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,

Alleluia! Alleluia! He has risen indeed, Alleluia! Easter is a time of hope and of new beginnings.

We welcome the sights and sounds of springtime. The twittering of birds, the gentle patter of rain, yes, even these last cold days we are experiencing. We welcome the outdoor playing fields again; the crack of a bat and tennis shoes pounding on the driveway. We welcome longer hours of daylight. We welcome our students’ learning year coming to its culmination. We welcome the new insights, facts, and concepts that have come together for them that broadened their mental and spiritual horizons. All of these little resurrections of spring remind us of the greatest resurrections of all when Jesus rose from the dead. He restored joy to his family and friends, and announced joy to the world! 

Take a moment to read this article in the Catholic Herald about Dr. Raquel Farias, one of our parents.She talks about her professional and spiritual life working as a healthcare professional on the front lines during this pandemic. She is mom to Emilia (grade 3), and Valentina (K5).

The Waukesha County Public Health Department has asked us to share information about Getting Teens Vaccinated, Vaccines Myths and Facts and Mask Wearing. You will find these 
new flyers under COVID Resources.


Faithfully,
Mrs. Mary Tretow
Principal
mtretow@stmaryeg.org
2021 Vacation Bible School Registration
Opens this Thursday, 4/1
8am

Register early as space is limited-
We expect to fill quickly!

The link can be found on the parish website 
or use:
Hope to see you there!
Contact Katy Cornell with questions at katy.e.cornell@gmail.com

Here is the link to register your student as a volunteer. 
Art classes have returned to SMV!!
Office Notes

The Parish is looking for volunteers to help clean up and plant around the Parish campus again this spring. Click here for more information. 
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. 

Save the Date

April 27
National School Bus Driver Day
April 28
Spirit Wear Day
May 1 & May 2
First Eucharist

3rd graders in Art Class.
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My SMV Family

Home & School News

The people in the Rauh family- 
We are a family of 14 and counting. Haha! We have 9 children and two of them are married and one of them has a child with another on the way. 
Matthew and wife Anna, Margaret, Patrick, Emily and husband Wil and now 3 year old Gianna and baby # 2 on the way,
Grace, Eileen, Peter, Tim, and Daniel. All our children are alums of SMV or will be by the end of this school year (Daniel is in 8th grade!)
Our family pet is a Sheepadoodle named Baxter.
Our family likes being together, entertaining and cooking together.
We have lived in...Jeff and I grew up in Elm Grove and Jeff attended SMV. We started our family in San Diego, CA and moved back to Elm Grove and lived there until 9 years ago when we moved to Hartland to have a little more room for our family to spread out. 
Our family loves being a part of SMV because of the wonderful teachers and staff and the Catholic culture that is SMV - everything from science to history to sports is always rounded out with our Catholic faith and we have always seen that as a huge benefit and something we cherished about sending our kids here. This is our 27th year straight as SMV parents. When we moved to Hartland we didn’t think twice about where our kids would be in school even though we had 5 children still in grade school at the time. SMV was home and it was where we wanted to stay. Our children are 4 th generation St. Mary Visitation students and parishioners and we love being a part of the community even though now we have a bit of a commute!

 Mission & Catholic Identity
                      Effective 2016-2021
Pint Glass Engraving at O'D's
On April 17th (2pm-5pm) O'D's will have an engraver available to engrave the pint glasses that came in the Adult Blarney Boxes! The engraving is free of charge. This is also the perfect opportunity to use the O'D's coupon for $5 off a growler refill, which also came in your box! O'D's will have live music at 6 pm provided by Saul Oliver Duo!
Ms. Gleason had her students do a math Easter Egg hunt.

Mrs. Biebel's class made rain sticks in Music class
Do you want to challenge the K4 boys to a game of Jenga?