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Titan Times
www.saseasschool.org December 7, 2016
Volume 11, Issue 14
SASEAS families,
I’m pleased to share that our annual Adopt-A-Family service activity at both campuses was a huge success. We raised over
$5,000 to support local families right here in our community. Christmas will be a little brighter for approximately 10 families
and 30 children. Thank you to our fifth grade classes for their awesome magnet/button sale, to our St. Andrew campus students
for the bake sale goodies, to our 8th grade families for some amazing cakes (check them out on our Facebook page!), and to all
of our families for supporting the effort financially. God bless your generosity!
This Thursday, we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception as we honor Mary’s conception and life free from the
stain of original sin. The Blessed Virgin Mary’s Immaculate Conception is the concrete expression of God's love for Mary, who
gave herself fully, completely, and without hesitation to His service. We will celebrate this Holy Day of Obligation on
Thursday with a 9:00 a.m. Mass at the Seton campus and 11:30 a.m. Mass at St. Andrew. Come worship with us! Students will
also be participating in special classroom and grade-level activities, including praying the Rosary, throughout the day. Check
out this short YouTube video here from Dr. Edward Sri and Ascension Press to learn more.
Please note that this Friday, December 9, is the monthly early dismissal day so our faculty and staff can participate in our
ongoing School of Faith spiritual development. It is also the St. Andrew campus outing at Scene 75 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Next Wednesday, December 14, is Father Cordier’s 60th birthday. Be sure to wish him a happy birthday!
It is never too early to start spreading the word and personally inviting friends and neighbors to our annual Open House which
kicks off Catholic Schools Week. Save the date for Sunday, January 29!
Thank you to the many volunteers who have been working so hard this year in the Seton campus cafeteria to assist our teachers
and Milford Nutrition Services. I’ve been so impressed with your dedication!
Our basketball teams are getting into the full swing of their seasons now with practices, tournaments, and games. Thank you to
all Boosters, coaches and parents who dedicate so much time to provide meaningful athletic opportunities for our teams.
League schedules are posted at www.gccys.org. Good luck and go Titans! Play Hard, Play Smart, Play Together!
Thank you for ALL you do to support our school! It’s a great time to be a Titan!
In Christ,
Mark Wilburn
Principal
St. Andrew Campus, 555 Main Street, Milford, OH 45150 Seton Campus, 5900 Buckwheat Road, Milford, OH 45150 513-831-5277 • Fax 513-831-8436 513-575-0093 • Fax 513-575-1078 Mark Wilburn, Principal • Nick Grieco, Asst. Principal Mark Wilburn, Principal Drop Off: 7:15 – 7:38 a.m. • Pick Up: 2:40 p.m. Drop Off: 8:10 – 8:25 a.m. • Pick Up: 3:20 p.m. Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Regular Lunch: $3.00 • Milk: $.50 • Super Lunch: $3.50 Lunch: $3.00 • Milk: $.50
Parish Pastors: Father Michael Cordier, Father Chris Geiger
Deadline for submitting articles to the Titan Times is Friday @ 9:00 a.m. Email to [email protected]. Articles published upon approval.
Be it known to all who enter here that Christ is the reason for this school. He is the unseen
but ever present teacher in its classes. He is the model of its faculty and the inspiration of its students.
UPCOMING EVENTS
*Events Need Volunteers – See our SignUp Genius link here
12/8 Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception
Holy Day of Obligation, Mass, Seton 9:00 a.m.
Mass, St. Andrew, 11:30 a.m.
12/9 Early Dismissal, St. Andrew Campus, 12:45 p.m.
Seton Campus, 1:00 p.m.
School of Faith for Teachers, 1:15 to 4:15 p.m.
St. Andrew Parish Winterfest Raffle Drawing
Scene 75, St. Andrew Campus students 1:00-3:00 p.m.
12/13 Grade 4 Play, Seton Campus 2:30 and 7:00 p.m.
SAC meeting, Seton, 6:00 p.m.
Pickles and Bones PTO Fundraiser (food truck)
12/14 Character Awards, St. Andrew, 8:40 a.m.
Mass, 9:00 a.m., both campuses
12/15 Lessons and Carols, 6:30 p.m., St. Andrew Church
Gr. 4 field trip - “Nutcracker”
12/16 Spirit Day, both campuses
Gr. 5 field trip – Cincinnati Art Museum
Gr. 2 One World, Many Cultures Program
12/20 Gr. 4 Caroling – Pinebrook Retirement Living
Parish Penance Service, Seton Church, 7:00 p.m.
12/21 Mass, 9:00 a.m., both campuses
*Christmas Parties, St. Andrew, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
*Christmas Parties, Seton, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Gr. 8 Christmas Carol – Playhouse, 6:00 p.m.
12/22 – 01/02 Christmas Break
01/03 Classes resume
01/04 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Feast Day
Mass, 9:00 a.m. Mass, both campuses
Adoration, St. Andrew, 12:00 – 9:00 p.m.
01/05 Grade 2 First Reconciliation Craft – Seton cafe
01/06 Dare Graduation – Seton, 9:00 a.m.
01/07 Gr. 2 First Reconciliation Retreat for
St. Andrew Parishioners, St. Andrew 9:00-12:00
01/09 Registration begins for 2017-2018 school year
PTO Mtg, Seton, 7:00 p.m.
1/10 Spelling Bee – St. Andrew, 1:15 p.m.
SAC Meeting – 7:00 p.m., Seton
1/11 Character Awards, St. Andrew Campus 8:40 a.m.
Mass 9:00 a.m., both campuses Seton Parishioners Reconciliation meeting, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
1/12 Spelling Bee, Seton Campus 1:15 p.m.
Marco’s Pizza Fundraiser
First Reconciliation Service-St. Andrew Parishioners, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
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“The holy Rosary is powerful. Use it with confidence
and you’ll be amazed at the results.”
-St. Josemaria Escriva
Please come together to pray the Rosary for our school, staff
and students in the SEAS chapel at 8:35 a.m. on Wednesdays
before each school Mass. The Rosary will be led by the
Strouble family and Rosary supplies will be available.
Children are welcome!
Pray the Rosary with Mrs. Voto
at SEAS Church!
Every Friday, 3:30 – 3:50 p.m.
All students, parents, and friends
are welcome!
Students will be dismissed from
the SEAS church by Mrs. Voto.
Academically Excellent
Second graders have been reading various non-fiction
stories and learning about non-fiction text features.
Students then read a non-fiction book and completed a
book report identifying some non-fiction text features
along with facts they learned from their reading.
Passionately Catholic
The first graders have been visited by the Kindness Elf,
who has been teaching them ways to be kind. They have
been doing many acts of kindness to share God's love
with those around us. They have donated a new
playground cart for the playground equipment, used
their manners, given compliments, passed out candy
canes to the whole school, said nice things to people,
made cards, helped others, were friends to people that
needed a friend, and many more kind things. They will
continue to do kind acts throughout the Advent Season
because making others happy is a wonderful reward!
The first graders have been learning about living like
Jesus taught, and sharing God's love with others
especially during the Advent Season.
SMILE News....
SMILE Game Night at Sem Villa
SMILE is hosting a Game Night at SEM Villa Thursday,
December 15 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. All 7th-12th grade teens
are welcome. Come play UNO, work on a puzzle or do a
craft with the residents at Sem. Please email Catherine
([email protected]) if you plan to attend.
Parents’ Morning Out Need a few hours to do some Christmas shopping? Our
SMILE high school teens are here to help! We are offering
babysitting on Saturday, December 10 from 9:00 a.m. -
noon in the Seton cafeteria. We'll have games, crafts, books,
etc. Suggested donation is $15 for one child, $25 for 2
children and $30 for 3 or more children. Please RSVP to
Catherine (831-8318) by December 7 so we can adequately
prepare.
PTO Social Committee upcoming events!
Adult Game Night, Mother/Son Event and Father/Daughter
Dance, TITAN Madness, Parents Night Out and more!! Stay
tuned for more details!
Moeller Rugby Presents . . .
Breakfast with Santa
Saturday, December 10
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. @ Moeller
$6.00 per child, $6.00 per parent;
children under 2 free
Buy tickets in advance @ www.Moeller.org
(under upcoming events)
Don’t miss this fun family event!
Hello, School Community!
PTO has been very excited about the increased attendance at
our PTO meetings this school year. We love having more
families involved and sharing ideas! If you ever miss a
meeting but want to know what was discussed, meeting
minutes can be accessed via our school website.
At our November meeting, we covered business for
November and December. Many great ideas were shared.
There is no official PTO meeting or business addressed in
December. Please join us at our January meeting to discuss
upcoming events.
The main focus of January will be Catholic Schools week
and our school Open House- lots of ideas and volunteers will
be needed!
If you haven’t had a chance to check out Sign-Up Genius,
now would be a good time to check out upcoming events
such as Catholic Schools Week, Open House, and Social
Committee.
All meetings are held at Seton at 7:00 p.m. on the following
dates: January 9, February 6, March 6, April 3, and May 1.
Feel free to contact board members at ANY time with ideas,
questions or concerns.
THANK YOU!!!
SASEAS PTO
Production time is 6 weeks.
Socks will be available
Mid-December.
Young Rembrandts Winter Session
Inspire your child's love of art with Young
Rembrandts. We teach drawing, the fundamental skill
of all visual arts. Our unique, proven method and step-
by-step curriculum ensures both academic and artistic
success for every child. Our engaging subject matter
will show your child that drawing can be fun and
interesting! During our once-a-week classes, we teach
skills that will help your child grow, develop and
excel. All supplies included. Class space is limited.
Don’t miss out, enroll today!
Please see the Frequent Flyer section
for more information.
ENROLLMENT DEADLINE: 1/11/17
News from the Nurse…… The 7th grade students will have vision and scoliosis
screening during their PE class on Friday, December
16th.
If you do not want your child screened for scoliosis or
has been diagnosed with scoliosis, please send in a
signed note requesting that they not be screened.
A BIG Thank you ... We Made a Difference!
In April 2016, the SASEAS School community combined efforts to collect plastic caps/lids. We kicked-off our Earth
Week/Arbor Day 2016 mini-celebration by offering to support the "ABC Promise Partnership" (learn more
at http://greentreeplastics.com/abc-promise-partnership/) initiated by The Thomas A. Wildey School in Batavia,
Ohio. The students at the Wildey School were collecting and sorting plastic lids/caps - "ABC" stands for "A Bench
for Caps" - to be recycled and used to manufacture their own bench (or two!)
Well, this Fall, they did it... with our help! Thank you to all of you SASEAS students and families that contributed
almost 8% of the total pounds of plastic lids/caps needed to manufacture the two new benches for The Thomas A.
Wildey School.
Below is a note from the project leader, Maria, and her students at The Thomas A. Wildey School.
THANK YOU!
We did it! Look at the great benches we got from all of the recycled plastic lids! The lids weighed in at 1111 lbs. and
we only needed 800 lbs. to exchange for two beautiful rainbow benches.
Thanks for your contribution!
Ms. Maria’s class
HOPE (Holy Land Outreach Promoting Education)
Twinning/Pilgrimage—November 16-27, 2016
Latin Patriarchate School, Beit Jala, West Bank, Palestine
On Saturday afternoon I joined my partner
teacher, Mirna, in her home. Her husband
made delicious Arabic coffee! On Sunday the
partner teachers and principal, Suahil Diabes,
met to discuss strategies to teach writing and
firmed up our plans for Monday.
On Monday I spent the day co-
teaching 6th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade English.
Their English program is rigorous and impres-
sive. I enjoyed a recess break with the stu-
dents, whose school day is 7:30-1:00; they don’t
have lunch at school. They have a lot of home-
work. I met 5 seminarians in the 11th grade
class, pictured to the left. Future priests!
Teachers met on Sunday to share ideas and strategies.
A selfie with the 6th graders!
11th Graders
Miss Rula teaches progressive tense.
Beit Jala is near
Bethlehem.
Thanksgiving Day at LPS St. Joseph School, Nablus
We visited the students and staff at St. Joseph School in Nablus,
West Bank, Palestine. Mrs. Bohlen shared the videos, cards and
Milford City gifts with the students who made the video which was
the inspiration for our Slice of Life in Milford project. We had
quick visits in the classrooms, where we were greeted with “Happy
Thanksgiving!” wishes. Our hosts treated us to a Middle Eastern
feast—delicious! We ended our meal and fellowship with coffee
and dessert. It truly was a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Some pilgrimage time for spiritual growth.
A visit with Bishop Shomali to discuss HOPE and the bishop bestowing the Shell Award for Knight of the Holy Sepulchre pilgrim
Greg Male were unique to our HOPE pilgrimage. Celebrating mass each day with Fr. Chis as our shepherd was a highlight. Walk-
ing in the footsteps of Jesus with other teacher-ministers is a journey that has transformed my soul. I prayed for you all. I am
grateful to Mr. Wilburn for allowing me time to experience this grace-filled twinning pilgrimage! I look forward to the SASEAS
community welcoming teachers from the LPS in October, 2017!
