Links
| Link | Description |
| FACTS Tuition Management | St. Mary School manages tuition payments through an online service, Facts Tuition Management |
| MealpayPlus |
To register with MealPay Plus you need your child’s cafeteria id #. Call the school office if you need this information. With MealPay Plus you can:
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| Option C | Our staff has been trained and will utilize Option C for their web pages, grading, and on-line reporting of academic progress. Option C is specifically for Catholic schools, providing users with links to Catholic websites and resources. |
| Renaissance Learning | St. Mary School subscribes to Renaissance Learning that provides Accelerated Reader quizzes for thousands and thousands of books. Search for a book by Title, Author, ISBN, Topic, and more. Happy Reading! |
Web Filtering Software for Home
Here's a list of products & services that can help you control the content that is allowed to be displayed in web browsers in your home. For more information on what Content-Control software is, check out Wikipedia. If you have additional suggestions for products or services to add to this list, please let us know!
| Solution | Operating System | Cost | Description | Best Solution When... | Questions/Help? |
| OpenDNS | All | Free (Basic Version) | OpenDNS provides server-side web content filtering by category. Change your computer or router's DNS Server settings to 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 and do nothing else to take advantage of default filtering. Or, setup a free account to configure customized filtering selections from 54 community maintained categories including pornography, adware, hate/discrimination, phishing, tasteless, and more. | ...you don't want to install any additional software on your computer OR you are concerned about protecting all computers on your home network. This solution is great for wireless home networks as it can prevent anyone connecting to the Internet through your network from accessing sites you may find objectionable. Activity reports are made available to you online so you can monitor attempts to access sites and categories you have blocked. | Contact SMS Parishioner, Grant Szabo |
| K9 Web Protection | Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista | Free (for home use) | K9 Web Protection is Web filtering software. When you have it turned on, it prevents the computer user from viewing Web sites that contain unwanted content. It can block more than 60 different categories of content, including pornography, hate speech and sites that promote violence or permit gambling. | ...you need an easy windows install for a non-technical user. If you need more than filtering, it also includes monitoring tools, the ability to set time restrictions for usage, and prevents search results on search engine sites for selected key words. | Contact SMS Parishioner, Jeff Bensman |
Permanent Fund Raisers
Earn cash for St Mary School through the following programs. Collections are maintained in homeroom classes.
| Link | Description |
| www.btfe.com | General Mills Box Tops for Education labels |
| www.tyson.com/projectaplus/ | Tyson Foods' Project A+ labels which includes Tyson products from your grocer's freezer section |
| www.labelsforeducation.com | Campbell's Labels for Education which includes Campbell's Soups, V8 products, Pepperidge Farm, Franco-American, spaghettios, Swanson, & Prego |