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Saint Mary School offers many extra-curricular activities and organizations for student involvement. Each program promotes our school mission of delivering a S.P.I.R.I.T filled Catholic education in a Christ-centered learning environment.
Band
Students in Grades 5-8 are invited to join the Saint Mary School Band. Currently, students are divided into 2 groups for weekly band practice. The woodwind (clarinet, saxophone, and flute) members meet on Tuesdays after school and the brass (trumpet, trombone) members meet on Thursdays. All students are invited to come together for an optional joint practice on Friday afternoons. All of this is in preparation for an upcoming year-end concert. Parents of band members furnish the instruments for their students, and many families opt to rent instruments from local businesses. Additionally, Ms. Dolinski is seeking any instrument donations to further the band's resources. She is in greatest need of a snare drum and bass drum to open a percussion section in the band. Please call Main Campus at 586 468-4570 or email
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if you would like to make a donation.
Chess Club
The Chess Club is open to all students from 5th to 8th Grade regardless of skill level. Even if someone has no previous experience in playing chess, it does not matter because he/she will learn the "Pierce Method" and will master the moves in no time at all! Experienced players will learn to sharpen their skills. The club meets once a week and runs from October to April. As Chess Club comes to a close members are given the opportunity to compete at their grade level in a chess tournament.
Children's Choir
Students in Grades 2-8 are welcome to participate in the St. Peter Parish Children's Choir. Students meet weekly for rehearsal and sing at all-school Mass on Friday mornings. Religious Education students from St. Peter Parish are invited to join the Choir as well. Both groups rehearse separately but sing as one Choir at 4:00 Mass every Saturday. To join the choir, download a Registration Form and return it to the school or parish office.
Children's Ministry
The Children's Ministry meets one Friday night each month and is designed to help students discover ways to give back to the community. Some activities the Children have participated in include: making Christmas ornaments for residents at the Martha T. Berry facility in Mt. Clemens, making Valentines for children receiving services from Turning Point, and decorating place mats for patients at Mt. Clemens General Hospital. Participation in the Children's Ministry is open to Preschool-5th Grade students of St. Mary School and St. Peter Parish. Older students in Junior High and High School are invited to participate as helpers and earn Volunteer Service Hours. Parents that have completed Protecting God's Children are welcome to help serve the Children's Ministry as well.
Cub Scouts
Cub Scout Pack 71 is teaching tomorrow's leaders today - and we are having a blast doing it! We offer Scouting programs for boys in 1st grade through 5th grades which set the bar higher than all the rest. Our scouts will tell you what fun they have building and racing their own cars at our annual pinewood derby race held in March as well as having great adventures on our yearly campouts and field trips. We travel to destinations in Michigan that offer both educational and exciting programs like none other. Our pack meetings are held on the last Monday of each month and always have a ton of fun! To see what we're up to visit us at www.scoutspack71.wetpaint.com
CYO Athletics
The following CYO sporting teams are available to St. Mary School students:
1st-4th Grades: Co-ed Indoor Soccer
3rd-4th Grades: Instructional Leage Basketball for both boys and girls
5th-8th Grade Girls: Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, Cheerleading
5th-8th Grade Boys: Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, Lacrosse
Green Team (formerly the Ecology Club)
St. Mary School Green Team is open to students in Grades 2-8. The Green Team meets after school one Wednesday a month from October to May to address "Green School" concerns, work on Green School points, and promote sustainable living practices. One member of the Green Team from each classroom is selected each year to be the Green Team Class Representative and serves as the communication link between the St.Mary School Green Team and the student body. Green Team reps share what they are learning at Green Team meetings with their classmates and bring student concerns to the attention of the Green Team.
Girl Scouts of the USA
In the 2008-2009 school year, there are over 80 girls participating in Girl Scouts of the USA at St. Mary School from Kindergarten through 8th grade. They usually meet after school and hold meetings twice a month, days and times vary. St. Mary School Girl Scouts have fun learning about nature, becoming physically fit and preparing for future roles as professionals in the arts, sciences, business, and perhaps most importantly, to be active citizens outside of the home. They participate in many activities that give back to the community. For girls today, anything is possible! There is no doubt that with our volunteer leaders, the support of the school, and the St. Peter Parish family, the potential of these girls (and all its students) will be developed and they will make a difference in the world!
Newspaper Club
Each month the Newspaper Club designs a newspaper for the students and staff of St. Mary School. The Saint Mary Newspaper is sold for twenty-five cents as a showcase of the students' creativity and hard work. The proceeds are saved for a celebratory pizza party at the end of the school year. Students design the newspaper using Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, and Paint. Newspaper Club is open to St. Mary students in Grades 4-8. The club usually runs from October to May. If you enjoy working with computers, being creative, and having fun, the Newspaper Club is for you!
Ski Club
St. Mary School Ski Club is held at Mt. Holly Ski Resort one night a week during ski season. Students ages 7 through 12th Grade are able to participate in a resort sponsored Student Patch Program that teaches students how to ski or snowboard. We encourage parents and younger siblings to participate in this family friendly event. Participation allows significant discounts off the normal rates for rentals and lift tickets at Mt. Holly Ski Resort as well as Pine Knob.
Student Council
St. Mary School Student Council is a member of Michigan Student Council Association. The Student Council body includes representatives from 3th Grade through 8th Grade. Offices are elected in the 8th Grade. The focus of student council is to provide the students with opportunities to develop leadership skills, organize character and team building activities, and to promote St. Mary school spirit during spirit week.
National Junior Honor Society - St. Mary Chapter
Purpose
The purpose of the Saint Mary Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society is to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, to develop character and to encourage citizenship in the students of St. Mary School. Our Saint Mary chapter meets monthly to plan and carry out activities that support this purpose.
Activities
This school year the members of our chapter have been busy discussing our new chapter and bylaws which will be adopted after being approved by the membership. In the past we have not had a specific chapter constitution, but have followed the National Junior Honor Society constitution. Our new constitution complies with the National Junior Honor Society constitution and our school policies. It delineates, more specifically, how our St. Mary Chapter is run and contains a few small revisions in the criteria and selection process that will go into effect this school year. It is hoped that the changes will result in a selection process that is understandable and fair for all NJHS candidates and their parents.
Our NJHS members run a weekly after school tutoring program for struggling students in grades two through five. Younger students who struggle are referred to the program by their classroom teacher. The NJHS tutoring coordinators then match each struggling student with an NJHS member that tutors them in Reading, Math, Social Studies, or Science.
Membership
Membership in the St. Mary chapter of the NJHS is an honor bestowed upon a student by the faculty. Selection for membership is based on outstanding scholarship, leadership, service, character, and citizenship. Once selected, members have the responsibility to continue to demonstrate these qualities.
To be eligible for membership the student must be a member of the second semester of the sixth grade, seventh grade or eighth grade at St. Mary School. Candidates must have been in attendance at St. Mary School the equivalent of one semester. Selection for membership is by a majority vote of the Faculty Council, a committee of five faculty members appointed by the principal.
The minimum standard for scholarship shall be
The minimum standard for character is
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all conduct and effort report card grades in the 1-2 (B- and above all quarters of 6-8 grade) range.
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an outstanding record of conduct and behavior with regard to school and community rules, guidelines, and policies.
Following the first semester, all sixth and seventh grade students who meet the minimum standards for scholarship and character will be considered eligible candidates. To assist the Faculty Council in making membership decisions, eligible candidates will be invited to fill out an Activity Form and to complete an in-school essay. Leadership experience and service must be listed on a candidate's Activity Form and/or essay to be eligible for selection to the NJHS. Students who submit their Activity Forms and essays on time will be considered for possible selection.
The faculty will evaluate eligible candidates in the areas of leadership, citizenship and character using a Faculty Evaluation Form provided by the chapter advisor. Faculty shall rate the candidates with whom they have had professional interaction on a scale of 1-4, where 1=low/poor, 2=below average, 3=good, and 4=high/outstanding. For any rating of poor or below average, it is necessary for faculty to provide an additional comment that speaks to the professional rationale for this low rating or examples of the poor performance which led to the rating.
The Faculty Council shall review the Student Activity Form, the in-school essay and faculty evaluations in order to determine membership. Prior to notification of any candidates, the chapter adviser shall review with the principal the results of the Faculty Council’s deliberations. The decision of the Faculty Council will be considered final upon approval of the principal. All candidates that were considered for membership will be notified in writing of the Faculty Council's decision. Selected students become members when inducted at a special ceremony.
Download the NJHS Constitution.
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