Dear Parents, Students, Staff, and Guardians:
           It gives me great pleasure to wish all of you a happy and joyful Thanksgiving Holiday. Individually, you give so much that is from your heart and together, you make Seton a very wonderful place for our young women and for our staff.  Please know that you will be remembered in our prayers with deep gratitude.  If you are traveling, we pray that you will be safe.
           I also want to specifically thank you for all you did for the poor this Thanksgiving. The Hunger Games was a tremendous outpouring (over 2600 items) of love, of generosity, of compassion.  Thank you for being a community that is dedicated to bringing Christ's love to others.
           Warmly,
Sister Ellen Marie

The time to apply for tuition assistance for next school year is now.
Please note our policy:

1.  All parents must apply to the Archdiocese of Washington for financial aid before they are considered by Elizabeth Seton High School.

2.  Parents must print out a copy of their archdiocesan TADS form before you click submit and send it to Sister Dorothy in the mail or with your daughter to her office.  We do not accept email copies.  

       THE DEADLINE FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE IS DECEMBER 6 !
 
Please click here for the online form.

If you need a paper copy, please send your daughter to Sister Dorothy's office.

Elizabeth Seton High School is pleased to be presenting PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, a Christmas musical featuring our students, our alumnae, and members of the ensemble, Broadway at Harewood.  Please click here to read the flier and please click here to purchase tickets.  It is going to be a great show!

We are in need of volunteers who can earn service hours by working the Christmas show on December 7.  We are in need of your help from 4:00pm to 9:00pm.  Parents can also work for part of those hours.  Please email Sister Ellen Marie if you are able to work all or part of those hours, ehagar@setonhs.org.

We invite parents to donate baked goods for our Christmas Show on December 7.
For each item you donate, parents can earn one hour toward their service hours.
Here's the scoop:
What may be brought in: homemade brownies or cookies (please no store-bought) Pies or cakes (homemade or store-bought)
When can you bring them: Items can only be brought in Friday morning, Dec. 6 between 6:30 and 8:30am  (items will not be accepted on Thursday or after school Friday.)

Elizabeth Seton High School's 2013 Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive
The Vincentian Service Club organized, worked and named the Thanksgiving Drive this year.
The popular book and movie HUNGER GAMES was used at theme with adaptations, such as givng charachers vegetable names.
Districts 12, 11, 10, 9 and the Capitol (staff) competed by donating non-perishable foods for both St. Bernard's and Sr. Mark's St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantries.  The goal of 2500 food items was set AND surpassed-2653!
Expiration dates on the donations were checked and bagged daily from Friday, November 15 through 22nd.
Delivery took place on Friday, November 22nd so that the Food Pantries would have appropriate time to fill the Thanksgiving bags for those in need.
Both the Capitol (staff) and District 12 (Seniors) won the Games!
Congratulations to all who contributed-students, families and staff.

       

Do you love art or are you interested in what is unique?
You are cordially invited to a very wonderful art show where work that has been done by a former parent of ours is being displayed.  The story behind is art is almost unbelievable.  This is a must go show for all who love art and personal creativity.  Please click here for more information

We have been given four tickets to each home game of the women's basketball team of the University of Maryland.  If you are interested in these tickets, please contact the main office.  We will be raffling them off every Tuesday in December.  A raffle ticket costs $2.00.
On Dec. 3rd, we will raffle off tickets for Dec. 9th.
On Dec. 10th, we will raffle off tickets for Dec. l4.
On Dec. 17th, we will raffle off tickets for Dec. 28 and 29.

Senior Parents - Mrs. Rundell will be on maternity leave after Thanksgiving Break and will return on March 3.  Please direct any questions or concerns to Ms. Cooke, Director of Guidance, in Mrs. Rundell's absence.  Her email is vcooke@setonhs.org.  Please click here to see the attached letter for more details.  Happy Holidays!

A reminder to all parents who have daughters going on the French trip to Montreal in June, to please have passport information ready by December 31.
Thank you, please contact Natalie St. Louis (nstlouis@setonhs.org) if you have any questions.

The LEAD program has started its own facebook page.  Please like us at Elizabeth Seton High School LEAD.

Parents are needed to supervise after care here at Seton on Wednesday and Friday of exam week.

Wednesday, December 18:  10:15--1:15 and 1:15-4:15

Friday, December 20:  Noon-4 p.m.

Parents who can volunteer to help during one of these times should contact Mrs. Burke at lburke@setonhs.org.     

During exam week there will be no supervision after 4 p.m.
Parents are asked to make arrangements for students to be picked up in a timely manner December 16--20. Exams conclude at 12:45 each day.
Friday, December 20, dismissal is at noon.

The Parent Organization is seeking parents to serve as committee members for the first annual Mother/Daughter event.  The Mother/Daughter event is scheduled to be held, Saturday, February 15. Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/SetonMotherDaughter. 

The Parent Organization is seeking parents to help with setup, clean up and help during the Father/Daughter dance that will be on March 1, 2014.  Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/SetonFatherDaughterDance

The 2nd Annual Seton Casino Royale is scheduled for May 3, 2014.  The Parent Organization is seeking a chair and committee members to help plan and organize this great evening of fun!  Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/SetonCasinoRoyale

Volunteers Needed - Service Hours Available

Crew boosters is looking for volunteers to work the University of Maryland Football Concession Stand # 1 this season. Seton parents earn 8 service hours and non-Seton students over the age of 14 can earn the same. If interested fill out the attached form and select a game.

Please click here to complete form.

Our website will now feature a new tab under ABOUT US. This is the president's blog.  Please take time to read this and share it with your friends, family, and co-workers.

Seton will be offering a CPR/AED class for students on Friday January 24th at 1:45. (This is a 1:30 dismissal day.) The cost is $30 per person (cash only) and the class will last about 2 hours. We will focus on correct CPR techniques, use of an external automatic defibrillator, and choking. Your daughter will come away with CPR/AED certification and valuable skills that, someday, could save a life.
Please e-mail our school nurse, Jeanne Daly, at jdaly@setonhs.org to register or get more information. The class will be limited to the first 30 students who register and pay.

Please click here to view the Lunch Menu for December.

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