Class Field Trips

Each class also offers curriculum-enhancing field trips throughout the year. Students visit local sights such as area farms, Sturbridge Village, Boston, and even New York City. Science-oriented field trips include Baystate Hospital’s genetics lab and Mashantucket Pequot Museum.

Drama Club

The Drama Club produces two full-length plays per year. Junior High students audition for roles, and while these auditions are a vehicle for role assignment, all students who wish for a role, receive an assignment. Students also operate the light and sound equipment and organize staging.

Summer Carnival

Why not start the school year off right by attending our summer carnival where our teachers and staff host a fabulous event with the help of many Junior High Students. It’s a great way for new families to meet future classmates, while current students can reconnect with their friends after the summer.

Funfest

Funfests are school-wide ‘play dates’ for Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 5 students. Junior High students organize and run activities that include art contests and activities, games such as basketball and soccer, dance contests, appropriate video games, air-hockey, face-painting, and balloon making.

School Dances

The Junior High also organizes a dance every other month for themselves. Appropriate music is downloaded and played over the school sound system. The Grade Six students organize and run the concession stand.

Art Exhibition

St. Mary’s Academy students in kindergarten through the eighth grade participate in an annual school-wide Art Exhibition held each year in May. This is an opportunity for students to showcase their talents to the school, families, and local community. What a great avenue for students to feel successful in their artwork!