St. Mary School Swormville -

Christmas tree still up? Still nibbling on Christmas cookies? That's okay, because it's still Christmas according to Catholics! Christmas Day is not the finale of the Christmas season, but rather its beginning. We transition from Advent, a season of preparation to one of celebration, which lasts until the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

👑👑👑🌟Today, we celebrated the Epiphany of the Lord, or Three Kings Day by blessing our classroom doors, & celebrating the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus, signifying Christ's revelation to the world. Our 4th grade class put on a beautiful Nativity play before Christmas break that including the visit of the Three Kings to the infant Jesus.

Mrs. D'Angelo also made a visit to each classroom to bless the rooms using the traditional Epiphany home blessing prayer & chalk today. Learn how to "chalk" your own door & bless your house for the Epiphany here: https://ewtnvatican.com/articles/epiphany-house-blessing-2026

#threekings #homeblessing #magi #stillChristmas #epiphany #grade4

👏 Congratulations to Mrs. Whipple & all of our students who received Virtue Awards for the month of November for showing patience!

We also recognized students who received Diocesan Character Trait Awards for resilience, devotion, gratitude, & perseverance. The students who received Character Trait Awards were selected by their peers for displaying these amazing traits.

Lastly, the St. Mary's Knights of Columbus were present to award certificates to some of our students who won their annual Soccer Challenge.

Congratulations to all of our amazing students!

#patience #resilience #devotion #gratitude #perseverance #virtueawards #characterawards #CatholicValues #TomorrowsLeaders #smstheplacetobee #soccerchallenge #knightsofcolumbus

Happy New Year & welcome back to our staff & students! A few items to note:

🎭 1/6 Musical practices resume
🗓️ 1/6 HSA Meeting, 7 pm, all are welcome
👕 1/7 is NOT a dress down day, some communications were sent in error about this.
🎊 In case you missed our Happy New Year greeting over break: instagram.com/reel/DS7k5sXAKO-/
🐝 Please refer to the school calendar in the Hive for more info on important upcoming events: stmaryschoolswormville.org/hive

🤲 HSA representatives will be on hand to give out, as well as accept purchased tickets for the "Snow Me the Money" Cash Raffle after all Masses this weekend, Sat., Jan. 3, & Sun., Jan. 4. Additional raffle tickets may be picked up from baskets in the church vestibule, or at the school & parish offices.

PLEASE NOTE: no tickets will be mailed this year, so be sure to pick yours up & turn the stubs in with payment before Jan. 23 for your chance to win up to $10,000!

❄️ Click here for more info: stmaryschoolswormville.org/snow

#snowmethemoney #supportCatholicSchools #winbig #win10K

🥳 Happy Birthday to Mrs. Terrill (Administrative Assistant), Mrs. Larson (AIS), Mr. Quinn (Cafeteria Manager), Mrs. Baker (Grade 4), Miss Paige (Montessori), & all SMS students celebrating birthdays in the month of January!

#happybirthday #SMStheplacetoBEE #January #HappyNewYear #NewYearBabies #HBD

🚘💦🧽🫧 New year.... clean car! Get a Super Kiss Car Wash, Super Interior Cleaning, or Semi-Synthetic Oil Change at the link below, & help our 8th grade raise funds for their class trip this Spring!

💋 https://tinyurl.com/muct5tv4

#carwash #oilchange #interiorcleaning #DeltaSonic #classtrip #Classof2026 #fundraiser #superkiss

🏀❄️ SISTER SHEILA TOURNAMENT UPDATE: With a travel advisory in effect because of the lake effect weather system moving through our region today and into the next few days, this will affect travel of our teams, especially from the Southtowns as well as our referee.

Out of an abundance of caution we are postponing tonight's finals games. Once a new date and time are confirmed for the games we will let everyone know. Stay safe and warm everyone!

Let's hear it for the girls! Our JV Girls games began today in the Sr. Sheila Tournament & the contests did not disappoint! We can't wait for tomorrow & round 2!

#JVbasketball #SisterSheilaTournament #GirlsBasketball #letshearitforthegirls

❄️🏀 The icy weather outdoors last night didn't stop the court from heating up inside during the Sister Sheila JV tournament! A fantastic first round of games were played, with teams giving it their all & providing some entertaining contests to watch. The following teams came out with a win, but all teams will be back this am for the bracket semifinals:

JV Boys Division:
Notre Dame: 33, St. Amelia's Gold: 30
St. Christophers: 26, St. Mary Swormville-Suttel: 23
St. Mary Swormville-Kisailus: 32, St. Benedict's: 19
St. Amelias: 35, The Park School, 16

The JV Girls games start this afternoon as well, check out our tournament web page for schedules, standings, & more information: stmaryschoolswormville.org/tournament

🎅🏼🎄🎁❄️🦌 Merry Christmas from Santa's favorite teachers & principal!

#MerryChristmas #SMStheplacetoBEE #SantasFavorites #matching #family