Saint Mary's Catholic School, Rome GA

Now that the dust has settled on another exciting school year, we are proud to celebrate and send our best wishes to the Class of 2026! 🎓✨

One of our favorite Saint Mary’s traditions is welcoming our graduating seniors back for a special visit before they begin their next chapter. ❤️

The afternoon was filled with memories and laughter as the seniors enjoyed a pizza party, spent time on the playground, searched for their handprints on the beloved 8th Grade Wall, and revisited their old lockers to see just how much they’ve changed over the years. 🍕🛝🖐️🍦

To conclude this special day, our students lined the hallways to cheer, clap, and celebrate these remarkable graduates as they made their final walk through Saint Mary’s. 👏🎉

What a blessing it is to watch these young men and women grow and to send them forward with our love, prayers, and encouragement. May they continue to shine as examples of faith, leadership, and the love of God wherever life leads them. 💙🙏

Congratulations, Class of 2026! Once a Saint Mary’s Knight, always a Saint Mary’s Knight. We are so proud of each of you! 🤍

Go Knights!!!!

🚨 TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE! 🚨

Don’t miss your chance to receive a $6,500 Georgia Promise Scholarship and give your child access to the BEST! 🏆

✨ Saint Mary’s School has been voted Best of Rome 7 YEARS IN A ROW!

Eligible students may include:
📚 Students entering Kindergarten
📚 Students transferring from Rome City Schools
📚 Students living in or attending the districts of:
• Rome Middle School (including all feeder schools)
• Rockmart Middle School
• Cass High School
📚 Other students who may qualify through Georgia Promise eligibility guidelines

‼️ Not sure if you qualify?
Apply anyway! The application takes about 5 minutes and is the quickest way to determine eligibility.

At Saint Mary’s, students receive a rigorous, faith-centered education that inspires academic excellence, servant leadership, and a lifelong commitment to Christ.

❤️ Accepting students of all faiths

⏰ Deadline: TOMORROW, May 31
🎓 Scholarship eligibility for August 2026 enrollment
💲 Up to $6,500 per student

👉 Apply now: www.mygeorgiapromise.org

Happy summer from the SMS faculty and staff! 💙🤍 We ended post-planning with a yummy lunch to send everyone off on their much-deserved breaks! Thank you all for a wonderful school year! 🫶

Thanks for having us, ! The food, service and atmosphere were wonderful! 🙌

Yesterday was a beautiful day of faith, tradition, and celebration for the Class of 2026 🎓 at Saint Mary’s Catholic School. Following Graduation Mass at Saint Mary’s Church, our 8th graders were knighted at their graduation dinner, a cherished SMS tradition symbolizing the leadership, faith, and character they carry into the future ⚔️✨ As part of the ceremony, each graduate received their sacred weapon, the Rosary 📿 reminding them to stay rooted in prayer and close to Christ throughout life’s journey.

We are proud to recognize our student award recipients 🏆 and important honors 🏅

🎓 Valedictorian — Parker Mull
🎓 Salutatorian — Ella Katherine Jackson
💙 Saint Mary’s Principal Awards — Willow Johnston & Carson Braden
📘 Saint Mary’s School Awards — Parker Mull & Ella Katherine Jackson
🌹 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Award — Sarah Claroni
✝️ Saint Pius X Chi Rho Award — Ivana Le
🇺🇸 Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award — Helen Husser
🙏 Saint John the Apostle Award — Trey Jones
⭐ Noon Optimist Student of the Semester — Avery Roberts
👏 Rome Rotary Terrific Kids Awards — Yariana Ortiz & Daniel Ramey
🎤 Featured Student Singer at Graduation Dinner — Rose Crock
✝️ Role of Mary and Joseph in 2025 Christmas Program — Andrea Acosta & Carson Braden
✝️ Role of Jesus in 2026 Stations of the Cross — Tripp Davis
👑💐 May Crowning of Mary — Parker Mull & Amalia Sommers

To our graduates, thank you for loving SMS so well! 💙 Your class is full of future scholars, great athletes, respectful young men and women, kind leaders, and servants with hearts rooted in Jesus Christ. ✝️ We are so proud of who you are becoming and will miss you greatly.

Class of 2026, always remember that SMS will forever be home. Come visit often. We will be cheering on your adventures and successes every step of the way! 🎉🎓✨

Happy Mother’s Day from Saint Mary’s Catholic School! 💐💕 May Crowning is always such a special reminder of Mary’s example of faith, grace, and motherhood as we celebrate this season dedicated to honoring the mothers and motherly figures in our lives. 💙

This week, our Saint Mary’s Catholic School and Church family gathered for one of the most beautiful traditions of the year — our May Crowning Mass. 🌸🤍

Fr. Paul shared a heartfelt homily before a special candle ceremony between our graduating 8th graders and PreK3 students — a meaningful reminder that the light of faith carried throughout the year as leaders and role models at SMS is now being passed down to symbolize the future of our school. 🕯️✨

Following Mass, two members of the Class of 2026, Amalia & Parker were chosen by their teachers to crown Mary. Throughout the day, each class visited to surround her with flowers, prayers, and love. 💐

We cannot let this week slip by without expressing our immense gratitude for St. Mary’s long-time school nurse, Robin Cole. 👏

Nurse Cole has been going above and beyond to take care of our students for many, many years! From every playground fall, bandaid need, upset tummy, and more, Nurse Cole is there to fix them up and provide care with so much love. 🫶

Not only is she our amazing nurse, she wears many hats at our school! Nurse Cole is also our car line coordinator. She heads the charge on car line duty, helping to make sure our students get dismissed safely at the end of every day! 🚗🚙🚗🚙

Your SMS family would be lost without you, Nurse Cole! We love you! 💙🩺🩶

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We are excited to continue this fun, busy week at TOUCH A TRUCK tomorrow hosted by the Children’s Museum of Rome where we are Hard Hat Sponsors! The first 300 kiddos will receive a hard hat!

Event details:
📍Coosa Valley Fairgrounds
⌚️ 9:00AM-1:00PM

Take the kids to see all kinds of trucks and cool vehicles, like tractors, emergency vehicles, and Saint Mary’s very own bus! 💙

If you post a photo in a hard hat, tag us! We’d love to see them!

See you all tomorrow! 👋

We are so excited for Saturday’s 3rd Annual Touch-A-Truck! 🚜

The first 300 kids will receive a hard hat thanks to our Hard Hat Hero sponsor Saint Mary's Catholic School, Rome GA!

What a great Taco Tuesday 🌮💙

Thank you to our Saint Mary’s community for showing up and supporting our school at last night’s Spirit Night at Dos Bros. It was such a fun evening to come together, share a meal, and continue building the strong sense of community that makes St. Mary’s so special!

A big thank you to our PTO for organizing such a wonderful night. We’re so grateful for all you do to bring our families together 💙

We also appreciate Dos Bros for hosting and supporting our school! 👏