Join us for the last PSA meeting of the school year as we celebrate all our hard work! We will also have a new board to announce after all votes were counted from the PSA elections! Great things are on the way for St. Mark School and the Parent School Association!
Our Pentecost Celebration ended rejoicing in the light of Christ and the gifts of the Holy Spirit!
We ended the year in our Atrium with a Pentecost Celebration in church. Students listened to the Scripture reading of the Holy Spirit coming to the disciples of Christ. The students chose the gift they wanted to receive and pondered the wonder of Christ's light within us.
Water Day is tomorrow for preschool through 2nd grade! Don't forget to send your student in a swimsuit and sunscreen, plus with a change of clothes!
Our students, families and PSA have absolutely spoiled our teachers this week! Each day was a surprise full of snacks, breakfast, lunch and more and our teachers truly felt loved! While the teachers might make the world go round, our families and students are our world!
Today, we celebrated Mary as we crowned her with a wreath of flowers. 2nd and 8th grade students brought flowers up to Mary's altar. Eriana Gonzalez and Eduardo Fregoso were chosen as representatives of the 8th grade class to crown Mary. Mary is truly radiant.
Fifth grade had fun starting their last math module this week! They found the volume of figures by building them with centimeter cubes. Looks like they had a great time!
8th grade had Math class outside this week! Students measured their height, shadow and shadow of an object. They solved a proportion to find the height of the object without measuring it. Showing them Math does happen outside of the classroom!
Little researchers hard at work! Working to make “commercial” presentations to show what they know about our amazing Earth!
Some highlights from this week in fourth grade! Learning about fractions by playing spoons and exploring energy with a hands on experiment.
A huge congrats to these 2 gentlemen and their 7th grade track teammates from sectionals. Bryant placed 2nd in his 4x400 relay and 3rd in the 4x200! Tristan and his 4x100 relay placed 3rd and he placed 6th in the discus. The 7th grade team won the Sectional Championship, too!
What a zoo! This week has been absolutely WILD with lots of things happening! The kindergarten, first and second graders headed to their final field trip - the Peoria Zoo. They had a fun presentation full of snakes and turtles and armadillos, oh my!
First grade students got to eat some ice cream for I day on their ABC Countdown!
Last week, preschool students headed out to Fondulac Farm Park for a morning spent seeing and learning about animals. They ended the day with a perfect spring picnic and time on the playground!
We had a fantastic time at our Ice Cream Social last week and loved meeting new friends and families interested in St. Mark School! It was great to see our Marksmen families greeting the new families and sharing what makes our school such a special place!
Dr. Campbell, from Bradley University, visited to share his love of science with our students in kindergarten through 4th grade. He did experiments about acids and bases, chemical reactions and more! The students were excited to see how fun science can be!
Our second graders had a retreat on Friday in preparation for their First Holy Communion, which was Saturday. May God Bless them as they receive Jesus into their hearts!
We love having parents and family members come into school and share their talents with our students. Last week, Mrs. Newman shared all about gardening with the kindergarten class. The students harvested seeds and planted them, while learning about how plants grow!
Students from Bradley University spent time with the 1st grade gym class a few weeks ago. The BU students set up some assessments for the SMS students to participate in, from running to throwing, batting to dribbling and more. It's safe to say, everyone had a great time!
We have been so blessed to have Fr. John with us this year and we are sad to see him go. However, SMS wishes him well on his journey home and all our love as he continues to share the light of Christ with all whom he meets.
