"Education is not always in the four corners of a classroom." ~ Albert Einstein
Yesterday our students from Montessori Kindergarten - grade 8 took this sentiment to heart as they went on field trips to Play University, the BPO, Buffalo Museum of Science & Tift Nature Preserve!
🌎🍴Our staff & students have been hard at work preparing for tonight - SMS's first ever "Flavors of Fellowship"! Passport holders can take in the art, culture & of course FOOD from 10 different countries as they travel from classroom to classroom this evening - we can't wait!
🐄🥛 Our Montessori Pre-K- through grade 2 students had fun yesterday watching the Milk for Health Magician, Rob Allen! His nutrition and dairy focused magic show is always a hit among crowds of all ages. #milkforhealth #magicshow #spiritweek #SMStheplacetoBEE
Click the link below to check out the special way our Faith Families observed #CatholicSchoolsWeek during last Friday's school Mass: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/V38OLROeJak
👒🎩🧢 Our Montessori students got cRaZY today with their crazy hats for the 1st day of SMS Spirit Week! All week long students will be dressing up and participating in fun, community building activities. #spiritweek #crazyhatday #SMStheplacetoBEE 💙🐝🤍
One of the works in our Catechesis of the Good Shepherd curriculum in the Montessori classroom is the model altar. Students gently place each item on the altar: chalice, paten, crucifix, candle holders, & candles; then return each item to the altar cabinet. #montessorilearning #goodshepherd #Catholicvalues #tomorrowsleaders
🍕🥗🥪 Our Special Person lunches continued yesterday with Montessori, grade 2 & grade 6 students enjoying some special time with parents, grandparents or other loved ones. ❤️
#smstheplacetobee #CSW2025 #ifeelspecial #sospecial #lunchtime
🐝 Check out our Montessori Children's House, as featured in KidsOutAndAbout's 2025 Preschools Newsletter! Wondering if Montessori Pre-K is a good fit for your family? Check out our Q&A at the link below to find out: https://tinyurl.com/mry9m44m
#MontessoriLearning #preK
Are you looking for a Pre-K that provides an excellent academic foundation for your child & embodies your values? Join us Sun., 1/26 to learn more about our Montessori Children's House for 3-6 year olds. RSVP at: www.stmaryschoolswormville.org/openhouse
We double dog dare you to like this post! But how couldn't you with a pup as patient as Father Peter's "Lucy", surrounded by our sweet SMS students? The children enjoyed Lucy's classroom visits this week, & of course she enjoyed the attention!
#gooddog #SMStheplacetoBEE
📖 Yesterday our Montessori full day students finished reading "Matilda" as a class. This is their 2nd chapter book of the year. Before reading each day, Miss Krista & Miss Katie ask the students comprehension questions about what has been read so far. Today the class began watching Matilda the movie to see the book come to life, and really enjoyed it! Next up on the #Montessori reading list is Charlie and The Chocolate Factory!
#Matilda #knowledge #montessorilearning #reading #learningtoread #readingtolearn #preK #kindergarten
🐝💙🤍Join us THIS THURSDAY from 5:30 - 6:30 pm for LEAD Night! Lower Elementary Academic Discovery Night is a chance for families to come & see all that St. Mary's has to offer students entering grades K-2 specifically! You'll have a chance to meet with teachers and current parents of SMS students, as well as meet the Principal and tour our Montessori, K, 1, and 2 classrooms and Makerspace Lab. Please RSVP at smstheplacetobee.com if you plan to attend, children who attend will go on a scavenger hunt with their parents around the school and get to build their own goodie bag with prizes along the way!
#CatholicValues #TomorrowsLeaders #SMStheplacetoBEE #kindergarten #MontessoriKindergarten #grade1 #grade2
🍪💚❤️ Our Montessori Pre-K & K students enjoyed Grinch cookies (thanks Ms. Ashley!) while watching "The Grinch" this morning. The cookies were a yummy treat after working hard in their classroom and going to a fun-filled music class today!
If you're looking for a pre-school or Kindergarten that not only nurtures your child academically, but shares your family's VALUES, we encourage you to attend our Open House on Sun., Jan. 26th from 10:30 am - 12 pm. Tour our Montessori classrooms and school, meet our teachers, and see why everyone is saying #SMSistheplacetoBEE!
Register here for Open House (PreK - 8, & LEAD Night (K-2): http://smstheplacetobee.com
Our Montessori Pre-K & Kindergarten students were getting the party started early this morning on Pajama Day! Their class party included decorating cookies, painting wooden nutcrackers, building with Legos, decorating cardboard gingerbread houses, playing in "sensory hot cocoa", building popsicle stick snowflakes, and making Christmas wreath bracelets. Looks like tons of hands-on, fine motor skill building fun!
If you're looking for a pre-school or Kindergarten that not only nurtures your child academically, but shares your family's VALUES, we encourage you to attend our Open House on Sun., Jan. 26th from 10:30 am - 12 pm. Tour our Montessori classrooms and school, meet our teachers, and see why everyone is saying #SMSistheplacetoBEE!
Register here for Open House (PreK - 8) & LEAD Night (K-2): http://smstheplacetobee.com
#montessori #ChristmasParty #handsonlearning #FAITH #TRADITION #KNOWLEDGE #SERVICE #FAMILY
Our annual Christmas Concert last night was a joy for all! The evening involved all of our students from Montessori Pre-K 3 to Grade 8, & was a beautiful way to continue to observe Advent & get ready for Christmas! See more photos here: https://tinyurl.com/4u5zersa
#ChristmasConcert #Advent #scriptureandsong
Today our Montessori students read the story "The Gingerbread Boy" as a class. This book will now be available to students to choose for independent work. While reading, students are able to use character pieces to show key events in the story. #montessorilearning #preK #kindergarten #gingerbreadboy
Our 3-6 year olds in Montessori had "snow" much fun outside today! ❄️ #preK3 #preK4 #Kindergarten #Montessori
We had BOO-tiful weather yesterday for our Halloween parade! Students from Montessori up to 8th grade donned their costumes & paraded to the parish office & back to show off their festive finery. See more photos here: https://tinyurl.com/24jtvvs7
#tradition #halloweenparade
Our #Montessori students are just too cute to spook! They got the party started early this Halloween morning by decorating cookies, making yarn mummies, making pumpkin bracelets, picking up "spiders", scooping up "magic potions", & more! #Halloween2024
Some of our 8th grade students spent time this week reading to friends in our #Montessori Children's House. "Reading Buddy" programs like ours benefit both the older & younger students by providing opportunities to become role models & mentors, enhancing confidence, developing social-emotional skills, improving literacy & listening skills, encouraging responsibility, & creating a stronger school community. #readingbuddies
