Monarch Matriarchs presents “80’s Night Mom Prom” on Saturday, May 6th in the SECS gym! It will be a fun night of fellowship, dancing, and all things 80’s. More information to come.

The next meeting of the SECS Advisory Board is Wednesday, February 22nd at 7:00 PM in the Conference Room of the Parish Offices. Meetings are open and any community members who wish to address the Advisory Board for this month’s session must submit a written petition by Wednesday, February 8th.

The SECS Advisory Board is accepting nominations for Board membership for the 2022-2023 school year. Potential members of the Board must be 18 years of age or older and either registered parishioners in good standing of St. Edward Parish OR parents of children enrolled in St. Edward Catholic School. Members should have a strong commitment to a total Catholic Christian Education and may not be employees of the school, related to employees of the school, nor Board members of another school or school system.
Potential new members of the Board will participate in a prayerful discernment process in April.

If you or someone you know is interested in the School Advisory Board, please reach out to advisoryboardemail@stedwardschool.org. More information on the School Advisory Board can be found here.

Our very own Father Bui is running in the Steps for Students 5K! Come out and support him or donate with the link below. His goal is $2,000!

St. Edward is proud to announce that Kidventure Camp will return to the community bringing their 29 years of summer camp experience designed to foster fun, create lasting memories, and help build the social, emotional, and physical lives of our children. Camp St. Edward will offer seven unique weeks of summer day camp beginning June 5, 2023.

Your Camp Program
Discoverers (ages 3-5) will provide an active and hands-on camp experience for early childhood campers. Explorers (entering 1st grade-5th grade) will bring the excitement, challenge, and rewards of ‘overnight camp’ in a day camp setting.

The Camp Week
Each camp week will be Monday through Friday, from 8 AM to 3 PM with the option for Post Camp from 3 PM to 6 PM. Kidventure provides an active and purposeful camp curriculum that will include a variety of camp activities and events including athletics, art, team building, rock climbing, archery, field trips, and much more. Central to Kidventue’s mission is the fostering of meaningful character traits and strong values.

Camp Registration Begins February 1, 2023 
Camp is limited and fills quickly. Registration will begin at 9 AM on February 1st, 2023. At that time you may register for any camp weeks at Kidventure’s website. The tuition cost for each week of camp is $320 with discounts for two or more children in the same family. Options such as camp lunches are also available.

Learn More
To learn more about Camp St. Edward and Kidventure, visit the website, or call Kidventure at 713.960.8989.

Please join us for a family night out celebrating SECS 50th Anniversary!
Saddle up and ride on over dressed with your western wear to SECS PLC on Friday, February 3rd at 6:30pm. Please bring a dessert to share.

Donations are welcomed to offset the cost of the BBQ meal. Cash and PayPal will be accepted the day of the event. Thank you!

For questions, please reach out to Chesnee Davis (chestnut1012@yahoo.com) or Melissa Correa (mellyacorrea@yahoo.com).
See y'all there!

Partake in the First Friday Devotion on February 3rd by spending an hour in adoration. Click the button to reserve your time.

We have the following available for elementary girls: Girls jumpers (sizes 3-8), Peter Pan white shirts (sizes 5-12), and Black Cardigan (sizes 4-XS, 2-YM, 2-YL).

For elementary: boys long pants (sizes 3-12), shorts (sizes 3-10), Oxford Yellow Shirt (sizes 5-16). Black V neck (4-YXXS, 3-YXS). Blue Polo (sizes 3-12)

For Junior High: we have girls skirts (sizes 10-14 1/2), Oxford white shirt (10-12), boys long pants (sizes 26-40), yellow polo (sizes 10-Adult XL).  

Come have a look or let us know what you are in need of. For more information, contact person Gisela Vega gvega27.gv@gmail.com

If you are cleaning out your closets over break, save those clothes! The SECS Advancement Committee will be hosting a "Phill the Box" Fundraiser on campus from March 20-April 20, 2023. Phill the Box is a clothing, shoe, and textile recycling program which will pay our school for every pound of clothing donated during a 30-day collection period. More information to come! Please contact the Advancement Committee at secsadvancement@gmail.com with any questions. 

Join us in our celebration of Catholic Schools Week!

 

Refer to the schedule to see who we are celebrating and the activities for each day. We will be hosting a community drive for Villa Toscana of Cypresswood all week. Please refer to the wish list for items needed.

 

A big congratulations to the students that achieved this award for exhibiting extraordinary prudence this month. We are grateful for your dedicated example of virtue. 

Is your student an avid Chess player? Do they show interest in learning one of the world's most popular board games?

Join us on Wednesday afternoons for lessons and competitive game play! Click the button below to fill out the survey to start or contact Coach Western with questions at james.western+chess_club@gmail.com.

Frassati Catholic shared some very happy news with us about our former St. Edward students who earned Principal’s Honor Roll (all As) or Honor Roll (all As and/or Bs with a GPA of 3.5 or higher) for the first semester of the 2022-2023 school year. We are very proud of their academic achievements! Go Monarchs!

Congratulations to all of our Junior High students for competing in this year‘s science fair. A special shout out goes to fifth grade for doing an excellent job on their class science fair experiment over sorbents.

Sixth Grade Results: 

1st Place: Zachariah Resilla-Pegram

Second Place: Annette Lee

3rd Place: Alessandra Venturini

4th Place Honorable Mention: Chloe Alonso-Roman
5th Place Honorable Mention: Lorenzo Woods
6th Place Honorable Mention: Sophia Fallas Hildago

Seventh Grade Results: 

1st Place: Abigail Behan

2nd Place: Christine Allen

3rd Place: Natalie Ortiz

4th Place Honorable Mention: Stella Gardner
5th Place Honorable Mention: Lucy Ikechukwu
6th Place Honorable Mention: Cynthia Ngo

Eighth Grade Results: 

1st Place: Dominic Bedia

2nd Place: Matthew Valka

3rd Place: Noah Prado

4th Place: Sophia Ruiz
5th Place Honorable Mention: Emme Prado
6th Place Honorable Mention: Hayden Warnie

A special thank you goes to our judges: Mrs. LaVire, Mr. Shumway, Mrs. Runge, and Mrs. Prado, and to Mrs. Wey for volunteering to help with this year‘s science fair competition.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word is for children who are in Kinder-3^rd grade (5-8 years old) and it happens every 2^nd and 4^th Sunday of each month year-round.

This liturgical experience allows children to spend the Liturgy of the Word in the Chapel to break open the Mass readings at their level. For more information or if you are interested in becoming a CLOW Team Member, email Anthony Hernandez at ahernandez@saintedward.org.

James Crichton, from the Pastoral Council, will lead an initiative to pray the Holy Rosary 30 minutes before Sunday Masses in the Chapel.

James is looking for volunteers to assist him in leading the Holy Rosary at the following times: Saturday 5:00pm, Sunday 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am, and 4:30pm.
If you would like to be a part of praying the Holy Rosary, email James at james_crichton@hotmail.com.

Each Friday, St. Edward Catholic Community sends out its digital newsletter, The Crown, via email.

Not receiving The Crown? You can sign up and view past newsletters at the button below.

In addition to the public SECS Facebook page, make sure you have joined the private Monarch Parent News Facebook page to stay up-to-date on all school info, to ask questions, and to connect socially with other families! When joining the group, make sure to answer the 3 screening questions to be admitted.

PTO Volunteers,
The Archdiocese of Galveston Houston requires that all volunteers complete Safe Haven training and background check.  

Please visit https://galvestonhouston.cmgconnect.org/ to setup a new account or login to check the status of your training.  Please follow instructions on the page.  

You should complete with the Safe Haven training.  Please load your certificate in the form at this link https://forms.gle/saRkBnHW5iSEMSLf6.

Please submit any questions you may have to Bernice Havens at the front office.