About

Empowering Lifelong Learning

MISSION

The mission of St. Mary’s School is to provide an environment that promotes Catholic Christian values for all. We work with parents, parish family, and the community at large to empower our students to recognize God’s presence in their daily lives, strive for academic excellence and become responsible lifelong learners.

Philosophy

St. Mary’s School is entrusted by The Church of the Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary of Morris to install in our students the Catholic faith. Through Catholic morals and values St. Mary’s School achieves a positive learning atmosphere for the development of the whole person. St. Mary’s School expresses the Catholic faith through classes, prayer, liturgical worship and Christian relationships.

With up to date curriculum and technology, St. Mary’s School provides a differentiated rigorous academic experience for all. Students’ responsibility is fostered by promoting positive attitudes, acceptable behaviors, and an admirable work ethic. St. Mary’s School provides opportunities to facilitate growth toward a healthy self-image. A strong collaboration between students, parents, teachers, staff, parish and the larger community flourishes at St. Mary’s School. This bond promotes the dignity and well-being of each person.

A group of graduates wearing navy blue caps and gowns stand on steps inside a church, posed for a photo. There are two adults, one at each end of the group. Stained glass windows and religious symbols are visible in the background.
A group of eight smiling children stand together in a church. They are holding papers and a book, dressed casually, and standing on a set of steps in front of religious statues and an altar. The church is softly lit with a peaceful atmosphere.
Two young children sit together on a small red couch. The older child, dressed in a white sports shirt and dark pants, reads a book to the younger child in a green shirt. Behind them is a bookshelf filled with a variety of colorful books.
A group of twelve children and one adult, all wearing blue shirts, stand beside a dunk tank. The adult is seated above the tank, smiling, while the children are lined up, grinning in front of the brick building. The background shows green trees and a clear blue sky—a joyful scene encouraging new enrollment.

Goals

  1. St. Mary’s strives to build Faith Community through strengthening the Christian life style.
  2. St. Mary’s strives to help students experience ongoing development of self-esteem through positive experiences.
  3. St Mary’s endeavors to nurture open communication among parents, staff, students, parish and civic community.

Objectives

Our Christ-centered community expresses faith built in prayer, liturgical worship and Christian living. St. Mary’s provides opportunities and situations to facilitate growth toward a positive and healthy self image. St. Mary’s continues the close bond between families, school staff, students, parish and civic communities. St. Mary’s provides a quality total curriculum.

From the Principal

Tanya Fischer

Welcome to Saint Mary’s School! As Principal, I’m pleased to represent our amazing faculty, who are deeply knowledgeable about their fields and about teaching. They are a dedicated, compassionate group of professionals who happily dedicate an extraordinary amount of time and energy, in the classroom and beyond, to develop their students’ success.

By joining St. Mary’s, you are not simply enrolling your child in school. You are pledging your family to actively join a community rich in Catholic tradition, strong in Catholic education, and committed to serving one another as living examples of Catholic faith. This sense of community pervades all that we do at St. Mary’s. As parents, you are the first and most important teachers of your children. We believe that St. Mary’s Catholic School shares with the home, the Church, and the greater community, the responsibility for the total development of the student. Only by working together will our children find success.

I firmly believe in the importance, mission and philosophy of Catholic Education, the education and safety of all students, compassion toward others and the uniqueness and integrity of each human being. I have a passion for working with God’s beloved children, their families, other educators and the community and have dedicated my life to this. I’m very excited to share with you this time of growth both academically as well as spiritually.

At Saint Mary’s School, we look forward to teaching to a diverse group of motivated students by providing innovative education, while focusing on academic rigor and spiritual growth. Our students learn to think independently, critically and globally. Our priorities include:

  • Offering small class sizes
  • Providing innovative and rigorous educational programming
  • Challenging students with interdisciplinary work
  • Engaging students in ways that give them an international perspective, lead them to embrace diversity, and develop their cross-cultural competence
  • Inspiring a commitment to environmental sustainability, and
  • Learning in a Catholic Christian environment

Together, with God’s help, we will continue to make an already great school, an even greater School!

Blessings,

Mrs. Tanya Fischer, M.Ed.
Principal

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