{"id":27,"date":"2014-04-04T14:58:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T14:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldstmaryschool.org\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2019-09-30T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T14:44:32","slug":"about-st-marys-school-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldstmaryschool.org\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"About St. Mary&#8217;s School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Mary School in Mansfield, Ohio takes great pride in their students and\u00a0their history in Mansfield and Richland County. The school and parish belong to The\u00a0Catholic Diocese of Toledo. In 1950 the school was started in Mansfield on Newman\u00a0Street with an enrollment of 145 students. The present school and parish are now\u00a0located east of Mansfield on St. Rt. 42. The school was opened on August 5, 1969\u00a0with Sister Vivian serving as the first principal. Mass was held in the school cafeteria\u00a0until the church was built and dedicated on June 20, 1982. Father Bonifas, Pastor<br \/>\nand Father Ceranowski, Associate Pastor presided at the dedication.<\/p>\n<p>Father Matt Frisbee serves as the current Pastor and school superintendent. We maintain an average of 100 students preschool through eight.<\/p>\n<p>St. Mary has a dedicated staff who are all certified through the state of Ohio.\u00a0The school is accredited by the Ohio Catholic School Accrediting Association.\u00a0Instruction is offered for grades one through eight, all day kindergarten and\u00a0preschool. Classes in computers, music, physical education, art, and life skills are\u00a0part of the curriculum. The school receives students from both Richland and\u00a0Ashland Counties including the school districts of Ashland, Crestview, Lexington, Lucas, Madison, Mansfield and Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Service to school, parish, and community is an important aspect of our\u00a0educational goals. Students are involved in mission activities on a local and global\u00a0level including monthly nursing home visits, canned food drives, Operation Rice\u00a0Bowl and support to our local Catholic Charities. Students attend and participate in\u00a0a weekly Friday Mass.<\/p>\n<p>St. Mary School is a place where students, parents and faculty join together\u00a0to form a living Christian community in which we are bound together in mutual\u00a0responsibility and cooperation. St. Mary School believes in the dignity of all human\u00a0beings, regardless of their raise, national origin or creed.<\/p>\n<div align=\"&quot;center\">\n<p><strong><em>Shaping the Mind, Body, and Spirit of Tomorrow\u2019s Leaders<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Mary School in Mansfield, Ohio takes great pride in their students and\u00a0their history in Mansfield and Richland County. The school and parish belong to The\u00a0Catholic Diocese of Toledo. In 1950 the school was started in Mansfield on Newman\u00a0Street with an enrollment of 145 students. The present school and parish are now\u00a0located east of Mansfield [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldstmaryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldstmaryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldstmaryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldstmaryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldstmaryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldstmaryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldstmaryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldstmaryschool.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}