St. Sebastian's Weekly Newsletter

September 29, 2023

Hello from Mrs. McCauley

We don't leave it to chance when we leave it to God.

Thank you to the many families that came to mass with the Archbishop this past Sunday. It was a beautiful blessing of the school and celebration. We had an eventful week which started with three rainy days of indoor recess. Our 3K students joined us in the lunch room this week and did a wonderful job! We officially have all of our students eating lunch together. We went to mass on Thursday and Father Thomas agrees that the students did a good job. He even visited them after mass and gave each student a treat as a thank you. We had our first fire drill on Thursday and the students exited in a quick and quiet manner. We will continue to do drills each month. Our teachers did a great job preparing our students for the drill. Have a great weekend! Please remember that there is no school for students next week Thursday and Friday. 

Child Out Ill

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


Important Notes!



 

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 - We are in 2nd place in Siena

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. We are currently in 2nd place out of all the Siena Catholic Schools. 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. To raise money go online via catholicschoolswalk.org and click on "Make a Donation", or bring cash or check donation directly to the school office.  Thank you for your support.

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. 

Trunk or Treat

October 29th from 1:00 - 3:00pm in the back parking lot, we will be having our Trunk or Treat. If you would like to participate, all you have to do is decorate your truck and pass out candy. The Parish will be joing us in the festivities. The kids can come dressed up in their Halloween costumes and go up and down the parking lot trick or treating. 

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 This week we focused on fire safety and how we can care for ourselves and others.

4K This week we learned about living and non living things. You can see this in the picture carousel above!

5K In honor of Johnny Appleseed's Birthday on Tuesday, September 26, K5 explored apples. We read and wrote about apples, compared apples, made applesauce, and even painted with apples.


Student of the Week

Congratulations to Aria from 4K on being our student of the week! Aria is always positive, cheerful, and eager to learn. She is a kind friend and a good listener. We are so happy Aria is a part of our St. Sebastian STEM Academy family!

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.


From St. Sebastian Catholic Church

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

3:30 - 4:00pm in the North Overflow room or by appt. 262-886-4398

Daily Readings

Join a Catholic Church

There is still time to look at what it is being Catholic. If you have not been baptized, received your first Communion, or Need to be Confirmed Contact our Faith Formation Minister Eric Antrim at eantrim@stlucychurch.org or text him at 262-498-9028.



Family Reminders, Handbooks, Etc.

Before & After School Care

Kids Town hours for St. Sebastian hours are:

Information on the program can be found here.