September 17, 2020
Important updates in this weeks Tidbits:

Volunteers Needed
Virtual Book Fair
Scouting
Amazon Smiles
Pik My Kid reminder
Spirit Store
Mustang Sports
Girls with Confidence
Own the Avenue
Decorating team needed
Food Drive
Principal Points
Good Afternoon St. Stephen families,

Last Friday I attended an Administrator's meeting where our Bishop virtually presented a check of $18,000 to the Bishop in Louisiana. This was a result of the generosity of all the Catholic schools in the Diocese. Again, I want to thank our community for how generous you were in helping them to recover from the hurricane.

Back at St. Stephen, we continue to make our outdoor environment more children friendly. Massey will be back on Saturday to do another fire ant treatment and I have contracted them to come out to help eliminate mosquitoes from the playground. We will continue to monitor the situation.

Please read all of Tidbits as there is much exciting news being shared. As always, thank you all for your continued support.

Peace and Blessings,

Linda Umoh
PTCO Corner
PTCO is working to make
2020-2021 a great year!

Please read important information from Erin Black
and Nicki Gallagher.
Volunteers Needed
Two volunteers are needed for an at home project covering books. Get a jump start on your volunteer hours and sign up today to assist. Contact Mrs. Biase at kbiase@sscsfl.org to sign up for this project.
Virtual Book Fair Coming


How exciting to travel through time!
Read a good book and imagine how it was to live in during Medieval Times or see things the way a Charioteer saw them in the 5th century C.E. Books can take your students on all kinds of amazing adventures.
Visit the SSCS Time Machine Virtual Book Fair starting 9/25.
Join the St. Stephen Scouts!
Mrs. D'Angelo shares why your K-5 students should join the St. Stephen Scouts.
Amazon Smile
Amazon Smiles is a great way to support our school! Amazon Smile is a program that donates 0.5% of your eligible purchases on Amazon to a charity of your choice. All you need to do is start your shopping at smile.amazon.com. The donation comes directly from Amazon and does not cost you any extra money. Please set up an Amazon Smiles account and list SSCS as your charity; this is a simple and easy way to donate to your school. We hope you will join the many families who are already helping the school every time they shop on Amazon. 
Reminder: PikMyKid
Parents please remember to log into PikMyKid every morning and fill out the Covid screening questions. It is imperative that we have the questionnaire completed before your student enters the school building.
Show Us Your Mustang Spirit !


The online Mustang Spirit Shop is open.
Please use the link above to order.
The store will be open until 10/4.
We look forward to seeing photos of our school families 
showing off their Mustang Spirit on Facebook. 
Mustang Sports
Hello Mustangs!

Please read the Hillsborough Catholic Youth Sports League's statement about the updated status of Catholic league middle school sports.

Because we value the health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches, parents, and officials, as well as the people to whom they go home, The Hillsborough County Youth Sports League (HCYSL), has decided to keep with interscholastic athletics on pause through October. The HCYSL will reevaluate the conditions again next month. We intend to begin our interscholastic programs as soon as the data from our community allows.  

Coach Green will be sending all the families in 5th-8th grade a link to a short survey about Catholic league sports. We will use the information in this survey to help inform our decisions on moving forward with interscholastic athletics. The survey will remain open until September 28 and is intended for families with students who plan to participate in Catholic league sports. Thank you for your response and input.

GO MUSTANGS
Coach Green 
Girls with Confidence
Looking for a virtual after school activity for your daughter? Then please check out what Girls with Confidence has to offer. They are offering Virtual classes this fall.

For more information please see

Music Enrichment virtual program with Paul Effman Music
With Zoom lessons and a content library to support those classes, the quality of the Paul Effman music teachers will be as good, if not better than it has ever been. The teachers that we have been so fortunate to retain are so passionate about what they do and they are ready to give all that they can to your students and your community. They are more dedicated than ever to keep the music alive for your kids!

For more information on the virtual offerings for the 2020/2021 school year please go to https://ed.pemusic.com/join/.

Own the Avenue
Own The Avenue is a SSCS weekly street sign posting to celebrate birthdays or other important events in your student's life. Signs are posted Monday-Friday during the school year. You select the week you want to display the street sign. Previously ordered street signs can be posted or you may order a new sign. The cost is $30 for an existing sign and $50 for a new sign. If you are interested in reserving a week for this school year, please go to Own the Avenue.
Decorating Team Needed
Move Together to Care for Creation is the 2020 Fun Run and will be held on 11/6.

A decorating team is needed to create a fun atmosphere at the Moving Stations. If you like decorating and can help out, please contact ngallagher@sscsfl.org.  
Donate to the Can Food Drive
For 175 years, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has provided person to person services to the most vulnerable in communities throughout the United States. Our school families generously support society's efforts by donating to can food drives during the school year. The drive helps students understand their Christian responsibility to help and care for others. Please be prepared to have your student(s) help with this noteworthy cause by taking to school cans of food to donate.

Each class will be collecting the cans the week of 9/21 for delivery to SVDP on 9/25.
  Angels Among Us Celebrates Family and Friendship
The 2021 Angels Valentine Gala will be held at The Palmetto Club on February 13, 2021. Please prepared to enjoy dinner and dancing with school families and friends of the parish community. Sponsorship and donation information will be available shortly and seat reservations accepted after Christmas.

The school office will gladly accept donations of wine and spirits for the Gala at any time.

If purchases made at Angels 2019 were unable to be redeemed due to COVID, please contact ngallagher@sscsfl.org for assistance.

Birthday Free Dress Pass
We are offering for the 2020/2021 school year the birthday free dress pass. The pass is $5, allowing your student to have free dress one day during the month of their birth. For those with Summer birthday, the pass may be used in May. If you would like to take advantage of this, please purchase these passes at the front office.

Great Family Resources
Click Here for: Free Audible books for children and teens.

Click Here for: Wide Open School is a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense.

Click Here for: The ultimate list of resources for families with children!
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