September 2019

​Principal’s Corner September 2019
 
Dear St. Mary School Families and Parishioners,
I would like to welcome everyone back to a new and exciting school year! We were quite busy over the summer and have some great news to share:
Construction for our Makerspace Room has been completed. Over the summer, new flooring was installed in the room and new furniture and equipment were delivered. Teachers completed training and are excited to utilize the equipment with your children and enhance our STEM based curriculum. Please watch for pictures on our St. Mary School Facebook page. Each grade has an assigned time built into the schedule to spend time in the Makerspace. We are very excited to see our students being creative and innovative, exploring, learning, and working collaboratively! Thank you to all families who supported us in this endeavor. We could not have done this without your help!
We are very proud to share that St. Mary School has received a grant in the amount of $ 5,000 from the Ohio Catholic Federal Credit Union. Thirty- nine catholic schools applied and only six of them were selected and awarded the higher level amount. St. Mary School is one of them! This grant will be applied towards a sensory path for the hallway and materials to equip a sensory room.
St. Mary School has been selected by the Ohio Academy of Science to receive the Thomas Edison Governor’s Award for Excellence in STEM Education and Student Research for the 2018-2019 school year. Only 54 schools in Ohio received this award. We are very proud to share that our school has received this award for multiple years now!
Way to go St. Mary School!
With the beginning of a new school year, we welcome a number of new faculty and staff members:
Faculty Roster 2019-2020
Principal:                                                                Friederike Wintersteller
Administrative Assistant:                                        Karyn Brown
 
Pre-Kindergarten:                                                       Linda Flynn
Pre-Kindergarten Aide:                                             Donna Henry
Four-Year-old half day Program:                            April Burich
Four-Year-old half day Program Aide:                   Cheryl Collier
Four-Year-old three-day Program:                         Christine Graham
Three –Year-old Program:                                         Kelly Yates
Three- Year-old Program Aide:                                Gina Roosa
 
Kindergarten:                                                           Kara Passow
First Grade:                                                               Marie Lisachenko
Second Grade:                                                         Teri Merkle
Third Grade:                                                              Meg Pawar
Fourth Grade:                                                           Megan Tracy
Fifth Grade:                                                               Caitlin Iacobucci
Sixth Grade:                                                              Julie Fedak
Seventh Grade:                                                        Sarah Allin
Eighth Grade:                                                           Edie Joyce
Social Studies/Enrichment/Remedial:              David Petrovic
 
Spanish:                                                                     Patricia Candela
Art:                                                                              Mary Ann Marra
Computer:                                                                 Kathy Lyons
Library:                                                                       Annie Maniscalco
Music:                                                                         David Gorski
Physical Education:                                                Mare Von Lindern
School Mass Musician:                                           Cassie Tarbet
 
Support Staff:
Intervention Specialist:                                           Nicole Tressler
Speech Pathologist:                                                Emily Logue
Psychologist:                                                             Krysten Monzun
Educational Aide:                                                     Annie Maniscalco
Auxiliary Clerk:                                                          Krista Radigan
Health Aide:                                                               Andrea Cowie
 
Extended Care:
Morning:                                                                    Shelley Maloney, Julie Swan
Afternoon:                                                                 Roberta Ricco, Patricia Rucinski
 
Recess Monitor:                                                     Gary Rowan                                                
 
We are looking forward to a great school year. Thank you for all your support and help to our school!
 
Blessings,
Friederike Wintersteller - Principal