Spring Break is coming soon on March 11 – 15.
March Events
Please bring applesauce donations and decorated paper bags to School on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
SSESH Shares Love 2024, a service project led by the PTO, is coming to a close! Thank you to everyone who has brought in applesauce and decorated lunchbags so far. Reminder that next Tuesday morning the PTO representatives will be there to help you unload the remaining collected items for Kids’ Meals Houston to close out our February SSESH Shares Love service project! This is a great time to send out a reminder to family, friends and neighbors about what we’re doing in case they want to contribute.
Anyone wanting to contribute funds to the PTO purchase of applesauce can go to this link: my.cheddarup.com/c/ssesh-shares-love-copy – thanks for helping us share love!
The Mission of Kids’ Meals Houston is to end childhood hunger by delivering free healthy meals to the doorsteps of Houston’s hungriest preschool-aged children and through collaboration provide their families with resources to help end the cycle of poverty. Kids’ Meals is a first responder to children age 5 and under facing debilitating hunger due to extreme poverty. Every weekday, year round, volunteers prepare thousands of healthy lunches consisting of a sandwich, nutritious snack, fruit item, and 100% juice or milk. Our vans deliver the meals M-F to children enrolled in our program. We currently serve 56 Greater Houston-area zip codes where the need is critical.
We are so grateful to our Annual Fund donors!
Please join us this evening for a special reception honoring YOU. Bulldog Circle Level donors and up are cordially invited to an evening of browsing beautiful pieces of art and sculptures all while celebrating philanthropy, mingling with family and friends, and enjoying hors d’oeuvres and sweet treats. We hope to see you there!
Art of the World Gallery
2201 Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX 77098
Friday, March 1, 2024; 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Contact Avis McCray at amccray@ssesh.org to RSVP
It’s not too late to make an impact. Support the Annual Fund!
Individual picture retake day is Tuesday, March 19, 2024.
You must bring any printed pictures (if you have received same) to school on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, to be eligible for individual picture retakes at no charge.
Questions? Please contact Provine School Pictures
provinepictures@sbcglobal.net
713-528-1059 phone
Please join the PTO in CoHo (1755 Sul Ross) after morning carpool on Thursday, March 21, 2024.
Parking is available at 1801 Sul Ross. You do not need to check in at the main reception desk to attend this meeting.
- 8:25-8:30 am: Welcome, call to order, housekeeping
- 8:30-8:35 am: Financial report
- 8:35-8:40 am: Upcoming dates to note, volunteer opportunities
- 8:40-9:00 am: Guest speaker
- 9:00-9:15 am: Head of School update
- 9:15-920 am: Closing/ adjournment
Girl Scout Troop 123012 will be on hand to sell Girl Scout Cookies. To pre-order, please click this link — https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop123012591?fpkp=1 — and select “Have Girl Scout Troop123012591 deliver the cookies”
We are also looking for people to help us plan the Teacher Appreciation Week in early May! If you are interested, please join the PTO Teacher Appreciation committee here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080949ABAA2AA4FF2-47281502-teacher#/
Campus Beautification Day is Saturday, March 23, 2024.
Held twice per year, Campus Beautification Day is a wonderful opportunity to make St. Stephen’s look its absolute best. Please join us for a morning of planting, trimming, tidying, and fellowship.
St. Stephen’s will be administering the IOWA Assessments during the week of March 25, to 2nd – 8th graders.
Although in Montessori, we don’t administer regular testing in the traditional way, test-taking skills are just another practical life lesson that the children need to learn as they face standardized tests throughout their education. The IOWA Assessments help determine how students are performing on nationwide standards. These assessments measure achievement in several important content areas, including reading, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and listening.
Montessori teachers work with the children for three years, which allows them to observe the students and consequently know them well to evaluate their progress. Standardized tests are one of the criteria we use to assess students’ basic skills and knowledge. However, any given testing session can be affected by the student’s emotional state, attitude, and health. Please make sure that your child has a good night’s sleep, a nutritious breakfast, and packs a healthy snack. We will have a mid-morning snack during the testing period.
At St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, we approach the test with a positive attitude. We explain to the students that we use the results as feedback to focus on certain learning areas.
Should you have any questions regarding the upcoming IOWA Assessments, please reach out to your student’s teacher.
Bulldog Compliments
At St. Stephen’s, we have an easy way for anyone in the St. Stephen’s community to show their appreciation for a faculty, staff, or leadership team member. We call it sending a “Bulldog Compliment.”
Here is how it works. Click the Send A Bulldog Compliment image and follow the prompts. It only takes a few clicks, and you are done.
All compliments are anonymous and will be sent to the person (or persons) you choose to recognize. There is no limit to how many you can send, so be as generous as you wish!