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Remember to utilize our SMS Google Calendar subscription (click here to view), or view the “Events” page on the SMS website.

Jan. 24 -9 am School Mass led by St. Thomas Aquinas Faith Family (Mrs. Baker)

Jan. 24 -HSA Parent Winter Social, Pizza Making Night

Jan. 26 - 9am - Catholic Schools Week Opening Mass, all students please attend in uniform or spirit wear!

Jan. 26 - 10 am - 12 pm Donut Sunday in the school cafeteria! Sponsored by the HSA

Jan. 26 - 10:30-12pm - Open House - invite friends who are looking for an education that shares their family values!

Jan. 27 - Special Persons' Lunch - 5th Grade

Jan. 28 - Special Persons' Lunch - Montessori, 2nd, 6th

Jan. 29 - Special Persons' Lunch - Kindergarten, 3rd, 7th

Jan. 30 - Special Persons' Lunch - 1st, 4th, 8th

Jan. 31 -9 am School Mass -led by ALL GRADES, parents welcome!

Jan. 31 -11:30 AM Dismissal for MCH full day - Grade 8

Jan. 31- 1:30 pm HSA Ice Skating Party, Northtown Center

Feb. 2 - 9am - Catholic Schools Week Closing Mass

Feb. 2 - 10am - HSA Catholic Schools Week Family Breakfast

Feb. 4 - 7pm - HSA Meeting

Feb. 5 - First Weds. Teacher Breakfast

Feb. 7 -9 am School Mass led by St. Scholastica Faith Family (Mrs. Laderer)

Feb. 12 - Flavors of Fellowship International Night - 5:30-7pm

If you are interested in helping out in the lunchroom and are VIRTUS trained please sign up below using the buttons. If you have any questions, you can email Mr. Mangione at attendance@st.maryschoolswormville.org.

A green sheet of paper came home with your youngest student today, please fill out who will be invited to eat lunch with your student(s) next week so we can expedite their sign-in process at the office. We apologize for the quick turn around time, we lost days this week with the snow & cold!

Click here if you didn’t receive the green sheet.

Tomorrow is Mr. Don's last day with us at St. Mary's as he will be moving on to another job. We will miss his smiling face greeting us at the doors in the morning and all of the amazing ways he helps our school. The days off threw a bit of a wrench into our plans, but we are working on a fun gift for him to remember us by. We will be recognizing him for his years of dedication to our school. God Bless you Mr. Don as you move onto this next chapter.

Click the link below for a quick reference sheet to all of the wonderful events going on at SMS next week for Catholic Schools Week! Throughout next week we’ll be posting photos, facts & news articles to social media to spread the word about SMS & Catholic schools in general - be sure to like and share these posts! Our SMS Spirit Week with themed dress days will be held the week before February Break.

CSW at SMS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16VP3bZZ8mp8fL7a6o-YZgzDOBcYiPllA/view?usp=sharing

Public school districts have no school on January 29th (Lunar New Year). Below please find a list of districts that are providing transportation for our students on that day, and those that are not. If you are in a district that is not providing transportation on Jan. 29th, you will need to find other means to transport your students to & from school that day.

Districts providing transportation: Akron, Williamsville

Districts not providing transportation: Alden, Clarence, Ken-Ton, Lancaster, Lockport, Starpoint

Enrollment season is upon us, and we have a fantastic Open House coming up this Sunday from 10:30 am - 12 pm to showcase our school. Please LIKE & SHARE our social media posts about Open House and INVITE friends with school-aged children to the event (there will be DONUTS!), either on Facebook or with a quick in-person conversation. You never know who may be considering a change or new start for their family, or who may not now where to start to explore a Catholic education for their child. NEW prospective families who use the Diocesan referral card that was sent home and attend ANY Catholic school open house this Spring will be entered to win $5,000 towards their tuition! More info on our Open House is below:

OPEN HOUSE: (Grades Montessori Pre-K3 - 8) Sunday, January 26th, 2025, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm. Families interested in learning more about Pre-K Montessori through grade 8 are welcome to come, tour the school, meet with teachers and current parents, and find out why SMS is the place to "bee", all while enjoying FREE donuts! Be sure to RSVP below to let us know you'll be attending here: https://www.stmaryschoolswormville.org/o/school/page/open-house

This year we are doing AUTOMATIC ONLINE RE-ENROLLMENT to save paper and time! Please complete the form at the link below to choose your family’s billing options & to notify us of any changes for the 2025-2026 school year. All students are considered automatically re-enrolled for the coming school year unless you notify us otherwise. If you DO NOT wish to re-enroll, please call the school office at 716-689-8424 during school hours.

CLICK HERE to complete the 2025-6 Re-enrollment Options Form

Please see the NYS Catholic Conference Action Alert below. Please consider clicking the link provided -https://www.votervoice.net/NYSCATHOLIC/campaigns/119871/respond - to send a prewritten email to your US Representative and Senators urging them to support the federal Education Choice for Children Act (ECCA). Once your home address is entered, the process takes less than a minute to complete.

This year we are taking advantage of the opportunity to bowl with other schools in our area through the Diocesan Spring Bowling League! The season will start at the beginning of March. Please sign up before February 12th. The Spring Bowling League will be held on Tuesdays from 3:30 -5:00 PM. Bowling dates will be: March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1. The bowling allies participating in our league will be Abbott Lanes - Buffalo, Classic Lanes - Kenmore, and Mallwitz Lanes - Grand Island. You must provide your own transportation for your students to and from bowling, and the cost is $36 per student. You will be billed for this via FACTS after you register. Registration is open to grades K-8, and bumpers will be used if needed. We will need a minimum of 1 dedicated chaperone for our school for the season, please list your name and contact number in the registration form if you would like to volunteer to chaperone.

There will be a Championship match held on Saturday, April 5th at Classic Lanes, 1840 Military Road, Kenmore, NY - starting promptly at 10:00 AM. Championship is limited to grades 5/6 and 7/8. Your school may send your top boy bowler and top girl bowler from grades 5/6 and 7/8.

Click here for the Bowling Registration Form

Join us at Terra House in Akron for our annual Winter Parent Social Night! Indulge in a pizza making extravaganza - pizzas, appetizers, water, coffee & tea included, soft drinks, beer, cider & wine available for purchase. $15 INDIVIDUAL / $25 PER COUPLE, Terra House, 25 Buffalo Street, Akron, NY 14001. Street parking available. Questions? Call/text or email Margaret Terrill at 716.908.7684 or mterrill44@yahoo.com Click here to view the event flyer that came home. If you haven’t sent in payment yet, please do so ASAP. Please make checks payable to St. Mary School HSA, payment by cash or check can be sent into school marked "Winter Parent Social”. This event is included in the “All-In’ & “Social Event” Donation for two people.

Online ticket sales for our HSA’s Snow Me the Money Cash Raffle end tonight at 12 midnight!

Click here to purchase tickets tonight and increase your odds!: https://www.stmaryschoolswormville.org/snow

If you’d prefer to turn in your paper tickets, you may send them into school with payment tomorrow, turn them in at the parish office tomorrow, Fri. Jan, 24th before 4 pm, or purchase them Sunday between 10am and 12:30 pm in the school cafeteria at HSA Donut Sunday/Open House.

REMEMBER - SMS students have the special opportunity to win a snowball fight with our principal & priests if they are the in the class selling the most tickets! Be sure to put your student’s last name down as the “seller” on any tickets you sell - all students in a family will receive equal credit for any tickets sold by that family.

HSA is sponsoring yummy treats after 9:00 and 11:15 am Masses, while our school families and staff show off our school during Open House. SMTM tickets will be sold up until the time of the drawing. Volunteers are needed to help serve food and drinks and sell SMTM tickets. Please use this link to sign up! Thank you for your support!

SUG Link to Volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044CAEAD2CA3F94-54466889-smtm

Join school friends and families for 9:00 am Mass followed by a buffet breakfast in the gym on Sunday, Feb. 2nd! This year, school families can attend free of charge, thanks to the generous offer of our parish’s Knights of Columbus to provide the breakfast for us.Breakfast menu includes pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, juice, coffee, tea, milk, fruit and pastries. Please bring a canned good or non-perishable food item for the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

RSVP for the Catholic Schools Week Breakfast by 1/27 here: https://tinyurl.com/4236r9hh

Volunteer/donate for the Breakfast here: https://tinyurl.com/44pnxeph

All SMS students, from Montessori Pre-K up to grade 8 are invited to our annual HSA Ice skating party! This event is a well-loved SMS tradition! Join us on the afternoon of the half-day of school, Friday, January 31st from 1:30-2:30 pm at the Northtown Center. No RSVPs are necessary, just pay $5 per skater at the door. Skate rental if needed is additional. Admission to this event is included in the “All-in” & “Social Event” donations. Dress down passes will also be sold at the door for $2 each to benefit SABAH (Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped). Hope to see you there!

Click here to view the event flyer.