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St. Elizabeth Seton Elementary School
Cavalier
Chronicles
APRIL 2015
“Developing Personal and Academic
Excellence in the Catholic Tradition”
Volume 22, Issue 8
Inside this issue:
Principal’s Corner
2
School Board Meeting
Schedule
2
Office Hours
3
Liturgy Schedule
3
Catholic United Financial
Car Raffle
4
Mayfest
5
Menus
6
Scripwithscrip
7
Love & Logic
8
Activities Calendar
9
Catholic Math League
10
2015-2016 School Calendar 11
Fun Page
13
Official school records are
kept in the protection of the
school unless a student
transfers to another school
and an official transfer slip,
signed by a parent, is submitted to release records.
The Family Education
Rights and Privacy Act of
1974 guarantees parents and
guardians of students under
the age of 18, and all students 18 years or older, the
right to view records at any
time in the Administrative
Office. Parents are asked to
make an appointment prior
to such a visit. (For a
complete reading of
the law refer to: Family Educational Rights
and
Privacy
Act
( F E R P A )
@
http://www.ed.gov/pol
icy/gen/guid/fpco/ferp
a/index.htm)
The Matsiko World Orphan Choir
performed at St. Elizabeth Seton on
March 30th. The choir is part of the
International Children's Network. Their
mission is to provide as many of the
world's 600 million orphaned and at-risk
children sponsorship for a complete
education through their nation's highest
university or vocational levels. By
doing so every child will be on equal
footing with their nation's most privileged children and they will return to
their villages to help other children
who are in the same condition they
once were in order to break the cycle of
utter dependency and despair and replace it with empowerment and hope!
Congratulations to Luther Morrison for
qualifying for the State AAU Wrestling
Tournament held in Brookings on March
27-29. Luther’s Coach stopped by to wish
him luck at the tournament.
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“Developing Personal and Academic Excellence in the Catholic Tradition.”
RAPID CITY
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM
SCHOOL BOARD
MEETING
SCHEDULE
2014-2015
CATHEDRAL
RECTORY
BASEMENT
MEETING ROOM
MARCH 23, 2015
APRIL 27, 2015*
4:00p.m.
(also Staff Banquet)
MAY 18, 2015
JUNE 22, 2015
All meeting times
are at 5:00 p.m. on
the 4th Monday of
each month
APRIL
2-6
7
8
NO SCHOOL - Easter Recess
NO SCHOOL - Staff In-service
Classes Resume
Principal’s Corner
Dear Parents,
As spring greets us with budding flowers and renewed spirits, we are reminded
that our children are growing and blooming through our guidance and through
their own experiences. One of the most important aspects of childhood is experiencing life and growth through imagination and inspiration. Having a positive
outlook and seeing and celebrating the intriguing differences in each and every
one of us is so important to development and growth, especially in childhood.
Having an active imagination wakes up your brain to new possibilities and
ideas. Imagining new possibilities can inspire you to be more innovative when
approaching challenging problems. This can lead you to discovering creative solutions that you may not have thought of using standard approaches. Seeking inspiration involves having an open mind to new ideas and appreciating small things
which you may not otherwise have noticed. How can you help your child develop
and use imagination to seek out inspiration?
 Encourage and celebrate your child’s uniqueness. This helps children grow
to feel comfortable with themselves and helps them have confidence in
their thoughts, ideas, and different ways of thinking.
 Have your child do a doodle drawing. Close your eyes and draw two or
three simple lines (curvy, straight, diagonal) on a blank page. Then open
your eyes and figure out what you can turn those lines into. Will it create a
landscape? A spaceship? An animal? It’s all up to your imagination!
 Ask questions, in the car, at the store, or at the dinner table. Ask your
child questions to spark imagination and creativity, “What do you think
birds sing about?” “What would it feel like to walk on the moon?” “How
do you think cars work?”
Encouraging imagination, uniqueness, and inspiration in your children will help
them be innovative thinkers and curious individuals.
Colleen Lecy
Principal, St. Elizabeth Seton Elementary School
Packing Hope 2014-2015
The 2014-2015 Packing Hope Campaign is underway! Over the past five years,
we have purchased nearly $90,230 worth of food and packed close to 890,400
meals. Our goal this year is to raise $6,520 and pack meals on April 22nd. Each
classroom at Seton has a goal amount based on $20 per student. Please ask
your child/children about this cause, and please consider giving generously.
Packing Hope is a non-profit organization that, with the help of people like you,
distributes packages of healthy food to starving children all over the world.
$7,000.00
$6,000.00
$5,000.00
$4,000.00
$3,000.00
$2,000.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
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Office Hours:
The SES office
hours are:
7:00am to 4:00pm
Monday through
Friday
The mailing
address for the
school is:
St. Elizabeth Seton
Elementary School
2101 City Springs
Road, Suite 100
Rapid City, SD 57702
The phone number is:
(605) 716-5213
“Developing
Personal and
Academic
Excellence in
the Catholic
Tradition”
SES April Liturgy Schedule
Month Date
Apr 1-11
1
11
17
24
Day
Liturgical Event
Mission Trip
Wednesday 3rd Grade Rosary
Saturday Mission Team Returns
Friday
K-5 Mass
Friday
K-5 Mass & Mission Video
Time
Location
8:30 AM
HC Chapel
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
HC Chapel
HC Chapel
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Volume 22, Issue 8
Catholic United Financial Raffle
presented by
St. Thomas More
High School
April 16th, 17th
and 18th
7:30 PM
Terra Sancta Stage
Call Shawna Hanson
for tickets:
923-2545
Now
Taking Registrations!
Starts May 26thAug. 7th
7:00am-6:00pm
Monday-Friday*
*excluding Memorial Day & July 4th
CATHOLIC UNITED
FINANCIAL
CAR RAFFLE!
For the past 5 years, the Rapid City Catholic School
System has been invited to participate in the Catholic
United Financial Raffle. Catholic United Financial
oversees this tremendous fundraiser, providing all of
the materials and raffle prizes, while the participating
schools receive 100% of the proceeds! Through the
hard work of our students and parents, our school
system raised $29,838 which will go towards new
technology for all three schools. We would like to
thank the families, teachers and staff for all of their
efforts in making the raffle such a success this year.
Of the 52 total prizes, two of the winning tickets were
sold by our students. Congratulations to Josh Houk
and Jim Klinefelter who won a $150 Amazon gift card
and a $100 Visa gift card respectively.
Thank you so much for supporting the
Rapid City Catholic School System!
Congratulations to the following
winners:
Top Selling Students:
($100 Visa gift card)
SES—Addyson Allgier $450
STM MS—Mary Kinyon $750
STM HS—Theresa Cronin $680
Top Selling Classrooms:
SES—Mrs. O’Daniel and Mrs. King tied
STM MS—Mrs. Vickers
STM HS—Mr. Merkwan
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Library Notes
Summer is right around the corner!
Does your student have a good
book to read on those warm
summer evenings?
***
The St. Elizabeth Seton Library
will be having a Scholastic Book
Fair the week of April
13th. Shopping begins on
Monday, April 13th and will end
on Friday, April 17th.
***
The book fair will bring a wonderful
selection of fun, engaging, and affordable
books kids want to read. We believe
that giving kids access to good books
and the opportunity to choose books
will motivate them to read more. And
like most acquired skills, the more kids
practice reading, the better they’ll get!
We look forward to having you
participate in our Fair, and remember,
all purchases benefit our school.
If you have any questions, please contact
our Library Director, Jenelle Kirchoff at
[email protected]
Terra Sancta Reading For Discovery
2014-2015 Read-A-Thon
Read-A-Thon has come to end. There will be a Read-A-Thon
Celebration on April 29 at 3:30pm in the Seton Gym.
Congratulations to all the winners and invitations will be going out
soon. Once again, congratulations to all on their reading achievement!
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Breakfast Menu
Lunch Menu
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Destination Imagination
Congratulations to all three Destination Imagination
teams! After months of preparing for their challenges the
DI teams all earned a First Place award at Regionals’ held
at the Douglas School System. They qualified for the
State Tournament in Huron to present their challenge
solutions to a team of appraisers in hopes of making it to
the global competition in Tennessee. The DI teams are
Cavaliers Have No Fear, Seton Structural Saints and Girl
Trapped.
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Love and Logic
Using a Soft Voice
When your kids act up, does your voice get louder or quieter? When I'm having a
good day - and I'm practicing what I preach - my voice gets softer. From years of observing successful parents and educators, I learned the value of leaning close to a child's
ear and whispering a question:
 Are you going to settle down, or do you need to spend some time in your
room?
 Can you use a quiet voice in here or would it be best for you eat outside
so you can yell?
 Do you think you can play with that nicely, instead of hitting your brother
with it?
Dr. Charles Fey
There's true power in the quiet voice! In my CD, Oh Great! What Do I Do Now?, I
teach the importance of making discipline look easy, even when our kids are taking
limit-testing to the limit. When we can handle things with a whisper, our kids begin to
reason, "Wow! If Mom handled me that easily, what else does she have up her sleeve?"
While there are times when it's appropriate to raise our voices a bit, doing it too often trains our children to respond only when we're flexing our vocal cords. I don't know
about you, but this wears me out! I think I'd rather whisper and then prove to my kids
that I'll follow up with actions rather than words. I heard this example from a Love and
Logic dad:
Last week I whispered to my four-year-old, "You may keep the toys you pick up."
That afternoon, I picked up the ones he left out, put them in the attic, and kept my mouth
shut. Yesterday, I whispered the same thing, and he yelled, "No! I'll pick them up!" And
he did!
Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a
benefit, forward it to a friend.
Dr. Charles Fay
Pictured right is Mrs. Nelson’s
Kindergarten class showing off their
Dr. Seuss’ hats they made in honor of his
birthday.
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Catholic Math League
The 4th and final Catholic Math League contest
was held on Monday, March 2nd.
Special thanks to Mrs. Lecy, Miss Noyes, and
Miss Christopherson, who helped proctor the
contests. A group photo was taken afterwards.
Congratulations to all participants!
3rd Grade participants were: Addyson Allgier,
Sydney Bremer, Michelle Hanson, Owen Ponto,
Emily Myscofski, Holland Post, Abbey Satter, and
Kade Baumberger.
4th Grade participants were: John Aberle,
Jason Albertson, Carly Hanzlik, Ariana King,
Aaron Lemon, Tom Solano, Lauren Crow, Sophia
Catholic Math League Participants and Staff
Meyer, Katie Denholm, Caleb Hollenbeck, and
Henry Synder.
th
5 Grade participants were: Genevieve Bernard, Nate Berzina, Mairin Duffy, Sam Gibbon, Rae Hanzlik,
Cade Kandolin, Luke Ponto, Payton Seth, Aidan Aultmann, Brock Williamson, Kevin Ly, Aaron Nelson,
Curtis Rusch, and Trace Trainor.
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Mission Trip
Members of the STM Mission Trip to
Jamaica visited Seton classrooms to pick
up the various items the classrooms collected
for the Mission Team. Classrooms pictured
clockwise are Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Oleson,
Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Tremmel. A big thank
you to everyone who donated the items for the
Mission Trip!
Mrs. King’s second grade class were
recipients of an arm cast thanks to
Dr. Harlow and his daughter Katie.
Pictured right is Mrs. King’s class
showing their off their signatures on
their casts.
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CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
2015-16 SCHOOL CALENDAR
AUGUST
Aug 2015
S M T W T F S
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
Sept 2015
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
11
12-14
13
CIP Data Meeting (Terra Sancta)
14
17-18
19
Teacher Work Day
20
Child Care Begins
Preschool and Preschool Plus Begins
7
29
Nov 2015
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
Dec 2015
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
Staff In-service
½ Day of School-Grades 1st-5 Grade
SES-Dismissed at 11:00am
Full Day of School-6-12 Grade
Labor Day - NO SCHOOL
K-5th Grade
Parent/Teacher Conferences
4-7pm (K-5 in classrooms)
Early Dismissal – Pre-12th Grade
SES-Dismissed at 11:00am
MS & HS-Dismissed at 11:20am
No PM Childcare
Parent/Teacher Conferences
SES – 1-4pm (in classrooms)
STM MS – 1-4pm (In MS Gym)
STM HS – 1-4pm (In HS Commons)
OCTOBER
1
4
18
Substitute Orientation
10:00am STM MS Library
SEPTEMBER
30
Oct 2015
S M T W T F S
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
New Staff Orientation
JANUARY
th
th
6 -12 Grade
Parent/Teacher Conferences
STM MS – 4-7pm (In STM MS Gym)
STM HS – 4-7pm (In STM Commons)
12
Native American/Columbus Day
NO SCHOOL
16
End of First Quarter (41days)
11
Veterans Day
NO SCHOOL
25-29
Thanksgiving Recess
NO SCHOOL
Classes Resume
Martin Luther King Day
NO SCHOOL
FEBRUARY
8
Pre-12th Grade
Parent/Teacher Conferences
NO SCHOOL
SES – 9am-1pm (in classrooms)
STM MS – 10am-2pm, 3pm-6:30pm
(In STM MS Gym)
STM HS – 9am-1pm, 3pm-6:30pm
(In STM Commons)
11
K-5th Grade
Parent/Teacher Conferences
SES –4pm-7pm (in classrooms)
15
16
President’s Day – NO SCHOOL
End of Third Quarter
(45 Days)
24-28 Easter Recess - NO SCHOOL
29-30 NO SCHOOL - Staff In-service
31
Classes Resume
APRIL
21
22
NO SCHOOL – Staff Retreat
NO SCHOOL – Teacher Comp Day
NOVEMBER
30
Classes Resume
MAY
7
17-19
20
Mayfest
22
STM Graduation
DECEMBER
16-18
18
Semester Finals Week (Grades 9-12)
Christmas Recess Begins
(At end of day)
End of Second Quarter (41 days)
19-Jan 3 Christmas Recess
Feb 2016
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29
NO SCHOOL - Staff In-service
MARCH
9
Jan 2016
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Semester Finals Week (Grades 9-12)
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
Full Day – 9th -12thGrade
Early Dismissal – Pre-8th Grade
SES-Dismissed at 11:00am
MS-Dismissed at 11:20am
No PM Childcare
STM MS 8th Grade Graduation
1:00pm
End of Fourth Quarter (46 days)
Mar 2016
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
Apr 2016
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
May 2016
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
This school calendar is composed of 179 teacher duty days: 172 student contact days including parent teacher conferences, 5 in-service days,
1 Staff Retreat day and 1 teacher work day. PLEASE NOTE: If school is closed due to inclement weather or other emergencies, if necessary
make-up day in the semester will either be Nov. 25th or Dec. 21st. Make-up date for second semester will either be March 24th or March 30th.
3/18/15
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St. Elizabeth Seton Elementary School
2101 City Springs Road, Suite 100
Rapid City, SD 57702
Phone: 605-716-5213
Fax: 605-716-5216
We’re on the Web!
www.rccss.net
“Developing Personal and Academic
Excellence in the Catholic Tradition”
The Rapid City
Catholic School
System is still
collecting Family
Thrift receipts. For
every $150,000.00 in
receipts collected
RCCSS will receive
$1,000.00. Receipts
can be dropped off in
the classrooms or the
office. Call the Seton
Office at 716-5213 if
you have any
questions.
PACKING HOPE
Packing Hope is a food packing project that St. Elizabeth
Seton has participated in for several years. The food we
pack is sent to a country in great need. The students,
through sacrifice, raise the money to pay for the food supplies for the packing day, and the cost of shipping the food.
The packing date this year is set for April 22, 2015.
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We are in lunteers.
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Can you help?
Come J
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the Fun
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Please call the office at 716-5213 if you are available to
help in the morning, afternoon or all day long.
Thank you for your generosity and prayers for this
Packing Hope event.
Anytime!
If you have any
uniforms to donate
please bring them to
the SES office.
All donations
support the PTO.
For those that are
unfamiliar with the
uniform swap, it is
like a rummage sale,
only with uniforms.