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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. 3 -Montessori "Break it Up” Playdate, 9:00 – 11:00am

Jan. 6 -School Resumes, Feast of the Epiphany

Jan. 16 - LEAD Night (Early Childhood Open House)

Jan. 20 -NO SCHOOL, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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

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

Jan. 26 - 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 -11:30 AM Dismissal for MCH full day - Grade 8

Jan. 31- HSA Ice Skating Party

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

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

Feb. 12 - Flavors of Fellowship International Night

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.

SAVE THE DATE - SMS Drama Club Musical auditions are coming soon! The sign up form & more information will open on January 9th. Please reach out to Mrs. Baker with any questions - lbaker@stmaryschoolswormville.org.

The Diocese of Buffalo is developing a strategic plan for Catholic Education. Our vision is to ensure that Catholic Education is available to all who desire it for all time. WE NEED YOUR INPUT to create a plan that achieves this vision and meets the needs of your family.

Below please find a link to a survey. It will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. PLEASE COMPLETE THIS SURVEY WITHIN THE NEXT 7 DAYS, as we are using this information to shape a variety of initiatives for 2025.

SPECIAL INCENTIVE! Schools achieving a response rate greater than 50% will win a popsicle party for all students. Please help us win!

Creating a safe, welcoming, academically challenging, and most importantly, Christ-centered environment are among our highest priorities. This survey will help us understand your perception of your child(ren)’s school experience, particularly pertaining to their academic, behavioral, social, and emotional development.

Here is the survey link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6CF9WV

YOUR RESPONSES TO THIS SURVEY ARE ANONYMOUS. Your name or email address will not be tied to your answers. The data is being tabulated by a third-party service provider so you can be completely confident that we respect your privacy.

Additionally, this is not a survey of your child(ren)’s individual abilities or capabilities. If you would like to discuss your student’s individual needs, please feel free to contact me or your child’s teacher.

This data will be used at an aggregate level to drive future requests for funding, to procure additional resources for our school, and to support professional development for our faculty and staff. So, please be open and honest.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at your convenience.

Friday, January 3, 2025 from 9:00 – 11:00am in the St. Mary School Gym.

Get out of the house over school break and let your children run around in our gym a little to expend some energy! Colder weather is upon us and we could all use a little change of pace. Let your children visit with their friends from the MCH classroom and make a winter themed craft while you enjoy a coffee and chat with some fellow St. Mary's Montessori parents.

Please RSVP to this FREE event by clicking here.

Thank you to all of our school families who have purchased tickets. If you didn’t purchase your tickets yet, no problem, you still have multiple opportunities to win cash prizes totaling $15,000, just get your tickets in during the month of January.

:Snow Me the Money" is one of our HSA’s largest fundraisers of the year, so we appreciate your support - please remember to ask friends, family & neighbors if they would like to purchase tickets - it’s easier than ever this year to purchase them online at stmaryschoolswormville.org/snow! An easy way to spread the word on the raffle and encourage ticket sales is to SHARE the posts on the raffle that you see on the SMS social media channels, and invite your Facebook friends to the grand prize drawing at our school’s Open House event and HSA Donut Sunday on 1/26! Watch your email/ text messages for more information on how you can easily do this after Christmas.

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.

Click here to purchase SNOW ME THE MONEY Tickets online

We still need volunteers to help count & sell tickets... please consider donating a few hours of your time to help count tickets for the drawing. Please click the link below to volunteer.

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 RSVP BY JAN. 17, LIMITED SPACE is AVAILABLE!

Click here to view the event flyer that came home.

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.

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.