Sports and Activities

Our students are well-rounded and busy! Every day the students at Saint Mary School can be found actively pursuing their interests outside of our regular academics. The Extracurricular Activities at Saint Mary School not only mold our students, but also enable them to share their gifts with the community. There are any number of activities, like those listed below. When students show an interest in an activity that is not already offered, new activities can be started.

Afterschool Enrichment  |  Arts Fair  |  Band  |  Basketball |  Chess Club  |  Christmas Pageant   |  Cross Country  |  STEM Day  |  Science Fair
Service Club  |  Student Council  |  Video Club 

Arts Fair

In the years that we do not host a Science Fair, we focus on our Arts Fair.  Our Art teacher  works with all the students to produce nearly museum-quality pieces of art that gets displayed throughout the school. 

 

Band

Mr. Cook teaches Band to grades 4-8.  Their weekly lessons take them from the very first steps of putting an instrument together and learning how to read music all the way to performing in groups for the Christmas and Spring Concerts. Watch one of our performances.

Basketball

Grades 5 through 8 have Boys and Girls teams that play in the Catholic School League - East Conference.  The 2012-2013 season was a big success all around.   The Grade 6 Boys won the Championship.  The Grade 8 Boys came in second in the Championship playoff.  The Grade 6 Girls won the annual Diocese of Worcester Basketball Jamboree.  Watch our team in action.
 

Christmas Pageant

Each year just before Christmas, EVERY SINGLE St. Mary School student and staff member get together to put on an awesome, meaningful, musical Christmas pageant.  Audiences are consistently impressed by the talent!  

 

Cross Country

Boys and girls in grades 5-8 participate in Cross Country meets during the months of September and October against area Catholic Schools and AMSA.  Students practice locally and compete at meets in neighboring towns. They learn that running builds stamina, strength, and endurance both physically and mentally. Runners not only compete against others, but they also work on improving themselves. They learn to support their teammates and fellow competitors. The largest meet is held at the end of the season against many area Catholic schools at Lake Ave Park in Worcester. Watch our XCountry team in action! 

Click here to Learn more about Cross Country.
 

Declamation

Declamation is an annual speaking competition, sponsored  by the Diocese of Worcester, in which students in grades 6,7, and 8 compete in several categories including poetry reading, prose reading, children’s literature, original oratory, and  more. Declamation is a chance for students to show off their speaking skills, represent St. Mary School in competition with other schools in the Diocese, and maybe even win a trophy! Students practice during the year, and come together on a Saturday in the spring for a Declamation Festival. 

STEM Day/Week

All students participate in STEM activities during the year and also participate in the Massachusetts Annual STEM Week. Our school also holds a STEM day every year, where our teachers take a back seat and let students ask, imagine, plan, create and improve. Students are challenged to resolve different problems according to their grade. In the past, students have built tall towers, created sound-proofed containers, catapulted eggs and programmed Legos and Arduino devices. Guest speakers involved in STEM professions come to our school and bring real world examples to our students.  Watch one of our STEM days.

Science Fair

All students in grades 5 through 7 participate in a biannual Science Fair.  The judged projects are always fascinating.  The students find that the science fair projects leave them well-prepared for high school!  The winners go on to a Diocese-wide Science Fair. 

Service Club

Saint Mary School's Service Club mission is to serve our God by helping our neighbors and living our commitment to Service Over Self. Service Club meets every other Friday after school beginning in late October. 

 

Student Council

Student Council is a group of elected students from each class from grades one to eight. The students from each class elect one male and one female. The student council members must be a model for the behavior of the other children at school. The reason our school has student council is so people from the classes who want to make a change can do so though the student council students. The members of student council meet once a month along with Faculty Advisors to discuss growing ideas, issues or class requests. Things that the student council is currently talking about are: the bully box, canned vegetables at lunch and, morning arrival back up.

Video Club

Fourteen years ago St. Mary School established a Video Club in conjunction with Shrewsbury Media Connection. The purpose of the club is to train small groups of students in the basic use of video cameras, production skills and editing in order for them to tape and present programs for Saint Mary School and the community. Participants of the club will develop teamwork skills, presentation skills, and media literacy skills. Video Club is for students in grades 5-8. Here is a link to some of our productions.