St. Michael School

Dear SMS Families, Fundraising is incredibly important for the sustainability, and vitality of St. Michael School. On average it costs over $6,000 to educate each student at St...

Recently, the 6th grade language arts class finished reading Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan, a race against time in Nazi-occupied Norway. To demonstrate what they have learned ...

Father Amberger and Mr. Pedigo have been reading J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit with our 7th and 8th graders in Language Arts class. The discussions in these classes have been fan...

Last week the third grade was able to take advantage of the sunny weather and had a lesson on rainbows! Mrs. Dragoo supplied prisms and taught the children what was needed to crea...

Fine arts are an important part of our curriculum, and we are constantly looking to provide different learning opportunities for our students. This year we have the opportunity fo...

One of our topics this year in third and fourth grade social studies has been to learn about the pre-Civil War period and more specifically the Underground Railroad. We have many ...

Although Veteran's Day is officially November 11, St. Michael School took the time to honor our local Veterans on Monday, November 14. It was an opportunity to have more Veterans ...

Today was Election Day in the United States... and in the St. Michael Kindergarten classroom, too! The kindergartners had learned what a democracy...

First Grade Election Day Today First Grade is holding their election and we are patiently waiting for the ball...

Mrs. Dragoo's 7th and 8th grade science class had the opportunity to launch their rockets today. If you remember, two weeks ago, Tom Zachman came and spoke to our students about ro...

Thanks to everyone who made this weekend a special one for SMS. We would especially like to thank the Knights of Columbus, Stephen Strunk, members of our staff, parents and grandp...

Soil, sand, water, rocks, and warm temperatures made for the perfect science lesson today. The 5th & 6th grade students performed a ‘messy’ investigation lab full of fun and learn...

We are excited to announce that St. Michael School has received a grant from the Hayswood Foundation in Maysville, to completely update our phone system. This grant will greatly b...

Please see the chess club schedule below, which begins Monday, November 7.

At SMS we appreciate our Veterans and would like to honor them for all they have done to protect our country. Although the nationally observed Veteran's Day is November 11, due to...

Mrs. Ernst created the Saint Guessing Jars! These are the winners! Avery Poole Lakin Jones Dempsey Swearingen Natalie Burns Livia Tracy Abbey Collins Bryn Huffman Griffi...

Basketball sign-ups

Today St. Michael School celebrated All Saints Day in observation of the November 1 Holy Day of Obligation. The day began with Mass in the church. Following mass, parishioner Dan V...

The Newbery medal was named for an 18th Century British bookseller. Every year a book is selected as the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The f...

Huge thank you to the Ripley Fire Department, especially SMS dads Joey Hedges and Bryan Poole who came to school last Friday to talk to our students about the importance of fire s...