St. Mary Parish School is proud to announce that Beth Hartwig, 5-year-old kindergarten teacher, has been named a recipient of the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2025 Teaching Fellowship Award, a prestigious recognition that celebrates excellence in teaching and...

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee recognizes March 30th–April 6th as Safe Environment Awareness Week. Each year in the month of April, which is recognized around the country as child abuse prevention month, we dedicate a week to elevating the general awareness of the...

As of July 15, 2024 Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki appointed Msgr. Shecterle as pastor of St. Mary and St. Anthony parishes. Shecterle has faithfully shepherded our two parishes as administrator for seven years. In the coming months, he will make his Profession of...

St. Mary Parish School has a new principal! Annemarie Wood, Greenfield, Wisconsin, will step into her new leadership position at St. Mary starting July 1. "Principal Wood brings us 12 years of education experience in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, a heart dedicated to...

After 20 years of service, St. Mary Parish School Principal Linda Joyner announced earlier this week that she will be leaving St. Mary at the end of the 2024-25 school year.  Joyner has accepted a new opportunity as principal of St. Mary in Hales Corners. "For 20...

Everyone's favorite boy who never wanted to grow up is flying in to St. Mary Parish School on Thursday, May 30 as we present Peter Pan Jr. There will be two performances including an all-school matinee at 1:30 pm and an evening showing at 6:30 pm. Admission is $5 for...

The Saint Mary Parish School Forensics Team celebrated an awesome season with a bowling party at Krueger’s last week. The 2023-24 season was St. Mary Parish School’s first year re-entering the Mid-Level Forensic Association since COVID; our small but mighty team...

Congratulations to these amazing spellers! 🎉 A special shout-out to first runner-up, Miles K., and this year's spelling champion, Kiera B. 🏆 Kiera will be moving on to the Regional Spelling Bee which will be held on Tuesday, February 13th. Best of luck Kiera! 🍀  ...

  Our faith calls us to care for the poor and vulnerable in our community and beyond.  This Advent, our students participated in service projects, giving to the Guest House and Pathfinders, two local non-profits. Kindergarten students collected hygiene products to...

              St. Mary has a long history of musical productions and this year's production of "Away in a Mango" did not disappoint. Kindergarten, first, and second grade students worked alongside their teachers, parents and other staff members to put together a...

Are you washing your hands long enough to protect yourself from illness causing germs? Does handwashing even make a difference? Sixth grade students tackled this question in science class and here are their findings, as reported by Abbi B. There are four types of...

Sixth grade students recently completed a debate on whether Egypt or Mesopotamia had a greater impact on modern society in the areas of geography, politics, crime/punishment, culture, and society. The students worked collaboratively to gather evidence to defend their...

Introducing students to microbiology can be fascinating and informative. In a recent lesson, we explored the world of bacteria and how they can interact with our health. By drawing cells to be 20,000 times their actual size, students were able to better understand...

Parents, teachers, parishioners and community members are invited to share their voices about the future of Catholic education at St. Mary when school and parish leaders share the 2023-28 Strategic Plan for St. Mary Parish School at 6 pm on Tuesday, May 30, in the St....

Save the Date for the 27th annual St. Mary Parish School Golf Outing on Sept. 9 at Blackstone Creek Golf Course, located in Germantown.The outing will include a light lunch, 18 holes of golf with cart and a gourmet dinner. Shotgun start is at noon. All profits raised...

            Congrats to our St. Mary FLL (First Lego League) team! They placed 2nd in the design of their First Lego League Spike Prim robot yesterday at the Marquette University High School Regional Tournament. Teams are judged on three...

Dear Members of the St. Mary Parish and School Community, St. Mary Parish School has a long history of providing quality Catholic education for families, thanks to the teachers and staff at the school, and the dedicated involvement and committed support of our...

Student, teachers, and school spaces were blessed as we started another school year last week, Aug. 29, and we are ready to learn and live out our faith. Here are a few pictures from the first week of the 2022-23 school year at St. Mary Parish School.

Registration is now open for the 26th annual St. Mary Parish School Golf Outing on Sept. 18 at Silver Spring Country Club, located at N56W21318 Silver Spring Dr. i n Menomonee Falls. The outing will include a light l unch, 18 holes of golf with cart and a gourmet...

Congratulations to Christian, recipient of the John Weaver “Do the Right Thing” Award On Wednesday, May 4th fourth grade student Christian as honored by the Menomonee Falls Optimist Club, and received the John Weaver “Do the Right Thing” award.  This award is given to...

CONGRATULATIONS! To our eighth grade girls basketball team and their coaches on a fourth place finish in the 2022 Padre Serra Invitational!

Sixth grade students spent Wednesday, February 16 engaging in STEM projects. Some competed in the Catholic Memorial High School STEM Challenge and some explored coding and robotics on campus. Congratulations to the 6th grade team of Sally W, Colin C, Will K and...

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The Menomonee Falls Fire Department visited with K3, K4 and K5 classes this week!  The firefighters reviewed important fire safety tips and showed them how they get dressed in all of their firefighter gear.  The students even got a look at their ambulance, fire truck...

Second grade students concluded their science unit on bees with a STEM activity. During the activity students worked in small groups to make a flower out of paper and tape that stood at least 6 inches tall. The flower also had to be strong enough to hold a bee (a math...

Themed or play based learning helps children connect skills and concepts to a common main idea.  In 4K, during the month of September, our theme is all about apples.  Students were asked to make an apple pie using graham crackers, pie filling, whipped cream, and a...

Congratulations to "Team Explosive" who placed 3rd in the Catholic Memorial STEM Challenge. Sixth-grade students recently competed in the Catholic Memorial STEM Challenge. This year, the challenge was to build a Rube Goldberg Machine using recyclable materials and...

  Third grade recently did a book study on “The Mouse and the Motorcycle” by Beverly Cleary.   Noting the different scenes throughout the story, their final project was to create a diorama of their favorite scene.  The students were incredibly creative!  The...

    Community service is an important part of our annual Catholic Schools Week celebration. This year we ran a drive to collect items to create care packages for frontline workers and we were completely overwhelmed with the generosity of our school community! As a...

Eighth grade students participated in a class simulation to learn how the three branches of government work together in our government to pass bills into law. Each student assumed a different role, including the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, Chief...

It looked a little different this year but we had a lot of crazy fun celebrating Catholic School's Week!    

The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) was born from the joy of the children in their encounter with God. At St. Mary, the spiritual life of the child (ages 3-6) is nurtured through the CGS program. This approach to catechesis is rooted in the Bible and Liturgy and...

Jacob Bruns, alumnus and college seminarian at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, visited with Dcn. Michael Malucha, seminarian at St. Francis de Sales Seminary, to talk to our students about vocations Tuesday morning. He caught up with previous teachers of his and...

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While our students in Room 316 were reflecting on the first week of Advent's theme of Hope, they decided to reach out and offer some hope and encouragement to frontline workers in our community. The students created and sent cards to the nurses working in the Covid-19...

Our first school-wide service project of the year was a great success! We collected an abundance of food items and raised $285 during our uniform buy-out day for the Menomonee Falls Food Pantry. Many thanks to everyone for their generous spirit this Thanksgiving!    ...

        This week, fourth graders started book clubs, with the class split up, reading three different books.  With discussion being one of the most fun and important components of a book club, we were able to make this possible by using the new video conference...

Striving to be saints, our third-grade students spent time researching their favorite saints and shared what they learned. Click here to watch their presentations.    

What a great day to get outside and walk! Even though our Catholic schools couldn't gather together this year, the Soles for Catholic Education Walk still provided a way for us to celebrate Catholic education, build community, and raise much-needed funds. St. Mary...

To review rounding in math class, fourth-grade students took their knowledge outside where they combined their rounding and bag toss skills in a fun math review! Students had to correctly round numbers given to them up to the millions, and if they got it correct,...

LIVE JESUS, ADORE THE EUCHARIST Our theme this year could be simplified to say "Live Jesus, Love Jesus." But by learning about Eucharistic Adoration, we are offering our students a special encounter with Jesus. Our job as Catholic educators (and parents) is to help...

Class of 2020 Gifts to St Mary Parish School This year the graduation class presented the school with a new vacuum to use in the library and 4 new stools for the library research counter. Our library volunteers we extremely happy to accept these gifts on behalf of our...

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Our Destination Imagination (D.I.) teams are heading to State! Both of our D.I. teams had a great day at the regional tournament in Kewaskum, this past weekend. “Minions on the Shelf” placed 1st in the technical category and “Super St. Mary Scientists” placed 2nd in...

Fifth-grade students learned first-hand how simple acts and prayer can encourage and inspire others. During a morning meeting last October, one student added a special prayer intention for his cousin, Kylee, who was going through boot camp at Parris Island in South...

During a science unit on light and how it affects things in our world, eighth-grade students created diagrams of mammal eyes identifying the parts and detailing how each part works to help us see. At the conclusion of the unit, students dissected a sheep eye and a cow...

Congratulations to our fifth grade D.A.R.E. graduates! And many thanks to Officer Weber and the Menomonee Falls Police Department for their continued support of this important educational program for our kids!  

During November and December, we made a special effort to reflect on our own blessings and turn our attention to serving the needs of the poor and vulnerable. To that end, students participated in a Thanksgiving Food Drive, put together Christmas boxes for the Karen...

Fourth grade students spent some time learning about coding through a basic block programming activity. Students learning about coding, computers and careers in technology.