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,

Congratulations to our second graders who made their First Communion last weekend! It was a beautiful weekend to celebrate this important sacrament of God’s love.

Please join us for the May Crowning on Thursday, May 20 at 6:30 in the church where our second and eighth graders will be participating. Please see below for more details.

A few weeks ago I sent out a hot lunch survey to get an idea about bringing back hot lunch for the 2021-2022 school year. Thank you to the 97 people that responded. 79% of people responded they were interested in participating in a hot lunch program. 68% would be willing to pay $5.00-$6.00 for a meal. 40% said they would take hot lunch at least one day a week. Your feedback has been very helpful. I am in conversation with a provider. I will share more information with you when I finalize the details. 

Just another reminder that we are getting the band back together for next year. I am happy to announce that Mrs. Kesler will be teaching band next year. Band is for students in grades 4-8. Band lessons and full band rehearsals will be during the school day. Our goal is to have them not just play at Christmas and spring concerts but at assemblies too. Click here for details.

Faithfully,
Mrs. Mary Tretow
Principal
mtretow@stmaryeg.org
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.
The 8th graders are working on an alphabet book of their years at SMV.
Save the Date

May 10
Home & School/School Committee Meeting
May 12
Spirit Wear Day
Grandparents Day
5th & 6th grade girls Human Growth & Development Night
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.

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. 

K3 girls lending a helping hand.
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My SMV Family

People in our family: 
Chad, Rita, Grace, Joey, Johnny Keller

Some of the things our family enjoys: 
Our family likes to travel, go swimming, play games together, ride bikes and play sports. 

Pets:
 No pets at the moment(hopefully sometime soon!)

Where we have lived: 
We lived in Wauwatosa before moving to Brookfield about 4 years ago. 

Why we love SMV: 
We love St. Mary’s because of our strong parish community, and the faithful leaders. We feel it’s important now, more than ever, that our children have an academic curriculum that has a solid Catholic foundation. SMV does a great job of instilling both academic and spiritual values. 

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
SMV May 1st Track Highlights
A special thank you to the volunteers and coaches that helped make the meet happen this past weekend.
 
I'm so proud of the kids' performances! See below for highlights.  Denotes top 3 performances. 
Girls
100 M
6th grade-Grace W. 2nd, Emme J. 6th, Josie P. 7th
7th grade- Caroline R. 2nd
8th grade- Isabel M. 5th, Kate W. 10th
200 M
5th grade- Holly H. 7th
6th grade- Grace W. 3rd, Josie P. 5th, Emme J. 8th
7th grade-Caroline R. 1st place
8th grade- Isabel M. 1st place, Kate W. 5th,
MaryGrace S. 9th
400 M
5th grade- Holly H. 10th
8th grade- Olivia S. 6th
4x100 Relay
6th grade-Holly H., Josie P., Darby K., Julia D. 5th
8th grade-Catherine C., MaryGrace S., Caroline R., Marilyn L. 3rd place
Softball Throw
6th grade- Grace W. 1st place
Shot Put
7th grade- Catherine C. 3rd, Katelyn A. 10th
8th grade- MaryGrace S. 7th, Marilyn L. 9th
Discus
7th grade- Catherine C. 2nd
8th grade- MaryGrace S., 7th, Kate W. 9th
Long Jump
7th grade- Catherine C.
Boys
100 M
5th grade- Thomas K., 4th
6th grade-Bennett F., 10th
7th grade- Callaghan O., 2nd
200 M
5th grade-Micah D., 4th, Thomas K.,
7th grade- Callaghan O., 3rd
400 M
5th grade-Micah D. 4th
6th grade- Ben B., 4th, Alex B., 9th
8th grade- Mitchell H., 5th
800 M
6th grade-Ben B., 2nd, Bennett F., 3rd
1600 M
5th grade-Joe M. 2nd, Owen S., 7
6th grade-Bennett F., 3rd
4x100M Relay
6th grade-Ben B., Matt C., Bennett F., Gabe J., 4th
8th grade-Mikey R., William S., Mitchell H., Callaghan O., 5th
Softball Throw
5th grade-Joe M. 4th, Thomas K. 6th
6th grade-Matt C. 2nd, Bennett F.
Shot Put
8th grade- Mitchell H. 5th, Mikey R. 7th
Discus
8th grade-Mitchell H., Mikey R. 9th
Long Jump
7th grade-Callaghan O. 2nd

See below for all meet results at the link below.  
8th graders showing us their crosses that they made in theology class.
 Mission & Catholic Identity
                      Effective 2016-2021

K5 Center time in Mrs. Biebel's classroom
K4 students from Mrs. Smrz's class showing off their beads that went from being all white to changing colors when they went outside.