Get more information on enrolling your child at our WNY All-Star A-List school, as featured in Buffalo Business First's Schools Guide. Seats are still available in Montessori Pre-K & select grades for Fall 2026!
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A highlight of the year for 2nd graders is being able to take the stuffed classroom "pet" animal with them on family trips an vacations. Each student had a chance to take home one of the stuffed macaws, and write about their adventures in the class journal. Students included photos and chronicled their time with their plush friends to share with their class when they returned.
Grade 2 also holds an annual bake sale during lunch periods which raises money to aid in conservation efforts for their classroom animal. They create posters to advertise the sale & post around school, then man the sale themselves, practicing manners, customer service and making change.
Throughout the year students also learn about the animal, it's habitat, whether it is threatened or endangered, and what they can do to help the species thrive.
🤔 We wonder what animal Mrs. Wojtaszek will choose for her classroom next year... any guesses??? Leave your guess in the comments!
📸 See more photos of Grade 2's macaw themed adventures here: https://tinyurl.com/494rxthw
✏️ School Supply Lists: https://www.stmaryschoolswormville.org/supplies
☀️ Summer Work: Packets were given out to all rising K-8 students in June. If you have questions about the work your student should complete, please contact the school office at 716-689-8424, or office@stmaryschoolswormville.org. Summer work is due at Supply Drop Off Day on Thurs., Sept. 3rd.
We 're wishing all of our St. Mary's families a summer filled with fun, relaxation, and a little learning along the way!
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☀️ Week 2 of our Summer STREAM program focused on Ancient Innovations! Mrs. Larson & her students designed their own pottery, learned about language and made Rosetta stones, made paper, explored printmaking, learned about fireworks then painted some of their own, practiced bartering for supplies, and even hosted their own market with homemade goods. They were certainly busy, busy bees!
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SMS parents - if you have a photo of your Kindergarten or Grade 8 grad with their lawn sign that you'd like to share, email it to rkisailus@stmaryschoolswormville.org.
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☀️ We can't believe we're already in week 3 of our summer programs! Have a look back at our students' activities from week 1 of Summer STREAM with Mrs. Larson, themed around the beauty of God's creation.
Students learned about the unique structures of snowflakes then created their own, made bug hotels, flying creations, tactile "snow", and even played a little freeze-tag outside!
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🎇🇺🇸🎆 Happy Birthday America! On this 4th of July and 250th Anniversary of the birth of our nation, please enjoy some wonderful student artwork with us as we offer this prayer:
God, source of all freedom, this day is bright with the memory of those who declared that life and liberty are your gift to every human being. Help us to continue a good work begun long ago. Make our vision clear and our will strong: that only in human solidarity will we find liberty, and justice only in the honor that belongs to every life on earth. Turn our hearts toward the family of nations: to understand the ways of others, to offer friendship, and to find safety only in the common good of all. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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We wouldn't have been able to tackle this project without the generosity of our donors at this year's Magnificat Gala. A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to everyone who raised their paddles, as well as our generous donors who matched the raise the paddle contributions! We can't wait to show everyone the "after" photos!
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Mondays: CLOSED
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays: 8 am - 2 pm
Fridays: CLOSED
Please feel free to email us at office@stmaryschoolswormville.org or leave a voicemail at 716-689-8424 any time.
Have a wonderful summer!
Our recently graduated 8th graders made so many exciting memories during their class trip in May, that we're just now catching up on all the great photos! From the (infamous) bus breakdown, to mini-golf, the Liberty Bell, meeting Gov. Shapiro, Independence Hall, the Museum of Illusions, & Old St. Joseph's National Shrine, this was an adventure we're sure our newest SMS alumni won't soon forget!
See more photos from their trip here: https://tinyurl.com/5djpj6bf
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Over the next several weeks we'll be highlighting members of our 8th grade graduating class of 2026. Before they could graduate though, each 8th grader worked for months completing their Capstone Project.
8th Grade Capstone Projects are multifaceted, culminating academic experiences that serve as the final, integrative piece of our students' educational program. 8th graders design & build a Google site themselves to communicate how St. Mary School has formed them academically, socially & spiritually into the young men & women they are today. Students then have to present their website to a panel of teachers, staff, or other community leaders, & answer questions on their presentation.
Creating a Google site teaches students practical digital literacy, project management, & creative communication. It helps them learn how to organize information logically, collaborate effectively, & curate a professional digital presence. The presentation portion of the Capstone Project teaches students essential skills far beyond standing at a podium. It builds self-confidence, improves verbal & written clarity, sharpens critical thinking, & develops leadership & interpersonal abilities.
We'd like to congratulate all of our 8th graders on the completion of their capstone projects. Margaret MacDiarmid & Henry Sendlak each won a Knights of Columbus $500 scholarship that was presented at graduation for the highest scorning male & female students on this year's Capstone Projects. Congratulations!
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• 2026 Kindergarten Moving Up Day Video
• 2026 Montessori Picnic Song Video
• 2026 Night of the Arts Concert Video
View these videos & more at: https://www.stmaryschoolswormville.org/hive
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