Activities

St. Mary's has many annual events and activities. From holiday festivities to exciting campus guests and field trips, St. Mary's students enjoy many learning experiences outside the classroom.

Accelerated Reader

Accelerated Reader is a reading incentive program established at St. Mary's in 1996. It is designed to encourage children to read outside the required curriculum, improve reading skills, and develop a love of reading. St. Mary's parents can find detailed information about the program in the Accelerated Reader folder on their First Class desktops.

Student Council

The Student Council is made up of Middle School students elected by their peers to plan activities and events for the school. Some of the big events include Spirit Week, the annual food drive, drese down days, and Middle School dances. The annual "Food Drive for Metropolitan Ministries" is sponsered by the Student Council every year in November to donate food for the local community.

Student Council 2015-2016
Student Council 2014-2015
Student Council 2013-2014
Student Council 2012-2013
Student Council 2011-2012

Special Grade Level Activities

Beginning in Fifth Grade, St. Mary's students enjoy a series of overnight trips designed to enhance cooperative effort and promote trust and team building. These trips bring the participants closer together as a class, and they have become highly anticipated by all the students.

5th Grade Bethany Center Trip
6th Grade Circle F Ranch
7th Grade Keys Trip
8th Grade Washington D.C. Trip

John A. Shepard Field Day

John A. Shepherd was the headmaster of St. Mary's from 1980-1991, and Field Day is named in his honor. The student body is divided into two teams, Gold and Blue, and they compete against each other in outdoor activities and in the Knowledge Bowl.

Sports

Having varsity and junior varsity levels in most team sports allows maximum participation for students. The current no-cut policy places athletes on the team where they can be the most successful. Coaches all come from within our school community and most teams play in the Florida West Coast League made up of 12 other private schools. St. Mary's has an outstanding history of league and tournament championship teams. In addition, St. Mary's has been the proud recipient of the league sportsmanship award four out of five years since its inception.

Boys	Season	Girls
Soccer	September - October	Volleyball
Cross Country	September - October	Cross Country
Basketball	November - January	Basketball, Soccer, Cheerleading
Track and Field	February	Track and Field
Tennis	March - May	Tennis
Baseball	March - May	Softball

Community Service Projects

Students participate in community service projects each year at St. Mary’s. It is important for our students to learn the value of serving others in their community and to learn they can make a difference in the world. The community service projects are listed below by grade level.

PreK and Kindergarten: Metropolitan Ministries (http://www.metromin.org/)