St. Mary's Visitation

St. Mary's Visitation St. Mary's Visitation thrives on its rich history of Catholic faith and education and serves as an integral part of Elm Grove and surrounding communities.

Mary's Visitation Parish School was founded in 1859 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame and has been educating generations of students. Our mission statement: St. Mary's Visitation Catholic Parish School exists to direct children toward God and toward Christian service to society through Catholic religious formation, academic challenge, and continuous improvement. We invite you to learn more about our school by visiting our website: http://www.stmaryeg.org/learn-with-us.html

02/10/2026

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A community of believers living the Catholic faith through the beauty of the sacraments, Euchristic Adoration, and service to others.

Congratulations to all the Teacher of the Year Award recipients, especially to our very own recipient, Mrs. Colleen Park...
01/29/2026

Congratulations to all the Teacher of the Year Award recipients, especially to our very own recipient, Mrs. Colleen Parks! Thank you for your inspiration and dedication to our students.

Teachers Inspire Faith, Academic Success!

Ed Foy, the Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, announces the recipients of the Teacher of the Year Award. On March 4, Archbishop Grob will present the 2026 Awards at the Catholic Schools Dinner.

Congratulations to these amazing teachers:

Melissa Buechel, Holy Trinity School, Kewaskum, Grade 3

Litza Janowski, Blessed Sacrament School, Milwaukee, Grade 2

Jennifer Denten, Catholic Memorial High School, Spanish

Isabel Warning, Dominican High School, Science and Theology

Martha Perez, Nativity Jesuit Academy, Milwaukee, Grade K5

Colleen Parks, St. Mary's Visitation School, Elm Grove, Grade 4

➔ Read about the recipients: https://catholicherald.org/columns/teachers-inspire-faith-academic-success/

➔ Register for the Schools Dinner: https://tinyurl.com/45z9tz7j

During these chilly days, take a moment curled up with a blanket and virtually shop our SMV Good News Book Fair! See the...
01/22/2026

During these chilly days, take a moment curled up with a blanket and virtually shop our SMV Good News Book Fair! See the flyer for details. Additionally, plan to stop by and shop the book fair as well as see our school during our Open House on January 25th.

During the special season of Advent, we're called to reflect, pray, and live our Catholic faith in new and holy ways. Ea...
12/05/2025

During the special season of Advent, we're called to reflect, pray, and live our Catholic faith in new and holy ways. Each of our classrooms put this into action by collecting gifts for students in need at St. Adalbert's Parish. Wishing everyone a blessed Advent!

As part of our Catholic Schools Walk fundraiser, students were able to earn the privilege to wear their favorite team's ...
10/08/2025

As part of our Catholic Schools Walk fundraiser, students were able to earn the privilege to wear their favorite team's sportswear to school. There's lots of love for our Milwaukee Brewers at SMV right now! Go Brewers!

Our school community celebrated the start of this new school year with a Eucharistic Procession today. As we walk into t...
09/05/2025

Our school community celebrated the start of this new school year with a Eucharistic Procession today. As we walk into the world, may we be a reminder to all that Jesus is with us - always.

This past Sunday, Archbishop Grob visited our parish for Mass. Afterwards, he led a procession to the SMV Columbarium to...
05/20/2025

This past Sunday, Archbishop Grob visited our parish for Mass. Afterwards, he led a procession to the SMV Columbarium to preside over its blessing. Thank you Archbishop Grob!

Habemus Papam! Students gathered in our gym to await the announcement of the Pope last week, prior to our first showtime...
05/12/2025

Habemus Papam! Students gathered in our gym to await the announcement of the Pope last week, prior to our first showtime for our spring musical. What an exciting day!

We had over 400 grandparents and special friends visit at school on Friday. What a blessing!
05/06/2025

We had over 400 grandparents and special friends visit at school on Friday. What a blessing!

Our 8th grade class performed a powerful Living Stations prayer service on Holy Thursday. It's one of the school traditi...
04/25/2025

Our 8th grade class performed a powerful Living Stations prayer service on Holy Thursday. It's one of the school traditions for our graduating class. There will be many such moments in the coming weeks for them.
On a related note, you may help to support our 8th grade students and their class gift to the school by purchasing a sweet treat after all Masses this weekend. They thank you for your support!

Our school hosted a Quiz Bowl Tournament this past weekend. One of our SMV teams earned 2nd place overall in the tourney...
04/07/2025

Our school hosted a Quiz Bowl Tournament this past weekend. One of our SMV teams earned 2nd place overall in the tourney. Way to go SMV Team A on your accomplishment! There were 12 teams and 54 students total. Congratulations to all our SMV students who participated in this fun event, and to Mr. Falk, our Quiz Bowl Coordinator Extraordinaire!

Wunderbar! Our Märzfest Auction for Education was a marvelous success! There was a stein-holding competition, costume co...
03/18/2025

Wunderbar! Our Märzfest Auction for Education was a marvelous success! There was a stein-holding competition, costume contest, maypole dancing and lots of fun and fundraising! There are a few remaining items for bids, and our Fund the Need, to improve our school entryway, is still open for donations through March 22nd.
Visit https://one.bidpal.net/smvmarzfest/welcome
Thank you for your support!

Address

1260 Church Street
Elm Grove, WI
53122

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 3pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 3pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 3pm
Thursday 7:30am - 3pm
Friday 7:30am - 3pm

Telephone

(262) 782-7057

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Our Story

Our parish mission statement speaks of our commitment and dedication to worship, education and service. It is under the rubric of service that we consider and fulfill our responsibility of time and financial support to our parish. If we all take on our just share of this responsibility, we will have adequate volunteer hours to meet the needs of our faith community and financial resources available to fulfill our parish mission statement and the financial stability required for future planning. Join the parish: http://www.stmaryeg.org/grow-with-us.html Please prayerfully consider how we, your faith community, can be of service to you as well as how you may choose to serve your community. When we speak of being members of the Body of Christ, we are encouraged to be open to receiving service from our faith community and well as giving it. It is in this way that the Holy Spirit touching us through the words, actions and deeds of our fellow parishioners. As we choose to reach out and become involved in service to others, our parish mission statement comes to life. St. Mary's Visitation Parish School was founded in 1859 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame and has been educating generations of students, providing challenging academics and faith-filled Catholic formation. We invite you to come and see what SMV has to offer to children grades K3-8. Join the school: http://www.stmaryeg.org/learn-with-us.html