St. Mary School Swormville -

Coach Suttell's SMS grade 3/4 co-ed basketball team came out with a win this past weekend over St. Mary's Lancaster. Great job Bees! 🐝💙🤍 SMS offers a wide variety of sports & extracurricular activities for students in grades K-8. It doesn't matter if you're a player with years of experience, or picking up a new sport for the first time - all students are treated with respect & offered an opportunity to learn, hone skills & be part of a team. Click here to learn more: https://www.stmaryschoolswormville.org/o/school/page/sports-program

Mrs. Picone's first graders are studying Sicily for the upcoming school-wide "Flavors of Fellowship" event. Today they watched as Mount Etna erupted right in their classroom! #grade1 #Sicily #Culture #GlobalPerspectives #ExploreTheWorld #MountEtna #volcano

The feast of St. Blaise was on Sun., Feb. 2nd, so Mrs. Egleston & Mr. Slish visited classrooms on Mon. to bless our students' throats! Learn more about this tradition here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskK9nkK17o #StBlaise #blessingofthroats #candles

Thank you to the Knights of Columbus for once again sponsoring our HSA's #CatholicSchoolsWeek Family Breakfast! The food was delicious, & students made Valentine’s Day cards for Veterans while they waited to be served. #service #tradition #KofC #CatholicValues #tomorrowsleaders

Our SMS/Nativity/St. John's combined swim team held their end of season banquet this weekend. Students were recognized for their achievements, including graduating 8th graders Tori C., Quinn H., & Noah V. (pictured with parents), and the team's 3 elite all stars, Madelyn C., Tori C., & Kingston P. Great job to all on a winning season! #swimming #divisiontitle #champions #youthsports

♟️Eleven St. Mary School students participated in the Diocesan Chess Tournament this weekend, with 8th grader Brendan D. taking 5th place overall. Thank you to Mr. Kelly & Mrs. Larson for leading this popular new club! #chessclub #tournament #checkmate

While most of our students were enjoying the annual HSA ice skating party this past Fri., 7th grader Lydia M. was skating to a bronze medal at the Empire State Games in Lake Placid! Click the link to see more photos from our ice skating party: https://tinyurl.com/4bdz9yf3

🍕🥗🥪 We concluded our Special Person lunches this #CatholicSchoolsWeek with grades K, 3 & 7 on Wednesday., & 1, 4 & 8 on Thursday. Students enjoyed this time with parents, grandparents or other loved ones! ❤️ #smstheplacetobee #CSW2025 #ifeelspecial #sospecial #lunchtime

Happy Birthday to Mrs. Braunscheidel (Cafeteria Server & SMS Alum) & all SMS students celebrating February birthdays! #happybirthday #SMStheplacetoBEE #February

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 "Keep Christ in Christmas" #postercontest, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus! Students in grades K-8 completed posters and showcased their creativity in delivering this important holiday message. #KofC #keepChristinChristmas

🐝 In celebration of #CatholicSchoolsWeek SMS students participated in a "Catholic Bee" on Friday! The "white" & "blue" teams faced off to test their knowledge of the Mass, scripture, liturgical seasons & more. Students in the audience were also invited to answer the questions on their clipboards. The teams "buzzed in" with their answers using light up bee sculptures made by students in our Makerspace Lab. The white team claimed victory in a close match, but every on-stage participant was a winner thanks to Target gift cards generously donated by the St. Mary's Knights of Columbus. Think you could answer most of the questions correctly? Try your hand at it in the comments! #CatholicBee #KofC #CSW2025 #faith #knowledge #CatholicValues #TomorrowsLeaders 1) What flower is symbolic of the Easter season? 2) Which liturgical season marks the beginning of the church year? 3) Who disobeyed God and did not want to go to Nineveh? 4) Where did Jesus go to pray after the Last Supper? 5) Where did the Holy Family stay until King Herod died? 6) What did God use to guide the Israelites through the wilderness? 7) What did Jesus do at the Last Supper to show his Apostles how they were to live in service of others? 8) Which Apostle at first did not believe that Jesus rose from the dead? 9) What name was Jesus sometimes called that means "master" or "teacher"? 10) What are the first three words of the Bible?

Congratulations to all of our St. Mary's, Nativity, and St. John's swimmers. A special congrats to our 8th graders and our Elite All Star swimmers!

Please check out these pictures from our large collection of "Lost & Found" items. If you see anything that belongs to your family, please claim it before February break begins (2/16/25) or it will be donated. Thank you!

♟️ Did you know that SMS offers 16 different extracurricular activities for students, with some available to students as young as Kindergarten? Check out our Chess Club for students in grades 5-8! #SMStheplacetoBEE #ChessClub #checkmate #extracurricular

🎓 Did you know that 98.9% of students who attend Catholic schools graduate from high school? Catholic schools set students up for success! Click the link below to learn how the #CatholicValues instilled at SMS shape #TomorrowsLeaders. #CSW2025 https://tinyurl.com/4e852ky8

Grade 5 was movin' & groovin' today while they reviewed adding & subtracting fractions! Students were given a minute to complete each equation, then when Mrs. Laderer shouted "Scoot!" they moved on to the next problem. #mathisfun #knowledge #fractions #grade5

Mrs. Witkowski's Grade 3 Science class explored force and motion in the gym yesterday! Students demonstrated how forces can cause a change in direction, a change in shape, and a change in speed. Great job grade 3! #science #grade3 #physics #knowledge #smstheplacetobee

❄️🐧 Miss Gon's Kindergarten class embraced the snow & cold to do their monthly writing piece on penguins, as well as completed a penguin directed drawing. They also finished up math units on addition & subtraction with a paper snowball fight - Kindergarten is SNOW much fun! #Kindergarten2025 #SMS #Januarylearning #SMStheplacetoBEE #penguins #snowmuchfun

✏️ Small class sizes provide numerous benefits for students including: • Increased individual attention from teachers • Better student engagement • Improved academic performance • Stronger teacher-student relationships • A more positive learning environment • Greater opportunities for participation in discussions & activities With an average class size of 17, students at SMS take advantage of these benefits! Click below to learn more about how small classes & the #CatholicValues instilled at SMS shape #TomorrowsLeaders. #CSW2025 https://www.stmaryschoolswormville.org/o/school/page/request-information

💐 Flowers in winter are such a nice surprise! In celebration of #CatholicSchoolsWeek our Kindergarten & grade 1 students colored some beautiful cards and put them in staff mailboxes today in appreciation of our hard working teachers! #celebrateTeachers #CSW2025 #SMStheplacetoBEE