We've made it through the first days of school.  As I'm sure you can tell from our carline, the school is full and that is great news.  Last year our enrollment was 295 and this year we started school with 312.  As happens every year (and now with more students and families) carline is slower than it was in May.  Next week we should have Safety Patrol students helping and students will be more familiar with the process to help speed things along.  The same should also be true for surrounding schools, which also impact our carline, as they work through their first week challenges.  Please remember in the morning, if your car is anywhere along the sidewalk from the front office to the Angel's Wing, your child should exit the car. If your child is young and needs help with the door, we will get to them as quickly as possible but older students do not need to wait. 

Thank you to those parents who joined us at Mass today in celebration of the Assumption of Mary.  A few students brought in envelopes from their box of church envelopes.  They do not need to bring those on school Mass days.  Those are meant for the children to bring to Mass on the weekend.  

Be sure to mark your calendars for August 22 at 5:45 pm for our Back-to-School Night. We had to make a change in speakers.  In reviewing the program, we decided we wanted something that would connect better with our faith.  Therefore, students in grades 2-8 will participate in an assembly with a local organization called More to Life.  The program we chose discusses Bullying and Conflict Resolution, and for older students it will also include Cyber Bullying.  You can view sample presentations on their website.  We have also asked them to connect their discussions to our faith. This is a program that other school in the Diocese have used and have been happy with the presentations.  For parents, our speaker on August 22 will be our School Counselor, Mrs. Kate Neal.  She will be speaking on student interactions, conflict resolution, empowering students to develop their own voice, and how parents and the school can work together to make this a successful year for everyone. Please join us for this very important discussion followed by visits to your child's classroom to learn more from their teachers.

All parents are invited to join us for Back to School Night on Thursday, August 22. We will kick off the night at 5:45 in the FLC with a presentation from our School Counselor, Mrs. Kate Neal.  Mrs. Neal will discuss strategies for empowering your children, as well as how to best work with St. Stephen's teachers and administrators to support their education. This will be followed by classroom presentations from the teachers. Doors to the FLC will open at 5:30. Please remember this event is for parents only.

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Note: For early dismissal Fridays or when there is no school, ice cream is given on Thursday.  

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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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