A Message from Dr. Nadjarian
Dear Families,
We have some exciting news!
Thanks to your support, for the third year in a row, we have been voted a Boston Family Favorite (Top 5) for Faith-Based elementary schools!🎖️
This year we were voted First Place for best Faith-Based Middle School 2025, a very exciting accomplishment for our school!🥇
We were also voted a Boston Family Favorite (Top 5) for Faith-Based Preschool!🎖️
We are so grateful for all the support from school community throughout the voting process, and we are extremely grateful to be receiving these awards!
I hope you are continuing to have a restful summer!
Meet our newly hired Grade 7 Homeroom Teacher, Christopher O'Connor!
Chris O’Connor is excited to teach alongside the St. Mary’s Middle School Team. He joins St. Mary’s with twenty-three years of experience teaching science and math in independent schools. After growing up in Pennsylvania, Chris attended Amherst College, where he majored in biology and played on the baseball team as a pitcher, and he has lived in Massachusetts since 2003. He still loves baseball and sports in general, and he also enjoys reading, video games, cooking, and Star Wars. Although he once lived just a few blocks from St. Mary's on Auburn Street, Chris now lives in Franklin with his wife, Christine, and their two daughters, Phoebe and Annalise. Welcome to St. Mary’s, Chris! Chris will be teaching Grades 6 through 8 Science and Grade 7 Social Studies. He will also be the Grade 7 Homeroom Teacher.
Meet our newly hired Music and Theatre Arts Teacher, Melissa Pereyra!
Melissa Pereyra is a graduate of the University of Central Florida, where she earned her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, and of the New England Conservatory of Music, where she recently completed her Master of Music in Vocal and Opera Performance. She is passionate about arts education, community engagement, and nurturing student growth through music and storytelling.
A trained operatic soprano, Melissa has performed as a soloist in renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, Jordan Hall, Teatro Filarmonico, and Sala Maffeiana. She is recognized as a Shared Voices Artist by the Denyce Graves Foundation, which celebrates emerging artists of exceptional promise. In artistic residence, she performed with the foundation making appearances at the Metropolitan Opera Backstage Initiative, Wethersfield Garden Recitals and Johns Hopkins at Peabody Institute Recitals.
Melissa brings experience in arts administration and education through her work with
organizations like Cantata Singers and Music for Food, where she contributed to concert
production, development, and outreach initiatives. She has also served as a teaching artist and
opera office assistant, supporting children’s opera programming and arts engagement efforts.
Her teaching philosophy centers on music as a universal language. Creating musical moments
that inspire joy, build confidence, and empowers students to express their hearts through voice,
movement, and imagination. Bilingual in English and Spanish, she is committed to fostering
inclusive, joyful learning environments where students feel empowered to express themselves
and grow with confidence.
5K Registration
Exciting news! Get out your running shoes because it’s time for the THIRD ANNUAL St. Mary’s 5K!
đź“… Saturday, September 20th at 9:30 a.m.
đź“Ť67 Harvard Street Brookline, MA
Please sign up using the QR code or the following link: https://runsignup.com/Race/MA/Brookline/StMaryoftheAssumptionSchool5K
We always love bringing the local community together with this event! We have already secured some exciting prizes for this year’s raffle, so be sure to stick around after the race to try your luck!
If you are a local business or organization and you are interested in sponsoring this event or donating to our raffle please contact ddeluca@stmarys-brookline.org for more information!
Be sure to be within the first 100 sign ups to guarentee your race shirt!