Athletics
Our Athletic Association, staffed by parent volunteers, organizes and supports interscholastic, intramural, recreational and educational athletic and related programs. These include volleyball, basketball, softball, track and field, and t-ball. Each parent of children participating in these programs receives an Athletic Association Handbook, which outlines the role and responsibilities of students, parents, and coaches.

Forensics
Forensics is an extra-curricular program which enables students to strengthen their public speaking skills by competing in in-house and/or extra curricular forensic meets. St. Mary Visitation offers an inhouse forensic program for elementary students in grades 3–5 and junior high students in grades 6–8.

Junior high students have the additional opportunity to join the SMV Forensic Team, which competes in Middle Level Forensic Association (MLFA) of Wisconsin sanctioned meets at Milwaukee area schools in January, February, and March. Points are awarded based on performance. Students who accumulate enough points will qualify to participate in the State Forensic Meet in mid-March.

This year, the John M. Hochhaus Memorial In-house Forensic Meet will be held:


Students can choose from a variety of categories in which to compete, including: Prose, News Reporting, Moments in History, Group Acting, Group Interpretation, Demonstration, Storytelling, and more. Materials and detailed category rules are available in the forensic library, located in the school library or at www.mlfawisconsin.org.

Students have the opportunity to attend three coaching sessions prior to the meet, where volunteer parents and alumni of the forensics program will assist them with their selections. During the in-house meets, students will present their selections to judges in two or three rounds. Judges are experienced public speakers, and many are high school, college and young adult alumni of the SMV Forensic Program.

St. Mary Visitation was one of the first elementary schools to offer forensics as an extracurricular to its students more than 20 years ago. Sponsored by Home and School Association, the forensics program is fun and beneficial, providing students with invaluable public speaking experience. SMV graduates routinely point to their SMV forensics experiences as instrumental to their success after graduation.

Join as a group or individual…even if you’ve never done it before!

The Junior High Categories and Registration Form are available online.

Scouts
Daisies start at the K5 level for girls, Tiger Cubs starts in 1st grade for boys, followed by Brownies and Cub Scouts. For grades 5 and up, Girl and Boy Scout opportunities are offered.

Math Olympiad
The Math Olympiad Team consists of 5th and 6th graders. Weekly, the students work together to solve challenging math problems, with an emphasis on being able to explain their reasoning. Once a month, the individual team members compete with other schools by taking a five question math “test”, in which the results are compiled into a team score.

Music
Private piano, guitar and band lessons are available during the school day for an extra fee.

Altar Servers
Beginning in 6th grade, students are able to participate in the Church liturgies as altar servers. Training and scheduling are provided by the parish’s Liturgy and Music Dept.