News Archive

Thursday, December 15th is Pyjama Day at St. Mary’s!

STM INSTA NEWS for the week of December 12th!

Grade 5 spotlight! Mrs. Miller is teaching our grade fives how to cook! #STMEngagingEducation

The grade five spotlight continues! Here, students from 5 Sikora show their spirit on crazy hair day, and share their talents at the Advent concert practice. #STMSpirit

This week we will spotlight our grade fives! In today’s photos you can see students in 5 Exner, with their buddies from 2 Boynton, drawing snowmen. #stmengagingeducation

REMINDER: Parent Council is providing a Teacher Appreciation Potluck for our teachers and staff as they are busy conducting parent-teacher conferences on Thursday. WE NEED HELP from St. Mary's families! There are still quite a few slots open. Please check the link below and sign up to bring a dish and/or help out with the potluck dinner! https://volunteersignup.org/R9KCM

The Backpack Campaign will run from November 21 to December 2nd. Thank you! #STMCares

Grade six spotlight: An exciting visit from author, Dorothy Bentley. She shared her new YA book, Escape from the Wildfire, and so many writing tips! We learned so much about the writing process, editing, publishing and much more from a real-life author. #STMEngagingEducation

Grade six spotlight: 1) Getting ready for our upcoming Grade 6 Volleyball Tournament and practising our volleyball skills 2) Practising guitar and building our skills for our Christmas concert. #STMEngagingEducation #STMAthletics

Good morning St. Mary’s School families! Today is the final day of our food drive supporting the Veteran’s Food Bank. Please send in any non-perishable food donations this morning. Students in 3 Ledger are working hard to count and box up the donations, and they will be delivered this afternoon. #STMCares #StMarysWay

Parent Council is once again providing its Teacher Appreciation Potluck for our teachers and staff as they are busy conducting parent-teacher conferences. We are looking for help from St. Mary's families! Please check the link below and sign up to bring a dish and/or help out with the potluck dinner! https://volunteersignup.org/R9KCM

Grade six spotlight: Here is a cross curricular art and writing project. Letters from Illuminated Manuscripts combined with Remembrance Day Poems with “S” alliteration! #STMArt #STMEngagingEducation

Our grade six spotlight continues with this peek into our #Relationships program! Here, grade six students are sharing what they value in themselves and in others. #healthyschoolsCTR #STMCares

Our food drive for the Veteran’s Food Bank continues. Please send in any non-perishable food donations in by Friday morning. Thank you for your support! #STMCares #STMParentsRock #StMarysWay

Parent Council is bringing its annual Evening of Advent back in-person this year - November 22 at 6:30 p.m.! Learn about Advent and how to celebrate it in your home, and create your own family Advent wreath. $25 per family to cover wreath-making materials. Registration and payment must be made through Healthy Hunger by November 18, 2022.

This week we will spotlight our grade six students! Here they are having factor fun with math manipulatives (factor tiles) as they learn about factors and prime and composite numbers. #STMEngagingEducation

STM INSTA NEWS for the week of November 14th!

November 12 is International Tongue Twister day! What is your favourite tongue twister for children? Let us know in the comments below! #STMspirit