Mary Van Ryswick has been teaching Kindergarten at St. Michael's since 1996. In 2008, she won the Sister Mary Lucille, RWM, Outstanding Teacher Award, which was awarded to one outstanding teacher each year in the Archdiocese or Washington. She was the last recipient of the award for the Archdiocese. In 2011, Mrs. Van Ryswick received the National Teacher of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic region awarded by the National Catholic Educators Association in New Orleans and was then honored as a distinguished graduate from St. Mary’s College of Maryland.  She was the first Golden Apple award recipient for St. Michael’s.  In addition to teaching Kindergarten, she also serves as the SMS Vice Principal. Mrs. Van Ryswick can be reached at [email protected]

• Pre-K3: Children who are 3 years old by September 1
• Pre-K4: Children who are 4 years old by September 1