The mission of Seton Catholic School is the religious and academic formation of students in preparation for their lives as productive Catholic adults.
ACTION ALERT: WRITE THE GOVERNOR TO FUND TEXTBOOKS…
The Governor of Illinois is currently working on his budget recommendation for the next fiscal year. We need the help of all our families, staff, and supporters to convince him to include funding for the Textbook Loan Program in his budget proposal. A sample letter with the mailing address is attached. Please use this letter or write your own personal version. But take the time to encourage the governor to reinstate this vital program. Textbooks are very expensive and the Illinois Textbook Loan Program has been a huge help over the years to Seton to keep our textbooks current and our costs down.
IMPORTANT DATES...
Registration dates for 2010-2011
Re registration for the 2010-2011 school year for our current Seton families will begin MONDAY, MARCH 1st through FRIDAY, MARCH 5th. Registration will open to the public on MONDAY, MARCH 8th.
**The Children’s Place Preschool & Pre-Kindergarten Program Open House**
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 4:30-5:30 p.m. Preschool & Pre-Kindergarten Classrooms
Children must be 3 or 4 years of age by September 1st.
***Kindergarten Round Up***
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 4:30-5:30 p.m. Culemans Hall/Kindergarten Classrooms
Children must be 5 years of age by September 1st.
SAFE ENVIRONMENT PRESENTATION…...
A Safe Environment Presentation will be held on Wednesday, March 10th, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the Middle School.
Please call Connie Knuckey at 764-5418 if you plan to attend.
TUITION ASSISTANCE PACKETS…
Registration dates for 2010-2011
Tuition Assistance Packets are available in either school office. All applications are due by Friday, March 19th. It is extremely important that all applying for assistance have their applications in by March 19th.
*Reminder…to apply, families are required to be members of a Moline parish. Families receiving assistance will be notified by the school business office in April.
2009 TAX CREDIT INFORMATION…
The 2009 tax credit information is available. Please pick up your copy at the Middle School Office.
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK ANNUAL APPEAL…
Thank you to all who have contributed to the Catholic Schools Week Annual Appeal. To date, Seton School has collected over $30,000. The on-going generosity of our parents, parishioners and friends is so very much appreciated.
PARENTS'/BOOSTER CLUB…
Booster Committee News
Trivia Night is Saturday March 20, 2010, 6:00-9:30 p.m., Culemans Hall. Price is $10/person with teams of 8. Everyone can bring their own snacks to eat at their tables and drinks will be available. Please call Scott Ronnebeck at 752-7039 as we are still in need of volunteers for the event.
Please join us at the next Parents’ Club meeting, Tuesday, April 13th in Culemans Hall. It will again honor the families whose youngest child will be graduating this year. Further information will come home at a later date.
For the Parents’ Club minutes, please check our Seton’s website, www.setonschool.com and click on news and events.
THANK YOU…
Thank you to our many helpers…
Each year a group of faithful helpers gathers to stuff the nearly 3500 Catholic Schools Week appeal letters into envelopes to be sent out to supporters of Seton. We are so grateful for their help each year. If you know any of these wonderful volunteers please thank them for their help:
Elaine Hendrickx, Barbara Coppens, Simone Counihan, Joyce Christian, Carol Simatovich, Ann Brodell, Rosemarie VanAcker, Marlene Woitte, Evelyn Taghon, Sally Neubauer, Jo Ann Olvera and Judy DeGreeter.
Thank you to all the families that supported this year’s Spaghetti Dinner and Basket Raffle. The evening was a wonderful success. A special thanks to this year’s chair people Meghan Welch, Tara Blondell, Teresa Frick, Theresa Dykema, Patti Portner, and Mindy Calloway for their time and hard work.
A big thank you to Julie Sheets, Liz McGehee, Karen Flack, Shannon Richmiller, Carmen Galvin, Leslee Schueneman and the Parents’ Club Teacher Appreciation Committee for hosting the Catholic Schools Week faculty luncheon. The food was great and memo pads were a thoughtful gift.
1,000,000 HAIL MARY PROJECT UPDATE…
Our Seton community has prayed 265,757 Hail Marys- 14 beads are colored in on the Rosary posters. As we pass through Lent to the joy of Easter, help out our Seton project and your prayer life by adding a daily Rosary!
Plus, check out 1000000hailmarys.com for the latest Hail Mary count and the number of days, hours, minutes and seconds until you have completed the 2009/10 school year! Keep praying!
WALK-A-THON 2010…
Lace up your sneakers...this year’s Walk-A-Thon is just around the corner. Mark your calendars for Friday, May 7th with a rain date of Friday, May 14th. The Walk-A-Thon will kick-off with an all-school assembly on Friday, April 16th. All the details of the Walk will come home with your student on that day. Proceeds from this year’s Walk will help purchase new Smart Boards for the classrooms. There are many opportunities to get involved…
Our Fundraising Committee seeks donations from individuals and businesses to cover the cost of our event including prizes, refreshments, supplies, etc. so that 100% of the pledges raised by our students can go to our school. If you know of an individual or business that would be willing to help our cause, a donation form is attached to this newsletter. This is a tax deductible donation and has benefits like the business’ name appearing on the back of 600 t-shirts and other publicity with local media.
Thanks to the generosity of our t-shirt sponsors, each of our students will receive a Walk-A-Thon t-shirt at the kick-off assembly. We also will be offering Walk-A-Thon t-shirts for sale to volunteers, parents, siblings and supporters of Seton School. This year, the cost will be $7 per shirt. Be on the lookout for an order form, which will be sent home in your child’s backpack in the next week.
Finally, we need an army of volunteers to make Walk-A-Thon fun and safe for our students – watch for the volunteer sign up to come home with your child in April. Volunteers must meet the schools’ requirements for volunteering. These requirements can be found in your Seton handbook, distributed at the beginning of the year.
We are looking forward to a GREAT Walk-A-Thon in 2010!
1ST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION CANDIDATE PARENTS…
If you would like to purchase a beautiful handmade rosary as a gift for your child, or anyone else, Linda Dobbelare-Madsen would like to make one for you. Samples of the two different pink, two different blue, and a white rosary are available in the middle school office. The cost is $30.00. If you are interested in ordering please email Linda at lindadobb@mybluelight.com or call her at 309-292-8196. Please order by March so Linda can order supplies and have them done in time.
THREE CHEERS FOR OUR STUDENTS…
MathCounts
It was another successful year for the Seton MATHCOUNTS Team. This year’s members included 8th graders: Ben Graves, Frankie Caparula, Allison Dussliere, and Mary Kim Tadda. Aaron Murray was the alternate. Mike Andrews, a former Seton Parent, and Mrs. Meersman coached this year’s team.
After many months of practice the Seton team placed 2nd out of 9 competing teams at the regional competition. Individually, Ben Graves placed 7th and Frankie Caparula placed 10th. Frankie, however, had a strong showing in the final countdown round of the competition. Through a ladder challenge Frankie climbed from 10th place to 3rd.
Congratulations to all of our competitors!
Spelling Bee
Winner of the 5th Grade Argus/Dispatch Spelling Bee:
Kaleb Dykema (5P)
Congrats, Kaleb!
Knights of Columbus
Substance Abuse Awareness Poster Contest Winners in the Drug Awareness and Abuse Division:
Age 8-11 Ally Zahringer (6M)
Good for you, Ally!
SCRIP…
Congratulations to Marvis Hafner, she won the $10 in Whitey's for
purchasing two movie tickets and a restaurant gift card.
Thanks to all of you that have used Scrip throughout the year, we were
able to give Seton School a check for $10,000.00. Keep those orders
coming and hopefully we will be able to give another check to Seton
before the end of the school year.
Scrip order dates in March:
Due Receive
March 9th March 11th
March 23rd March 25th
If you have any questions, or have never used Scrip please contact Angie
Dussliere at
799-1324.
DENTAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS…
Reminder: Students who have just entered kindergarten, 2nd and 6th are required to submit proof of a recent dental examination.
All exams are due by April 1st.
PHOTOS NEEDED NOW…
Digital Pictures Needed
Band Concert, Class Field Trips, Vespers, Kindergarten & Primary
Christmas Programs Spaghetti Dinner, Catholic Schools Week Activities,
Field Trips
Suggestions: Groups of 3-6 people work best.
Two options to submit your digital pictures:
1. Submit your digital pictures via email to
memorybook@setonschool.com. Please, only send four *.jpg
attachments per email message and include the event and student name(s).
2. Submit your digital pictures in a CD containing pictures in *.jpg
file format and send to: Erin DeFrieze c/o Alexis DeFrieze 3B or Ethan
DeFrieze 1J.
Please attach a note on the CD with the event and student name(s) for
each picture file.
GET YOUR DIGITAL CAMERAS READY FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: Spaghetti
Dinner Fundraiser, Valentine’s Day Parties, and special class
activities/projects. Refer to Seton’s February calendar and/or each
teacher’s class calendar of events containing the specific dates and
times for each scheduled event.
REMINDER: If you have not turned in your Memory Book Order Form,
we are still accepting them. Please turn them in. Thank you. ***
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Erin DeFrieze at
309-736-0975 or memorybook@setonschool.com.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR NOTE…
Thank you to all Coaches:
A huge thanks to all those who volunteered their time to coach our students during this past year.
8th Grade Girls Basketball: Bob Anderson and Greg Swanson
7th Grade Girls Basketball: Steve Sottos and Jake Sottos
7th & 8th Grade Cheerleaders: Kat VanderVennet
6th Grade Poms: Judy Scarpinato, Tori Scarpinato and Luz Upegui
Track and Boys Tennis season will be starting soon. If you are planning to participate in track or boys tennis this spring you must have a physical and the appropriate paper work turned in. If you have any questions, please check with Mr. Pagett.
We are looking for additional volunteers to help Donna Merideth, head track coach, and her current coaching staff.
CUB SCOUT NEWS…
February was a busy month as our Cub Scouts began celebrating the 100th birthday of the Boys Scouts of America. A huge thanks to all the scouts, families, leaders and former scouts who joined us as we kicked off the 2010 anniversary year with Scout Sunday at Sacred Heart on Feb. 7.
Four of Troop 109’s Boy Scouts were honored for having earned The Ad Altare Dei religious emblem. Ben Graves, Casey DeWitt, Casey Flack and Erik Mickiewicz spent several months on group study of the sacraments. They received the Ad Altare Dei medal from Bishop Daniel Jenky at a special Scout Mass in Peoria on Feb. 14. Thank you to scout leaders Jeff VanEchaute, Bob Graves and Karen Flack for volunteering their time to assist the scouts in their study.
In January, the Webelos II den entered two patrols in the annual Klondike event, competing against Webelos and Boys Scouts in the outdoor skills competition. The Pack 109 Webelos won first and third place overall. Participating scouts were: Porter Enstrom, Sean Casey, Nathan Graves, Xander Bradley, Eli Gaeta, Angel Perez, Corey DeLathower and Will Gaghagen.
A special congratulations to Xander Bradley who earned his Webelos badge.
In March, the Cub and Boy Scouts will be participating again in Scouting for Food. They will be delivering flyers to homes in Moline on March 20 announcing the food drive and then return March 27 to pick up the donations. If you are interested in donating, contact any of the scouts.
Also this month, the Webelos II scouts will cross over into Boy Scouts Troop 109 as they end their chapter in Cub Scouts.
Remember it is never too late to join Cub Scouts. For more information, call Bob Graves at 799-5259 or Jennifer DeWitt at 764-0660.
GIRL SCOUT NEWS…
Cookies- We still have cookies left! If you forgot to order, all of the troops have extras. Please contact your favorite Girl Scout or your grade's troop leader for more details. Anyone who is interested in cookies, but doesn't have a troop in their grade, please contact Mary Killian Meier and we'll make sure to divide up the credit between the troops.
Troop #8566- 3rd and 5th Grade
Mary Killian Meier- meierppls@sbcglobal.net 309.236.4524
Troop #8567- 2nd Grade
Shelli Dearing
309-721-5967 or
ellesh77@hotmail.com
Girls not currently in Girl Scouts can join at anytime!
Troop #8214 First Grade Tamera Thomson -thomson91@mchsi and Julie Hayes
Troop #8826- Kindergarten Lynn VanDeHeede- lvandeheede@allemanhighschool.org and Shannon Richmiller- richjats2@mchsi.com
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