St. Mary School Swormville -

Don't forget, BREAKFAST WITH SANTA is this Sunday, December 8th in the St. Mary School Gym! Breakfast will be served from 8:15 - 11:15 am, & Santa will be present from 10:30 - 11:30 am. Enjoy a delicious stack of pancakes, homemade juicy sausages, scrambled eggs, hot chocolate, coffee, juice & water. Visit with Santa, take a family photo with the jolly old fellow, & design Christmas crafts & cards in Santa's Workshop! Adults: $10 each | Children (grade K-8): $8 each | Children 5 & under: FREE! Second helpings are welcome at no charge! No reservations needed, pay on site only with cash, credit card, check or Venmo. For more information call Carl Galante, 716-689-8060. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus & eggs provided by Kreher Family Farms.

Today our Montessori students read the story "The Gingerbread Boy" as a class. This book will now be available to students to choose for independent work. While reading, students are able to use character pieces to show key events in the story. #montessorilearning #preK #kindergarten #gingerbreadboy

Congratulations to the following alumni on their academic achievements at Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, & St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute! We are pleased to have so many SMS alumni experiencing academic success at our wonderful WNY Catholic high schools! #SMStheplacetoBEE #alumni #KNOWLEDGE #honorroll

❄️ Mrs. Baker's 4th graders are staying warm today while using their peer review checklists to read over and edit their Personal Narrative Stories! #grade4 #ELA #personalnarrative

🫎🎄🎅🏼 Tomorrow is the last day to shop at our "Merry Moose" in-school Christmas shop! Students can buy gifts for family & friends, remember to send in an envelope with money if your student hasn't shopped yet or would like to make some additional purchases. #FAMILY

Our 3-6 year olds in Montessori had "snow" much fun outside today! ❄️ #preK3 #preK4 #Kindergarten #Montessori

🫎🎄🎅🏼 SMS parents & guardians, don't forget, the "Merry Moose" Shop opens tomorrow and will run through this Friday! Students can buy gifts for family & friends, remember to send in their envelope with money if you want them to shop. WE ALSO NEED VOLUNTEERS, if you can spare an hour or two to assist with shopping, we'd appreciate it! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044CAEAD2CA3F94-46191320-2023#/

Your words, a fond memory, a positive experience - these things cost NOTHING to share besides a few moments of your time, but are an invaluable resource to St. Mary School. This #GivingTuesday, GIVE to St. Mary School by sharing a review: stmaryschoolswormville.org/give

Today is GIVING TUESDAY! Your donations will help to defray our cost to REPLACE 20 COMPUTERS for our parish/school and/or grow ST. MARY'S EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND. It's easy to DONATE ONLINE at stmaryswormville.org! SMS ALUMNI: you can help our school by posting positive reviews/memories (details on the SMS website).

Why not use Oreos to learn about the phases of the moon...yum!!! Mrs. Picone's first grade class thoroughly enjoyed this lesson! 🤭 #grade1 #science #moonphases #oreos

Today marks the beginning of the first week of #Advent, and our theme for the week is Hope. With the beginning of the new liturgical year, the story of our salvation has circled back to its starting point: the expectation and #HOPE of the Messiah.

"Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love & his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty & fills the hungry with good things." 🍂🦃 Enjoy grades K-2 singing at our #Thanksgiving lunch here: https://youtu.be/0EQ6cvaH1NY #Family #Tradition

Check out all the fun we had yesterday at the HSA Thanksgiving Lunch & "Balloons Over Broadway" Thanksgiving Parade! The whole school was involved in both events. #TRADITION #Thanksgiving #parade #sharingameal #gratitude https://tinyurl.com/4pn97a6b

Our students are #thankful for so much during this season and throughout the year! Take a moment to read just a few of their grateful intentions, beautifully displayed in our hallway by our talented art teacher, Mrs. Genovese. #thanksgiving #gratefulhearts #faith #family

🏀 Our grades 3/4 Co-Ed, Girls JV, & Boys JV Basketball teams started their seasons this past weekend! We’re excited for some competitive games & learning lots of new skills this winter! #basketball #youthsports #wintersports

Mrs. Baker's 4th graders are getting into the holiday spirit by writing opinion pieces on Thanksgiving traditions, and taking a moment to be thankful for what makes us each unique! #grade4 #Thanksgiving #TRADITION #writing #unique

First grade students learned about the Sacrament of Baptism this week; first by visiting the Baptismal Font, then practicing with the water, oil, white garment, and candle! #Sacraments #Baptism #grade1 #FAITH #SMStheplacetoBEE

There is still time to contribute to our "Help for the Homeless" post-Thanksgiving food & supply drive! PLEASE BRING ITEMS TO SCHOOL BY TOMORROW, TUES., NOV. 26th Homelessness makes daily living challenging - everyday activities such as eating & maintaining basic hygiene become difficult tasks to accomplish. As a school family we are endeavoring to help the homeless to meet their basic needs after the hot Thanksgiving meal of turkey and stuffing is over. For more information on the items we are asking for, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WylN50h09Hgeew7d85s7Oq1sjpLW-fQo/view “When you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous”. Luke 14:13-14 #SERVICE #helpforthehomeless

Mrs. Picone's 1st graders are making sure there's no fowl play when it comes to punctuation! Students practiced adding question marks or periods to sentences based on whether the sentence was asking or telling something. Great job #grade1! #punctuationpractice #properpunctuation

Congratulations to SMS alumni Anabelle Lewis ('22) and Gavin Scholl ('24) on making the Dean's List for the first quarter marking period at St. Mary's High School! #alumni #deanslist