Our teachers and staff do an amazing job! The Parents' Assoication organizes appreciation events to show our gratitude through food. Please sign up to help with the Feb. 16 Valentine's Appreciation Breakfast.

Spring Swing's online auction is now open! All new this year, the web-only bidding on 70 great items goes through Feb. 19, when the highest bidders win! The biggest winner is SSES--100% of auction proceeds benefit the school.

Grandparents' Day is Fri., Mar. 26, and we need your help! Sign up online today if you'd like to help us by putting together registration packets, getting grandparents checked in, driving a golf cart, taking pictures...

Spring Swing 2010 "The Sock Hop on the Hill" Sat. night, Feb. 20, is almost here! Feb. 10 is the last day to buy party tickets and RSVP at www.springswing.net. Spring Swing is presented by the Parents' Association.

Race results are in--congrats to Spartan swimmers on a good showing at SPC! Feb. 12-13, our varsity boy and girl basketball and soccer teams compete in the winter SPC tournament. Go, Spartans! Results:

Thanks to generous parents like you, we've already met our goals for six projects! Please help us fund the remaining seven--there's a Make It Happen project for every Spartan. Donate online today!

Learn how to protect and connect with your teens 7 p.m. Tues, Feb. 9, in the Johnson Recital Hall, with dorm parents Meagan Butler-Hannon and Matt Hannon, co-authors of the book The Smart Parent’s Guide To Facebook.

Join the discussion at 12:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 10, in Becker Library, as the Parent & Alumni Book Group reviews Traitor to His Class by Literary Festival speaker H. W. Brands.

Dads and sons are invited to an evening with the legendary Joe Erhmann 7:30-9 p.m. Wed., Feb. 10, in the Temple Family Theatre, as Erhmann talks about "Winning in Life" and how boys become men of substance.

MS moms are invited to a special Valentine's breakfast with their sons 7:30-8:30a Thurs., Feb. 11, in the Lobby of the Helm FAC. Dr. Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D., will visit with moms ...

Theatre-goers are in for a winter treat! Emily Binford '12 produces and directs Seven Menus, by American playwright David Ives, Thurs. and Fri., Feb. 11 and 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Hines Hall Studio Theatre. When friends dine out...

Congratulations to senior Rebecca Smaha, who won the school Shakespeare competition and represented St. Stephen's at the Regional Competition at Austin High School on Jan. 26, 2010.

Literary Festival speaker H.W. Brands will present to parents on Friday, February 26 at 12:00 in the Recital Hall at the Helm. To learn more about this wonderful opportunity, read about the presentation and lunch order options.

The 6th Annual Literary Festival is coming! Read about the amazing line-up of writers who will speak to students Feb. 26, plus the bonus session just for parents with UT professor and acclaimed political historian H.W. Brands.

Teens need 9+ hours of sleep. Habitual sleep insufficiency can cause impaired driving > drunk driving, poor grades, depression, stimulant abuse and health problems. View the PowerPoint by expert Dr. Judith Owens.

Sign ups are already underway for the faculty-sponsored Spring Break and Summer trips. Book now to avoid disappointment, they fill up fast!