About Us
Our Lady of Mercy School is a Catholic elementary school for pre-kindergarten through
eighth grade students. We are located in a beautiful country setting on the Connecticut Shoreline
overlooking Long Island Sound that is easily accessible via Route 1 and I-95 in Madison,
Connecticut. Our Lady of Mercy School is open to academically qualified students of any race, creed,
color, gender or ethnicity.
OLMS Facts
We are a parochial school sponsored by St. Margaret and St. George parishes under the direction of the
Archdiocesan Office of Catholic Schools.
We have been educating shoreline students from pre-kindergarten to grade eight for over 50 years.
We are accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
We offer a traditional core curriculum integrated with formal French instruction, health education,
cutting edge technology and a full fine arts program.
Our class average ranks are 1-4 years above grade level on standardized tests.
Approximately one third of our students in grades 5-7 qualify for the Johns Hopkins Talent Search.
We are recognized as a Top School for the state of Connecticut demonstrating that OLM has a solid core of very high achieving students compared to the other qualifying schools in the state.
Our graduates have attended the following secondary schools:
Choate-Rosemary Hall Hopkins Portsmouth Abbey
Notre Dame Xavier Sacred Heart Academy
Mercy High School Lauralton Hall
Our graduates have attended the following post-secondary institutions:
Yale University Bentley College Boston College
Brandeis University Brown University Fairfield University
Columbia University Cornell University Harvard University
Worcester Polytech. College of the Holy Cross New York University
Providence College Tufts University Villanova University
Vassar College Princeton University Vanderbilt University
UCONN Williams College Rhode Island School of Design
Other Interesting OLMS Facts
First Friday Liturgies and prayer services are planned by the students.
Extracirricular activities include: Athletics, cheerleading, drama, band, choir, student council, newspaper, mock trial, yearbook.
We participate in the Connecticut Science Fair and the Connecticut Invention Convention.
We offer before and after school care services, field trips to places of interest in Connecticut and Parish priests visit the classrooms on a regular basis.