St. Sebastian's Weekly Newsletter

I have decided to add a scripture quote to the start of my letter each week. I hope it allows you some time pause and reflect on your lives and ask for God's guidance as I have found it to do for me. As I reflect on these verses, I am extremely grateful to help lead your children in the Catholic faith along with their teachers. We incorporate prayer throughout our school day and it has been great to hear that some students have started praying more at home too. Our teachers and staff members have been doing an incredible job and they are helping to form St. Sebastian STEM Academy into a wonderful place to be. We would not be able to do it without their hardwork and dedication! We are truly blessed to have each and every one of them. Please pay close attention to the important notes below and as always, reach out with any questions or concerns.

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 that students should be in shoes with closed toes and with a back as stated in our uniform policy. This is the most comfortable for student learning and play. Athletic shoes are the best option, please stay away from crocs as students tend to trip over them at recess.
St. Sebastian's Home and School meeting - September 11th @ 6:00pm
September 15th - casual day and all school religious show and popcorn
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

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. If you choose to bring your student with you to mass please let the office know as we are not to the point of going as a whole school yet. 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

September 11th will be our next Home and School meeting at 6:00pm in the school. Topics for discussion are the Catholic Schools Walk and Trick or Trunk. Please let Mrs. Prideaux know if you have any questions. Please join us!

Party on the pavement

Hi everyone! We will again be hosting a booth during Party on the Pavement in Downtown Racine on Saturday, September 16. A variety of shifts are available! We are looking for volunteers who will happily engage with visitors to our booth, pass out candy, etc.

If you are a student looking for volunteer hours, click here.

If you are an adult willing to volunteer, click here.

If you are an adult and wish to volunteer with your child, click here.

Thank you all for being willing to wave the Siena flag!

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. We will be having a training at St. Sebastian on September 13th from 3-6pm. If this date or time does not work for you 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!

Enjoy some pictures from our third week of school!

Spotlight on STEM!

3K Exercising with DANNY GO and worked with the Barney hand washing song. The song is called Squishy, Squashy, Washy.

4K continues to learn about the human body. This week we focused on the 5 senses and how they help us to learn and experience the world around us.

5K Today was a tinkertoy building challenge day. Check out the pictures above.

Student of the Week

Congratulations to Ana from 3K who is our student of the week! Ana is a friend to everyone, caring, and great example of what it means to be kind to her classmates. She always has a smile on her face. We are so blessed to have her 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.

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 keep you posted as to when our first Mass in church will be.

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

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.

Page updated

Report abuse