Johnny McNamara and Dean Adams organized a Movember competition involving students to help spread awareness for health issues that disproportionately impact men.
Service
Integral to the School’s mission, the Service Program enables us to put our faith in action. By engaging directly with the people they serve, students understand the Gospel’s truth that to love God, one must love his neighbor, particularly neighbors most in need.
The Service Program is required of all students throughout the calendar year. Students’ work has included tutoring and mentoring inner city youth, coordinating clothing and food drives, serving at food pantries, helping run programs for senior citizens, and assisting both children and adults with physical and mental disabilities.
Senior Service Program
Beginning in mid-April, each senior is required to commit a significant number of hours to service in the community. The work done at the placement site must involve consistent one-on-one contact. Through weekly discussion groups, seniors are required to reflect upon the meaning of their experience, and to articulate those reflections in an oral presentation. At the conclusion of their service period, the entire senior class gathers in the Chapel to share their stories with one another and with the faculty. This morning of oral presentation often ranks among each senior’s finest hours.
The service program has been enhanced by a grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation.
Our Mission In Action
On December 1, members of the junior class travelled to the San Miguel School in Providence, RI, to deliver gifts collected by the 10th and 8th grade classes for the San Miguel students to give their parents, caregivers or other loved ones for Christmas.
The St. Sebastian’s community continued its tradition of coming together to make a difference for our neighbors in need at Catholic Charities in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving.
Retired Vice Adm. Wally Massenburg P'24, 26, former commander of Naval Air Systems Command, addressed the school community on November 9, continuing an annual tradition of inviting a veteran to speak in observance of the holiday.
Freshmen and sophomore Arrows finished off the Miracle League fall season on Saturday, October 7, 2023.
On Saturday, September 23, 2023, a record number of 9th and 10th graders participated in the Miracle League.
On September 6th, members from the classes of 2026 and 2027 organized school supplies and packed them into backpacks and delivered them on September 7th to San Miguel School in Providence, RI.
The annual San Miguel School Field Day was hosted at St. Sebastian's on August 8, 2023.