St. Mary School Swormville -

☘️✝️ Our Montessori students enjoyed some delicious treats yesterday in celebration of St. Patrick's Day! Celebrating holidays, seasons, & special occasions like birthdays, feast days, graduations, & more takes on special meaning in a Catholic school. Our values inform the way in which students and teachers celebrate these events - we are all God's people and meant to celebrate and enjoy special days, even in this season of Lent! "...I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly. " John 10:10 If you're looking for a Pre-K program that reinforces your Catholic values, and helps shape your child into a leader for tomorrow, join us this March and see what it's like to "Be a Bee" at St. Mary's! Choose from a Monday or Friday am this month to tour our Montessori Pre-K or Kindergarten Classrooms, or shadow a current student in grades 1-8. Learn more & sign up to "Be a Bee" here: stmaryschoolswormville.org/be-a-bee Learn more about our Montessori Children's House here: https://www.stmaryschoolswormville.org/o/school/page/montessori-childrens-house #SMStheplacetoBEE #Montessori #PreK #Kindergarten #CatholicValues #TomorrowsLeaders #stPatricksDay #celebrations #Lent2025

☘️ Enjoy a few more photos of all the St. Patrick's Day fun our staff & students had yesterday!

𝝅 🥧 Mrs. Whipple had the perfect shirt for celebrating the world's most famous irrational number, AND St. Patrick's Day yesterday! Middle school math classes celebrated a belated Pi day as well as the wearing o' the green with sweet treats. #piday #stpatricksday #mathissweet

Spring is almost here, & 2nd grade is learning about seeds & how they travel! Did you know some seeds travel half way around the world before they're planted? Students made replicas of Koa, Maple, & Rain tree seeds, then noted how each kind falls differently to the ground.

🌈 ☘️ Mrs. Wojtaszek's grade 2 class was soo close to catching a leprechaun yesterday! ...But boy did he leave their classroom in disarray! The leprechaun was careless though & dropped a golden chocolate coin for each student to enjoy. They also ate a rainbow of fruit for snack!

🌮 It's #TacoTuesday & that means #WalkingTacos for lunch! Check out Mr. Quinn & Mrs. Braunscheidel's new & improved recipe... it got a resounding "thumbs up" from students last time we served it - be sure to order tacos for the month of April lunch orders, coming out soon!

📸🌷🎓 Spring is just around the corner, and so is Spring & Kindergarten Graduation Picture Day! SMS parents/guardians, if you'd like photos taken of your student(s) on Tues., 3/25, order online at mylifetouch.com, or use the paper order forms that came home. Students getting SPRING pictures taken may dress up out of uniform on 3/25, Montessori K & Kindergarten students may wear their uniforms under the supplied cap & gowns, unless they are getting Spring pictures as well. #pictureday #springpictures #kindergartengraduation

🎭 Our SMS Drama Club is hard at work again, preparing for their April 25th & 26th productions of “Music Man Jr.”! Help us purchase costumes for our students, refurbish sets, & defray the cost of purchasing new curtains, mats & canvas backdrops for our stage by purchasing a sponsorship! We are in dire need of funds to replace these essential items. Help us keep the St. Mary’s stage looking beautiful for the Drama Club, & all school & parish groups that use it. If you’d like to purchase a sponsorship, click the link below, select your sponsorship package, & submit payment by this Friday, March 21, 2025. Thank you in advance for your support! https://tinyurl.com/mswxzt2y #DramaClub #SpringMusical #MusicManJr #NewCurtains #CurtainsUp

Mr. Baker's 4th graders tried to use the "luck o' the Irish" to create their own rainbows today using only Play-Doh & Froot Loops! They ended the activity with a museum walk to see how each group completed the task! #stpatricksday #teamwork #museumwalk

Last Friday students (and a teacher, congrats Mrs. Bishop!) were recognized for displaying the virtue of REVERENCE, or showing your deepest respect for things of God, during the month of February. Third grader Shannon T. won February's Diocesan Character Award for INCLUSION by making sure everyone feels valued & part of the group. Congratulations to all! #virtues #VirtueAwards #reverence #inclusion #characterEd #CatholicValues #TomorrowsLeaders

⚽️ RSVP DEADLINE EXTENDED for "It's Game Time"! RSVP by THIS MONDAY AM via the flyer sent home in backpacks or click here: https://tinyurl.com/3zudt58e 🏈 Payment may be sent in via cash, check, or online at: https://stmaryswormville.ejoinme.org/2025GameOn 🏀 Calling all SMS BOYS! Scout out a VERY IMPORTANT LADY as your #1 Draft Pick! • Wear your favorite team gear! • There will be snacks, games & prizes! • Just $20 per family ( cost includes all SMS students in the family and their #1 Draft Pick(s)). If you made an All-In or Social Family Commitment for the 2024-2025 School Year, no payment is required. ⚾️ We are also in need of volunteers & donations for the event, sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/ypf2cchz 💙 Check out the photos below of all the fun our SMS Boys and their Very Important Ladies had last year, don't miss out on this annual SMS tradition!

Mrs. Laderer and Mrs. D'Angelo had a great Lunch Bunch with the 5th grade girls. They were tasked with building the tallest freestanding balloon tower they could using only body language and gestures. Before heading to a a girl's only lunch in the classroom, Mrs. Laderer lead them in a discussion about what would have made the structure stronger...SUPPORT! We all need to support one another through our words, actions, and prayers during this Lenten season.

🍀🌈💛Grade 1 is looking to trap some sneaky leprechauns! Students brought in recyclable materials from home to make these ingenious creations that will be set up in their classroom over the weekend.... do you think they'll be successful? #grade1 #stpatricksday #leprechauntraps

☘️ SMS students are invited to dress down in GREEN in celebration of St. Patrick's Day on Monday, March 17th!

🗞️☺️ SMS is in the news again! Our recent "Flavors of Fellowship" event made the front page of the Amherst Bee. Pick up a copy today to see our students & teachers, or click here: https://www.amherstbee.com/articles/flavors-of-fellowship/

🔍 Honey, they shrunk the vocab list! Mr. Baker's 4th graders became experts on their ELA vocabulary words this week by creating posters that were then shrunk down so each student had their own set of special flash cards to study from! #grade4 #ELA #vocab #flashcards

The SMS/NVBM JV girls finished their season with a win against Nichols (10-9) over the weekend in the Christ the King Tournament. Mia G. had a season-high 8 points and Millania M. had 2 points.   The team played exceptional defense to come back from a 5-0 deficit at the half & get the win. Alexa Z., Elyse R., Kaitlyn M., Lucy C., Francesca M. & Lizzie T. all contributed with numerous steals, rebounds & assists.   In their first year playing together, the JV girls had a great season.  They always represented their schools by showing good sportsmanship & respect for each other & other players. Great job ladies!

🐝 Are you looking to make a change for your student? Let them be a "Bee" for a day, and you'll be pleasantly surprised! Join us Mondays and Fridays this March for grade 1-8 shadow experiences. Learn more & register at: stmaryschoolswormville.org/be-a-bee #SMStheplacetoBEE

💜🌼💚 You might have heard, but if you didn't... there's just under 2 weeks left to purchase tickets for our 2025 Spring for Success Auction Gala! 😲 School families, you're invited to come together & support Catholic education with our St. Mary's faith community on Saturday, April 5th at Marygold Manor. RSVP here today: https://stmaryswormville.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/2025AuctionGala/RSVP/tabid/1532427/Default.aspx Learn more about the event & check out some great photos from last year here: https://youtu.be/ErRpYwqqF8c

Attention Men! Tomorrow is the deadline to register to attend the Christ Renews Welcome Retreat taking place at St. Mary's this weekend, 3/15-3/16. Do it for your spiritual self! Sign up @ https://www.stmaryswormville.org/o/smsp/page/christ-renews-his-parish-welcome-20-retreats or call Jay, (845) 216-2768.