School of Saint Mary Community,

Please know that we value our students' presence in their classrooms as much as you do as parents. When students arrive late, they miss out on essential instructions given at the beginning of the lesson. This can significantly reduce achievement, regardless of academic ability. Your child may also feel awkward arriving to the classroom when everyone else is settled. Furthermore, when one student arrives late, it can disrupt the entire class and the teacher.

This past Monday, the UGC Office recorded 56 late arrivals. We understand that there can be situations that are out of everyone's control. However, having a large number of students enter the building after the bell can create unnecessary work and chaos for all. Please help us to continue providing a consistent and valuable, Catholic education for the entire school community by being punctual. We appreciate your efforts and sacrifices made in order to ensure student achievement and success here at the School of Saint Mary.

God bless,

School of Saint Mary Administrative Team

Though our Catholic Schools Week Celebration was impacted by the weather, we none the less continued to have a wonderful celebration of Catholic education at the School of St. Mary. All grades participated in many different activities inviting families and friends to experience all of the reasons why we love St. Mary. From book reports to geography bees, from special recipe presentations to gym activities, our students were able to showcase their many skills and talents for all of our family and friends. Thank you to all who came out to support our students during the last two weeks. Below you will find a brief video highlighting some of the events that occurred during Catholic Schools Weeks.

On Wednesday, we held our Annual Geography Bee at the Upper Grade Center. Students in grades 4-8 competed in their Social Studies classes to determine the finalists. Those finalists competed in front of their families, friends and teachers during the Geography Bee in the UGC gym. For the second year in a row the winner of our Geography Bee was Eighth grader Sean Kupperman. The runner up was Fourth grader Anderson Peters. Congratulations to all of our participants in this great competition.    

Please make sure you are placing your orders for hot lunch by clicking here .  We are happy to again be working with Kiddos Catering to bring our students hot lunches. For more information on our hot lunch program please read this story  from the AP about how they are changing school lunches.  If you need assistance with the Kiddos Catering program, please contact them  at support@kiddoscatering.com.

We are pleased to announce that at all home basketball games our Cusader Cafe 

will be open for snacks and drinks. The cost ranges from 25 cents to a dollar for the items offered and all proceeds go back to the athletics programs. However, we can only run the Crusader Cafe with the help of our wonderful basketball parents.  If you would like to sign up to help us keep the cafe open please click here.