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.
March 19th, 2025
"It's always springtime in the heart that loves God." - St. John Vianney
We look forward to welcoming Spring tomorrow! Along with the new season comes more learning and fun at St. Sebastian STEM Academy. Our teachers are excited to get outside to extend classroom learning, we have field trips planned to the Humane Society and RiverBend, and family events including VIP Day and our Easter Egg Hunt.
Remember, there is no school Thursday or Friday! Enjoy the long weekend.
March 20th & 21st - No School
Penny Wars - April 1st - 16th - more info to come
April 2nd - Humane Society Field Trip 4K, 5K, & 1st
April 10th - VIP day - More information below
April 14th - Home and School Meeting 6:00pm
April - Qdoba fundraiser - Date TBD
April 17th - Easter Egg Hunt after school, Penny War Pie in the Face
April 18th - 25th - Easter Break
May 12th - Home and School Meeting 6:00pm
May 13th - RiverBend Field trip - All school event. Rain date on 5/14
May 26th - No School
June 5th - Last Day of School - Early Release
April 10th 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 8:00. 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. Please fill out the google form here letting us know who will be attending this special day. Limit to 2 VIP's per student.
Pics of the Week
3K - This week we focused on rainbows within our classroom in honor of St. Patrick's Day and the start of Spring. We learned to look for them after it rains, because they need sunlight and water droplets to form. Our class learned the 7 colors that can be found within a rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. To remember these colors, we used pipe cleaners, beads, crayons, and markers to create rainbows of our own. Our class also continued to water the seeds we planted last week using our PLTW pipettes. Thanks to water, sunlight, and God's love, 17 of us have had our seeds sprout up throughout the week.
4K - This week 4K students continued working on positional words and directional words. They watched a few fun videos where they had to find the hidden letters and then using positional and directional words tell each other where the letters were. Students also listened to a story and discussed where things in the pictures were; for example, on top of, inside, behind.
5K - This week in STEM we continue to collect weather data. We have begun learning about severe weather. We know how the thunder sound is produced and how lightning is formed in the sky. We enjoyed listening to a fun book titled "Tap, Tap, Boom, BOOM."
On St. Partrick's Day we all wore green and did a quick activity observing how and why Skittles dissolve in a rainbow pattern.
1st grade - 1st grade began exploring data in math. We began working with tally marks to keep track of different data sets. We then organized the data into several categories. We also answered questions to analyze the data, such as figuring out which set is the biggest versus the smallest or which group was the most popular.
Enjoy a Catholic school Lenten fish fry during Lent. Here are all of the locations around town.
St. Rita https://vbspro.events/p/299a31
St. Patrick https://forms.gle/ss6jrHhbjjaaVeUMA
St. Mary By the lake https://vbspro.events/p/506295
Attached here is the link for Summer School. Please let Ms. Lori know if you have any questions.
If you will be checking out your child early on a school day, please call Ms. Lori at the school office or Dojo her. Thank you.
Please report your sick child to the main office 262-425-0009 before 7:45am. Also, please remember that the day starts at 7:25, if you are running late, please bring your child through the main doors and sign them in to the main office. If your child comes to school after 7:45, breakfast will be over. Thank you!
Just a reminder that your child needs to be 24 hrs. fever and/or vomit free before they can return to school.
Here is the breakfast menu.
Here is the lunch menu.
Please try and stick to the meals that you signed up for. You will be charged for what you signed up for unless you notify us the day before for breakfast or the morning of for lunch. At the beginning of each month I will send you 2 copies of the breakfast and lunch menu. One is to return to school, and the other is for you to keep at home. If you need a copy of your child's menu, please let me know and I will get one to you. Thank you
Our lunches are all served kid friendly, if it says orange Chicken, everything will be served in separate sections. So basically it is chicken nuggets unless they choice to dip it in the orange sauce. Hope this helps.
- Ms. Lori
Home and School will meet Monday, April 14th at 6:00PM at St. Sebastian.
Please complete this form for our Home and School Directory if you have not already done so. This will help us keep you informed throughout the year and help make this the best year for our students.
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Home & School Introduction
Stay Connected
May 10th - My Guy and I Dance
Each month, the girls will do activities to learn about and grow in each of the areas represented by each of the Daisy petals. Additionally, the girls will earn “fun patches” by participating in events and service opportunities around the community!
If your daughter is in 5k or 1st grade, please consider joining us!
Register your daughter on the Girl Scouts website and join our troop- 37893!
If you have any questions feel free to contact Allison Mendez at
amendez903@yahoo.com
Please share this information with anyone who is dropping-off or picking-up your student. Here is a video that explains our drop-off and pick-up procedures. Here is map that shows a visual and here are written directions. Our school hours are from 7:25-2:25. Drop off starts at 7:05. Students who are not picked up by 2:35 will be brought to the office and will need to be picked up from the front of the school.
You can find our uniform policy here. Please note, students must be in closed toed and closed-back shoes. No sandals or crocs. If students want to play on the playground they must have athletic shoes on and not dress shoes.
We are in need of volunteers! Our areas of need include lunch, recess, mass, music, art, and physical education. We are also looking for monthly speakers to talk about their STEM-related careers. If you are interested in volunteering please call us at 262-425-0009 or email Mrs. McCauley at amccauley@sienacatholicschools.org.
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. 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.
Once class is complete the background check will run and once that is back and clear, you will be certified and can start volunteering.
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 with students
Saturday, 4:30 pm
Sunday, 9:30 am
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.
