School News

Giving Tuesday!

This year’s #GivingTuesday proceeds will be designated to the purchase of equipment and software for the planned STEAM Lab/Media Center at Saint Cecilia Cathedral School. We want our children to be the best prepared students in Omaha to achieve great things in high school and beyond.

Our goal is to raise $25,000 to get the program off and running. Our STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) & Media Center will give them experience and enable them to excel.

Click here to donate!

Take Your Parent to PE Week is Sept. 26-28

September 26-28, 2018 Active Schools, a national movement to help schools provide at least 60 minutes a day of physical education (PE) and before, during and after school for physical activity for all students, is sponsoring Take Your Parent to PE Week from September 26-28, 2018.

What is the purpose? To introduce your school’s PE program and teachers to parents so they will engage with PE throughout the year. And, to encourage families to be physically active together at home and in the community.

How can parents participate? By showing up for your child’s regularly scheduled physical education class on one of the days in which the school is participating in Take Your Parent to PE Week (PE schedule below).

What should parents do? 1. Attend your child’s regularly scheduled PE time on September 26, 27, or 28. 2. Come ready to move! You will be participating in class! 3. Learn how you can support PE both at school and home. For example, by asking what your child learned in PE class that day/week, being active together at home, and exploring community-based physical activity opportunities. 4. At the end of class, Tweet about your experience using the hashtag #ParentsLovePE.

Wednesday, Sept 26 8:30-9:40 8th (Jow) 9:15-9:55 7th (Fangman) 10:00-10:40 6th (West) 11:00-11:30 3rd (Heimerman) 12:30-1:00 4th (Mateljan) 1:00-1:30 5th (Jones) 1:30-2:00 2nd (Humpal) 2:10-2:35 1st (Bohaty) 2:35-3:00 1st (Neuman)

Thursday, Sept 27 8:30-9:40 8th (Garcia) 9:15-9:55 7th (Petersen) 10:00-10:40 6th (Bender) 12:30-1:00 4th (Mateljan) 1:00-1:30 5th (Lyons) 1:30-2:00 2nd (Pistek) 2:10-2:35 K (Zimmer) 2:35-3:00 K (Niederee)

Friday, Sept 28 9:00-9:20 PreK (am) 9:30-10:00 2nd (Humpal) 10:30-11:00 2nd (Pistek) 1:00-1:20 PreK (pm) 1:30-2:00 3rd (Heimerman) 2:30-3:00 3rd (Primavera)

Parent Volunteers / Helpers Needed!

Please contact Mrs. Pick (jpick@stcecilia.net) if you are interested in donating your time, talent, or treasure for one of the following projects:

  • Painting bathrooms stalls with motivational messages, artistic designs, etc.  If you have a creative spirit or love painting - this job is for you! Tami Tran is the parent leading this project and she cannot wait to get started (she has ideas, pictures, etc).
  • Constructing cubbies for the closets in the classrooms.  We are in need of a parent volunteer to lead the charge with this project.  Who is handy with woodworking, construction, etc.? The teachers are very excited to have some organizational options in the closets, at an affordable cost.
  • Campus clean up day before school!  We are looking to organize a fun morning or afternoon of cleaning up our campus before school begins next fall.  We need to repaint crosswalk lines, spruce up the blacktop out back, and see if any furniture can be removed from the 3rd floor of the old building.  Many hands make light work!
  • Parent Volunteer Coordinator for the 2018-19 School Year.  This person would help in any efforts with organizing parents for helping with a wide variety of items around school: drop off/pick up, room parents, classroom calendars, etc.

Home & School Annual Garage Sale April 28 & 29

Home and School Annual Garage Sale Saturday, April 28 @ 8:30 - 4 PM Sunday, April 29 @ 8:30 - 1 PM

Remember us as you are doing your spring cleaning. We need knick-knacks, clothing, furniture, antiques, tools, glassware, dishes, crafts, decorations, sports equipment, toys, bikes, shoes, books, and any working household items. Please donate your unwanted items Monday-Friday, April 23-26, from 7:45 AM to 8:30 AM. You can also donate on Friday, April 26, from 9:00 AM-8:00 PM in the gym. A volunteer will be at the gym all day on Friday to help with your donations.

Please contact Mickey (information below) if you could help out with this event. We need volunteers to work from Thursday to Sunday. Please call, text, or email Mickey Harrington at 402-718-5405 or mickeyh318@gmail.com to volunteer. This is a great way to get your volunteer hours for the year.

Don’t forget - this is the time to donate and buy used school uniforms! Remember there are small uniform changes next year so be sure to check with the school office before buying.

Second Grade Service Project

In the country of Cameroon, Africa, children are unable to attend school if they do not have a pen.

During this Lenten season, we are collecting pens to donate to children in Cameroon.

As the second graders discovered: "One pen can send one child to school. Five pens can send five children to school. One hundred pens can send ONE HUNDRED children to school!"

Pens can be any color and any brand, new or gently used. Please drop them off at Room 207 or 208 or hang onto them and we will collect from classrooms on a regular basis until our deadline of March 15th.

Get out the VOTE!

Help St. Cecilia Cathedral School become a Superstar Catholic School! We are in the running to win the 2018 Spirit Catholic Radio Superstar Catholic School Contest. The contest began Monday, January 29 and runs through Saturday, February 3rd at Spirit Catholic Radio. The top Catholic elementary and top Catholic high school in each community size category will win a trophy, $1,000 worth of promotion on Spirit Catholic Radio, prayer cards for all students, coffee for staff, and a LIVE interview  on the Spirit Morning show.  Get out the VOTE! Please click on the link below to choose St. Cecilia Cathedral School as a "Superstar Catholic School!"

Share with friends and family as every email address counts as one vote!

VOTE HERE: https://spiritcatholicradio.typeform.com/to/x0Kypr

St. Cecilia Trivia Night

Please join us on January 13th in the St. Cecilia School Cafeteria for our 1st Annual Trivia Night. Doors open at 6 p.m. and trivia begins at 7 p.m. Put together your team of 8 (preferred) and decorate your table to win a table-theme prize. Costumes are optional, but encouraged! Beer, wine, margaritas and soda will be available for purchase; bring food and snacks for your own table.  Be ready for a fun night of various trivia categories, opportunities to purchase mulligans, and cash prize games between rounds!

Cost: $25 per person (includes 2 drink tickets)

Click here to purchase tickets online.