatholicTrivia #CatholicSchoolsWeek2026 #SMSSpiritWeek #FaithFamilies #HolyHive #SMStheplacetoBEE
9 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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🐾 SMS students watched a K9 police unit demonstration this am as part of Spirit Week! Students were able to see the dogs in action, learn about their jobs & training, as well as ask questions of the police officers. Thank you to the individuals who set this up- the students really enjoyed it!

#policedog #K9demonstration #SMSspiritweek #woofwoof
10 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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👶🏻 Well, what do you think? Could you guess these baby faces? Let us know how many you got correct in the comments!

#SMSspiritweek #babyface #faithfamilyolympics #ohbaby
10 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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☃️ Tuesday was "Winter Wonderland" Day for #SMSspiritweek! Students dressed in their PJs or warm, snuggly clothes & brought snow gear to play outside! Activities for the day included snow sculptures, Winter Olympic style games, hot chocolate & more!

#winterwonderland #playinthesnow #getoutside #SMStheplacetoBEE

11 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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7th and 8th grade Spanish classes played “What do you Meme?”- Spanish Edition yesterday. They read scenarios in Spanish, then had to pick the meme they thought best connected to that scenario. Students had a lot of fun using their Spanish to play together!

#whatdoyoumeme #grade7 #grade8 #middleschool #spanish
11 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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Tomorrow we will reveal who's who in the SMS teachers & staff "match the baby picture" competition! Students worked hard trying to figure out which baby face belonged to each of their instructors today, as well as answering Staff Trivia as part of the #SMSspiritweek Faith Family Olympic games. Go ahead and see if you can match them up too!

#babyface #faithfamilyolympics #ohbaby #stafftrivia
11 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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🦗🌃 Mrs. Baker's 4th graders & accelerated 3rd grade students enjoyed a NYC themed party this week as a treat for finishing their novel study! "The Cricket in Times Square" party featured some of the character Chester's favorite snacks, students created their own instruments, and even played some NYC bingo.

#grade4 #novelstudy #cricketintimessquare #NYC
11 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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💙🐝🤍 We kicked off #SMSspiritweek yesterday with "Dress Like an Athlete Day"! Pre-K - Grade 8 students dressed up in their favorite team’s gear! Whether that was the Bills, Sabres, Bisons, or their own hockey, baseball, cheer, dance, or other sports gear. Activities for the day included Olympic Trivia & a Faith Family door decorating contest!

Our Faith Families will compete against each other all week based on how they complete the various Spirit Week activities... may the best Faith Family win!

#faithfamilies #2026Olympics #winterolympics #doordecorating #trivia
11 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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🍽️ Don't forget... Skip the dinnertime hassle TONIGHT - let Jonny C.’s do the cooking & support our 8th grade class!

Jonny C.'s Dining Out Night | Feb. 10 from 4-8 pm
9350 Transit Rd, East Amherst, NY 14051

As our 8th grade class continues to prepare for their class trip to Philadelphia, support them by dining out with locally owned favorite, Jonny C’s! All order types are allowed for the fundraiser (online, Door Dash, by phone, in-person). It’s very important to mention “St. Mary's Fundraiser" when you order so that it counts! For online or Door Dash orders put “St. Mary's Fundraiser" next to your name in the order.

🚗🧽💦 8th grade is also continuing to fund raise with Delta Sonic, click the link below to connect to their account. Thank you in advance for helping out!
fundraiser.vip/tickets/purchase/2025_StMaryGr8Trip

11 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
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