St Helen School

Information for the 2006-07 school year is available on the website at the following links:

• School Calendar,
• Supply Lists for Pre-k to 8th grade,
• Kindergarten Handbook,
• FSA Parent Survey,
• St. Helen School Alumni Newsletters

On the first Sunday in December, the Family & School Association sponsored the fifth annual Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair. During this event, St. Helen opened its doors for community families to make crafts on-site, play games, sample gourmet food, and purchase hand-made gifts.

Later that week, intermediate-advanced piano students performed a variety of Christmas songs at the annual Holiday Piano Recital and parents of St. Helen’s second graders enjoyed breakfast menu items prepared and served by students at the annual Christmas Café.

The finale for the month of events was the annual Christmas Show, where each class presented musical and dance performances. To view photos of these events click on the highlighted event title!

We Need You This Week!! Our festival’s success depends more than anything else on two things: attendance and volunteers!

We hope all of our school fammilies and parishioners will enjoy the entertainment and attractions featured Sept. 15-18, and we need as many people as possible to help with the following:

SET UP. We will be assembling tents, stringing lights, moving tables and chairs, and performing other necessary activities on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Thursday, Sept. 15, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Even if you can only give an hour or two, you are very much needed.

FOOD SERVICE.  We need help cooking and serving hotdogs, hamburgers, polish sausage, and tacos—as well as serving beverages—every day of the Festival (Thursday, Sept. 15 through Sunday, Sept. 18).

TEAR DOWN. We will start cleaning up and putting away tents, tables, chairs, and the like at 10 p.m. on Sunday night as soon as the festival closes. We will work until the site is back to normal for Monday morning. Remember: Many hands make light work! This will be your last opportunity to help.

Thank you in advance for your support!

You can use the Contact link on the festival website page
Click here to contact us from the festival web page!

Please consider buying books, CDs, and movies from a brand new website that works like Amazon.com and benefits St. Helen School. You’ll receive a 25% discount off list price, and St. Helen will receive a 6% return, which we’ll use to enhance our instructional programs.  To visit the website, click St. Helen Online Book Fair.

Another way to have your regular shopping benefit St. Helen School is through www.schoolpop.com.    Schoolpop has two ways to earn for St. Helen School.  The first is to is to shop online through their website, and St. Helen receives between 1% -18% back from hundrends of  merchants including Amazon.com  The second is to simply register your existing credit cards and St. Helen School receives 1 % back on your purchases.

St. Helen also has Market Day once a month! Open to the community, Market Day is a unique fundraiser offering a wide selection of over 180 high quality foods -- many of which are not available in your grocery store--at competitive prices. Orders can be placed online at www.marketday.com.   Select St. Helen -  No. 5562 as your beneficiary and St. Helen will receive a 10% contribution on your order.   Pick up is typically the first Saturday of the month at 10:45 a.m. in the School Gym (Social Center).

Market Day products are also available through Peapod, www.peapod.com.  Select St. Helen - No. MD5652  as your beneficiary.  Your Market Day order will be delivered to your home with your next grocery order and St. Helen will receive a 5% contribution on all Market Day products purchased.

Registration for the 2007-08 academic year is now open. Tuition information is available on the website by clicking 2007-08 Tuition and Fees. Tours may be scheduled anytime with the Principal. Please call the school office at 773-486-1055 for registration information or to schedule an appointment.

Thank you to the dedicated faculty, staff, parents, and St. Helen Parish community for your continued support. Chicago Magazine's October 2006 cover story identifies St. Helen School as one of 25 highly recommended nonpublic elementary schools in the Chicago metropolitan area!

Contact the school office to request an early childhood brochure or download it at this link Early Childhood Brochure.To view photos of our school, click Virtual Open House. Photos of our classroom activities and after-school programs are also available by clicking on the following links: Classroom Activities Gallery, After-School Programs Gallery. To view recent press releases about St. Helen School, click on the following link St. Helen in the News.

There are many ways to support St. Helen School including Friday Bingo, our online bookstore, online shopping with Schoolpop and Marketday.

Market Day - St. Helen also has Market Day once a month! Open to the community, Market Day is a unique fundraiser offering a wide selection of over 180 high quality foods -- many of which are not available in your grocery store--at competitive prices. Orders can be placed online at www.marketday.com. Select St. Helen - No. 5652 as your beneficiary and St. Helen will receive a 10% contribution on your order. Pick up is typically the first Saturday of the month at 10:45 a.m. in the School Gym (Social Center).

Market Day products are also available through Peapod, www.peapod.com. Select St. Helen - No. MD5652 as your beneficiary. Your Market Day order will be delivered to your home with your next grocery order and St. Helen will receive a 5% contribution on all Market Day products purchased. For information on additional opportunities that support St. Helen School (including Bingo!, the online bookstore, and Schoolpop), go to the Make A Difference page.