St. Mary's is a parish Catholic school operating under the auspices of the Diocese of Arlington and accredited by the Virginia Catholic Education Association (VCEA). Grades pre-kindergarten through eighth are offered.

Our Mission:  St. Mary’s School is part of the life of St. Mary’s Parish whose mission is to make known the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to help people grow in His Truth and Grace.  We participate in this mission as Catholic educators whose call is to communicate to our young people an experience of God’s love and the teaching of Jesus in His Church by means of the multi-faceted life of our school and the life of the parish. 

Eligibility

• Children who are age 4 and toilet trained by September 30 of the enrollment year are eligible for a half-day, five-day-a-week pre-kindergarten program. Attendance in pre-kindergarten does not guarantee admission to kindergarten.

• Children who are age 5 by September 30 of the enrollment year are eligible for kindergarten.

• Admission priorities exist. Primary consideration goes to siblings of returning students currently attending our kindergarten through eighth grade who are children of consistently active parishioners of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Please contact the Office of Admissions and Registration for more detailed information.

Religious Events

• Weekly Mass

• First Friday Mass

• Mass on Holy Days

• Monthly Confessions

• First Reconciliation

• First Communion

• Daily Prayer

• All Saints Parade

• May Procession

• Confirmation

• Weekly priest visits

• Children’s Sunday Mass when CCD is in session

Curriculum

• St. Mary’s follows the Diocese of Arlington approved guidelines for all subject areas

• Caterpillar Reading program for first grade

• Book-In-The-Bag Reading program for kindergarten and first grades

• Fifth grade Battle of the Books

• Algebra is offered to qualified Junior High students

• Weekly Spanish classes added in 2003‑2004

• Weekly music classes for students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grades

• Weekly arts program for students in kindergarten through eighth grades

• Weekly computer instruction for students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grades

• Weekly library instruction for students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grades

• Physical Education is offered weekly for students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grades and bi-weekly for sixth through eighth grades.

• Field Trip Enrichment Program

Testing

• Kindergarten Readiness testing (Early Prevention of School Failure)

• Terra Nova testing for grades two through seven administered in the Spring

• Assessment of Catechesis/Religious Education testing for grades five and eight

• High School Placement testing for grade eight administered in the Fall

Other Programs Offered

• Hot lunch daily

• Extended Day Program offered to grades kindergarten through eighth until 6:00 pm

• Full-time Registered Nurse

• Learning Center Staff, including Occupational Therapist, Reading teacher, and Learning Center teacher for students with special needs

• Full-time Guidance Counselor

Extracurricular

• Adoration for Vocations Club

• Girls for Good Junior High Club

• Corporal Works of Mercy

• Choir

• Hand bells

• Band

• Sports to include:

  • girls’ and boys’ basketball

  • girls’ and boys’ softball

  • girls’ and boys’ tennis

  • girls’ and boys’ track

• Sixth and eighth grade Science Fairs

• National Spelling Bee

• National Geography Bee

• Hands on Science

• Student Council

• Yearbook

• Junior High Dances

Home and School Association        

• Gift Wrap Fundraiser 

• Golf Tournament      

• Christmas Bazaar     

• Christmas Greens     

• Spring Auction         

• Spring Fling   

• Raffles

• Families-In-Service

Recognition and Scholarship

• Father Krempa National Junior Honor Society

• Colin Casey Scholarship

• Father Krempa Learning Center Scholarship

• Robert E. Dolan Citizenship Award

• Bern E. Hynes Award

• Eleanor Nugent Scholarship

• David S. Cammack Scholarship