Just a reminder to our school family: ... See MoreSee Less

While some of us may have been cozy in our warm homes this chilly morning, these tough girls braved the cold to complete their Girls on the Run 5K. Way to go, ladies! ... See MoreSee Less

Just a beautiful fall day on the playground. ❤ ... See MoreSee Less

Thanks for coming to chat with us, Mayor Marsh! ... See MoreSee Less

Staff Spotlight #16
Library & Tech Dept

Mr. Andy Fisse is the head of our tech department and is a whiz at all things tech! He can help our students with internet connection issues, he can repair broken chromebooks, and he has even helped problem solve SmartBoard issues in the classroom. Mr. Fisse has been our tech guru for 7 years. He is married to Karen and they have 4 children (Dan, Katie, Logan, and Emma) that attend SMS as well. Technology is a great asset to our school and we wouldn't be able to have the access we have if it weren't for Mr. Fisse!

Mr. Ryan Fisse is on his first full year here at SMS, but has helped Mr. Fisse for the previous 4 summers. His knowledge for computers is just as valuable and we are thankful for the assistance he provides to our students and staff in the technology area. He says, "I really enjoy being able to work with computers. It is always what I wanted to do." Mr. Fisse is the son of Mrs. Donna Fisse in the cafeteria!

Mrs. Donna Swinford has been a children’s librarian in public schools for 32 years and a public librarian for 5 years. She's been St Mary’s librarian since the new building was built and have checked the books out since I retired in 2015! Did you know Mrs. Swinford has a special talent of making historical, old time clothes. She takes care of the clothing at our local history museum in Greensburg! She has 5 children, 2 step children, and 7 grandchildren. She loves reading to the students at SMS and helping them find books to spark a love of reading!

Our library and tech department are such blessings to our school. Thank you Mr. Fisse, Mr. Fisse, and Mrs. Swinford for sharing your time, talent, and knowledge with our school. ... See MoreSee Less

Staff Spotlight #15: Office Staff

Mrs. Lore Oesterling is the smile that greets you when you come to school or the cheerful voice you hear when calling school. She has devoted 14 years to St. Mary's as our beloved secretary. Lore is married to Mark Oesterling (a St. Mary's grad) and together they have a son, Nicholas (also a St. Mary's grad), who is working on his PhD right now at Syracuse University in New York! Mrs. Oesterling enjoys spending time with her immediate and extended family as much as possible and also enjoys gardening, flowers, and decorating at school and at home for each season/holiday! She’s pretty good at it too, the office is always looking festive! Lore says, “I've really enjoyed every minute of being here at St. Mary's. The children are so polite and considerate--they make it exciting to come to work each day!”

This is Mrs. Bri Little’s second time on our Staff Spotlight. You might remember her from our PreK spotlight. When she isn’t working as a PreK assistant, you can find her in the office taking on the role of our school nurse! She is a CNA and is such a kind and friendly face to our students when they visit her in the clinic. She says, “being hurt or sick is never any fun. I enjoy being able to help kids when those times arise.”

We are thankful for these 2 ladies and the cheer they bring to our school. Anyone will tell you, our front office is always so welcome and inviting and it’s largely due to these 2 friendly faces that welcome visitors and students. ... See MoreSee Less

Staff Spotlight #14
We have 3 amazing resource teachers and specialists in our school.

Mrs. Anna Roberts is in her 6th year of teaching; 3rd here at St. Mary's. She graduated with her Elementary Education degree from Ball State in 2014. Mrs. Roberts is our Math Title 1 educator; she provides extra assistance to those students who need extra support in math. She and her husband have two children; a daughter who just turned 1 in March and a son who just turned 4 this April. Mrs. Roberts loves spending quality time with family and friends.

Mrs. Janet Hagerty is the PreK – Grade 3 Reading Teacher of the St.Mary’s Early Reading Prevention Program. This is her 10th year of providing this service to St.Mary’s School. It requires specialization and advance studies in the development of the five components of reading. She loves to share her knowledge and skills with the teachers. Mrs. Hagerty is known for her passion of teaching reading, bicycling, running, love of history and family. You may have seen her as Eucharistic Minister in church! She has been an EM for more than forty years.

Mrs. Nancy Fogg is our Special Education teacher. She works with students in grades K-8 to provide academic support in both math and reading. She and her husband, William, have 3 children, all of whom graduated from SMS. This is her 1st year in this position at SMS, but she has been a part of our school family for several years as a Kindergarten teacher in the past. Did you know: Mrs. Weigel & Mrs. Brown are former students of hers! Mrs. Fogg loves scrapbooking, cake decorating, and anything crafty!

We are so blessed by the work these 3 ladies do with our students. They really excel in their specialties and we are thankful they share their gifts with our school. ... See MoreSee Less

Staff Spotlight #13
This dynamic duo takes care of our 5th grade Knights.

Ms. Deb Greiwe has been teaching at SMS for 13 years, starting in Kindergarten and recently moving to 5th grade! Ms. Greiwe is the English Language Arts and Reading teacher for the 5th graders. She loves to share her love of reading with her students. Ms. Greiwe has a daughter, Abby, who is an adult now, but attended SMS as an elementary student! Ms. Greiwe bleeds blue for her Indianapolis Colts! She also enjoys spending time with her family outside of school.

Ms. Marge Bruns has been a teacher for 22 years. Miss Bruns REALLY loves IU. Just ask her, you'll see. Ok, ok, don't do that. She's a Boilermaker through and through, even decorating her classroom in PU flags and black & gold. Did you know, Ms. Bruns is also our Athletic Director? She schedules all the home and away games/meets for our student athletes as well as many other duties that come with the AD title.

We love this set of teachers and are thankful for their teamwork to make our 5th graders succeed! ... See MoreSee Less

Congratulations to St. Mary's School on raising the most money! In total, all schools combined raised $1,440.46 😁🙌🙌♥️ The totals are as follows:
St. Mary's 516.41
North Decatur Elementary 392.70
GCHS 213.18
North Decatur High School 152.58
South Decatur Elementary 90.59
South Decatur High School 20.00
Other venmo 55.00

What an awesome community we have!!! ... See MoreSee Less

Thanks to all of our St. Mary's family for doing your part to help Meals on Wheels!Congratulations to St. Mary's School on raising the most money! In total, all schools combined raised $1,440.46 😁🙌🙌♥️ The totals are as follows:
St. Mary's 516.41
North Decatur Elementary 392.70
GCHS 213.18
North Decatur High School 152.58
South Decatur Elementary 90.59
South Decatur High School 20.00
Other venmo 55.00

What an awesome community we have!!! ... See MoreSee Less

Staff Spotlight #12
These 2 make a great team in 4th grade!

Mrs. Angie Maloney has 20 years of teaching at St. Mary's under her belt. She's taught a range from 2nd-4th grades! Mrs. Maloney graduated from ISU and obtained her Master's from WGU. She and her husband, Rob, have 3 boys all of whom have attended or graduated from St. Mary's. She loves crafting such as crochet, painting, and drawing. (And she's really good at it too!!!) Do you know which teacher love frogs? It's Mrs. Maloney!

Mrs. Eva Volz has been an educator for 23 years! She and her husband have 6 children. 3 of her children are at St. Marys: 2 as students and 1 as our school nurse! That's right, Mrs. Little is Mrs. Volz's daughter! Mrs. Volz enjoys life on her farm and helping her children with their 4H projects. She also really enjoys loving on and spoiling her granddaughter, Charlie.

These 2 are a great pair in 4th grade and we are so thankful for them! ... See MoreSee Less