St. Sebastian STEM Academy is a Catholic School community that models Jesus’s love, faith, kindness and compassion toward each other while working together to solve problems in order to make a difference in our community and world.
May 31, 2024
"Let them give thanks to the Lord for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity. For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things." - Psalm 107:8-9
We had a great last week of school complete with a "beach day" picnic lunch, "bubble day" station fun, a "sports day" kickball game, and a school spirit day! We also had a Kindergarten Completion Ceremony for our 5K students as they move on to 1st grade. As I reflect on this school year I am so proud of how far we have come as a school community in our first year open. Thank you to our faculty and staff members who have created a school that feels like a second home. Our students have grown and learned so much and I cannot wait to watch them soar in the years to come. Thank you to our families for the constant support and to our parish volunteers who showed up each week to help with lunch, recess, and mass. We could not do it without each part of our puzzle! God has blessed us beyond belief and I am forever grateful.
I hope you all have a relaxing and enjoyable summer! See you soon!
June 3rd - Georgie Porgie from 4pm-9pm. Must present a flier.
June 10th - Home and School Meeting - St. Sebastian - 6:00pm.
July 15th - Home and School Meeting - St. Sebastian - 6:00pm.
August 18th - Noodles and Co. Dine and Donate 4:00 - 8:00.
August 21st - First day of School.
September 2nd - Labor Day.
October 4th - No School.
October 12 - Catholic Schools Walk.
October 25 - No School.
October 7th - 8th - No School.
November 27-29 - Thanksgiving break.
December 23 - January 1st - Christmas break.
Thank you Father Thomas
Thank you so much Father for all your love and support. Attached here is a letter from Father to all of us.
FR. THOMAS WE WILL MISS YOU!
Georgie Porgie's
Come Dine and Donate on Monday, June 3rd from 4:00 - 9:00pm. Attached here is the flyer that you will need to bring with you for us to get the credit.
St. Sebastian's STEM Summer Camp
Please see information for our summer camp for incoming 5K and 1st graders here.
Saying the Pledge of Allegiance for the last time as Kindergarteners. Here we come 1st Grade!
3K 3K - This week 3K completed our PLTW unit of floating and sinking. We started our week by creating our very own ocean environment. Each student started with clean tap water. Then we discussed how to make it look like ocean water? The answer was to add some blue food coloring and mix it into our water. Next, we added a little bit of salt, because we learned that our oceans are filled with salt water which helps things to float. I was reminded that it will also make us sick if we drink it :) Each student then added some small rocks which sank to the bottom. The next step in our experiment was adding things that pollute our beautiful oceans; such as cork, plastic bags, and oil. All 3 of these items floated along the top of our oceans. We tried adding colors to the oil before adding it into our ocean, so some of the class' water turned black. Students learned that it is much easier to pick our garbage up before it reaches the water. They observed that the oil is very hard to clean up once it is in the water. During Centers, students had the opportunity to be a part of the "clean-up" when we added Dawn dishsoap and mixed it in. They were able to observe how the soap actually pushed the oil to the sides of our buckets. Other students just had fun making bubbles:)
4K 4K finished the school year enjoying each other and working as a team. We love investigating the playground and even the baseball diamond for bugs. Coding our Vex robot to make squares. We had a lot of fun school activities this week! We had beach day, bubbles, sports and school colors day! Thanks for a memorable school year!
5K This week in Math K5 identified and classified shapes. We watched and discussed a Mystery Science video "Can animals get a sunburn?. We had a great time with bubbles on Tuesday.
Home and School met Monday, April 13th. Our next meeting will be on Monday, June 17th at 6:00pm at School. Here are the minutes from Monday's meeting.We are working on a lot of fun things to do at the start of the new school year. Please consider joining us!
Here is some information on a summer camp that Gateway offers for Pre-K through Kindergarten this summer.
https://www.gtc.edu/business-community/additional-information/summer-camps
If you are interested in subbing for Siena Catholic Schools, please look at the attached flyer. We would love to see you in our school.
Here's what's new at St. Sebastian Catholic Church!
Mass times at St. Sebastians
Thursday, 8:15 am
Saturday, 4:30 pm Confession every first and third Saturday of the month from
3:30 - 4:00pm in the North Overflow room or by appt. 262-886-4398
Sunday, 9:15 am
Mass times at St. Lucy (sister parish)
Daily 8:15 am Confessions, Friday following 8:15am Mass
Saturday 4:00pm. Confessions 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month from 3pm - 3:30pm
Sunday 8:00am, 10:30am, amd 5:00pm
There is still time. If you want to be Catholic, if you have not been baptized, received your First Communion, or want to be Confirmed, contact our Faith Formation Minister Eric Antrim at eantrim@stlucychurch.org or text him at 262-498-9028.
Growing your knowledge
Our churches have some great ways to learn more about your faith. If you are looking for something new to grow in your faith life, contact Eric Antrim to learn about the many learning opportunities St. Lucy and St. Sebastian's churches have to grow.
