Joined Together by Faith for 150 Years

Yes, we are celebrating our 150th anniversary as a school. Can you imagine the number of students who have walked these halls, the number of teachers who have presented lessons, the number of volunteers who have helped make this such a great place?!? We are honored to join those who have come before us. We celebrate the faith, the education, the relationships and the growth that have come from St. Mary's. Our past is so important to us. Our present gives us so much to be thankful for. Our future is bright as we look into the minds and spirits of those who are with us today.

Busy Summer 

There was a lot of work that went on here at St. Mary's this summer. Staff and volunteers worked hard to get ready for this school year. Even driving by you can see all the beautiful landscaping that took place. Dads painted, assembled, built, moved, carried, and sweated on many projects. their hard work saved us many dollars as they built shelves and cubbies for the new kindergarten room off the cafeteria. Others worked to reconfigure our computer lab getting ready for the 20 new computers we purchased because of the hard work of our funraisers and the generosity of our parents and others. Teachers attended workshops and classes. three new SMART Boards now call a 3rd, 5th and 8th grade classroom home. This brings our number of SMART Boards to eight! The 8th grade science room has new tables, five classroom received new desks and chairs because of the generosity of a donor. New Language books will be used by the 5th through 8th graders. All students will be using our new Family Life Series.

Measuring Academic Progress

St. Mary's is thrilled to be launching a new assessment program this year for our 2nd through 8th graders called MAP-Measuring Academic Progress. The goal of this evaluative framework is to help teachers help students. It will serve as a major tool to help us meet the needs of all of our students. We will share more about this program soon. 

Important     Dates

1-First Day-We can't wait to see those bright smiling faces

6-Labor Day-You have worked so hard for three days, we are giving you a day off

7-All School Mass-Let's celebrate our faith and officially enroll our Safety Patrol

7-Volleyball Parent Meeting at 6:30 pm

9-Kick off for our Fall Gift Sale

10 and 11-Great fun at our parish Fall Festival-Lots of great activities-See you there

16-Gift sale turn in

16-Kick off for our Fall Magazine Sale

20-Mad Science Assembly

21-All School Mass

21-Market Day

22-Gift/Magazine Turn In

22-School Pictures-dress up

24-Out of Uniform-please follow the guidelines in the handbook found online

24-Early Release-Wow-only a few weeks into the year and we are giving you a half day off (but your teachers have to work)

27-Final Gift Turn In

29-tentative date for a parent meeting-more to follow

30- Final Magazine Turn In

Let's support our fall fundraiser through gifts and/or magazines. So many of the great things that happen here are because of the success of these fundraisers.

I hope that you have visited your child's (children's) classroom newsletters. It is helpful to click at the top of the page to be notified when a page has been updated. This will allow you to see the latest of what has been posted. 

Safequarding Training

A message for all Volunteers who have not yet completed Safeguarding Training

You can register online at www.archmil.org/safeguarding.

Please click the "Be Notified" link above to be emailed when this classpage has been updated.

Thank you.

Mrs. Jackson