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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Summer Office Hours
Please note that due to off-site meetings, etc., there will be times we are unable to comply with these listed hours. Please know that email will be checked throughout the summer, therefore, contact cstephens@stmargaretstl.org for any special needs.
• End of school through June – 8:00am-Noon
• July – SCHOOL OFFICE IS CLOSED
• August – until school begins – 8:00am-Noon
This is a good old-fashioned picnic in the park! Pack a picnic, bring lawn chairs or blankets, throw in some yard games, and get ready for some laid-back fun with the SMOS community. There will be signage in place at the park – designating areas for school grade levels to sit together if you wish.
Questions? Contact the SMOS PTA at pta@stmargaretstl.org.
With preschool helper, Paddy, Mr. Holley pulled the winning Dragon Raffle Tickets for 2026:
• 1st place – Alexandra Saracino
• 2nd place – Aimee Meentemeyer
• 3rd place – Jenny Elliott
Congratulations to all of our winners!
Student Life
FEATURED EVENTS
All are invited to the End of the School Picnic on Friday, May 22 from 4-8pm at the Sons of Rest Pavilion in Tower Grove Park.
If you would like to catch some of the award-winning speeches made by the SMOS Speech Team this year, please be sure to join in the fun on Friday, May 8th in the Parish Hall for a night of performances.
All are welcome to join in the St. Margaret of Scotland Parish Hall for a Spring Concert put on by the Middle School Choir & Violin students – it promises to be a beautiful evening of song and musical performance. Featuring 6th-8th Grade singers and musicians from St. Margaret’s School.
LATEST NEWS
The School Board is holding their annual elections, in which the St. Margaret’s community will choose three people that will serve a 3-year term on the School Board. Election is now open and voting will close on Friday, June 5, 2026, at 10:00 PM.
School may not be in session in June or July, but here’s where you can find all of the details for Summer 2026 – including Summer office hours, school supply lists, School Tool Box flyer, immunization requirements, and info about Back To School Sunday!
We wish all the best to outgoing Principal Patrick Holley who just graduated with his EdD from SLU! Congratulations to Mr. Holley for earning his Doctorate in Educational Leadership!
FACULTY POSTS
When one St. Margaret dad botches Summer camp registration, the family descends into a chaotic patchwork of waitlists, random rendezvous, and “Camp Carol” desperation childcare. Thankfully, Maggie steps in with perspective, questionable medieval parenting memories, and tales from her new gig running a Florida senior citizen romance camp that’s basically Love Island with orthopedic shoes, walkers, and Metamucil.
Congratulations, Doctor Patrick Holley! Our ‘Big Principal’, Mister Patrick Holley, has just earned his wings – his EdD – his Doctorate in Educational Leadership! He earns this new title just as he continues his call forward to his next assignment in Catholic Leadership at St. Ambrose on the Hill.
As we close this academic year, we celebrate the wonderful class of 2026 and wish them all the best as they move forward to high school.
Our Mission
St. Margaret of Scotland Parish School is a diverse, urban, vibrant, and inclusive Catholic community. We are committed to providing an outstanding learning environment for children, pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, in which they are challenged to meet their academic potential and recognize their giftedness in body, mind, and spirit. Our students embody the example of our patron saint by becoming responsible leaders and caretakers of our community through the works of service and social justice.
St. Margaret of Scotland School — By The Numbers
Years of excellence in Catholic education and stronger than ever
Students enrolled from more than 25 ZIP codes in St. Louis metro area
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Technology for students in Grades K-8, including classroom SMART Boards
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Brand-new middle school – the first free-standing Catholic school built in the city since 1950
Graduates accepted into their first-choice high school
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Year awarded National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
Our Dynamic Community
Academics
The St. Margaret of Scotland School curricula drives the teaching and learning that happens in the classroom from day to day, from grade to grade, from subject to subject. We have developed our curricula collaboratively through research and a shared belief guided by our school mission to provide a challenging learning environment for children, prekindergarten through eighth grade, in which they realize their academic potential and giftedness in body, mind, and spirit.
faith formation
Faith formation is at the center of all that we do at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish School. From the moment the children enter school to the moment the last child leaves – we call upon God’s Holy Spirit to be present in all that we do and say.
Student Life
St. Margaret of Scotland students engage daily in those subject areas offered in all schools: language arts, math, science, and social studies. What truly sets us apart, however, are the vast number of enrichment and extracurricular activities that shape our student’s learning experiences. Our welcoming community teaches students important lessons about friendships, life, traditions, and faith.
Parents
Education is a family-school partnership. Our parents are invited to share their time and talents as volunteers whether during the school day, in the evenings or on the weekends.