"Inspiring students to love God, their Catholic faith and learning."
No After School Care
We have early dismissal at 1:30 on December 20th so there will be NO After School Care this day. This includes PreSchool. There will be no school from December 21 untill January 3rd. School will resume Thursday, January 4th, 2018.  Have a Merry Christmas!
Uniforms
We still have Long Sleeve Oxfords, and Short Sleeve Oxfords in youth and adult sizes available for sale at half price in the office.  We have a random selection of sizes in white and light blue starting at size 5 up to Adult XL.  See office for details. 
Scrip/Fundraising
No scrip this week!  Scrip will resume as usual Monday, January 8th, 2018.
Have a Merry Christmas!
Meet Our Staff
         
Rachel Ratcliff is the Pre-K teacher at St. Peter Preschool. She has been teaching at St. Peter's for 8 years total in 2nd grade, 4th grade, and now Pre-K. Rachel currently spends her fun-filled days teaching beside Mrs. Judy, her aide. Each day is a new adventure!
Rachel graduated from both Our Lady of the Snows School and Helias High School before attending William Woods University to earn a B.S in Business and Advertising. After working in the business world for five years, she went back to school at Mizzou to earn a teaching certificate for Early Childhood Education.
She has a blessed life at home with her husband Jason, two daughters Paige (8th grade) and Payton (5th grade), and their 5 cats. She LOVES reading, taking naps, and relaxing with her family.
Rachel considers St. Peter her school family and enjoys teaching in an environment filled with Faith, Learning, and Love. 

Dress Down 

It's the most wonderful time of the year... Students may bring in $1 for a DOLLAR DRESS DOWN DAY on December 19th to celebrate Christmas.   Students may wear their favorite Christmas shirt &/or Christmas hat or any school appropriate dress down day attire!!!  You must bring in your dollar on or before December 19th  to participate. 
Student Council will meet you at the door with a treat!
Proceeds for this fundraiser will go to the Playground Fundraising.

Tax Reform Bill
            
Immediate Action Needed
The tax reform bills passed separately by the House and Senate will go to conference to reconcile differences between the two before a final law is passed. There are some critical provisions that are of importance to members of Catholic and other private school communities:
 
  • Expansion of Section 529 savings accounts to cover elementary and secondary school expenses, as provided in the House version of the bill. Comprehensive 529 accounts would provide parents some practical assistance in saving for the critical years of their child's education.
 
  • Retention of Section 117(d), as provided in the Senate version of the bill. This section allows religious and independent elementary and secondary schools to offer tax-free tuition to the children of teachers and other staff.  It helps schools attract high-quality employees to settings that are favorable to parents and children.
 
  • Retention of Section 127(a), as provided in the Senate version of the bill. This section allows schools to cover up to $5,250 annually in tax-free educational expenses for employees, another attraction in recruiting qualified staff.  It is also vitally important to certain innovative private school communities that have work-study programs in which low-income students receive tax-free compensation.
"With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act now in a House-Senate conference committee,  let your Senators and Representatives know that the final tax reform bill should include three provisions of importance to religious and independent education."
Please use the  CAPE Action Alert system to contact your members of the Senate and House to ask their support for these provisions. Typing in your zip code will get you to your members and a prepared message that can be used or reworded. Also, please alert the members of your school community to the importance of these issues and ask them to contact their congressional members.
 
Financial Peace University
Learn how to win with your money!
Financial Peace University returns to St. Peter Tuesdays,  January 16 - March 20, 2018. Sign up to attend at  https://fpu.com/1053660.

Big Bucks
Big Bucks 2018 Tickets Now Available!
  • Only 300 tickets total will be sold: contact stpeterbigbucks@gmail.com to purchase or to sell!  (Or call/text Kim Slaughter: 573.424.0842)
  • Unreserved tickets will also be available in the school office.
  • 1 $100 ticket= 2 guests (21+) and 1 chance to win the Big Bucks, $10,000 generously sponsored again by Diamond Pet Foods!
  • Or reserve a table of five tickets, 10 guests, for $500.
Sponsorships Still Available:
  • Support Sponsor ($5,000/partnerships encouraged)
  • Costume Contest Sponsors (3 more, $300 each)
  • Videography and photography sponsors
  • Any amount is appreciated and other sponsorship levels are possible, let's brainstorm together! 
Volunteers:
  • Night-of volunteers needed for 2 hour shifts (you do not need a ticket to come volunteer for a shift).
  • Each shift gets an entry into our volunteer prize raffle!
Auction
  • Live & silent auction items are need to make this a success!
  • All ideas welcome--handmade goods, antiques, art, jewelry, new kid items, tickets to events, unused gift cards, etc.
  • Please coordinate/drop-off donations prior to 3/30/2018 using contact information above.
Be sure to follow us on Instagram! instagram.com/stpbigbucks
and check back on the school website for updates! http://bit.ly/2hxMHGq

Advent Devotions
                                                   
This year our advent theme at school is Journey Through Advent.  Sunday, December 3rd was the first week of Advent.  Each week your family will receive a copy of a devotion, prayer, activity, and hymn your family can do as a family.  We invite you to look through the devotion and see what works for your family. We pray that these devotionals might help your family spend some quality time together, coloring, creating art, listening to the birth narrative, and preparing to celebrate the birth of the Christ Child.    We are also sending home an advent calendar, and a paper advent candle each week.  Our Advent calendar is more of an activity calendar-activities that can help you get into the Advent and Christmas spirit. We think this activity will be a lot of fun for your kids and your family.  Don't feel like you have to do all the activities or devotions; we invite you to tweak the content and questions to work for your family.  We hope this allows families meaningful ways to engage in faith formation.

Week 3: Sunday, December 17th- JOY, Learning about Being God's Family  
Week 4: Sunday, December 24th- LOVE, Expected and Unexpected 
Week 5: Monday, December 25th- Christmas Morning     Jesus is here

Mary's Meals
Dear Friends and Families,

Thank you so much for your support in the Mary's Meals shirt sales!!

A reminder that the shirts are not Spirit wear, but there may be dress down days that we ask everyone to wear their Mary's Meals shirts. 

We are sending in $401 to Mary's Meals!  This will be doubled because of a generous donor. 
$802 will help feed 41 children every day for a school year!

We are so thankful to you families for helping these children!! 
You are bringing hope and joy to many children!
Have a wonderful Christmas!

Sincerely,
Michelle Keller
Donut Drive-Thru

Announcing Helias Latin Students'
DONUT DRIVE-THRU
FEATURING
      SCHULTE'S GLAZED DONUTS!!         
           
        
TUESDAY MORNING 7:00 - 8:00 AM 
DECEMBER 19!
Schulte's Glazed Donuts:  $9/dozen in the drive-thru
Individual donuts sold for $1 each in front of Helias.
  • Pre-order dozens by going to donuts4rome@heliascatholic.com or https://goo.gl/forms/uMugQjpyBsmXIAxH2.   Orders are due by 8:00 AM of the preceding Monday. 
  • Pick up your donuts during drop off on Tuesday mornings at Helias.
  • Conveniently take donuts to the office, look like a hero, and help the Helias Latin students traveling to Rome all at the same time!
Proceeds go toward Helias Latin students' trip to Rome summer 2018!

Play News
We have found a director! Mrs. Denson will direct the spring musical along with Nicole Dennison and Melissa Kiral. They are doing Adventures of a Comic Book Artist.  Auditions will be held  Monday, December 18th.  For more information regarding forms, audition material, practice dates, and student leadership roles, please see the new website at:    https://spismusical.weebly.com

Audition material for the spring play is available online at this link:

I've included information on the website to help kids do their best for auditions.

Invoices
School/lunch fees that are due and/or past due will go home Friday.  All are due January 8th.

St. Peter Car Decals
Home and School has St. Peter Interparish School car decals available for sale.  See the school office if you are interested; the cost is $2 each.
                            
Active Parishioner Status For School Families

Parents please make sure you are doing the following requirements to remain a non-tuition paid family. If you have any questions regarding your status please call the rectory office and speak with Beverly McCracken or Michelle Truesdale.  

 

Active parishioners' status is fulfilled by:  
  • Registered in the parish
  • Regularly participating in Mass and the Sacraments
  • Annually completing the Stewardship/ Time, Talent & Treasure form
  • Supporting the Parish financially
Items Sent Home on Friday
Advent Devotions Week 3
School and lunch fees

For questions, concerns or comments related to school please see below for contact information.
If it relates to general classroom instruction, homework, schedules please talk to the classroom teacher.

If it relates to attendance, health, general school information such as calendar items, school uniform, fees, lunch, etc: kbezler@stpeterjc.org, mwoodland@stpeterjc.org or chayes@stpeterjc.org
 
If it relates to athletics, policy, safety, &/or discipline: mveit@stpeterjc.org 
 
If it relates to administration: gtrachsel@stpeterjc.org 
 
If it relates to enrollment or counseling: lralston@stpeterjc.org

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Jefferson City, MO 65101
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In This Issue
Dates to Remember
Dec. 14- B-Day, Aluminum Can pick up on the flat, 7pm Christmas Band Concert Miller Center

Dec. 15- C-Day, 2pm Kindergarten Christmas Program

Dec. 18- A-Day

Dec. 19- B-Day

Dec. 20- C-Day, 2nd qtr ends, 9am Mass, 12:45 Christmas Parties, 1:30 Dismissal

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