School News

Did your kids relax by the pool this summer or maybe your family hit the road? We would love to hear from you and feature photos of SMCS families in our Ode to Summer online album which we will share in our first Friday Flash e-newsletter. Send your best shots and a short note via email to Katie Botha. Submissions may be edited for brevity and clarity. We can't wait to see what our Mighty Monarchs have been doing with their summer break! Check out these…

Check out this stellar 06/24/22 update from Saint Mary's own Technology Teacher & NASA Solar System Ambassador, Mr. Peter Tlusty! At 5:35 AM this morning, our Cubes in Space team watched as two of their experiments traveled to space! The cubes were on board a NASA sounding rocket flying out of NASA Wallops Island. The rocket will be recovered in the Atlantic Ocean and experiments will be returned to students for post-flight study around noon today. https://youtu.be/2S-BboNiIK0?t=134 Above: The 36-foot long two-stage rocket will carry 39…

Saint Mary's Catholic School looks forward to welcoming its newly named Assistant Principal, Amanda Esparza. Mrs. Esparza is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame's Mary-Ann Remick Leadership Program in Alliance for Catholic Education. She most recently served as Academic Dean at the Benedictine Schools of Richmond. "We are thrilled to have Mrs. Esparza arrive at such an exciting time," said Saint Mary's Principal, Brandon J. Hess. "She will join us next month as we begin work on our school’s new Strategic Plan,” he continued.…