Going once, going twice. Now is the time to reach out and help fill up the silent auction menu for the SSES Spring Extravaganza.  Tax forms for donations are available in the front office. Now is the time to rally grandparents, friends and family to help sell raffle tickets (only 19 of the 300 tickets have been sold). A head count for the April 28th Preparty at the Mandola Winery is needed, so please respond to the email Evite.

The music line up  for Sunday April 29th from 1-7 p.m. now includes Porter Davis, Carolyn Wonderland, Sarah Jarosz (www.myspace.com/sarahjaroszmusic), Slim Richey and the Jitterbug Vipers,  Matt the Electrician and Laura Freeman (greenkidmusic.com). Check out their My Space web sites for more info. 

The final spring orientation for new and returning families is April 19th for Middle School. Orientation will be held from 4-5 pm in the Parish Hall. Child care is provided. Summer Orientations will  be held on August 16^th for PK and Primary School and August 17^th for Intermediate and Middle School. 

"HEAR YE, HEAR YE!!"  All articles left in Lost & Found for over three months will be sent to Goodwill to find new homes!  Please check Lost & Found in the office or in the gym lobby as soon as possible.

Reminder that the Middle School Dance at Fischer Hall is tomorrow, Friday the 13th, from 6-10 p.m.  It is being sponsored by the Student Council and is $5 per ticket.       

We need to hear from you. Next Tuesday after dropoff is the April meeting of the PFO. Please bring your ideas for fundraising, PFO meeting schedule, student needs and nominations for officers that morning. If you are unable to attend, email your thoughts to Terri Thompson. 

Food Drive Deadline being sponsored by St. Stephen's Cub Scout Pack 104 is due tomorrow, Friday the 13th.  The winning class will receive a pizza party!

9^th Annual Butterfly Festival @ the EmilyAnn Theatre in Wimberley is April 21^st from 10-4 p.m.  There will be a Dedication of the Veteran’s Memorial Plaza , the Live Release of hundreds of butterflies, a Commemorative Air Force Fly-Over, a Butterfly Flight House, Live and Silent auctions, Butterfly art, Music, Puppet shows and Concessions.  Please visit the website at www.emilyann.org or call 512-847-6969 

CHIP and Children's Medicaid provide coverage to families who earn up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.  That's $40,000 a year for a family of four.  The maximum enrollment fee for coverage is $50 every six months, which covers all eligible children in a family, quite a bargain when the average cost of private health insurance for Texas families exceeds $900 per month.  Families can get more information on these programs or an application at www.CHIPmedicaid.org or call the CHIP/Children's Medicaid Hotline at 1-877-KIDS-NOW.   

Open enrollment began April 1 for new students. If your children will be attending SSES next year, please get the contracts and deposits back to the front office.

Reduce, reuse and recycle! Thanks to Kelly O'Connor, Jake and Mason's Mom, for taking our SSES recycling items to the recycling center every week this year. Keep those items coming!!

Thanks to Diana Perry, Jack's Mom for donating our new signs for PFO meetings. Next meeting is Tuesday April 17th after dropoff.

Let it shine! Know of unsung heroes or great stuff going on at SSES? Please email Kolleen Blanton at kwilwerd@aol.com your items by the Tuesday before Friday publication.