Mark Your Calendars Now for Important Parent Meetings:

September 3rd - Freshmen and Freshmen Parents Meeting (Parents please bring your daughters)  7:00pm Auditorium

September 10 - Parents of all Scholars  6:00 - Cafeteria

September 10 - BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT - ALL PARENTS  7:00pm Auditorium

Back to School Night will be held on September 10 at 7pm.  Parents will hear some new and exciting news as well as attend classes and meet teachers.  Students who attend Back to School Night must sit with their parents in the assembly.

There is a meeting of all parents whose daughters are taking an AP class(es) at 6:30pm in the cafeteria on September 10

There is a meeting of all parents whose daughters are in the scholars program at 6:00pm in the cafeteria on September 10

Grandparents Day - September 29, 2015
Elizabeth Seton High School is proud to announce the first celebration of Grandparents Day.  We want to invite all of our students' grandparents to spend the day with them, see their school in action, and meet other grandparents.  Grandparents are invited to a full day of activities including a continental breakfast and lunch.  Activities will begin at 8:45 and conclude at 2:30.  However, please note a few other facts about the day:

1. Grandparents may arrive before 8:45 if they wish to come with their granddaughter.
2. Grandparents will be our guests for lunch.
3. Grandparents do not have to spend the entire day with us.  Grandparents can actually arrive whenever they wish and leave as they wish.

Schedule for Grandparents Day
8:45 - Meet and Greet in the Auditorium with continental breakfast
9:30 -12:30 - Attend interactive classes with students and enjoy being in high school again
12:45 - Lunch and tours
2:00 - Performing Arts Presentation to Salute Grandparents
2:30 - Departure (Grandparents may wait for their granddaughters if they wish)


GRANDPARENT DAY REGISTRATION:
Please click here to register for Grandparents' Day
We ask that all grandparents register so that we have adequate food, chairs and classes for you!
Hurray!  We are excited!  We can't wait for you to come!

The Goddard School in Bowie has one or two paid internships available in their early childhood education program.  If any student would like to learn more about this opportunity, please email our guidance counselor, Sylvia Cason at scason@setonhs.org.

The company that manages your lunch account (if you opened one for your daughter), MySchoolAccount, had system maintenance performed over this past weekend.  As a result, money deposited into the accounts over the weekend did not post to the school's server until Tuesday morning.  Under normal circumstances, money deposited before midnight will post the following day.  Anything you added into your account should now be in our system. The company is instituting an announcement banner for system maintenance which you should see in the top portion of the screen after you log into the site.  If you have any questions or concerns, please email Mrs. Werle at pwerle@setonhs.org.

Please click here to view cafeteria menu.

The bookstore it out of stock of the ES white crew uniform sock.  A new shipment is expected to arrive the week of Sept. 14, 2015.  Students who have not purchased the ES white crew uniform sock may wear the burgundy knee sock ONLY until the shipment arrives.  Once the new shipment arrives, ALL students must wear the ES white crew uniform sock as part of the summer uniform.  Plenty of burgundy knee socks are available to buy in the bookstore.   

Please mark your calendars:

Post-Transplant Update on Carly and Opportunity to provide a meal for the family:

Carly Nguyen '16 had a successful bone marrow transplant on Friday, August 28. The school community live streamed a prayer service for her so she was able to join us!  Carly is resting well and is grateful for all the social media messages, cards, prayers, thoughts and meals.  

A thank you to all those of you who have already signed up at takethemameal.com to bring the Nguyen's a meal.  They greatly appreciate this act of kindness since they are caring for Carly around the clock at the hospital. There is still space on the calendar to sign up so please consider helping out and if cooking isn't your thing, gift cards are welcome as well.  You can check out the schedule at www.takethemameal.com and search "Nguyen".  The password is "7422".

Thank you for your love and support for one of the members of our school family.

Best,

Melissa Davey

Caring for Carly - More Opportunities to Help

Many thanks to the many people who have already visited, prayed for, and/or cooked meals for the Nguyen family!  If you are looking for other ways to help, consider joining the Nguyen family and other members of the Seton community on Team Carly as we participate in Children's National 5k Race for Every Child on October 3.  Our team will be raising money specifically for the bone marrow transplant team at Children's National Medical Center.

Please note that this a 5k run/walk, so you don't have to go fast! Here is a link to Team Carly's page:

http://childrensnational.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=6418

On this page you can click on "Join our Team" to register for the race or "Support Us" to donate to the team.  Registration is $35 until September 19, and then goes up to $45. Members of the Seton community and their friends are all welcome!

Carly and her sister Christine have designed special Team Carly shirts for those who want to show support!  These shirts are for anyone, not just those participating in the 5k. All proceeds from this shirt go directly to the Nguyen family. Because they are #SetonStrong shirts, students and staff can wear these shirts on Terrific Tuesdays for the rest of the school year. Sales close September 20 and shirts will be delivered by October 2.

Order shirts here:
https://www.booster.com/caringforcarly

We need chaperone assistance for the Back to School (B2S) Casual Dance on September 19th from 7:30pm to 11:15pm.  Specifically, we need parents who are willing to be outside monitoring the parking lots, and parents who are willing to be inside where the music can be heard (working the check-in table, food and drink tables, and monitoring halls and doors). If you are available and willing, please email Alison Reeves at areeves@setonhs.org with your name, and your daughter's name and SID number by Wednesday, September 16th. You will be getting service hours! Thank you!

Please contact the ESHS PCO at pco.setonhs.org or visit the Parent Organization page located at www.setonhs.org > About Us for more PCO information or please click here.
 

The Seton Bus pick up and drop off times and locations are as follows:

Pick up:
1.  St. John the Evangelist School--6:10 a.m.
2.  Dunkin Donuts--Allentown Road:  6:20
3.  Marlo Plaza--6:40
4.  Eastern Market--7:05
5.  DeMatha & then Seton

Drop off:
1.  Seton (departure at approximately 3:30 during fall sport season)
2.  Eastern Market-4
3.  Spaulding Library (Not Marlo shopping center) 4:15
4.  Dunkin Donuts-4:30
5.  Clinton Library (Not St. John's School) 4:45.

    

Please click here for details of transportation for next year. 

Families are now able to register for Seton and DeMatha bus routes. Please visit www.setonhs.org/transportation for all details regarding bus stops and payment.

After school supervision is until 6:00 only.  Students who remain past 6:00 are charged for lateness.  Students will be in the cafeteria after 5:00.  Please pick them up at the flag pole entrance.
 

The upcoming dance team auditions will be held Aug 31- Sept 3rd.  It is a week long process running from 3pm-5pm.  Monday-Wednesday will be in the auditorium and Thursday it will be held  the gym.  Ladies who plan on attending, please bring jazz or ballet shoes, attire you are comfortable moving in and a bottle of water.   The first day is conditioning, the others will be a blend of choreography and conditioning, and the final day there will be a panel to watch you perform the work learned throughout the week.  Looking forward to seeing you there!  If you have any questions, email the dance team coach Ms. Mackenzie at mrawls@setonhs.org.

The Seton Field Hockey program is holding a fundraiser at the Texas Roadhouse in Bowie on September 9th from 4pm-9pm. 10% of every check will be donated if you present this flyer either electronically or a hard copy. Please come and support Seton Athletics!

Washington Redskins Season Tickets
For the past several years, the Seton Music Boosters organization has owned two Redskins season tickets and have made them available for purchase. We will be offering this exciting opportunity once again this year to see and cheer on the home team, or watch your other favorite NFC and AFC teams in live action! The two season tickets are in Section 102/Row 7/Seats 15 and 16 and include green parking passes.

We are asking for $3,000 for the tickets,which will provide access to the following nine games:

Sept 3:  vs Jacksonville Jaguars
Sept. 13:  vs Miami Dolphins
Sept. 20: vs St. Louis Rams
Oct. 4: vs Philadelphia Eagles
Oct. 25: vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Nov. 15: vs New Orleans Saints
Nov. 29: vs New York Giants
Dec. 7: vs Dallas Cowboys
Dec. 20: vs Buffalo Bills

Anyone interested in purchasing the season tickets should contact Mrs. Burke at lburke@setonhs.org.

Uniform Blazers will arrive in early October and will be distributed to students for  the winter uniform schedule.

We are expecting the library to be finished on Sept. 4.  We know that you will truly love it when you see it.  The field is finished and looks stunning.  We are waiting for the track to be completed and to dry before walking on it.  Hope to see it completed in mid-September.

Families in need of financial assistance may apply for Seton's Work Study Program. Participants are assigned on-campus jobs before or after school.  In exchange for their services, students earn credit toward tuition.

Their are a few openings available for incoming freshmen.  If you are interested, please click here and complete the application.

If your daughter wishes to try out for a Seton sports team next year, she must have a current physical (performed after June 1, 2015) on file in the clinic before tryouts. Forms can be found on our website (setonhs.org) under the tabs for admissions and athletics or click here.

If you wish to receive text alerts from Seton then please text SETONHS to 84576. You will receive a confirmation text, please complete the requested details.

If you wish to refer to past issues of Parent and Student Announce please click here.