2023 Youth Basketball Camp
Youth Basketball Camp June 5, 2023 1-3 p.m. Grades 4-8 $20 camp fee includes a t-shirt Register with Tony Witt - twitt@jacschools.org

Junior Cheer Camp
Ages: Preschool - 8th Grade Date: Tuesday, June 6th-Friday June 9th Time: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Location: McAuley Catholic High School Please turn in payment and registration to the offices of St. Mary’s Elementary School or McAuley Catholic High School. Click here to...

St. Mary’s welcomes new principal
Joplin Area Catholic Schools names alum as elementary school principal JOPLIN, MO – Joplin Area Catholic Schools welcomes Mary Landreth as the new principal of St. Mary’s Catholic Elementary and Preschool for the 2023-2024 school year, effective July 1, 2023. "Mrs....

Catholic Schools Week: St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Catholic Schools Week 2023 Hearts Afire with Love Love overcomes, love delights, those who love the Sacred Hearts rejoice Sunday, January 29: Our Love for our Parishes Faith Event: Attending Mass with our family Students wear school uniforms to Mass,...

St. Mary’s Picture Day
St. Mary's Elementary School, Picture Days are: Monday, Sep 19 Tuesday, Sep 20 This event's Order Code is 72455EF. Online ordering is available before and after Picture Day. Shipping and handling charges may apply to orders placed after Picture...

St. Mary’s Cornhole Tournament and Outdoor Movie Night
Hold onto your beanbags and get your lawn chairs ready! St. Mary's Home and School and the Lown family are planning an INCREDIBLE evening of fun on Saturday, September 24 that you won't want to miss! Get those cornhole boards out and start practicing for St. Mary's...
Free and Reduced Policy
Attachment F Public Release August 2, 2022 St. Mary's Catholic Elementary School announced its revised free and reduced price policy for school children unable to pay the full price of meals served in schools under the National School Lunch Program and the School...

22-23 School Supply List: St. Mary’s
Download your copy of the St. Mary’s Elementary School Supply List. This is for families in Preschool classes (Early Learners, Advanced Learners, Pre-Kindergarten) as well as our Kindergarten through 5th graders. Print: St. Mary’s School Supply...

St. Mary’s Free Lunch Program
November 3, 2021 Dear St. Mary’s Parents, I hope your family had an enjoyable and restful Fall Break! I am contacting St. Mary’s parents this evening with exciting news from the USDA in regard to their partnership with state child nutrition agencies. This partnership...

Trunk or Treat: St. Mary’s
Thursday, October 28 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Mary’s Catholic School parking lot at 3025 S. Central City Rd. In addition to trunk or treating, there will be lots of games and activities for everyone! Trunk or Treat is hosted by our 5th grade students and...
St. Mary’s Elementary School Dress Code 2021-2022
St. Mary’s Elementary School Dress Code 2021-2022 Download a printable copy of the dress code. The purpose of wearing school uniforms is to promote unity in the school and pride in one’s personal appearance. Students are expected to maintain a neat, clean appearance...

21-22 School Supply List: St. Mary’s
Download your copy of the St. Mary's Elementary School Supply List. This is for families in Preschool classes (Early Learners, Advanced Learners, Pre-Kindergarten) as well as our Kindergarten through 5th graders. Print: St. Mary's School Supply List

Olympic Games: Summer Fun
In the midst of Olympic trials, St. Mary's hosted a summer fun camp that allowed students in 3rd-6th grade to experience some of the Olympic games, the excitement of those game and prepare for the upcoming Tokyo Games. St. Mary's P.E. teacher Mrs. Margie Black planned...
Free and Reduced Policy
Attachment F Public Release July 1, 2021 St. Mary’s Elementary School announced its revised free and reduced price policy for school children unable to pay the full price of meals served in schools under the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast...

Art Summer Fun at St. Mary’s
Students who attended St. Mary's Catholic Elementary School's Art Camp enjoyed a week full of creativity, and fun. The first day of Art Camp was "Drawing Day." We did directed drawing right on the tablecloths and then we did some "mirroring" with a partner using chalk...

Knights of Columbus Essay Winners
Who knew it was the Innkeeper? The St. Mary's Knights of Columbus sponsor an essay contest for the 5thgrade class at St. Mary’s grade school in Joplin every year, and this year they wrote an essay about the Good Samaritan, as discussed in Pope Francis’ encyclical...
Summer Fun
Join us for Summer Fun at St. Mary's Preschool and Elementary School. Summer Fun 2021 Summer 2021 STM

Golden Apple Nominees
We are pleased to share that the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce announced the teacher nominees for the 2020-2021 Golden Apple for the teachers in the Joplin Area Catholic Schools system. A celebration and recognition date will be announced by the Chamber soon....
Discover the Magic of Catholic Schools
St. Mary's Catholic Schools Week 2021 Discover the Magic of Catholic Schools Download the PDF of events or view them below. Sunday: Celebrating our Parishes JACS faculty members speak at weekend Masses- St. Mary’s Faculty to speak at St. Mary’s weekend Masses Mary’s...

Golden Apple
Dear St. Mary’s Families, The Golden Apple Award was established by the Joplin Chamber of Commerce to recognize excellence in teaching and the positive influences a teacher has in a child’s life. As principal of St. Mary’s and as the winner of the 2016 Golden Apple...

Club 609 Gift Cards
St. Mary’s Elementary and Club 609 are pleased to present an exciting fundraising and gift idea just in time for the holidays! Club 609 has generously offered to sell gift certificates, with 50% of the purchase price donated to Fifth Grade’s Spring Field Trip Fund....

Trunk or Treat
Please join us for a spooktacular evening of fun beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 29th in the St. Mary’s School parking lot. Trunk or Treat is hosted by our 5th grade students and parents as a fundraiser for their spring trip each year. In addition to...

Home and School Survey
Last week at our Home and School meeting we asked for input as to when parents would prefer our monthly meetings be held. We have created a short survey so we can hear from all of you. Here is the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5R7RCFZ Please respond by 3:00...

Picture Day
Picture Day for St. Mary's Elementary School is scheduled for Monday, September 28, 2020 (Tuesday, Sept. 29 for students absent on Monday) and our school's Order Code is 50076G. You can order pictures online at inter-state.com/order then enter our school code 50076G...

American Heart Association Missouri Hearties Awards
The American Heart Association Missouri Hearties Awards presentation was held virtually on Wednesday, August 12, 2020.

Free and Reduced Price School Meals
The revised free and reduced price policy for student meals.
20-21 St. Mary’s Dress Code
View the dress code for St. Mary's Catholic Elementary School for the 2020-2021 school year. Download now

20-21 St. Mary’s School Supply List
Download the pdf of the 2020-2021 School Supply List to print for students attending St. Mary's Catholic Elementary and Early Childhood.

Drive Thru, We Love You
St. Mary’s will be holding a “Drive-Thru, We Love You” event from 3:00-5:00 p.m. on the sidewalks of St. Mary’s on April 5, 2020. This will be a fun afternoon to drive through the parking lot at St. Mary’s to wave and say hello to our faculty and staff from the...

Accelerated Reader
Renaissance Learning is allowing Accelerated Reader testing to be done at home due to the current circumstances. AR tests may be taken daily, seven days a week, from 5:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. You MUST use the following link to access St. Mary’s AR testing resources:...

Ice Cream and meet the Frozen Jr. Cast
Join the cast of St. Peter's Middle School's Frozen Jr. for Ice Cream an a meet-and-greet on Thursday, March 12 from 3:15 - 4:45 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Elementary School in the cafeteria. Meet your favorite characters, sing along to your favorite songs, make...

Read Across America Week
Dear St. Mary’s Families, Next week will be a very busy and fun week for us all at St. Mary’s. We will be celebrating our love of reading during Read Across America Week, March 2nd – March 6th. Each class at St. Mary’s, from our youngest students in Early Learners to...

Early Childhood and Kindergarten Open House
Leap in to St. Mary’s for a morning of discovery and fun on Feb. 29 for ages 2-6 years old.

Operation Jammies
St. Mary’s Principal Joanne Lown is pictured donating 82 pajamas and $140 to Easton Murdock. Easton is a former St. Mary’s student and the founder of the charity Operation Jammies. His charity donates pajamas to children staying in area hospitals and shelters to...

Youth Cheer Camp
The McAuley Cheerleaders are sponsoring a Junior Cheerleading Camp from January 27th – 29th.
Youth Basketball Night
Youth Basketball night at McAuley is Tuesday evening, January 14th. All youth players will be recognized at the McAuley home game during the varsity girls’ halftime. Students should arrive by 5:30 p.m. and should wear their jersey with jeans. ALL St. Mary’s kids...

Spelling Bee
Before Christmas Break, students in 4th and 5th grade were given a complete list of the official Joplin Globe Spelling Bee words. Classroom spelling bees will begin on January 14th and the second on January 21st. Winners from both classroom bees will compete in the...

Cup Stacking
St. Mary’s Elementary students participated in a Stack Up! event on November 14 to help set a new Guinness World Record for the longest continuous cup stacking event in multiple locations in a 24 hour period. Elementary students in Mrs. Margie Black’s PE classes...
Children’s Haven Donation
Each month, St. Mary’s Elementary School has a charity dress day which benefits local and national charities. For the month of November students brought in gently used or new coats, jackets, hats, gloves, and mittens. These items benefited Children’s Haven. St....

JACS Honors Veterans
St. Mary’s Catholic Elementary is hosting a Veterans Drive-Thru Thank You from 7:30 -8:30 a.m. Students will serve coffee and donuts curbside as veterans pull up in St. Mary Church’s circle drive - 3035 S. Central City Rd. St. Peter’s and McAuley will host a short...

St. Mary’s Trunk or Treat
Thursday October 24, 2019 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. St. Mary’s School Parking Lot 3025 South Central City Road Joplin, Mo 64804 There will be: Food Games Face Painting And of Course Trunk or Treating! Free to attend and Trunk or Treat with minimal cost for food and...

St. Mary’s Fall Festival
St. Mary's Fall Festival is scheduled for Sept. 21 from 5:30-8 p.m. Open to children of all ages and their parents.

St. Mary’s Picture Day
St. Mary's Catholic Elementary School's Picture Day is scheduled for Sept. 16 and 17. Students are asked to wear their red or navy blue uniform shirt with uniform bottoms for this picture day.

JACS Business Office
930 South Pearl Avenue
Joplin, MO 64801
417-624-5003
St. Mary's Elementary School
3025 South Central City Road
Joplin, MO 64804
417-623-1465

St. Peter's Middle School
931 South Byers Avenue
Joplin, MO 64801
417-624-5605
McAuley Catholic High School
930 South Pearl Avenue
Joplin, MO 64801
417-624-9320