National Catholic Schools Week at SEES
Date Posted: Friday, 26th January 2018

PrintSunday, January 28, 2018 marks the beginning of National Catholic Schools Week.  National Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. This year it begins January 28 and runs through February 3.  The theme for National Catholic Schools Week 2018 is “Catholic Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.” SEES will observe the annual celebration week with Masses, an Open House, and other activities for students, families, parishioners and community members. Through these events, we will focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to our church, our communities and our nation.  Below is a list of events for each day.

Sunday, January 28 — CELEBRATING OUR PARISH

  • Wear your uniform to Mass and earn a Tag Day Pass!
  • Campus Open House 12pm-2pm. Parishioners, current families, and prospective families are welcome! Current students earn a 2nd Tag Day Pass for attending the Open House.

Monday, January 29 — CELEBRATING OUR COMMUNITY

  • Rainbows for Haiti $1.00 Tag Day. Dress in the color assigned to your grade level! Proceeds will help build a school cafeteria in Holy Family Catholic School in Haiti.
      x    
      Grade   Color
      Pre-K   Pink
      Kindergarten   Red
      First   Orange
      Second   Yellow
      Third   Teal
      Fourth   Green
      Fifth   Blue
      Sixth   Purple
      Seventh   White
      Eighth   Navy

Tuesday, January 30 — CELEBRATING OUR VOCATIONS

  • Wacky Sock Day (with uniform)
  • Letters and Care Packages to Our Seminarians. Please bring a bag of candy or other snack item to send with cards in care packages to Seminarians.
  • Community Mass at 9am. We will celebrate the retirement of SEES bus driver Helen Matthews and her 47 years of service to our school. Students asked to bring a jar of peanut butter to Mass to benefit FeedMore.

Wednesday, January 31 — CELEBRATING OUR NATION

  • Red, White & Blue $1.oo Tag Day to benefit Operation Healing Forces
  • Student Letters to “A Million Thanks” Campaign

Thursday, February 1 — CELEBRATING FACULTY & STAFF

  • Pajama Tag Day (no slippers please)
  • “Thank You Thursday” for Our Faculty and Staff
  • Family Dinner Night. Please join us at Blaze Pizza from 5pm to 8pm for a fun community event! Be sure to bring your flyer with you!

Friday, February 2 — CELEBRATING OUR STUDENTS

  • Spirit Wear Tag Day. Please bring in a new school supply of your choosing to benefit Church Hill Activities & Tutoring (CHAT)
  • Donuts with Epiphany
  • SEES Talent Show 1-2:30pm

Saturday, February 3 — CELEBRATING FAMILIES

  • Sweet Frog Fundraiser. Stop by Sweet Frog at 11415 Midlothian Tpk. #8, Richmond VA between 12pm and 4pm and earn a TAG DAY PASS! A portion of the proceeds from sales is donated to SEES.

Visit the SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR in the SEES Media Center January 28-February 2

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Tag Days, Books, and Pizza … three of our favorite things!
Date Posted: Friday, 26th January 2018

The Scholastic Book Fair has arrived at SEES, and we want to see you there!
Grab books for your children of all ages to cuddle up with for the last weeks of winter! And if new books weren’t enough, we are giving your students an opportunity to earn an extra tag day pass or two …

Sunday, January 28, the book fair will be open from 12pm until 2pm. After you wear your uniform to Mass, collect your Tag Day Pass and be sure to come on over to our school Open House where you can earn a second Tag Day pass and a THIRD TAG DAY PASS for making a purchase at our book fair!

Can’t get enough of these wonderful books AND tag day passes?! Stop by our book fair before you head to Blaze Pizza for Family Dinner Night on Thursday, February 1! The book fair will be open until 6pm that evening and you can earn another TAG DAY PASS for your student(s)!

Each and every other day, our hours will be 8am until 5pm. Your students will have an opportunity to visit the book fair during their Media Center time and they are welcome to come in and shop before or after school.

As always, thank you for supporting the book fair! This is our biggest fundraiser for our wonderful library and we are so grateful for all of our families that help make our Media Center a fantastic resource for our students!