SES WEEKLY UPDATE

Catholic Education Week in Alberta in 2026 is scheduled for May 9–16, 2026, focusing on the theme "Anchored in Christ, Beacon of Hope". Originally rescheduled from October 2025 due to an Alberta Teachers' Strike, the week highlights Catholic education's role in the community, with a special focus on Sunday, May 10, 2026, as Catholic Education Sunday

Transportation Fee Update 2026-2027

Upon submitting your registration form, an initial fee of $200 is required to secure your spot. Deadline to register AND pay the $200 fee is June 15th, 2026. Your registration is NOT Complete until this is paid. A late fee of $50 will be added for registrations after June 15th with the exception of new families to Red Deer Catholic.

Any remaining fees will be calculated by the Transportation Department and added to your account, by October 15th. After October 15th, families may choose to pay the remaining balance in full or enroll in a payment plan.

The preferred payment method is online by accessing the “School Fees/Forms” section of the PowerSchool Parent Portal via any internet browser as this is not accessible through the PowerSchool app. Payments via the portal can be made by Visa, Visa Debit, MasterCard or MasterCard Debit.

Please click here for a step-by-step guide for proceeding through the Student Transportation Registration Process.

Registration for the 2026–2027 school year is now open. Please help us spread the word to family and friends who live in the St. Elizabeth Seton catchment area. We would love to welcome as many new families as possible to our school community next year.

Please click this link to visit the registration homepage.

SES is welcoming Linda Alberg and her Companion Dog Daisy to our Seton community every Monday morning 9:00 - 10:30. Daisy is a Cockapoo Poodle cross who loves spending time with children. She is a calm and loving dog, and we are thrilled to have her join our Seton Family. Daisy will join us in the library to help provide affection, comfort and support to our students, while also developing skills in self-regulation, decreasing stress and anxiety, increasing communication skills and promoting positive interactions.

The Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre is hosting their 9th annual Touch A Truck Event at Westerner Park on May 9th, 2026. If you are interested and able to attend this event, scan the QT code in the poster and you can purchase your tickets through Eventbrite. This is a fundraiser for the Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre.

Grade 4 and 5 Students will be patrolling the crosswalks to the West of the school and to the North of the school. Please obey school zone speeds and crosswalk safety as our kids work to keep everyone safe. If your child is a Grade 4 or 5 patroller, please click here for their schedule that will go until the end of June.

Don't forget! Ordering closes 5 days prior to the lunch date!

Please visit Healthy Hunger to create an account (if you do not already have one), and to re-register your student.
See the details on how to register HERE! (This information can also be found on our website).

Lunches will be offered on Fridays to accommodate the alternating Kindergarten classes.

A few reminders about Healthy Hunger:

• There are no weekly reminder emails to remind you what you ordered - but you can always sign into your account to check
• The system will send a reminder email ONLY if you have NOT placed an order
• Ordering for Hot Lunches closes 5 days prior to the lunch date, orders cannot be refunded or changed once the deadline has passed
• Questions or concerns - please email seshotlunch@gmail.com

While our school buses are almost always on time, the winter months and snowy road conditions can lead to delays for your child’s school bus. To stay notified of your child’s bus status, please see the following links for ways to check on bus times. The App has been refreshed and is now called Bus Status 4. Please reinstall the app if you still have the older version.

St. Elizabeth Seton School Website

Bus status can be found on the main page of our website. It will display if a bus is on-time, delayed, or cancelled. There will often be a comment next to the delayed buses indicating how long the bus delay is. Click the title above to link to our website.

Bus Status App by Box Clever

Alternatively, you can download the bus app for your Apple or Android phone. See the images below and click on them to go to your respective app store and download the app.

May 9-15 ~ Catholic Education Week

May 10 ~ Mother's Day

May 12-13 ~ Spring Group Photos & Kinder Grad Photos

May 14 ~ Gr. 5 Grow Kids

May 14 ~ World Catholic Education Day - Wear BLUE

May 15 ~ PD Day - No School for Students

May 18 ~ Victoria Day - No School

May 19 ~ Gr. 5 Transition: Students Visit their respective Middle Schools 9:00-11:30 AM

May 19 ~ Medicine River Wildlife Center Presentation K-2 - Morning Presentations

May 21 ~ Twin Day

May 22 ~ Fire Drill @ 11:20 AM

May 25 ~ Pentecost Liturgy - 9:30 AM

May 27-28 ~ Gr. 4&5 Rugby Lessons with Norm MacDougall - 12:30 - 3:30 PM

May 27 ~ Family Fun Night & BBQ - 5:00-7:00 PM

May 28 ~ Gr. 5 City Badminton - St. Josephs High School - 4:00 - 8:00 PM

May 29 ~ Cobb's Hot Lunch