St. Mary's Bundschu Memorial High School is a private

Private school

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, Roman Catholic high school

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 in Independence, Missouri

Independence, Missouri

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. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph

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Student life

There are currently about two-hundred or so students attending Saint Marys. Students participate in Food For Thought (food drive) in the fall and the spring. Students also celebrate Homecoming and Courtwarming weeks with dress-up and spirit days.

Students are also open to a variety of clubs and associations, including Art Club, Pro-Life Club, National Honor Society, Spanish Club, Academic Team, Student Council, Science Club, Spirit Club and others.

Electives include art classes such as pottery, mixed media, Art 2, and drawing; music and Cantori (choir); creative writing, newspaper, yearbook, office development, introduction to business, and others.

Sports

Saint Marys is in the Crossroads Conference. Sports students participate in are football, volleyball, basketball (boys and girls), baseball, wrestling, soccer was removed recently, cross country, and track and field.

The mascot is the Trojan and the school colors are white and blue.

Former rivalries

In its long history St. Mary's has had three sports rivalries, only one being in existence today. For at least 20 years, St. Mary's was rivals with St. Pius X High School in Kansas City North, Missouri. Their rivalry ended when St. Mary's expanded it's enrollment. Their next rival, and perhaps their biggest, was Grain Valley High School for at least 10 years, at this time, St. Mary's had several hundred students and Grain Valley had around 600, it is said that every time the two teams met on the football field that a fight would break out. This classic rivalry between the two schools ended when Grain Valley decided to expand it's enrollment and St. Mary's lowered it's enrollment to 200 students. In 2010, Van Horn, formerly of the Kansas City School District, joined the Independence School District and became a member of the Crossroads Conference, despite having an enrollment of 900 students. The two schools first met on the football field in September 2010 for the St. Mary's homecoming football game, the Trojans won their first game against their new rival 38-7, the two schools have continued to face off in other sports, football, basketball, and baseball being their most competitive.

Uniforms

Students are required to wear uniforms. Girls can wear navy, white, or maroon polos with a khaki, navy, gray plaid, or red and blue plaid skirt. Boys can wear navy, white, or maroon polos with khaki or navy pants or shorts. Girls are also allowed to wear pants and shorts.