February 23 School News from St. Stephen's Catholic School

Thank you to those of you who have turned in your re-enrollment paperwork! Heidi and Jake have been busy filling classrooms for next year. I am always looking for ways to let more people know about our wonderful school. Please continue spreading the good news!

Last week I was fortunate to spend Thursday and Friday with principals in the Archdiocese at a retreat. We celebrated Mass with Archbishop Hebda and he spoke to all of us about the importance and impact of Catholic Education.

This past Tuesday, our staff worked on our Accreditation to prepare for our April visit. Please keep our school in your prayers as we continue to work towards growing in our community.

I would like to form a committee for our Fall Fundraiser. If you are interested on being on this committee please contact me. dmorri@ststephenchurch.org or 763-7127484

Blessings,

Ms. Morri

Dinner for the Teachers Conference Night

Lori Gast, a parent here at St. Stephen's has volunteered to put meals

together for the teachers during conferences. Can you help? She will be having a taco bar the first night and is looking for food donations.

The second night of conferences will be a food delivery, so she is looking for cash donations. Please contact her either by email at lorianngast@gmail.com or by phone at 612-718-5017.

Thank you for helping her take care of our teachers!

K-1 Arts Luncheon

Attention Parents of Kindergarten/Grade 1 Students

9:00 Mass - you are welcome to come and sit with your child!

10:00 K-1 Concert in Church - students will stay after church to perform their songs!

10:15 K-1 Art show in the Cafeteria and lunch - Parents are invited to eat with their children.

10:45 Recess

Who is invited? Parents, Grandparents, Friends!

When? Wednesday, March 8th

Please take a minute to let us know that you are coming for lunch by clicking on the link below:

Catholic Schools Raffle
Our Catholic United Financial Catholic Schools Raffle is officially off and running. We have sold about $18,655 of tickets, and are at about 47% of our goal. Thank you for selling your raffle tickets - many of you have already requested more tickets to sell! *ALL RAFFLE TICKETS NEED TO BE RETURNED TO SCHOOL SOLD OR UNSOLD BY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27.*

The Kindness Tree

On Valentines Day, our school gathered together for prayer in the morning. We learned how showing a little Kindness can make a big difference. Our student council acted out examples of what we can do to show kindness. Students have been trying hard to show greater acts of kindness in our school, at home and in our community. Every day, we have been talking about our kind acts, then students get a heart in which they put their name on, and then put it around our "Kindness Tree".

Registration for 2017/2018
Registration for the 2017/2018 School Year is underway! *We have already filled quite a few classrooms. If you haven't returned your paperwork, please make sure to do so!* Click here for a re-enrollment form: 2017/2018 Enrollment Form 2017/2018 New Student K-8 2017/2018 New Preschool Student

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Mardi Gras Help Needed!

Attention Parents -

We need lots of help to set up, decorate and then take down for Mardi Gras this week. Please look over the times below and see if you can help out - especially for a couple hours on Sunday, but Thursday and Friday evenings we need a little more help too.

Please e-mail Mary Jane Beberg at mbeberg@ststephenchurch.org if you know of a shift that works for you or stop in. High school students are welcome to work with their parents or confirmation leaders and fill their service hours also.

Totino Grace Capstone Exhibition

On Sunday March 12, from 3:00-5:30, Totino Grace will have a Capstone Exhibition event where all 30 of the senior capstone projects are on display and the students are there to explain what they have done and answer questions. It is an open house format that is open to the public so interested people can come at any time during that time window. Please click on the icons below for further explanation of this exciting event!

Capstone Invitation

Capstone Summaries

Congratulations to some of our St. Stephen's graduates for their hard work on these projects!

Upcoming Events
Saturday, February 25 - Mardi Gras Wednesday, March 1 - Ash Wednesday Mass 9:30 AM Monday, March 6 - Conferences 2:45 - 7 PM Tuesday, March 7 - Conferences 2:45 - 7 PM Thursday, March 9 - Conferences 8AM - 12PM Still need to sign up for conferences? Click here: SPRING CONFERENCES SIGN UP

March Lunch Menu
The March Lunch Menu is now available; click here to download.

Mission Statement
St. Stephen's Catholic School is a caring Christian community that nourishes spiritual development and academic excellence.