St. Mary's High School - Inspired by Faith

Our Lady Pirates basketball team travels to Woodland Park tonight to take on the Panthers. The JV games starts at 5 pm and will be followed by the varsity game. Woodland Park will livestream the girls games at www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUh36L-tyBs

Monday night, Erik Melgoza, Alamosa athletic director, presented Mike Burkett with the Colorado High School Coaches Association Ceal Barry Award in recognition of Burkett's contributions to the high school girls basketball coaches and athletes in Colorado. Burkett retired last year after 21 years as the St. Mary's girls coach. His teams won back-to-back state championships in 2018 and 2019, and were on the verge of winning their third in 2020 when the state tournament was canceled due to the pandemic. Congratulations, Mike! Our Pirate community is thankful for your 21 years of service. #SMHSPiratePride #SMHSGirlsBasketball #PiratesAchieve

Our Lady Pirates are taking on James Irwin at home tonight. Varsity plays at 5 pm. You can watch it live at www.youtube.com/channel/UCdn7F5lVl6FeG83io308EqQ www.smpirates.org/page/pirate-livestreams #GoSMHSPirates #SMHSGirlsBasketball (photo: Diane Torrence)

Our boys basketball Pirates travel to James Irwin tonight. Use the link below to find the James Irwin livestream on the NFHS Network. #GoSMHSPirates #SMHSBoysBasketball (photo: Diane Torrence) www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/james-irwin-charter-school-colorado-springs-co

Congratulations to Daniel Zill (pictured) who won superior speaker award at Manitou/St. Mary's Congressional Debate Tournament earlier this month. Owen Barton also set a personal best at the tournament, narrowly missing a nomination. The virtual meet attracted schools from as far away as Idaho. Congratulations also go out to Jonathon Lee who won all of his debates at the NSDA World Schools Debate Tournament this week. Great job, forensics! #SMHSPiratePride #SMHSSpeechDebate #PiratesAchieve

St. Mary’s High School is closed Tuesday, Jan. 26, due to winter weather. Stay safe and warm, Pirates!

St. Mary’s families, Today (Monday, Jan. 25) will be an online instruction day. Please log-in remotely to your classes. Thank you and stay warm, Pirates!

Current families, it is now time to re-enroll for the 2021-2022 school year. Start the re-enrollment process at www.smpirates.org/page/re-enroll-for-2021-2022.

Reminder: Tuition Assistance applications are due by Jan. 31. You'll find all of the information you need at www.smpirates.org/page/tuition-assistance.

Invitations will be going out soon for our 2021 Annual Gala, but you can support the Gala now by purchasing and donating an item for our silent or live auction. It's easier than ever with our Gala Amazon Wish List. Shop at this link (https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3GXJSFN6IEK1B?ref_=wl_share) and the items can be shipped directly to the school. We appreciate your support as funds raised from our Annual Gala go toward our Tuition Assistance Program.

The second semester of 2020-2021 begins tomorrow! We're excited to see Group A on campus on Wednesday, Jan. 6, and Group B on campus on Thursday, Jan. 7. #SMHSUnitedByCommunity

The first semester of this challenging year is behind us, and Christmas Break begins. We hope each member of our Pirate family has a safe, happy and peaceful Christmas season! #SMHSUnitedByCommunity

Christmas is a week away! Did you know you that you can support St. Mary's while doing your last minute shopping on Amazon? Just go to www.smile.amazon.com to when you shop and designate St. Mary's High School as the non-profit to receive a donation of part of your purchase price. St. Mary's then receives a check a few times per year directly from Amazon. It's that easy! We appreciate all of the support—time, talent, and treasure—we receive from our St. Mary's family! #SMHSUnitedByCommunity

The winners of the 2020 St. Mary's Christmas card contest have been announced. Cynthia Trujillo-Castillo '21 placed first with her drawing of the holy family. Briana Ruiz took second place, and Briana Springs came in third. Thanks all who shared your artistic talents with us! #SMHSPiratePride #SMHSUnitedByCommunity

Senate is hosting an ugly sweater competition on Monday, Dec. 7, and Tuesday, Dec. 8. All St. Mary's students and teachers are invited to wear their ugliest Christmas attire either in-person or online on Monday or Tuesday next week. **Please remember that sweaters should have no profanity, violence, vulgarity, or political statements.**

The winners of this year's Thanksgiving card contest are: 3rd place: Coraline Zhang 2nd place: Briana Ruiz 1st place: Briana Springs (art is pictured) Thanks, Pirates, for sharing your talents with us!

The speech and debate team has had two successful weekends so far this month. This past weekend, Sabrina Damien placed first in Dramatic Interpretation at the Woodland Park virtual speech and debate tournament. The week prior the performances by Jonathan Lee and Owen Barton at the Air Academy Student Congress resulted in Jonathan being elected as presiding officer and Owen being nominated for outstanding speaker. Congratulations, Pirates! It is not too late to join the speech and debate team. Contact Coach Borst, Mrs. Knoepke, or any current team member for more information.

St. Mary's speech and debate team hosted a successful online tournament this past weekend. Congratulations to Sabrina Damian who finished in first in dramatic interpretation and Daniel Zill who placed first in big questions debate. Jonathon Lee and Owen Barton both received fourth-place ribbons. Congratulations! #SMHSPiratePride #StMarysSpeechDebate #PiratesAchieve

Due to winter weather, St. Mary's will have an online instruction day on Monday, Oct. 26. Students, please log in to your classes at the appropriate times according to the Regular Bell Schedule. Stay safe, Pirates!

Next week (Oct. 26-30) is Spirit Week at St. Mary's! The schedule of spirit days is posted in the News section of the website and app. Plans have been made for students doing in-person instruction and those doing remote instruction. Check it out and show your Pirate Pride!