SMSA School

Thanks to our friends at New Way Lunch, we’re busy planning our Second Hot Dog Eating Contest! Mark your calendars!

🌭 Think You Have What It Takes? 🌭

We’re looking for brave competitors to take on the 2nd Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest Fundraiser benefiting Saint Mary’s Academy!

Come hungry, compete for bragging rights, and help support a great local cause.

Registration Fee: $25
Participants must be 18 or older

Spots are limited, so gather your friends, challenge your coworkers, and sign up today!

🌭 Who will be crowned this year’s hot dog eating champion?

👉 Register to Compete:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0845AAA823A5FBC34-64534438-participants

Register now for "Heroes and Villains of Broadway," an immersive summer theater experience for middle school and high school students!

Clone of Spring Registration 2026 Please click the link to complete this form.

Three days. Three Graduations.

For our littlest students--our Noah's Arkers and Kindergartners-- last week's graduations each represented an exciting step up the SMA ladder. For our 8th graders, though, graduation marked a momentous move to an entirely new ladder. We hate to see you go, Kerries, but we know how high you can climb! Congratulations, Class of 2026. We love you!

Happiness is....
Field Day at SMA! Many thanks to Coach Tucker and to all the middle school staff and students who made this year's Field Day such a wonderful experience for our Noah's Ark through Grade 5 students!

As the sun sets on their SMA years, our 8th-graders experienced another rite of passage recently, spending two days at Camp Chingachgook in Lake George. There, they enjoyed a hike on Buck Mountain, practiced building a shelter and a fire in the woods, learned how drought and disease affect the ecosystem, and studied the wetlands. And, of course, there was time for songs, skits, s'mores and a scavenger hunt! Thanks to the Camp staff for making the trip so worthwhile and to school staff and the chaperones who made the trip possible!

What a perfect day for our annual Fifth Grade Egg Drop, organized by our Grade 5 teacher Michelle Waters with assistance from her maternity leave substitute Amanda Murray - and made possible by the Glens Falls Fire Department!
Eggs carefully packaged by the students were dropped by Mrs. Waters and Miss Murray from 80 feet in the air from the basket of the GFFD’s ladder truck. The whole school was on hand on the playground to cheer on the fifth-graders, who had great success in protecting their eggs!
Thanks to Mrs. Waters and Miss Murray for this great experience and special thanks to firefighters (l. to r.) Kyle Spiezio and Jarrod Barton and thanks (and congrats!) to newly-minted Lieutenant Jake Sauer-Jones who spent his first day as a Lieutenant here at the egg drop! We are so grateful!

We're so grateful to our friends Cooper's Cave Ale Company for sponsoring this amazing ice-cream naming contest each year! 🍨

Introducing the St. Mary's Academy Field Day Ice Cream Contest winner... 🏃‍♀️🎖️

🍪 St. Mary's Cookie Monster!

Blue Moon ice cream base, crushed Oreos, M&M's, and chocolate chip cookie dough pieces

Chosen by Paxton Drellos! 🥇

🍦NOW available to order in the Pub, at the Ice Cream Window, and online via DoorDash!

Honorable mentions to our runner ups:
🥈 The Kerry Kampfire - Eden Brod
🥉Kerry Campers - Andrew Steves

Our first Summer Volleyball Clinic is open to all girls in the area! Whether your daughter is brand new to volleyball or looking to sharpen her skills before school tryouts, this clinic is a great opportunity to learn and grow in a fun and supportive environment!

Players will work on:
• Basic volleyball fundamentals and skill development
• Serving, passing, setting, and hitting
• Teamwork, communication, and game confidence
• Skills that can help prepare for future school volleyball tryouts

A fun way to stay active, build confidence, and improve throughout the summer! Email Coach Stacey Tucker at the address below for registration and details.

Many thanks to all of our families who marched in Monday's Memorial Day Parade, representing their school and honoring those who have given their lives for our freedom. You made us proud! 🇺🇸