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Students and families enjoyed the annual St. Mary's Trunk-or-Treat event this past Thursday.

The blessing of our new playground at St. Mary's was lively, energetic and full of appreciation.

Under the direction of Mr. Gorski, Mrs. Cardenas, Mrs. Allin, and Mr. Petrovic, the students in the Junior High took the audience from Chardon, Ohio to the fictitious city of Agrabah.  Students used their STEM skills to design the sets, choreograph the dances, and run the sound board.  Students understood the importance of teamwork while working together to perform for their peers, family and friends.  Mrs. Fedak said, “It was nice to have a live performance again.  Hearing the laughter and applause while performing brought smiles to the students’ faces.

April is filled with so many activities, but one St. Mary Tradition ties our Faith and Family together. During Lent the Stations of the Cross help us realize how much we can learn from Jesus’ last day on Earth. St. Mary School was proud to present four different Stations of the Cross prayer services this year. Mrs. Merkle’s Class, led us through the stations with their hand drawn representation of Jesus' journey for both the school and Parish. Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Tracy’s classes led the school and parish in a Living Stations, where students take on the roles of Jesus and those who were with Him.

St. Mary School’s Student Council decided to take action to support those who are in need of our help in Ukraine. The junior high leaders decided the best way to help was to collect money but they wanted to show support as well.  Ribbons were the solution and the seventh grade was ready to help.  St. Mary’s seventh grade class has been working on making blue and yellow ribbons.

Congratulations to our very own Violet Valis, 8 th grade, who won our school Spelling Bee. Violet then went on to compete in the Geauga County Spelling Bee, she competed for 13 rounds and was the runner-up. We are pleased to announce that we were able to raise over $3000 from our Marie George Memorial Golf Outing for our sister school in Nicaragua. Each grade (K-8) was asked to design and built two putt putt holes for the course that was displayed during our school open house.

Catholic Schools Week is a treasured St. Mary School tradition that begins with the Parish Mass and Pancake Breakfast on January 30th. During the school week our students will be raising money for our sister school in Nicaragua with The Marie George Memorial Putt Putt Outing. The students will enjoy a school-wide scavenger hunt designed by our student council and PTU has a luncheon planned for the teachers. These are just a few of the activities planned for our Catholic Schools Week.