St. Stephen Catholic School
May 11, 2023
Important updates in this week's Tidbits
Step Up Scholarship Renewal Information
Talent Show Information
Cereal Drive
Spring Concert Information
Vacation Summer Bible Study Signup
Robotics Summer Camp
Summer Sports Camps
Theatre Summer Camp
Nature's Classroom Summer Camp
Principal's Points
Good Afternoon St. Stephen Families,
Last night at the Sports Dinner recognizing our 5th through 8th-grade student-athletes, I was happy to see all the St. Stephen alumni who came out to celebrate with their siblings. It's always great to see them and hear about their achievements in high school. Congratulations to two alumni in particular for awards recently received for their hard work and efforts at Jesuit High School. I would also like to extend my congratulations to Tampa Catholic High senior Maria Teresa Castillo Salom who will be attending the US Naval Academy in the fall. She was also accepted into West Point, the Citadel, Notre Dame, and UF. We are so proud of all our students who leave here and go on to do great things in high school.
As a reminder, animals are not permitted on the school and church property. I understand that you may have your dog with you in your car during drop-off and pick-up, but please do not walk your dog on the property. They must remain in the car.
This weekend is the last Holy Card weekend. Please remember to have your child wear their uniform to Mass, receive a holy card, and then they may have free dress on Monday. Students who bring and show me all nine Holy Cards received this year on Monday morning (and they must be the ones from this year) will receive a surprise. They must come to me by 9:00 am Monday, May 15 to receive it.
Finally, the students were very excited yesterday to meet Bishop Parkes as he toured our school. We were grateful that he took the time out of his schedule to talk with some of our students and see all the great things they are doing at school.
Thank you and have a wonderful rest of the week.
Peace,
Linda Umoh
Congratulations to Jesuit Freshman and St. Stephen alumni John Sumagang for receiving a gold medal for his outstanding performance on the National Latin Exam!
Congratulations to Jesuit Freshman and St. Stephen alumni Ramsey Wysong for receiving the St. Peter Claver Award for service!
Upcoming Events
May 8 - 11 Spring Mustang Writes
May 10 - 11 Math Final Exam Grade 8
May 13 - 14 Holy Card Uniform Weekend
May 14 Mother's Day
May 15 Holy Card Free Dress Day
May 15 - 16 8th Grade Trip to St. Augustine
May 18 Graduation Brunch
May 19 Last Day of School for PreK/Noon Dismissal
May 19 8th Grade Graduation @ 6:30pm
May 22 - 23 Math Final Exam - Gr. 6 & 7
May 26 End of Year Celebration
May 26 Last Day of School/12pm (Noon) Dismissal - NO AFTERNOON EXTENDED DAY CARE
Step Up Scholarship Parents
An email was sent to you from Step Up to RENEW your students scholarship. Below is the example of the start of the email. Please Renew ASAP.
SSCS 2023 Talent Show
The SSCS Talent Show will be held in the FLC on Thursday, May 25th AT 1:00 PM. Auditions for the talent show will be held on Thursday, May 4th after school in Mrs. Stanley's classroom until 4:30 pm. If you would like to audition, please fill out the Google Form and submit it to Mrs. Stanley by Tuesday, May 2nd. Pick up after auditions will be at the Angel's Wing gate at 4:30. Please bring any props or music you need to the audition or email your music to Mrs. Stanley at hstanley@sscsfl.org. I will need a digital copy of your music for you to perform. Thank you and I look forward to a successful talent show! Please email me if you have any questions.
Click HERE for the Application Link.
Click HERE for the Application Link.
Cereal Drive
Middle School will be hosting a "Cereal Drive" from May 2 - May 12. All cereal donated will go to Feeding Tampa Bay. Donated cereal should be one of the healthy cereals such as Cheerios, Rice Chex, Mini Wheats, or Wheaties. After May 12 at a date to be determined, HR teachers will line up all the donated cereal boxes in the hall outside their classroom and create a domino line. The domino line will start in the Angel's Wing, go down the stairs, through the breezeway, and down the main building hallway all the way to the front office. Students will receive a lottery ticket for each box of cereal donated. The winner of the lottery will be the one to push the first box of cereal and start the "Cereal Dominoes." Students will receive one lottery ticket for EACH box of cereal they donate. So if they donate 5 boxes of cereal, they will receive 5 lottery tickets. Additionally, the homeroom class with the most cereal donated will win an ice cream party!
SPRING CONCERT INFORMATION
Date: Friday, May 12th, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm. Please have Students ARRIVE no later than 6:00 pm.
Time: 6:30 pm. Please have Students ARRIVE no later than 6:00 pm.
Where: FLC
Dress Code (students) : All black, black & white or all white. Students are allowed to accessorize their outfits with other colors.
Example, for boys can be a tie, pocket square, vest… etc. Girls can wear floral print dresses or blouses as long as the canvas are black or white.
Grades that will be performing: 4th - 8th
Concert theme: Music selections from broadway musical “the sound of music” among others.
*Special performance lead by the St. Stephen’s Catholic School vocal ensemble (select students from 5th - 8th )
Father Anthony Does It Again!
Father Anthony again shows his talents as a chef as he serves dinner to several of our school families. Angels Among Us thanks Father for his generosity and appreciates the families that so kindly were the highest bid.
Registration Now Open!
St. Stephen Catholic Church
Vacation Bible School -
Date: June 12-16, 2023
Vacation Bible School -
Date: June 12-16, 2023
Time: 9:30 – 12:30 pm
·Location: Family Life Center
Graduating High School Seniors - College Scholarship
Mustang Sports
MUSTANG SPORTS: The sports banquet was last night in the FLC. It was a great evening celebrating the St. Stephen student-athletes and coaches for the 2022-23 school year. Thank you to all of the student-athletes and coaches for their hard work and commitment this sports year. GO MUSTANGS!
Please see the info about the St. Stephen summer sports camps here at St. Stephen in July. We have basketball camp, volleyball camp, and two weeks of soccer camp.
A link to register is with the information.
Go Mustangs!
Please see the info about the St. Stephen summer sports camps here at St. Stephen in July. We have basketball camp, volleyball camp, and two weeks of soccer camp.
A link to register is with the information.
Go Mustangs!
Coach Green
Summer Camp
Nature's Classroom Institute.
Summer is right around the corner, and Nature's Classroom is excited to announce that they are officially launching an NCI Summer Camp for ages 10-14.
Campers will splash, explore, and learn through hands-on experiences for a full week, June 12th- June 16th, 2023, at their Brooksville site. Details, prices, etc., can be found at: https://www.discovernci.org/florida-summer-camp
For questions, reach out to:
Britta Wood
Education Director-Florida
Nature’s Classroom Institute
682.804.2483
PTCO Now Offers Scrip
Help PTCO earn cash back from gift card purchases.
A simple and easy way to purchase gift cards!
How does it work?
Use the Raise Right App to buy an electronic or physical gift card for hundreds of stores! The school receives a percentage of the gift card purchase! Click here for more information about the program.
Many of your favorite stores and restaurants are included – Target, Walmart, Publix, Outback, Panera, and more!
Going shopping? Buy an electronic gift card for the approximate amount and use it at the check-out line! Click here for more information about ecards.
To get started today, review the RaiseRight Enrollment using the link here and if you have questions, please contact ngallagher@sscsf.org
Thank you for your continued support of SSCS! We hope you find this to be an easy way to make a difference for our school.
Please watch the video here to see how easy it is to purchase scrip from Raise Right.
Easy way to support the PTCO and get your Holiday Gift Cards.
Alumni Updates
Attention: Current School families who have children that are SSCS Alumni
Please help us follow the success of our former students. Kindly share with us updates on how your SSCS graduate is doing in school, in their profession or in pursuing their dreams. We want to be able to congratulate our alumni when they achieve amazing
things and wish them well when they venture into something new and exciting.
A few lines providing name, year graduated from SSCS and update should be sent to ngallagher@sscsfl.org
Please join us for Bingo Nights!
COVID 19 Decision Tree
Safe Environment Training and Fingerprints
Everyone needs updated safe environment training and fingerprints in order to volunteer in the school or to chaperone a field trip. Safe environment and fingerprints are good for 5 years. Attached here are the instructions on how to get your safe environment certificate and to have your fingerprints done. If you have any questions please contact Karen Biase at kbiase@sscsfl.org or call the front office at ext. 1100. Click the link for information here regarding fingerprints. Click for the live link here. For the safe environment click here for the live link .
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Mission Statement
St. Stephen Catholic School is devoted to inspiring students to achieve their full academic potential while demonstrating a desire to continue Jesus' mission by applying Catholic morals, beliefs, values, and practices in their everyday lives. We are committed to motivating students to sustain a lifelong love of learning.