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St. Margaret of Scotland School provides numerous extra-curricular activities to enhance the learning and community experiences of its students.
Everyone has a buddy at St. Margaret’s. The Buddy program consists of upper-grade students reading and/or completing activities or projects with younger children. Older students are paired with younger children from their buddy class. The experience provides children with stimulating opportunities for learning and skill development.
Our younger children especially enjoy the one-to-one attention they receive from their older buddy. They make comments such as, "He makes me feel special” “He says nice things to me!" and" We do lots of fun things together. She’s my friend." Teachers report that participation in buddy programs enhances children’s cooperative learning behaviors such as taking turns, listening, sharing knowledge, praising another’s effort, helping one another, and completing a task. As the older students assume this role, they are motivated to do their best. They also experience pride in their ability to be helpful. The younger children bond with the older buddy and friendships flourish as the year progresses and for many years after.
8th grade and Kindergarten
7th grade and 1st grade
6th grade and 2nd grade
5th grade and 3rd grade
4th grade and Montessori.
National History Day is an exciting way for students to study and learn about historical issues, ideas, people, and events. This yearlong educational program fosters academic achievement and intellectual growth. In addition to acquiring useful historical knowledge and perspective during the series of district, state, and national competitions, students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that will help them manage and use information now and in the future.
The program begins in September, at the start of the school year. Students are encouraged to examine their topic's influence on history and draw conclusions about the ways in which their topic had an impact on the course of events and on individuals, communities, nations, or the world. Students and teachers are encouraged to remember local history and local resources when selecting topic
Seven short films were made by SMOS students and shown as part of the Filmmakers Showcase Kid Stuff Program
- Jackie Robinson
- SARS: Communication is the Key
- Bob Dylan: …All Music – No More No Less
- Communication in History: Riders in America
- One Man’s Incredible Journey
- 1904 World’s Fair Birdcage: Communication of Flight
- The Underground Railroad: Voyage to Freedom
St. Louis Review Article – July 2005 
The Greater St. Louis Science Fair is an educational outreach program of the Academy of Science of St. Louis in cooperation with the Monsanto Fund and the Pfizer St. Louis Research Site. Additional sponsors include Sigma Aldrich and the St. Louis Post Dispatch Newspapers In Education.
The Greater St. Louis Science Fair is a regional competition of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (I.S.E.F.) and is the world’s largest regional fair. The Greater St. Louis Science Fair has been a continuous forum for students in St. Louis City and St. Louis County to display and compete in an authentic science venue since 1947.
Each year students in the 4th, 5th and 7th grades participated in the Monsanto Science Fair-Elementary Division. Projects are designed by individual or small groups of students for the St. Margaret of Scotland Science Fair in February. Projects receiving a blue ribbon score are eligible to go to the regional Science Fair held at Queen Park. In 2006, 20 SMOS students displayed their projects at Queen Park. Our students received Blue Ribbons, Red Ribbons, Green Ribbons and Special Awards.
 2006 Science Fair Project
For more information on the Greater St. Louis Science click here www.sciencefairstl.org
Talent Identification Program sponsored by Duke University. Student who have exceptional scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) are given the opportunity to take the ACT or SAT in advance.
In 2006, five SMOS seventh graders participated in this program.
The sixth and eight grade students, under the guidance of their computer teacher and parent filmmaker, create a video yearbook. They shoot, edit, and produce the video yearbook. This year long project provides an opportunity for developing planning, organizational and editing skills. The video yearbook features a short film crated from photos submitted by parents and students, as well as footage shot by the Yearbook Staff. Also includes are the outstanding, outlandish and sometime outrageously silly “SHOUT OUTS!” by willing and talented students.
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