St. Mary-St. Michael School in Derby earns continued accreditation

Jaelyne Dure, 4, of Derby, is all smiles as she gets off a slide on the new playscape at St. Mary-St. Michael School in Derby. She is joined by Maksim Godbolt, 4, of Derby, standing left rear, and Cooper Wherley, 5, of Ansonia on the slide. Patricia Villers/Register

By Patricia Villers
Register Staff 
DERBY — It was a stellar autumn for St. Mary-St. Michael School.
Not only did the pre-kindergarten through grade 8 school earn continued accreditation, it now has a playscape for its smallest students, covered by a $10,000 Katharine Matthies Foundation grant.
Principal Linda T. Coppola said a five-member team from the New England Association of Schools & College’s Commission on Independent Schools visited the school for several days in October

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