Alumni

At SMS, I was pushed to not only achieve what was expected of me but to go beyond that expectation. That motivation has followed me throughout high school and has pushed me to succeed in every task I set my mind to and do my very best at every assignment or project that is given to me.

I loved my experience at St. Mary School. The education that I received there helped prepare me well for high school. Not only did St. Mary School help me with my education but with my work ethic and getting involved in the community. This is school was like a family to me and I will never forget that.

St. Mary School positively affected my life by giving me multiple learning opportunities. I made lifelong friends and it was thanks to kindergarten roundup to help me make new friends that I still have today. The way everything is taught set me up for doing bigger and better things. I enlisted in the United States Air Force two weeks after I graduated high school. Testing to get into the military and tests to qualify for my job resulted in higher scores and I believe that I tested higher because of everything I was taught at St. Mary School. The work ethic taught at St. Mary School opened up so many gates for me and my hard work as become known in my shop. I am one of the go to people and am very trusted as well. I have been blessed to attend St. Mary School and will always recommend that everyone goes to school there. Overall the best memories ever made were the friendships made and the education that I received. Those two things were the biggest blessings that I could’ve ever gotten. I thank God every day that I got an education like the one I had received at St. Mary School.

I remember as a student attending Mass and learning the Catholic faith as we journeyed through the eight grades. What a gift God gave me when I returned to St. Mary School as interim principal and could witness another generation attending Children’s Mass and learning the Catholic faith. This strong tradition is what makes St. Mary School so special.

I graduated from St. Mary Academy (now School) in 1960, after my senior (12th) year. I value my early education at St. Mary’s so greatly as it prepared me for college, then graduate school and finally a very successful business career as an agricultural company executive.

I think the small class size, the discipline we learned, and the Christian values instilled in us had a very positive impact on my future life and career. My social skills were more than adequate, despite not having the interaction of a large school with a variety of characters. But I think that what we learned at St. Mary’s prepared me well for the rest of my life. I would not trade anything for the foundation education that I received there.