PASE: The Capstone to Your Child’s Day at St. Mary’s School

At St. Mary’s, we believe that a child’s day is about more than academics. PASE provides a meaningful capstone to the school day—a welcoming space where children can relax, create, play, and discover what brings them joy.

PASE is a multi-tiered gift to your child’s overall development. Through a balance of semi-structured activities and child-directed leisure, students have opportunities to develop independence, creativity, friendships, and practical skills while giving their minds and bodies time to transition from the demands of the school day to home.

A Place to Pause, Play, and Reconnect

Children need time to simply be children.

PASE provides a safe and nurturing environment where students can choose from a variety of activities and have a measure of control over how they spend their downtime. This experience helps children begin to recognize what interests them, what relaxes them, and what brings them a sense of fulfillment.

Purposeful Downtime

PASE’s semi-structured environment gives children room to relax while still engaging their minds and bodies.

They might knit, play chess, participate in a soccer game, enjoy a board or card game, draw, paint, cut and glue, build, or simply imagine.

The goal is not to make every moment productive. The goal is to provide a healthy environment in which children can discover how to use their time well.

Learning Through Play and Creativity

One of the special qualities of PASE is the opportunity for children of different ages to interact.

Many PASE activities are designed to welcome a broad range of ages. Younger children can learn by observing and participating with older students, while older children have opportunities to practice leadership, patience, cooperation, and encouragement.

Knitting: Relaxing With Purpose

Knitting is one example of how an apparently simple activity can support a child’s development in many ways.

As children learn to knit, they practice:

• Hand-eye coordination and fine-motor skills
• Following patterns and sequences
• Logical thinking and problem-solving
• Mathematical concepts
• Patience and perseverance
• Creativity and self-expression
• The value of practice and mastery

There is something uniquely satisfying about beginning with a simple tool and a strand of yarn and gradually creating something beautiful and uniquely their own.

Art, Imagination, and Making

PASE also provides children with opportunities to explore their creativity through hands-on art and craft activities.

Students may work with:

• Scrapbooking paper
• Paint markers
• Straight and decorative-edge scissors
• Spirograph designs
• Beads and chenille stems
• A variety of art papers and materials

Projects might include creating rosaries, crowns, door hangers, drawings, and other imaginative creations.

These activities encourage children to experiment, make choices, solve problems, and turn an idea in their imagination into something they can hold in their hands.

Growing in Independence

At its heart, PASE is about helping children grow.

We want our students to experience the joy of learning beyond the traditional classroom—to discover their interests, develop new skills, interact with children of different ages, and learn that relaxation and leisure can be healthy and meaningful parts of life.

Are you ready to jump into Homeroom for AMP Registration? 

Waste no time, start here:

SMCST AMPT Registration via Homeroom

Do you need to "Drop-In" to PASE for just today, tomorrow or next week?

• Drop-In students do not participate regularly, only on an occasional basis.

• Drop-Ins will be placed according to space and availability

• Drop-Ins cannot be guaranteed participation in regularly scheduled classes or programs.

        Complete this:

2026-27 SMCS Program of After School Enrichment (PASE) Drop-In Request

Are you interested to know more about our programs and offerings? To begin the inquiry process: (New Students to SMCS only.) 

INQUIRE HERE

You may email:

• [email protected] for Athletics related questions.
  • [email protected] for Middle School Athletics questions.
  • [email protected] for High School Athletics questions.

• [email protected] for accelerated and individualized music lesson questions.

• [email protected] for PASE related questions.

• To optimally initiate a request for a student to "Drop-In for the day,
  • complete the DROP-IN REQUEST and
  • email [email protected]

• If the above is completed AFTER 12PM on the same day of request, parents and guardians are asked to contact the school and leave a message with the Program of After School Enrichment, to ensure the request and email was received.

• Call 512-352-2313 for questions or to speak with a program coordinator.

PASE Registration has blossomed to include several OTHER aspects of our FULL SUITE of After School activities. This year we have orchestrated after-school registrations to a NEW LEVEL, drum roll, please.

We bring you "A.M.P.T." Registration:

• Athletics
• Music
• Program of After School Enrichment
• Transportation
  • Bus
  • Field Trips

What is "Homeroom"?

Homeroom is our advancement to the Google Form registration and will require a few new steps to begin your AMP registration process.

To create an account on Homeroom:

1. homeroom.com

2. Select ‘Log in’ in the upper right-hand corner

3. Below, log in, select ‘New to Homeroom? Sign Up’

4. Select the ‘Parent’ account option

5. Create student profiles for each child who will participate in enrichment activities

6. If you have a spouse or family member who would like to receive emails pertaining to enrichment, add them as a CC in the family tab

HINT: After accessing your account in Homeroom and if you get a little lost finding classes, you need to access our Homeroom landing page:

Option 1) Visit: https://www.homeroom.com/sites/smcst-amp/ 

Option 2) Navigate to our school website (shortest route? https://smcst.org ) and select the needed link at the bottom of the page: Athletics, Music or PASE.

To enroll on Homeroom:

1. A) Find the registration page here:
   https://www.homeroom.com/sites/smcst-amp/ OR 
    B) Search the school name in the ‘Find your school’ search bar of your account
    HINT: Searching for "Taylor" finds SMCS Taylor FASTEST at the time of this writing.

2. Select the classes you wish to enroll in

   1. Classes are added to your cart and held for 25 minutes

   2. If a class is full, you may join the waitlist

      1. If/when a space becomes available, you will receive an email to register and enroll (24 hours until the invite expires)

3. Select the students name from the drop-down and your dismissal option

4. Complete payment by adding a credit card or selecting Affirm for a 0% interest payment plan

You will receive a confirmation email immediately

1. All receipts will be found in your Homeroom account in the ‘Payment’ tab

PASE Change and Withdrawal Procedure:

• Email [email protected] to assist with cancellation of your PASE enrollment. 
• We will assist with change in your plan as quickly as possible. 
• If you need to discontinue a recurring monthly plan, please notify in advance of the 1st to assist with removal of the recurring monthly charge.

Here are a few help items for families:

Homeroom Help for Families

Additional platform assistance is available by emailing:
[email protected]