St. Mary School Swormville -

🥳 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!

#happybirthday #SMStheplacetoBEE #November #December #HBD

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

🏐 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!

#goBees #CatholicSchoolSports #volleyball #ladyBees #varsity #FAMILY

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.

#October #HolyRosary #HailMary #BlessedMother #FaithFamilies #CatholicValues #TomorrowsLeaders #FAITH #WNYCatholicSchools #SMStheplacetoBEE #LuminousMysteries

👻 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!

#sweetscience #cornyfun #observation #physicalproperties #grade1 #littlescientists #KNOWLEDGE

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.

#grade1 #spelling #learningtoread #phonics #sightwords #spellingrules #readingskills #KNOWLEDGE

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament proclaims the works of his hands."
Psalms 19:2

We are blessed with some wonderful trees that are shedding their leaves of beautiful colors around our campus this fall!

#FAITH #naturesbeauty #fallmorning #SMStheplacetoBEE #stmarys #swormville

Check out the creatively decorated trunks & cute costumes from students at our 2025 Trunk or Treat event! Have photos of your own to share from last Friday? Post them in the comments!

#SMStheplacetoBEE #trunkortreat #happyhalloween #Halloween2025 #IwantCandy #FAMILY #TRADITION