Mark Your Calendars Now for Important Parent Meetings:

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

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

• Parents should park in our lower lots, at Port Towns or Rogers Heights Elementary Schools or at the Bladensburg Community Center. (Follow the directions of the volunteer traffic patrols.) Please plan to arrive in time to be present for the general meeting in the auditorium which will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m.
• Those parking at the elementary schools will walk across 58^th Avenue and into our back entrance.
• Those parking at the Bladensburg Community Center will be shuttled to Seton starting at 6:00 p.m.

• Once in the building, pick up your daughter's schedule and report to the auditorium.
• Parents will follow their daughter's schedule during the evening. There will be 7 minute passing times and 7 minute classes. Wear comfortable shoes since there will be walking up and down stairs and between buildings.
• At dismissal one of our buses will transport guests back to the Bladensburg Community Center.

Please click here for map.

Please click here to view cafeteria menu.

We hope to see our grandparents on Sept. 29 for Grandparents Day. Grandparents MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE!  Thank you.  (See repeated information for more information)

Elizabeth Seton High School can select 5 students to go to the White House Lawn on Wednesday, September 23 to see Pope Francis.  Students will be traveling by Metro.
Departure time from Seton will be approximately 5:00am.  Any student who would like to be considered for this opportunity can go to the Main Office and give her name to Mrs. Blorstad or Ms. Woodard.  The selection will be made on Sept. 16 at 3:00.  All names must be received before that time

The following colleges will be visiting Elizabeth Seton during lunches:

Lycoming College  - September 10th
Swarthmore College - September 11th
Mount Saint Mary's University - September 14
The Catholic University - September 14
Gettysburg College - September 15

Volunteers are needed to help with traffic control Thursday, September 10 for Back To School Night--5:30-7:30.  Due to lack of parking, we definitely need help directing parents to off-sight parking locations.  Please contact Mrs. Burke at lburke@setonhs.org to volunteer.

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!

The PCO will be hosting our 2nd annual Mother/Daughter Tea on November 21, 2015!  We currently need 10 parent volunteers to serve on the Tea committee to assist with the planning and coordination of this wonderful event.  Please click on the link to sign up to serve on the committee http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AA5AC2CABFC1-motherdaughter.

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.

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 Field Hockey program is holding a fundraiser TONIGHT at the Texas Roadhouse in Bowie, 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!

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 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.

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

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.

Please mark your calendars:

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 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.   

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

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.