Announcements

March 5th, 2021 – Spring picture day and Candids!!

March 5th – Adoration 9:30 am -10:15 am

March 11th – Stations of the Cross at 9:50 am

March 12th – Adoration 9:30 am -10:15 am

March 15th – Outreach & Prevention Programming with Crime Victim Services Speaker Grades 5-8

March 19th – Adoration 9:30 am -10:15 am

March 22nd – Outreach & Prevention Programming with Crime Victim Services Speaker Grades 5-8

March 25th – Stations of the Cross at 9:50 am

March 26th – Adoration 9:30 am -10:15 am

March 26th – Confession 9:30 am -10:15 am

March 29th – Outreach & Prevention Programming with Crime Victim Services Speaker Grades 5-8

March 31st – Easter Retreat

April 1st – April 5th Easter Break No School

April 10th – Virtual Springfest – Save the Date!!

April 15th – Kindergarten Screening

May 2nd – First Communion

May 5th – May Crowning @ 8:30 am

May 6th – Safety City PreK, K and 1 @ 9:30

May 18th – 8th Grade Graduation @ 7:00 pm

May 19th – Preschool and Kindergarten Celebration at 6:00pm

May 20th – Last Day of School

May 21st – Teacher Work Day

May 23rd – Leipsic Public Graduation

August 30th – Pictures @8:30

October 12th – Picture Retake

A word from the Principal

Pre -Kindergarten Registration

Pre Kindergarten Registration for the 2021 – 2022 school year is now open. If you have a pre – kindergarten – age child and you would like to register them. Please bring your child’s birth certificate, shot records, and social security number. Your child must be 3 or on before December 31, 2021. If you have questions, please call the office 419-943-2801

PreSchool Programs

Tuesday – Thursday – 3 year old, 4 year old, 5 year old

Monday – Wednesday – Friday – 4 year old and 5 year old

Monday through Friday – 3 year old, 4 year old, 5 year old

Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten Registration for the 2021 – 2022 school year is now open. If you have a kindergarten – age child and you would like to register them for screening, please come to the office. Please bring your child’s birth certificate, shot records, and social security number. Your child must be 5 or on before September 30, 2021. If you have questions, please call the office 419-943-2801

March Prayer of the Month

2 Corinthians 5:1-5

Father God, we praise you for the wonderful future that you have prepared for us through the death and resurrection of you Son, Jesus Christ. We eagerly await the day when we will enter into your presence for all eternity with holy bodies untainted by sin. Please help us to not lose heart when we face the many pressures, anxieties, and troubles of life in this fallen world. Let us take great courage in the knowledge that you’ve given us the Holy Spirit to prepare our souls for our kingdom dwelling with you. Thank you for letting Jesus live in us. It is in his name that we pray, Amen.

April Prayer of the Month

Romans 5:1-11

Father God, we thank you that your amazing unfathomable love has been poured out for us at the cross and poured into us by the Holy Spirit. We want to taste and experience more of the depth and breadth and length and height of your amazing love. Help us to walk by faith. Help us to endure in suffering. Help us to own our need of you. Help us to fully embrace your Son, Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. So, pour out your love into our hearts, in increasing measure by the power of your Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ our Lord. It is in his name that we pray, Amen.

May Prayer of the Month

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

St. Mary's COVID reporting

Date: March 4, 2021

St. Mary's COVID-19

Current Putnam County Color Code: RED (LEVEL 3) - Increased exposure and spread. COVID-19 related situations among St. Mary's staff and students (will be updated within 24 hours of any changes):

QUARANTINED DUE TO:

Diagnosed with COVID-19:

PreK-8 (0); Staff (0)

Exposure/Close Contact to someone with known COVID-19:

PreK-8 (0); Staff (0)

The Putnam County Health Department will inform individuals if they are identified as a close contact. If you have not been individually contacted, it is unlikely that you are identified as a close contact. Putnam County Health Department - (419) 523-5608.

Information released per the Governor’s requirement: Aug 28, 2020 - Governor activity Gov. Mike DeWine announced that K-12 schools will be required to notify parents, guardians and the public of a positive COVID-19 case within a school building. Protected health information must remain private and only non-identifying information should be made available to the public. Schools will have the flexibility to determine how to communicate the information.

St. Mary's has 66 students enrolled in PreKindergarten through 8th grade as of October 31, 2020.

St. Mary's school policy regarding background checks for teaching and non-teaching employees and for volunteers who have direct contact with students

Policy for the Protection of Minors and Young People

Testimonials:

The first time I saw my children in the church; I knew I had made the right choice in changing their education from public to private. To see my children learn to handle themselves in church and learn to sit and listen and show respect meant everything to me. When they read for the first time in church; I was just blown away. They felt so proud to speak in front of the church and I was in awe. St. Mary's teaches their students the normal curriculum as does the public schools but St. Mary's also teaches so much more. I thoroughly loved the service hours program they have set up for their students. The students had to spend so many hours contributing to the community and/or helping others. These hours were kept track of and they were then rewarded with a pizza party or an event at the school when they were completed. This teaches them right away how to give back and be grateful to those that help them. St. Mary's teaches all students to clean up after their programs or meals at the school. After every event as well, all students help set up and clean up. The students are taught to take care of their school and they get a sense of responsibility. The kids feel more a part of the school. Their work contributes directly to the school. This is something I loved about St. Mary's. They were teaching my kids so much more than just the basic curriculum. They taught them to be good, helpful, respectful people. They were taught to be grateful for all they had at school. St. Mary's also has their older students walk with the younger students to help them get to church and to lunch. This was gigantic to me. This is a huge lesson. The older students learn that they are looked up to by the younger students. The older students will learn to behave so much better because of this setup. They are being directly looked up to by the younger students. Teaching my children to pray ended up being so dearly important to me because my kids now know they are never truly alone. If they are afraid or sad or lost, St. Mary's has taught them to pray and believe in our Lord. Even for those that are not Catholic, teaching our youth to pray and understand there is something bigger out there is huge. I call it the pyramid. Teaching the kids the pyramid. Lastly, the size of the classrooms help so much for my children, especially my 2 youngest, they needed extra attention due to their IEP's. They have hands-on tutoring during and after school. The teachers work directly with them and also myself. During the shut down last year, we had weekly calls for their speech therapy and extra sessions for tutoring. St. Mary's is very flexible in its approach to teaching each student as individuals. They will find which strategies work best based on each student's strengths and weaknesses. They have different seating for some kids who tended to have difficulties sitting still. St. Mary's has various equipment that supported all types of technology that could be used to adapt their teaching style. This is why I chose St. Mary's for my children. ~Tina (8th, 6th, and 4th)

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We send our son to St Mary’s for a Catholic education. The small class sizes give him individualized attention and the ability to learn not only about numbers and letters but also about his faith. We have loved watching him grow in his faith and knowledge this year already! ~Leanne (Preschool)

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We chose St. Mary’s over the public school option initially because of the tradition. As our kids have progressed through St. Mary’s we’ve continued to stay because of the reinforcement of our Faith that the school instills. It’s always heartwarming to pick up your kindergartener and hear them talking about something from the bible, you certainly won’t experience that through the public school. The other major benefit of St. Mary’s is with the small class sizes, they receive a more individualized education experience, and it also creates a true family like experience. This year with COVID the smaller class sizes also provided a “safer” option. St. Mary’s intends to educate the “whole” child; developmentally, educationally, and spiritually, which has been our great reward. ~Brian and Ashley (3rd and Kindergarten)

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