SEAS School Notes from the Office 4/26/2018 CALENDAR AT A GLANCE

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1 SEAS School Notes from the Office 4/26/2018 CALENDAR AT A GLANCE Sat. April 28 SEAS 1st Communion, 4:30 mass Mon April 30 NO Comm Arts Help Tues May 1 PK St. Judes Trike-A-Thon Uniform Buyout for St. Judes $1 + Choice Play, 1-1:45 pm, New Gym Chess Club till 4:30 Math Help till 4:30 Wed May 2 May Crowning--students each bring a flower - details below Thur May 3 Makerspace Fri May 4 Noon Dismissal Uniform Buyout $1 Primetime & Extended Care need to bring lunch Sun. May 6 Irish Voices Concert Mon. May 7 Teacher Appreciation Week Last Comm Arts Help till 4:30 Tues. May 8 Last Chess Club Last Math Help Wed. May 9 3rd grade Mini Mall 11am-1pm, Old Gym Thur. May 10 SEAS 1st Communion Celebration K-2nd Reading Fair 5-7pm Fri. May 11 6th, 7th, 8th grade Choir & Band Performance New Gym 2:00 SCHS Graduation (our 1st kids to graduate from SEAS) SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS May Crowning, Wednesday May 2: The month of May in the Catholic Church is traditionally a time to honor Mary, the Mother of God. The custom of crowning a statue of Our Lady, or laying flowers at its base, began in Italy in the 1750s. We invite all students to bring in one flower on Wednesday for our May Crowning. Children will process from the school halls into the church at 8:30am. Parents are welcome to join us in the church. Lost and Found is OVERFLOWING! Please take a moment to look through the items. Items will be donated at the end of the school year. Lost and Found is located outside the Computer Lab. It s time to sign up for SCRIP! If you aren t already participating, we encourage you to visit our school Facebook Page, and view the What Is SCRIP? video at the top of our page! Thank you students and parents for all the time and talent that went into making our 1st annual STREAM Night a success! People s Choice Winners (most tickets) 3rd: Olivia Whyte & Sydney McCaskill 4th: Lucy Snook & Alice Farmer Middle School: 6th grade STREAM Night Merit Winners 3rd: Hadleigh McCue & Nicholas Meyer 4th: Avery Keeling & Taylor Franks Eden Village Walk-A-Thon Fundraiser: We presented Bishop Rice with a check from SEAS for $4,500! Thank you so much for your donations!

2 Uniform Changes for Girls in grades 6-8. We have added navy skirts/skorts as an additional bottom option. Lands End and DeSales both have navy, tan, and plaid options available. 17 Lunch ($3.45) days left this year = $58.65 and 19 breakfast ($2.35) left = $44.65 St Agnes Summer Jam 2018 : is coming soon! The MIXTAPES are headlining our Summer Jam Music Fest this year!!!! Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 19th and join us for a great night out for adults to have some crazy fun and fellowship. Tickets on sale at Spring into Savings 20% off all Uniforms* now through April 30th, 2018 DeSales Catholic Bookstore Your Local source for all things Catholic *discount applies to all in-stock items and pre-paid orders *SCRIP ALSO accepted Attachments: SCRIP, Cardinals, summer jam,

3 GET A CHANCE TO SEE Justin Timberlake Sat., May 5 Tulsa, OK BOK Center If you re a JT fan, this is your chance to see him perform live AND support Springfield Catholic Schools and SEAS Team Top Gun. 1 lucky winner will be selected to receive two tickets, Section 112, Row N, Seats 1 & 2 Raffle tickets are $20 each or 7 for $100 Winner will be drawn on Tuesday, May 1 via Facebook TEA M SEAS Get your tickets from any Team SEAS Top Gun team member/spouse, SEAS School office, or text ! 100% of raffle proceeds go to Springfield Catholic Schools Irish Game Night Fundraiser. All money raised for Irish Game Night supports all four Springfield Catholic Schools. 35% of money raised goes to the endowment to support teacher salaries. The remaining funds go to support facility needs beyond the classroom.

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10 PLAY FOR YOUR SCHOOL BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCCER FALL 2018 Online Registration Opens July 1 st Play soccer with your friends and Register early! For more information contact Tawny Brown at Lake Country Soccer tawnyb@lakecountrysoccer.org

11 In our 8th year of operation St. Joseph Catholic Academy s Full-time only (Mon-Fri) 7:45am-4:45pm June 4h - August 3rd (NO camp during the week of July 2-6) $135 per week due each Friday Well-established and very organized Safe, loving, faith-based, hands-on & FUN! Open to preschool 3rd grade children Hurry! CALL NOW! First come, first served. DEPOSIT REQUIRED ($135 deposit to hold your space.) Includes: Community Outreach Activities Outdoor/ Indoor Games, crafts, free play, structured activities, interactive and theme-based activities Morning and afternoon snacks (Please bring a sack lunch.) Music, Reading, Math, Religious activities and much more! For more information and/or to register, call or bjohnson@stjosephcatholicacademy.org Summer is a great time to let children explore activities that are both fun and educational! The memories of summer last a lifetime. Come and make memories at St. Joseph!

12 Helping our children grow in their Catholic faith. May 2018 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church Freda Epperson, Director of Religious Education Parenting tips from the Mother of God St. Joseph the Worker As a carpenter, St. Joseph, earthly father to Jesus, used the work of his hands to serve his family and community. He taught his Son his trade, working side-by-side in his shop. Jesus also learned dedication, integrity, and the dignity of work from the example of his earthly father. As the protector of the Holy Family and the spouse of the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph is an example of strength and obedience and devotion to God. Our spiritual GPS Children understand the importance of maps. When we want to travel somewhere new, a map or GPS can show us how to get there. The 10 Commandments are our spiritual GPS if we follow them, we will get where we want to go. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me (Matthew 18:4-5). God chose Mary to be the Mother of his Son, and gave her the preparation she needed to do the job. Jesus thought so highly of the mother she became, that his dying thoughts were of her. During this month for mothers, we can take parenting tips from the Mother of God: May it be done to me according to your word (Luke 1:38). When faced with events beyond her understanding or control, Mary leaned on God. We, too, encounter situations we can t understand or control. That s when we can imitate Mary s trust in God. His plan for her worked out better than she could have dreamed. The same will be true for us. Do whatever he tells you Mary s role in history is to bring people to her Son. The Virgin Mary is clearly the mother of the members of Christ (Catechism of the Catholic Church #963). When Jesus hung on the cross, Mary and St. (John 2:5). Mary knew when her Son was ready for his first public miracle so she gently nudged him when he hesitated. We, too, can show gentle confidence in our children s competence and encourage them to reveal their strengths when they hesitate to believe in themselves. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. (Luke 2:19). When the extraordinary happens, our first impulse is to tell someone. We want advice or attention. Yet, throughout life with her divine Son, Mary kept to herself and reflected in private moments. She sought only God s counsel because he knows best. Why do Catholics call Mary our Mother? John were there (John 19:26-27). Jesus told her, Woman, behold your son, and to John, Behold your mother. At that moment Mary became the mother of us all. Because of her special relationship to Jesus, she is the perfect intercessor for us. Copyright 2018 Success Publishing & Media, LLC

13 Make your home a church Your home can be a domestic church in which you meet God every day. Try these suggestions for creating a sacred space: Give prayer a central place in your home. Cover a table with a special cloth in the color of the liturgical season. Add a crucifix and small statues or pictures of saints, a family Rosary, a Bible, and add a candle. Leave space to kneel before it. No space for a prayer table? Fill a large basket with pillows, your Bible and some Rosaries, and take it wherever you can gather for prayer. Use it often. May 2018 Page 2 Add sacred objects. Put a crucifix in every room, add holy water fonts, put up icons. Displaying sacred objects in each room of your home will help your family to remember that God is always with you. Start personal spiritual traditions. Pick days that are special to each of you birthdays, patron saint feast days, anniversaries. Sing favorite hymns, recite prayers that you write yourselves. Read your favorite Scripture story or verse. Matthew 28:16-20, I will be with you always. Jesus appeared to the Apostles on the mountain-top in Galilee so the crowd with them could see the Resurrected Christ and get their final instructions: to go, baptize and make disciples, and to teach them all he had taught them. Jesus also promised his disciples, and us, that he will be with us always. Because Jesus is God, he is present everywhere. However, we encounter him in a special way in the Sacraments, especially in Holy Communion. At the Last Supper, Jesus took bread and wine, blessed May 1 St. Joseph the Worker (1st century). Entrusted with the care of the Blessed Mother and Jesus, Joseph was a carpenter dedicated to his family and obedient to God. May 20 Pentecost (1st century). Today, we celebrate the birthday of the Church, when the Holy Spirit was given to the Apostles following the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus. May 27 St. Augustine of Canterbury (604). Despite mistakes and failures, Augustine persevered as a missionary in rough and dangerous them and gave them to his disciples, saying, This is my body (this is my blood) Do this in memory of me (Luke 22:19). When the priest prays over the bread and wine at Mass, they become Jesus Body and Blood. This is how Jesus keeps his promise to be with us always. What can a parent do? Remind children that Jesus loves them and is with them everywhere, especially in the Sacraments. Tell them that in every Catholic church where the Eucharist is kept, Jesus is really present, waiting to spend time with them. times in England. Wisely, he purified and retained local customs into Christian rites. His efforts would eventually bear fruit in the conversion of England after his death. May 30 St. Joan of Arc (1431). The patron saint of France, St. Joan was inspired by God in a vision to lead the French to victory during the Hundred Year s War against England. Her troops successfully freed Orléans from the English. She was captured, sold to the English, and falsely accused of sorcery. She was canonized in When my father died, we began visiting the cemetery regularly to pray for him. I noticed that some of the surrounding graves looked neglected. They had dead flowers or mildew obscured the name on the stone. It was sad that the people buried there had no one to take care of their memorials. Prior to our next trip, we picked up cleaning supplies. We spiffed up the tombstones and cleaned up the areas around the graves. We said a prayer over each tombstone we cleaned for the person it named. Why are we doing this? Tessa asked. The dead people won t care. I explained that caring for graves and praying for the people they contain is considered burying the dead one of the Corporal Works of Mercy the Church asks us to do for others. I reminded the children that whatever kindness we do for others, we do for Jesus. To help parents raise faithful Catholic children Success Publishing & Media, LLC Publishers of Growing in Faith and Partners in Faith (540) (540) fax (Unless noted Bible quotes and references are from the Revised Standard Version and the New American Bible.) Copyright 2018 Success Publishing & Media, LLC