Daily Announcements

October 23-29

Monday

October 27

Today is the feast of Blessed Bartholomew of Vincenza. He lived in the 1200’s. He was a Dominican priest who worked hard to protect the Faith from heresy and to fight the antipapal groups of that time. He helped strengthen his diocese’s loyalty to Rome.
Prayer Intention: We pray that we will always be ready to protect and defend our faith.
Today is a 3-bell day with a 1:46 assembly. The rest of the week: tomorrow is a 4-bell day; Wednesday is a 3-bell with a 2:15 dismissal; Thursday is a 4 and Friday is a 7-bell.
Congratulations to the varsity volleyball team! District Champions! They will be moving on the Regional semi-finals. And to Heidi Harmeyer. She advances to the State Cross Country meet this weekend! And to the varsity cross country team for placing 11th on Saturday. And to Seton Cheer who won first place at UCA Regionals yesterday, earning their bid to Nationals this spring.
Bonjour! The French Club adventure will be making its second stop! Each meeting, you will discover a French-speaking country, do a fun activity - listen to songs and taste food! Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, October 29 where we will continue this exciting journey. The second country we will be visiting is Haiti. We will be showing a presentation, decorating carnival masks, and enjoying plantain chips! The meeting will begin at 7:30 in room 228. You do not have to take French to come, all are welcome!
Saints for Life will be having a club meeting on Wednesday, October 29th at 7:20 in Ms. Zahn’s room, room 113! Come join us for a spiritual adoption and a dedication to Mother Mary since October is her month. There will also be a sweet treat provided. Hope to see you all there!
The Annual Art Club Pumpkin Decorating Contest is almost here! You can carve, decorate, or paint a real or fake pumpkin! Be creative! Win Prizes! Drop off your pumpkins on Halloween, Oct. 31st outside the Halo Cafe in the morning before Mentor Group. Judging and voting will take place during all lunches. You will be able to take home your pumpkin, so you have it on Halloween night. Have fun and good luck!
Seton Helping Saint’s Halloween Candy collection will be kicking off soon. It will run from November 3rd to the 5th. All candy will be donated to our troops overseas through the Yellow Ribbon Support Center. This will also be a charity event, so make sure to keep your eyes open for any candy at the store or that you receive on Halloween so your house can have the heaviest barrel. More information will be coming later this week! Thanks for helping to make days a little sweeter for our troops overseas!
This is a reminder that you can be in costume on Friday. Remember—no face or body paint. And please do not wear anything that will impede traveling on the steps or in the hallway! If you are bringing a mask—it must be taken off during classes! Be creative—there will be prizes! And watch for Halloween games during lunch bells!
Congratulations to our newly elected freshman house government leaders: House Captains: Cedar—Callie Ogilvie; Emmits—Ellie Roos; O’Connell—Lauren Childs and Segale—Maddie Mathews.
And our new MG captains: Cedar—Ella Busam, Annie Owens and Brooklyn Yeazell; Emmits—Lauren Cramerding, Sam Kissell and Camy Stenger; O’Connell—Nell Hayden, Brynn Meiners and Lilly Smith; Segale—Payton Oblinger, Emily Timmerman and Karli Vaughn! And a big thank you to all freshmen candidates!
Happy Birthday today to: Ella Ammon, Lucy Carmosino, Sam Carmosino, Stella Hart, Bella Schweitzer and Mrs. Childers.

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Tuesday

October 28

Today is the feast of Saints Simon & Jude. They were two of Jesus’ Apostles. We don’t know much about them, but we know that they were devoted to Jesus and His Church. Jesus chose unlikely leaders as His Apostles, reminding us that God does not call the qualified, God qualifies the called, and he will always give us what we need to carry out his will.
Prayer Intention: We pray for the retreatants and retreat team leaving for Kairos today, that they will fully open their hearts to this time with God and one another.
Today is a 4-bell day
Bonjour! The French Club adventure will be making its second stop! Each meeting, you will discover a French-speaking country, do a fun activity - listen to songs and taste food! Our next meeting will be tomorrow morning where we will continue this exciting journey. The second country we will be visiting is Haiti. We will be showing a presentation, decorating carnival masks, and enjoying plantain chips! The meeting will begin at 7:30 in room 228. You do not have to take French to come, all are welcome!
Saints for Life will be having a club meeting tomorrow at 7:20 in Ms. Zahn’s room, room 113! Come join us for a spiritual adoption and a dedication to Mother Mary since October is her month. There will also be a sweet treat provided. Hope to see you all there!
NHS will be having a meeting on Thursday, October 30th at 7:30 in the Auditorium. Attendance is mandatory to maintain membership, so email Dr. Metz ASAP if you cannot make it. We will be doing a Halloween activity, so please bring a writing utensil. Thanks!
Photo retake day will be NEXT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd in the Commons. *If you missed picture day please get your photo taken for the yearbook and for your new school badge. Mrs. Vanover will send out the link to order photos if you would like to order. *If you need to get your photo retaken, all you will need to do is bring your photo package with you to give to the photographer. Please email Mrs. Vanover if you have any questions.
This is a reminder that you can be in costume on Friday. Remember—no face or body paint. No political costumes. Be school appropriate. And please do not wear anything that will impede traveling on the steps or in the hallway! If you are bringing a mask—it must be taken off during classes! Be creative—there will be prizes! If you choose not to participate in the Halloween costume fun, you should be in Seton spiritwear.
The Halo Café and the coffee shop will close after the Z lunch today for an event set up and will not open again until tomorrow morning.
Happy Birthday today to: Audrey Runck, Reese Weinle and Mrs. Listermann! Happy Birthday, Saints!

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Wednesday

October 29

Prayer Intention: We pray that we will always respect those who have worked tirelessly to build and strengthen the Church, and especially our Seton community.
Today is the feast of Saint Narcissus of Jerusalem. He was bishop of Jerusalem in the early 3rd century. He was known for defending the Faith & for performing miracles. The miracle he was most known for was turning water into oil for use in the church lamps on Holy Saturday when the deacons had forgotten to provide any. It is believed that Narcissus lived to be over 100 years old, serving as bishop until he died.
Today is a 3-bell day with a 2:15 dismissal. Please see Mrs. Rowland’s email for specific directives for the assembly period.
Congratulations to the Soccer Saints on their win over Springboro last night, and will move on to Regional Finals!
We have two students and one team up for Athlete of the Week. Vote for senior Callie Combs for volleyball, senior Kate Stumin for soccer and for our Soccer Saints as Team of the Week. You can vote once per hour until 4:00 on Friday. Use the link in your email.
NHS will be having a meeting tomorrow morning at 7:30 in the Auditorium. Attendance is mandatory to maintain membership, so email Dr. Metz ASAP if you cannot make it. We will be doing a Halloween activity, so please bring a writing utensil. Thanks!
Hola! Spanish club will be having their next meeting on Tuesday, November 4th at 7:15 in the Halo Cafe. We will be celebrating el dia de los muertos. We will be making sugar skulls and eating el pan de muerto. Please bring markers. Please see Senora McQuillan's email/link to sign up. Gracias!
Don't forget that the Halloween Candy Collection starts next Monday and will go through Tuesday, and Wednesday! This is a charity event, and 1 point will be awarded for every 10 pounds of candy that a house brings in! All candy will be donated to the Yellow Ribbon Support Center and then sent in care packages to bring joy to troops serving throughout the world. Be sure to bring in your candy in support of this cause!
Happy Birthday today to: Avery Bollin, Alyssa Miller and Zuri Watts

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Thursday

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Today is the feast of St. Rose of Viterbo. She only lived to be 18 years old, but during that time, she cared deeply for the poor. She prayed for them constantly and gave everything she could to help them.
Prayer Intention: We pray for all those in our world and especially in our community who struggle to make ends meet and ask God to help us provide the necessary resources to help those in need.
Today is a 4-bell day
Yesterday, Varsity golf won over Lakota West with a low score of 173 to their 199! The medalist of the match was Zoe DiNovo with a score of 42.
Attention Varsity Volleyball team – please check your email for a message from Mrs. Schwartz!
Kenzie’s Closet is having a designer warehouse sale open to the public this Saturday, September 6 from 9:00 until noon at their location on Madison Avenue. All dresses are $20 or less. Watch for an email from an FBLA board member with additional information.
Tomorrow, all juniors will eat lunch at 10:30 in the Halo Cafe and then proceed directly to their testing rooms at 11 to take a practice ACT. Students will receive their room assignments from Mrs. Anderson so please look for this in your email. There will be no early dismissals for juniors tomorrow.
Freshman: tomorrow, Z lunch will be moved to the MPR. Pizza, bagged snacks, cookies and drinks will be available for purchase. Or pack your lunch! The Halo Café will not be accessible during your lunch bell!
There will be an Astronomy Club meeting after school on Tuesday September 9 in Room 114. There will be drinks, snacks, and prizes. All are invited.
We had a great first Seton Helping Saints meeting with 126 students in attendance!! We assembled 50 baskets for teachers at St. Teresa and St. Willam, thanks to everyone who attended! We can't wait for the rest of this year!
Saints! We hope you are just as excited as we are to win a Parke sweatshirt OR a long champ bag for our next SHS Day incentive! We will draw one winner for the Parke sweatshirt and one winner for the Longchamp bag! All you have to do is sell ONE more chance as of yesterday, Tuesday September 2nd’s turn-in day. Check your updated sheet in MG to see where you stand and get your chances in!!
Mentor Groups, you did a fantastic job on your SHS Day tracker displays!! There was a lot of creativity and FUN in your designs!! Great job!!!
It is time to announce the winners! One winning Mentor Group in each House will receive Busken cookies. The runner-up in each House will receive a small candy treat. Lauren will be in touch about when your prize will be delivered.
Congratulations to…. The Cedar winner – Mr. Guck and Mrs. Childers!! The runner-up is Mrs. Arnold and Mrs. Kemphaus! From Emmits, the winner is – Mrs. Kappa!! The runner-up is Ms. Zahn and Mr. Swinerton! The top O’Connell MG is – Mr. Cox!! The runner-up is Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Leonard! The winner in Segale is – Mr. Denney and Mrs. Lott!! The runner-up is Mr. Merk!
This is a reminder that school pictures will be on TOMORROW! Please refer to the email Mrs. Vanover sent out for your time to get photographed in the Commons. Bring your order form and money to give to the photographer (if you ordered online you do not have to bring anything!) Everyone will need to get photographed for our yearbook and for your school badge.
Please join us for the rosary tomorrow morning at 7:25 am in the chapel! Junior and Emmits House Chaplain Kendall Goldrainer will lead us in prayer. Our prayer intention this week is that we will be inspired by Blessed (and soon to be Saint) Carlo Acutis and his love for Christ in the Eucharist. No worries if you're running late or need to leave early. Just show up and encourage a friend to come with you!
Happy Birthday today to: Reagan Dolan, Brianna Plummer, Sophie Wills and Mr. Salzman of our security team!

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All three volleyball teams meet Mercy McAuley at Mercy McAuley at 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30.
JV Tennis takes on Mt. Notre Dame at MND at 4:00
Varsity A Tennis plays Mt. Notre Dame at 4:00 at the PAC. This is a charity event. Be sure to check your email from our junior house captain with the name of your sign in person! And remember—every sign in earns a point for your house!
Good luck, Saints!

Friday

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Today is the feast of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist. He proclaimed the coming of Jesus and was beheaded at the decision of a hateful queen and a weak king. Tradition holds that it was on this day in the 5th century that John’s head was found.
Prayer Intention: We pray that we will have the courage to live our faith each day so those who do not know God may come to know Him through us.
Today is a 7-bell day
You have until 4:00 today to vote for our Athletes of the Week. Volleyball for team of the week; Heidi Harmeyer for Cross Country and Charley Moeddel for volleyball. The voting link is in Lucy’s email!
This is a reminder that tonight is a home Elder football game. All cars must be off campus by 4pm. If you need to stay after 4pm please see Cindy Busse’s email with directions on where to park. Athletics appreciates your cooperation.
Juniors and Seniors: See the email from Ms. Zahn about signing up to go on the March for Life in October with Saints for Life! You have until next Wednesday, September 3, to sign up. Spots fill up quickly so do it today! Let’s pack the bus with Seton spirit and support for pro-life!
The first Saints in Media meeting of the year will be Tuesday, September 2nd in the library from 2:45-3:30 p.m. All students are welcome! If you're interested in Seton's broadcast program, this is the place to be! Come for as long as you can stay!
Reminder – Mentor group teachers please send your green SHS Day envelopes to the main office when you get back to bell 1! Also Tuesday September 2nd is our second turn-in day so make sure to keep selling your car chances to earn prizes along the way!
Seton Helping Saints will be having our first all-school meeting on Wednesday, September 3rd at 7:20 in the library! We will be making baskets filled with school supplies and essentials for teachers at local schools. Please stop by and help us! We hope to see you all there
FBLA will have their first meeting of the year on Thursday Sept 4th, in room 226 after school. All are welcome. Information on the club calendar, events, and officer elections will be discussed.
Picture day is ONE WEEK away! This weekend is a perfect time to go shopping to pick out a cute shirt for pictures! You will receive order forms in MG on Tuesday morning and Mrs. Vanover will be emailing out the photo schedule. Your mentor group teachers will also have the scheduled posted in your mentor group.
Elder is having a mixer after tonight’s game. Cost is $3 at the door. It will start at the end of the game and go until 11:00. All high school students are welcome to attend.
Service Opportunity with the Sisters of Charity! You can still sign up to help the Sisters of Charity and the Sleep in Heavenly Peace organization on Sept. 7! We will be making twin beds for kids who don’t have beds. This service event will be on Sunday September 7 from 1-4 pm at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse. We currently have 2 teachers and 2 students signed up, so we need more support from our Seton Saints! They need 10 volunteers to help make the beds and at least 5 volunteers to help with making blankets and writing cards and notes for the children who will receive beds. To sign up, contact Sister Sandy ASAP. Her contact info is on the Seton Service Google Classroom page. Once you contact her, she will send you a link to sign up. Please consider being a part of this important event. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton cared so much for children who had very little. Let's continue her mission in her same giving spirit!
During bell one this morning, all students will receive an email with the Morning Prayer Interest Form that I told you about on Wednesday. Seniors, you did not hear this information during Wednesday assembly because you were in the auditorium for graduation details. This form is for anyone who would like to sign up to lead prayer for the morning the announcements. If you would like to lead prayer or receive more information about what is involved, please complete this form with your name, House, and grade in your response. This form will be open until next Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 2:45 pm. If you have any questions, you can email me or come see me in the campus ministry office before or after school, or during 2, 3, or 7th bells.
Happy Birthday today to: Kaelyn Riestenberg. Tomorrow to: Bailey Ficker, Madison Hughes and Brooklyn Yeazell. And on Monday to Riley Fischer, Sydney Miller, Emma Raley and Yaritza Vallegas

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Bless Our Children

Bless Our Children (BOC) is a nonprofit organization that helps students participate in enriching extracurricular activities—athletic, spiritual, or educational—through volunteer-based scholarships. Families can earn scholarship funds by volunteering at community events.