St. Mary's Visitation Parish School's Mission Statement
St. Mary's Visitation Catholic Parish School exists to direct children toward God and toward Christian Service to society through Catholic religious formation, academic challenge, and continuous improvement.
Principal Notes

Dear Families,

We are winding down the school year. It’s amazing how 10 months have passed so quickly. Everyday we are trying to squeeze more things into the time we have left before we leave for summer vacation. 

This year has been extraordinary in so many ways. I want to give a shout out to our Home and School Board. The mission of Home and School is to raise money and create community. In a world that had come to a complete stand still, it was near impossible to do this. To Katy Carnell, Maria Dolores Parks, Michele Akel, Annie Bolger, and Alicia Braatz who went above and beyond in all that they did. To Danielle Mathai and Katie Bosbous who organized the volunteers that fed us. To all the never ending volunteers - you were our super heroes. I know that your time is valuable and your willingness to contribute your time shows your commitment to St. Mary’s. You make a difference. Thank you!

Last year we celebrated Grandparents’/ Grandfriends’ Day with over 200 of our special friends. Though we were not able to welcome our special friends into the building this year, I want to give thanks to Danielle Mathia and Nancy Kasun for their ideas to celebrate the love that binds us together as a family. The response from the grandparents/grandfriends was amazing. We look forward to inviting them all here next year. We know how important they are to our children. 

The faculty and staff would like to give a big thank you to everyone who made Teacher Appreciation Week so wonderful. The breakfast, gifts, snacks and lunch made us all feel like kings and queens for the week. We certainly felt the love from all of you. 

We appreciate all you do for us! Click here to “hear” our appreciation. 
 
Faithfully,
Mrs. Mary Tretow
Principal
mtretow@stmaryeg.org
The first graders learned about constellations and used this paper and a flashlight to see the Big Diper.
SMV VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 
June 14-18 9am-noon 
Grades K3-4th 
Volunteers Needed! 

We are currently looking for 7th grade, 8th grade and high school age VBS volunteers. 
This will be an excellent opportunity to share time and talent with others in our parish community. 
It’s sure to be a fun-filled week! 
To volunteer, visit www.stmaryeg.org/for-kids.html. 

Contact Katy Cornell with questions, katy.e.cornell@gmail.com.
Save the Date

May 19
5th & 6th Grade boys Human Growth & Development Night
May 25
SMV Track Party
School Office Notes
Time to start thinking about ordering school supplies for the next school year. It is really easy. Just go to www.write-stuff.com/storefrontschool/SMVSWI Select the kit needed, enter your student's information and follow the prompts to check out.
Orders placed by 6/21 will ship for free to your home. After the 21st shipping rates will apply. The last date to order is July 15th.
A Note from SMV's Athletic Director

Hello SMV families,

We are in need of an individual to help coordinate our concession program for sporting events taking place at St. Mary's Visitation. This is a minimum of a two year commitment and some of the responsibilities include:

Creation of a master schedule for concessions' volunteers for sports events hosted at SMV.
Open and closing concession stand.
Purchase supplies for stocking the concession stand.
The perk is that you will not have to do concession stand duty.

Anyone interested should contact Nick Puetzer at npuetzer@gmail.com or 262.370.2819 for more information regarding this position.

Thank you,
Nick Puetzer
SMV Athletic Director
COVID Reminders
  • Notify the office immediately when you find out if your child is a close contact or tests positive for COVID.
  • If your child is in quarantine/isolation, Nicole Klein will contact you.
  • Contact Nicole Klein, nklein@stmaryeg.org, with any questions. 

The 6th graders lead their theology class in a prayer service on the virtue of patience.
In Mrs. Scherr's 5th grade class they made cereal box book reports
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My SMV Family

People in our family: Richard, Katy, Jack (4th grade), Ben (1st grade), and Brooks (starting K4 in the fall) Edwards.  
 
Our family likes to: Spend time outside at parks, the boys LOVE to fish, and spend time with our EG school and neighborhood friends!
 
Our family pets are: Our sweet puppy, Bodey, who we got from a local rescue the day before Christmas Eve last year. We also have a cat named Prince who does not like to be in the spotlight too often and a tree frog who is unnamed but Brooks occasionally refers to him as “jumpy”
 
Places our family has lived: We started out in Franklin as a family and then moved to Elm Grove in 2015.
 
Our family loved being a part of SMV because….it is a family community for us! Katy went to SMV as a kid and it was a natural choice to send our kids there. Catholic school education is important to us and something we wanted to instill in our children as well. We have made so many wonderful friends along the way and know this is the right place for our children to learn and grow! 
Home & School News

Volunteers for Field Day!
June 7th is SMV's end of the year day of Field Fun! There is a lot to celebrate this year!! We made it! Check out the sign-up below to see where you can help! Volunteers ensure that this will be a fun & a safe event for your children. Please note, there are several stations this year that are not on the sign-up, and in those cases, the teachers alone will be with the students. For the remaining stations, a parent volunteer to lend a hand; to have some fun; or to take a child to first aid, etc. would be very helpful! Thank you for your consideration!
MAY CROWNING
ST. MARY’S VISITATION PARISH
MAY 20, 2021 at 6:30 PM

During the month of May, we as Catholics traditionally honor Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth. To celebrate Mary’s devotion to Christ, we will once again be crowning her in our parish on May 20,2021 beginning at 6:30 pm. This is taking place in the evening so that parents can accompany their children and share the devotion!

In this year of “new normal”, St Mary’s Christian Women are so very grateful that we are able to have this devotion. It is not mandatory and masks are very welcome and we will have social distancing for this 30 minute devotional service.

St. Mary’s Christian Women will be sponsoring this 30 minute devotion. It will feature special participation by our 8th graders as they take the first step in their farewell to St. Mary’s. Our 2nd grader’s will also participate in recognition of their First Holy Communion. We look forward to seeing you there.

Ann Rauh ~ Christian Women
 Mission & Catholic Identity
                      Effective 2016-2021

K3 students enjoying class time outside.
7th graders learning life long activities such as horseshoes and croquet.