Happy Homecoming week Pirates! We decided to look through our annuals and find some amazing pictures from the past. Do you know the names and the year of the beauties below? We would also LOVE the hear about your homecoming memories at St. Mary's too. Please comment and share!
We are so excited for our Homecoming next week! We hope that you can join us for our activities. They are:
Tuesday: Volleyball at St. Mary's High School 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30
Soccer at The Grace Center for Athletics 5:30
Wednesday: Powderpuff Game at The Grace Center for Athletics 6
Bonfire will follow the game. (concession stand will have Raising Canes meals
for $10)
Friday: Spirit Parade 3:30
-Meet after school in the parking lot to decorate your cars in green and white,
then caravan to The Grace Center. Bring supplies to decorate your car!
Boys Soccer at The Grace Center Grass Field 4
Middle School Football at The Grace Center 4:30
Tailgate 5-6:45
-Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Brats, Two Cookies, Chips, and a Drink for $5
Varsity Football 7
Go Pirates!
Tonight~our 3-1 football team is ready for Clear Creek! Kick off is at 7 p.m.
We hope to see all of our amazing alumni and our future Pirates!
Today our volleyball team takes on the CSCS Lions at CSCS. Game times are: C-squad at 4 p.m., JV at 5 p.m. and Varsity at 6 p.m. Please wear your green and be ready to cheer!
We would like to give our most sincere appreciation to all who participated in, and sponsored, the 48th Annual St. Mary's High School Golf Classic. All proceeds support tuition assistance for St. Mary's Pirates. Thank you for such a wonderful event, and we'll see you again next year!
Join us on September 13th at Kissing Camels Golf Club for the 48th Annual St. Mary's High School Golf Classic. All proceeds support our Tuition Assistance Program, making Catholic education attainable for more families in our Colorado Springs community. Thank you for your support, and we'll see you on the course! Register at: smhscs.org/page/golf-classic
The first full week of school is a wrap! Pirates enjoyed Senior Sunrise, the first volleyball game of the year, and Pirate Cross Country head out to their first race today at the Cheyenne Mountain Stampede. The Back to School Dance is tomorrow night at the Grace Center! Don't forget to wear white, Pirates!
Be sure to go out to the Grace Center on Saturday, August 17th to support our volleyball team during their car wash! We hope to see you there!
Can you believe it?! We're only a few days away from the start of a new school year at St. Mary's!
To help us get off to a great start, we ask that you consider shopping our Amazon wish list. You'll find items that our teachers and students need to start the year off right. There is no gift too small, and we greatly appreciate your generosity!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3KA7AFO9ZJA4P?ref_=wl_share
Come spend a special evening under the lights at the Grace Center learning about and
experiencing the game of football...for LADIES ONLY! The Pirate Football Players and
Coaches will teach the fundamentals and rules of football through various demonstrations,
stations and drills. There will be plenty of time for Q&A throughout and no question is off
limits! Don't miss out on this awesome event!
Register here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090944A4A82CA2F58-50315688-ladies
St. Mary's is proud of senior Maddox Mulholland for his outreach in our Colorado Springs community. Check out the story from KOAA News5!
https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/local-high-school-student-gives-colorado-springs-seniors-free-dental-care
If you'd like to support Maddox's efforts, please read his attached letter.
Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/2CADSSGSMU51C
We'd like to recognize the St. Mary's Competitive Shooting Team who competed in the SCTP State Shoot this past weekend at Golden Gun & Kiowa Creek and once again did a tremendous job representing SMHS:
State Champions:
JV Squad – Sporting Clays – (Myren Johnson, Claire Welker, Macy Keenan)
JV Squad – Trap – (Myren Johnson, Macy Keenan, Claire Welker, Alex Resnik, Cooper Diaz)
State Runners-Up:
JV Squad – 2nd place - Skeet (Myren Johnson, Claire Welker, & Macy Keenan)
Varsity Squad – 2nd Place – Trap (Garret Klein, Grace Chaikaew, Joseph Clune, Luke Brames, Gabe Dee)
Individual State Awards:
High Overall (HOA): Myren Johnson
Skeet: Myren Johnson – 1st place – JV
Garret Klein – 5th place – Varsity
Sporting Clays:
Myren Johnson – 1st place – JV & Men Non-Collegiate
Macy Keenan – 3rd place - ladies Non-Collegiate
Trap:
Myren Johnson – 1st Place – JV
Claire Welker – 3rd place – JV
Claire Welker – 2nd Place – Ladies Non-Collegiate
Grace Chaikaew – 4th place – Ladies Non-Collegiate
Myren Johnson – 4th Place – Men Non-Collegiate
Gabe Dee – 5th Place – Men Non-Collegiate
Alex Resnik also shot is first 25 straight.
Congratulations to our athletes and coaches! Go Pirates!
Good luck to the St. Mary’s Competitive Shooting Team as the head to the SCTP State Shoot this weekend!
Before celebrating our last school Mass of the year, Father Joe showed off some of his athletic prowess in four square against some students! We will certainly miss having Father Joe Dygert on campus next year. Once a Pirate, Always a Pirate!
Good luck to St. Mary's Track & Field at the State Championships! You can catch them in various events on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at Jeffco Stadium. Go Pirates!!
Photos courtesy of Bill Kellick
St. Mary's Spanish IV students created their digital magazine for 2024. You can check it out here! https://www.flipsnack.com/cospringshh/revista-literaria-2024/full-view.html
As part of our award-winning STEM curriculum, students in Introduction to Engineering Design get to design and create "Happy Meal" toys. There's no better way to test them and get feedback than with the Pre-K students at Divine Redeemer Catholic School. Thank you to Divine Redeemer for hosting our Pirates!
St. Mary's Pirates got their yearbooks today! As the school year starts to wrap up, it's fun to look back on all the memories we've created this year. Thank you to Mrs. Kavanaugh and all the students in the Print Media class for their hard work on the yearbook!
It's not too late to sign up for STEM Camp 2024! Open to all rising 6th - 8th graders. No better way to spend a week of Summer than flying planes, launching rockets, visiting the Air Force Academy, and so much more! Please email Mark Strub with questions: mstrub@smhscs.org.
Congratulations to St. Mary's junior, Olivia Davalos, for winning the Regional 3A Tennis Championship in 1 singles, and senior, Carmen Gonzalez, for taking 2nd place in 2 singles! Olivia and Carmen will play in the State Tournament next week on May 9-11 at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs, so get out there and support them. Go Pirates!
