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Providing excellence in a Catholic education and delivering results
Your life journey then continues to St. Mary Catholic School, grades K-8. These years are the most crucial part of your child’s education. They are the foundation upon which all future understanding is based.”
At St. Mary Catholic School (K-8) and Agnus Dei Academy (3- and 4-year-old program), creating a safe and flexible learning environment was made possible after months of coordinated planning.
From the start, our single goal was to welcome back our most precious treasures (our students) for inperson learning for the 2020-21 school year.
Our St. Mary Catholic School Reopening Plan used a comprehensive guide developed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia — Office of Catholic Education (OCE) Task Force in coordination with federal, state and local health agencies.
At St. Mary Catholic School, we are blessed with a truly dedicated Board of Limited Jurisdiction; a new principal, Phil Repko, who has over 37 years of experience in education; and dedicated teachers, staff and parents who worked together to customize OCE’s plan to fit the nuances of our daily school operations.
The time and hard work in creating our reopening plan came to fruition, and prayers were answered when on Aug. 31, buses and parents began to drop off their students for inperson learning. COVID protocols were in place and classrooms prepared to offer virtual instruction as an option for our school community.
Throughout the challenges presented by the pandemic, St. Mary Catholic School remains focused on providing excellence in a Catholic education and delivering results. A good measure of a school’s academic success is the annual Connelly Foundation Neumann Scholarship Award.
The Neumann Scholarship Award is a very competitive and distinguished honor, which provides winners a four-year scholarship to attend any Philadelphia Archdiocesan high school of their choosing.
Only academically talented eighth-grade students are selected to take this scholarship test. This year 459 students competed for the scholarships, representing 112 parochial elementary schools.
St. Mary Catholic School is very proud to announce that this year our school has three Neumann Scholarship winners, and the most scholarships winners from one school throughout the Archdiocese this year. We are blessed!
Each student’s scholarship totals $33,000 over 4 years.
For parents looking for a consistent track record for academic success, St. Mary Catholic School has a rich and distinguished history of Neumann Scholarship winners and is proud of their achievements. From 2012-21 St. Mary Catholic School has had 13 students achieve this distinguished honor and have been awarded $429,000 in Neumann Scholarships. This year our students have received $99,000 in scholarship money and counting!
Chart the course of your child’s future at St. Mary Catholic School.
Your journey of a lifetime begins at Agnus Dei Academy that is designed specifically to meet the needs of children ages 3 and 4. From the beginning, St. Mary Catholic School partners with parents to inspire their children to grow spiritually, emotionally and academically. Classes are inperson, with a team of compassionate and experienced Catholic educators.
Agnus Dei Academy’s is purposely designed for a child:
• To master skills
• To inspire and nurture their innate curiosity for learning
• To find fun and joy in learning
• To become creative and independent thinkers
• To satisfy the need for clear limits and goals
Agnus Dei Academy’s outcome is a child well prepared to become a successful student and ultimately a life-long learner.
Your life journey then continues to St. Mary Catholic School, grades K-8. These years are the most crucial part of your child’s education. They are the foundation upon which all future understanding is based. We help them do this by providing learning opportunities which motivate students to achieve their greatest potential.
We’re committed to providing instruction, learning support and enrichment that engages students in active learning, allowing them to discover their unique God-given gifts through a wide variety of opportunities. We encourage our students to be courageous leaders and independent thinkers.
At St. Mary Catholic School we offer a challenging program of instruction that will leave your child with a strong academic background for their high school years and beyond. Our academic program is complemented with a unique fine arts program, offering theater, voice, music instruction and performance opportunities.
The Makers Space is another program unique to St. Mary School that was designed to encourage collaboration, innovation and creative thinking in the students. Recently, the school invested in a kiln for pottery, which has become a popular aspect of our art classes.
As proud as we are of students’ achievements, we seek more than academic success. Catholic values and truths in faith, knowledge and service are the pillars of our beliefs. These pillars help build a stable, unshakeable foundation for a lifetime.
We invite you to learn more about St. Mary Catholic School and Agnus Dei Academy. To arrange a private tour, contact Suzette Moyer at smoyer@smsk-8.org or call 610.287.7757, extension 244. We are located at 40 Spring Mount Road in Schwenksville, Montgomery County. Come see us. School tours are scheduled for afterschool hours and are conducted with COVID safety protocols.