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 23rd, 2025
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5
The school year is winding down. On Wednesday, Root Pike Watershed did a presentation for the K5 and 1st graders. Pictures below. Also, on Friday, we had a Garbage Service Presentation for the kids to experience. Thank you, Mr. Holst for sharing your time with us. On June 5th, at 10:30 a.m., we will have our Kindergarten Completion Ceremony in the church. Look for more information below. The last day of school will be on Thursday, June 5th. Dismissal will be at 11:00 a.m.
Yearbooks and the Lunch Menu for June will be going home today. Thank you to Karyi Hennessey for putting this yearbook together again.
Thank you everyone for all of your support and have a great weekend! Join us at Sturtevant's Memorial Day Parade on Saturday, May 24th!
Remember, NO school on Monday, May 26th.
Sturtevant's Memorial Day Parade - NOTE PARADE ROUTE CHANGE Meet at Nonna's at 8:00 to decorate our float. More information below,
Last Week of School, below is a list of fun things that we will be doing. Please sign up to bring items for the festivities. I sent a google doc out on Wednesday of this week to sign up to bring items. More information below.
Monday, June 2nd. - Sports Day
Tuesday, June 3rd - Bubble Day
Wednesday, June 4th - Beach Day
Thursday, June 5th - Spiritwear with school pants or shorts
June 5th - Kindergarten Completion Ceremony is in the church at 10:30 a.m. - Please park in front of the church.
June 5th - Last Day of School - Early Release - 11:00am
June 9th - Home and School Meeting at St. Sebastian School - 6:00pm
July 14th - Home and School Meeting at St. Sebastian School - 6:00pm
When - Saturday, May 24th - Starts at 10:00 a.m.
What - Sent out a Dojo on Wednesday with more information.
Where - Parade check-in will take place at Nonna's - 8:00am. That will give us plenty of time to decorate. Kids may bring their bikes, scooters, wagon's and strollers to ride.
Route - The parade will begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at South Park Pavilion. Last year we won the Best Group / Best in Class award. Lets see what we can do this year. Wear your St. Sebastian Spiritwear.
Please let Ms. Lori know if you are interested in participating.
Our Student of the Week is Kennedy from our K4 classroom. Kennedy is always doing small acts of kindness in class like pushing in chairs or helping put items back on carts. She is always participating during our group learning.We are so blessed to have Kennedy as part of our St. Sebastian STEM Academy family!
3K - We began this week by completing our final experiment in our Healthy Habits unit. After practicing safe hand washing techniques all year, we thought we would check how well we were really doing at "making our germs disappear" each day before snack. Utilizing our GlitterBug Potion provided by PLTW, each student rubbed a little bit all over their hands. We then took turns looking at our hands under a blue light and drawing our observations into our Launch Logs. After using hand wipes and singing our hand washing song, we repeated the process of using the blue light. This time around, students would only see the germs they did not wash away. Most germs were still found between fingers, which was used as a reminder to always wash there too!
Over the next few days we then looked at mixing different liquids together as a part of our Floating and Sinking PLTW unit. Using oil, water, food coloring, and an empty bottle, each student created their own Wave Bottle to take home. This showed them that not all liquids are the same and that they may not mix together. Using dish soap and sponges during Centers seemed to be a favorite of most students, while others really enjoyed using funnels and beakers at the water table.
4K - This week in 4k, students measured the rain captured in their rain gauges 2x! Students also learned about Sally Ride and how she was the first American woman astronaut in space. Students also discussed different things found in space, even names of different planets. They also talked about how we float when in space. Students also watched a video of a real astronaut reading a story from space.
5K - This week the 5K kiddos were demonstrating their weather prediction skills. They partnered up as meteorologists to give the forecast! We also had a visitor from the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative. She read the book, "Drop" about the life of a water drop. Then using a model demonstrated what kinds of things can pollute our waters (dog poop, salt for roads, grass clippings, etc) and showed how all that pollution runs into our rivers and lakes. We are learning how to take care of "Mother Earth."
1st grade - First grade started a fun new chapter in math. We began working with money. We learned about pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. We learned how many of each coin it takes to make a dollar and we practiced counting different sums of coins. The other part of the chapter was on telling time. We learned about the differences between analog and digital clocks. We practiced labeling different times of the day on both styles of clocks and we also practiced ordering times in order.
Monday, June 2th, 2025 - Thursday, June 5th, 2025
Monday, June 2nd
Sports Day
Dress: Favorite sports team with jeans or shorts
Icecream floats for everyone.
Tuesday, June 3th
Bubble Day
Dress: Wear these colors with casual pants or shorts
K3 - yellow
K4 - pink
K5 - orange
1st - purple
May wear jeans or shorts
Wednesday, June 4th
Beach Day
Dress: Beach attire (sunglasses, visors, hats, hawaiian shirt, lei, etc. No swimsuits or sandals)
Bring a beach towels (labeled) to sit on to eat lunch outside.
Thursday, June 5th
School Spirit Day
Dress: school colors/spirit wear with school pants or shorts. Join us for our last Mass at 8:15am
5K Completion Ceremony at 10:30 am in the church
Schools out at 11a.m.
https://riverbendracine.org/programs-2/summer-camp/
General River Bend website:
St. Rita https://vbspro.events/p/299a31
St. Patrick https://forms.gle/ss6jrHhbjjaaVeUMA - St. Sebastian’s will be participating in the St. Patrick’s program.
St. Mary By the lake https://vbspro.events/p/506295
Attached here is the link for Summer School. Here is a video from last summer at summer school. Please let Ms. Lori know if you have any questions.
CfUT Idol 2024 - Siena John Paul II.mp4Parents - if you are looking for some things to do this summer, check this out.
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 choose to dip it in the orange sauce. Hope this helps.
- Ms. Lori
Home and School will meet Monday, June 9th at 6:00PM.
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
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.
END OF THE YEAR CLASSES AVAILABLE
HOW TO MAKE AN ACCOUNT AND SIGN UP FOR A CLASS?
https://www.archmil.org/ArchMil/Resources/SAFE/CathMutual/Safe_Environment_Program_instructions.pdf
More Classes can be found here- https://www.archmil.org/offices/safeguarding/Safeguarding-Events.htm
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.
Driven by the Spirit
May 31, Spanish, 6PM at St. Richard. Celebrating the Ascension of the Lord.
June 7, Bilingual, 4:30 PM at Sacred Heart. This will be our first bilingual event! We will be using the extended Pentecost Vigil at Mass. (Yes, there's an official Vigil like there is for Easter!) We are super excited to see our communities come together for this Solemnity.
We also officially have locations for our remaining FFTJ events of the year. (Please note the change in date from October 2 to October 1.) Please update your calendar accordingly.
Don't forget! If you aren't able to make it in person, homilies and reflections are available on our YouTube and Spotify!
Thank you all for your continued help in promoting these nights of worship. The growth we've seen is absolutely incredible.
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.
