🦃🍽️ The St. Mary School HSA Meat Raffle is in just 6 DAYS - and Thanksgiving is also fast approaching! Take a look at some of the exciting things you have a chance to win at the Meat Raffle to help set your Thanksgiving table.... but only if you’re in attendance!
🧪👩🔬 Montessori friends were bubbling over with excitement this week for #SCIENCE! Miss Katie demonstrated the classic baking soda & vinegar reaction, but added food coloring to make different colors. Everyone had so much fun seeing the mixture fizz up & over onto the table!
The St. Mary School HSA Meat Raffle is in just 7 SHORT DAYS - next week at this time the wheel will be spinning & we'll be giving away OVER 700 LBS. of delicious meat! Not to mention the other special raffle prizes - all this week we'll be counting down & revealing some of the exciting things you have a chance to win.... but only if you're in attendance! Check out this pair of Bills tickets & autographed Khalil for starters!
🍭🎃🐝👻🍬 Yesterday we celebrated All Hallows' Eve, known to most as Halloween! We dressed up in costumes, got sooo much candy, and put up spooky decorations. The idea is that we both acknowledge death as well as laugh at it because we know it is not the end... it is the vigil to All Saints' Day! So we had fun last night & today, Nov. 1, we celebrate & honor all the men and women who have gone before us who answered their call to holiness. 😇❤️
🥳 Happy Birthday to Miss Kirwan (Grade 3), Mr. Reeds (P.E. & Health), Ms. Anderson (School Social Worker), & Miss Holly (Montessori), as well as all SMS students who are celebrating their birthdays in November or December!
Grade 5 has been hard at work recently with math rotations, as well as reviewing for their grammar test with a fun game of Jeopardy !
#grade5 #math #grammar #fifthgradefun #KNOWLEDGE
25 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
Mrs. Witkowski's grade 2 scientists recently talked about, then created "rain storms" & "floods" using different amounts of water. They observed the effect more water can have on a structure. It looks like they'll also get a chance to observe some real rain this evening while trick-or-treating!
🏐 Our Varsity Girls' SMS/Nativity Volleyball team wrapped up their season last week!
Congratulations to our 8th graders, Margaret M., Olivia D., Abby D., Grace W., & Lydia M., who were recognized with their parents at their last game for their leadership & contributions to the team this year. We are so proud of all of our student athletes who commit to giving any sport they tackle their all!
A big thank you also goes out to our parent volunteer coaches who commit their time & energy to our students! Our SMS "bees" treat their coaches, teammates & opponents with respect, & are grateful for the opportunity to learn new skills & be part of a team together with their friends. The team even had a surprise, guest coach return for the evening - Mr. Dolan!
At the end of the day today, students & teachers gathered together in their Faith Families to say the Rosary. We honored Mary, our Blessed Mother during October, the month of the Holy Rosary, by praying the Luminous Mysteries.
👻 Grade 1 had some corny fun last week with a sweet science experiment! Mrs. Picone's students observed how candy corn physically changes in various solutions including water, water/baking soda, water/salt, & water/vinegar. The kiddos were amazed when they returned to their classroom from PE to see NOTHING left in 3 of the cups… & almost nothing left in the 4th cup. Amazing!
Mrs. Picone's grade 1 students played a game last week to review the -ing, -ang -ong, & -ung sounds that would be used in words on their spelling test.... & they loved it!
For a first grader, learning to spell supports reading through a multi-pronged approach that includes phonics, sight words, & spelling rules. Engaging, interactive strategies help children master sound-letter relationships & build word recognition, which reinforces their reading skills.
🎃 Montessori friends are having a gourd-geous time learning about pumpkins! They carved their class pumpkin this week using the shapes they voted for. Everyone had the chance to touch the inside of the pumpkin & feel the seeds if they wanted to - so much fun! Additional work is available to students in the Montessori classroom this month that involves hammering tees into a pumpkin. This activity helps develop fine motor skills, hand eye coordination and sensory exploration!
#pumpkins #pumpkincarving #montessorilearning
27 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
These smiling sculptors had a wonderful time with Mrs. Genovese during their first meeting of the 4th grade Art Club! The girls worked with clay and studied "Little Dancer", the famous sculpture by Edgar Degas.
Art Club is available to grades 4-8 at SMS, and students love the extra time after school to explore different media, work on longer form projects, and learn more about art history!
#artclub #grade4 #littledancer #funwithclay
28 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
It's that time of year again... Halloween week, you ask? Yes, but also time to review the order of operations! 6th grade math students worked at solving this brain teaser yesterday which was also featured on Mrs. Whipple's t-shirt! Comment below if you know the answer... 🎃👻
Our Meat Raffle is less than 2 weeks away, and a limited number of tickets are still available! Gather up your friends & neighbors for a table, or purchase individual tickets. Ticket price includes open bar of unlimited soda, draft beer & wine. Pesci’s pizza & craft beer will be available for purchase, snacks welcome. First spin at 7 pm. No outside alcohol permitted, this event is strictly 21 & older.
Visit stmaryschoolswormville/org/meat for tickets!
#meatraffle #SMStheplacetoBEE #chuckroast
28 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
Grade 2 has been learning about erosion and weathering in science. Students discovered what happens to the sides of hills & mountains that don’t have grass or vegetation to protect them.
#erosion #weathering #science #grade2
28 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
🧦 SMS families - help our National Junior Honor Society with their Sock Drive and help the needy stay warm this winter! Bring in a warm pair of adult size socks for the homeless by this Friday, October 31st.
⚾️ This may be game 3 of the World Series... but there's just 4 MORE HOURS to get pre-sale tickets for the St. Mary School Meat Raffle on 11/8/25!
Just $15/ticket or $100/table of 8 friends gets you: -4 hours of unlimited beer, wine & soda -Opportunities to buy tickets and WIN in our Meat Raffle, 50/50 Split & Basket & Gift Card Raffles - The MOST FUN you've ever had at a Meat Raffle!
Mrs. Baker's 4th graders have been working hard on identifying parts of historical/technical texts, & comparing point of view to their novel main character "Judson Moon". They also began research for their Pet Election.... more news on which new class pet will be coming to grade 4 in the weeks ahead!
