Seton Catholic School April 2017 Newsletter Principal Note With school moving into the month of April, we continue to prepare for the coming of Easter. I pray that
2017 grant awards in May, 2017. GRADE 3 FIELD TRIP TO WEST BRANCH
this Lenten Season has given you time to reflect on your own lives, and has given you the opportunities you need to come to know Jesus, our Savior. I pray that all of you will have a Happy Easter with
The 3rd Grade students will be traveling to West Branch, IA on April 13 to tour the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. Students will not
your family and friends.
STO TUITION GRANT DUE BY APRIL 15 Tuition grant applications are now available for the 2017-2018 school year in the Seton office and on the School Tuition Organization of Southeast Iowa web site at http://stoseiowa.org. If you contact the school office we can provide a form to you. In addition to your completed application, you must include a copy of pages 1 and 2 of your 2016 federal income tax return no later than April 15, 2017. Schools will be notified of
only see President Hoover’s childhood home, school, and church, but also his father’s blacksmith shop. They will be able to visit the grave sites of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover. Some of the notable Presidential Library galleries include: The Humanitarian Years, The Roaring Twenties, The Wonder Boy, The Logical Candidate, The Great
April Dates to Remember
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Home and School Meeting 6:00pm school cafeteria
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Mass 9:45am 1:30pm Dismissal (K-5)
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No School – Preschool only Teacher PD Day 7 4th Grade Field Trip to Amana Colonies 7 Stations of the Cross – (1-2) 2:00pm / (3-5) 2:30pm 10 Seton Blood Drive at the KC Hall from 2:30pm-7:00pm 10 - 12 Seton Book Fair 12 All Day 3 Spring Program 13 Half Day PK Spring Programs 13 3rd Grade to West BranchHerbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum 13 All Day 4 Spring Program 14 Good Friday-No School 16 Easter Sunday 18 & 24 PK Conferences-PM 19 Mass 9:45am 1:30pm Dismissal (K-5) 21 PK Conferences All Day – PK-No School 25 School Board Meeting 6:30pm school Library 28 Seton Dinner Theatre
Depression, and An Uncommon Woman.
They will get to eat the
BUY ONE GET ONE FREE
local cuisine at Ox Yoke Inn
BOOK FAIR
BLOOD DRIVE
as well.
There will be a Buy One
The Knights of Columbus
PRESCHOOL SPRING
Get One free Book Fair
will be sponsoring the
PROGRAMS
from April 10 – 12, 2017
Seton Catholic Elementary
All of our preschool classes
from 8:30am – 3:30pm.
School Blood
will be presenting Spring
Volunteers are needed to
Drive on
Program’s in the month of
make this a
Monday,
April.
successful
April 10th from 2:30pm – 7:00pm. To schedule an appointment contact Jim Cutsforth at 641954-1946 or Lynn Milsap at 641-799-8332.
event. Any
Miss Conway’s All Day 3
time you
Year Old Preschool will have their program on Wednesday, April 12 starting at 1:00pm at St. Mary of the Visitation.
have would be appreciated. Our coordinator, Molly Richards, would like to keep shifts around two to
GRADE 4 FIELD TRIP TO THE AMANA COLONIES
Mrs. Johnson’s Half Day 3
three hours, but any time
Year Old Preschool will
you can give would be
The students in the 4
have their program on
great.
th
Grade will be traveling to
Thursday, April 13 starting
the Amana Colonies to tour
at 9:00am at St. Mary of the
and learn about daily life of
Visitation.
the German immigrants who first settled there in the 1850s. The students will
Mrs. Johnson’s Half Day 4 Year Old Preschool will have their program on Thursday, April 13 starting at 1:00pm at St. Mary of the Visitation.
DINNER THEATER Please plan to attend our annual Dinner Theater on Friday, April 28 at 5:30pm at St. Patrick's Parish Hall. Students from grades K-5 will be performing Disorder in the Court. Dinner will be served after
Mrs. Jacob’s and Mrs.
the performances. This is a
Hoover’s All Day 4 Year
free will offering. The
Old Preschool will have
students have worked very
visit the Open Hearth
their program on Thursday,
hard and hopefully you
Bakery, a communal
April 13 starting at 1:00pm
will be able to be in the
kitchen, cooper’s shop, old
at the Seton Annex located
audience to support them!
general store, brewery, and
in the First United
We look forward to seeing
Edelstein’s Rock Shop.
Methodist Church.
you there.
