St. Sebastian's Weekly Newsletter

We had another great week this week. Our students are learning new things every day and it is amazing how much growth has occurred in only a few short weeks. We are looking forward to our VIP day next week Thursday! We will have breakfast and a craft taking place in the gym starting at drop off until around 8am. You can park and enter the building through the back doors, where the students enter each day. After VIP day we will be going to the church for our first mass as a school. We thought it would be beneficial for students to go before the mass with the Archbishop visit on September 24th. If you are joining us for VIP day you are more than welcome to sit with us at mass after as well! Please remember to mark your calendars for September 24th too. Our students have been practicing their song for mass and I am looking forward to having everyone in the building for the blessing afterwards.

Is Your Child Sick?

Please report your sick child to the main office 262-425-0009 before 7:45 am

Important Notes!

If you arrive after 7:25, please bring your child in through the front doors. The back door does not have a buzzer. You must also stop in the office to sign you child in.
Please remember to fill out the google form that was sent out on Tuesday in Dojo. We are looking for the names of who is able to pick up your child after school.
September 21st - VIP Day, 7:25am - 8:00am
September 22nd - No School - All Faculty In-service
September 24th - Mass with Archbishop Listecki and School Blessing to follow - Mass at 9:15.

We would love to see as many of our families as possible. The students were asked to sing a song at this mass.

Racine Bookmobile is in Sturtevant accross the street at South Park from 2:30-4:30 on Tuesdays.
Please see Annual Letter of Availability of Asbestos Management Plan here

Spirit-wear is here

We are excited to say our spirit-wear is ready to be ordered. Please share with family and friends. Just a reminder this is a fundraiser too and it will run through September 24th. Orders will be delivered to St. Sebastian's School.

To order go to: Rumasports.itemorder.com

When asked for sales code enter: STEM23

VIP Day

September 21st is VIP (Very Important Person) day. It is a day that students can bring their VIP's to a breakfast at school. We will welcome students with their VIP's at the start of the school day until 8:15. We will have a craft for everyone to work on together during breakfast in the Gym as well as time to see the student classrooms. Mass is at 8:15 so the VIP's can attend mass if they choose. We are going to be bringing our students to mass for the first time this day so we would love for you to join us! Please fill out the google doc here letting us know who will be attending this special day. Limit to 4 VIP's per student.

Breakfast Menu

Lunch Menu

Please click on Menu to see what is being served each day.

Lunch Count

Please fill out the Google Form linked here for your students' meal preferences for next week by Sunday night. Our teachers will be sticking to the information filled out in this form so please reach out to them if anything changes. The menus are attached above.

Catholic Schools Walk

Have you heard the news? On Saturday October 14th at 9:00am there will be a Catholic Schools Walk at Siena Retreat Center in Caledonia and St. Sebastian Stem Academy will be participating! We will be celebrating Catholic education and raising money for our school. We will be raising money for student enrichment, specifically a new playground. Attached here is the link with more information on how to create your account. Shout out to those students that have already started raising money!

Please fill out this form from Siena to RSVP to the event. This is different from the account to raise money.

St. Sebastian Home and School

Our next Home and School meeting will be held on October 9th at 6pm.

Attached here are the minutes from our September 11th meeting.

Safe environment education sessions

In order to volunteer in our building or at any school events you need to have a background check and have completed the Safe Environment Training. If you were unable to make the September 13th date there are many options available online in our area. If you do not remember if you have had this training in the past please reach out to me and I can look you up in our system. Please share this with anyone you know that is interested in volunteering at the school. I highly recommend doing this if you plan on being involved in any school events.

Here are the directions to sign up:

go to https://milwaukee.cmgconnect.org/

create a new account

choose volunteer

choose your location as St. Sebastian STEM Academy

Once logged in, complete the curriculum called "Initial Training for Clergy, Volunteers and Employees"

Complete the curriculum and RSVP for an in person training session (if you do not see the St. Sebastian option yet it will be posted within the next week, other Siena school options will be available too)

Once class is complete the background check will run and once that is back and clear, you will be certified and can start volunteering.

Pics of the Week!

Spotlight on STEM!

3K We have been exploring with different shapes in play dough and finger paints. We did some investigating with our magnifying glasses. We continuing to work with healthy habits and learn about doctors and others in our community that care about us.

4K This week we were studying the 5 senses. We smelt mint, lemon/lime, cinnamon, and touched smooth cool table, rough/ bumpy sandpaper, textured chairs, books, shiny aluminum foil. We also played with musical instruments, sang songs and made animal sounds. In addition 4K students built with blocks, magnatiles, legos and enjoyed the sensory sand table.

5K This week we have been working on our PLTW unit "Pushes and Pulls". Today we went on a Push and Pull Hunt in our classroom and around the school.

Student of the Week

Congratulations to Wyatt from our 4K class on being our student of the week! Wyatt is always seen sharing on the playground and in class. He is a great example of how to be a friend to everyone. We are so blessed to have him as a part of our St. Sebastian STEM Academy family!

Lost and Found

Below are some pictures from our Lost and Found. Let Mrs. Prideaux know if any of the items belong to you.

Class Pictures

There's still time to order your child's class pictures. Visit preschoolsmiles.com today!

Campus Ministry ✝ ️

Reminder: Our all-school Masses are held on Thursday's at 8:15 a.m. You are welcome to join us! Fr. Thomas will start by coming into the classroom each week until we are ready to go to Mass.

We will attempt to go to church next week after the VIP breakfast - please feel free to sit with us and join us for Mass.

From St. Sebastian Catholic Church

Here's what's new at St. Sebastian Catholic Church!

Weekly Bulletin
Mass times at St. Sebastians
- Thursday, 8:00 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

Daily Readings

Mass times at St. Lucy (sister parish)
- Dailey 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

Come and see what RCIA is all about

Are you someone that is looking at becoming Catholic? Still need to be baptized, receive 1st Communion or would like to be confirmed? Maybe you’re a parent of a catholic student and would like to share in the Catholic faith with your child by becoming Catholic yourself. Come Thursday September 22nd to St. Lucy hall at 7pm and find out how easy it is to join our RCIA classes. Contact Eric Antrim at eantrim@stlucychurch.org or call 262-498-9028 for more information.

Hi, my name is Stacie Havron and I am on the board of directors for the Eco-Justice Center of Caledonia, an environmental education center and organic teaching farm. I'm sure you are aware, the Eco-Justice Center was founded by the Racine Dominicans and is a Mission Partner of the Dominicans.

We are hoping to advertise with the Siena Schools families to promote our upcoming Discovery Days festival (see flyer attached). The family-friendly festival is September 16-17th, from 11am- 4pm. It will feature great food, music, our farm animals, many hands-on activities for kids of all ages, tours, demos, a scavenger hunt and much more!

More info can be found on our website:

https://ecojusticecenter.org/discovery-days

Family Reminders, Handbooks, Etc.

St. Sebastian's Handbook

Before & After School Care

Kids Town hours for St. Sebastian hours are:

6:30 - 7 a.m. &
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Information on the program can be found here.

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