When weather conditions make it necessary to close school, the cancellation or snow schedule will be announced by local media. Those who subscribe to our texting service will be notified via text of any cancellations or early dismissals. We will try to make Cancellation announcements as early as possible, but sometimes information changes quickly and closures can be at the last minute. Thanks for your patience in advance if this does occur.

To address those winter days in which travel conditions are unsafe during normal arrival or dismissal times, we have devised a “late start” schedule in addition to our “early out” schedule. 

Should we be inclined to issue a “Late Start” notification via texting service or media broadcast, this is what it means:

9:30-10:00   Students arrive and go directly to the classroom.

10:00       Tardy deadline. School contact needs to be made prior to this time for absences.

The remainder of the day will be a modified schedule of classes. Lunch and Recess times will remain the same. There will be no Library, Band, or Computer classes on late start days due to scheduling conflicts.

Dismissal times and procedures will remain the same as a normal day for a “late start” schedule. There will normally be After School Care on “late start” days.

Due to extreme weather after the start of school, it may be necessary to dismiss school and After Care early. Television, our Social Media, our texting service and our Website will announce the closing time. An email will be sent to all parents and notification will be sent via text to all subscribed to the school texting service as well as postings to the website and school social media sites. Telephoning the school jams the telephone lines and is to be avoided. Tune to the TV stations, and check phones/computers frequently. On early dismissal days due to inclement weather, the children are dismissed to the big flat for pick-up. The kindergarten is held with a teacher at the main entrance. Students not picked up 20 minutes after dismissal will report to the school office.

On extreme weather dismissal days there is NO After School Care. If inclement weather is forecasted, parents should monitor St. Peter Social Media pages as well as local TV stations during the day, as After School Care may need to be dismissed early if the weather hits after 3:05 pm.

There will be no school on Friday, November 18th for Professional Development Day. We will be off for Thanksgiving break on Wednesday, November 23rd, 24th, and 25th. School will resume Monday, November 28th.

Please note the updated lunch menu for November at the bottom of this newsletter.

GIVING TREE: We will again be hosting our annual Advent Giving Tree online. Supporting the needy in our community by providing some Christmas joy.

We will have a physical tree in the ramp entrance with food and money ornaments and links to the signup page for family gifts this year. We are again using SignUp.com for our Giving Tree ornament and volunteer organization. HERE is the link to sign up.

You will sign up online to choose your “ornament.” If you do not have access to the internet, you can call the Parish Office and our staff will help you sign up and tell you what is needed. 

For added safety and convenience, you can even shop online for your “ornament” and have the gifts shipped directly to the Parish Office! No need to get out to go the store or even to drop off the gifts. You will need to note on the shipment what the gift is for, or email outreach@saintpeterjc.org with information about your shipment so that we can properly mark the gifts as they come in.

Volunteers will be needed to help wrap gifts that are shipped in and to help distribute gifts. This year, there will be contactless delivery of gifts and food to recipients’ vehicles. Please note your desire to help with this ministry on your Parish Stewardship Commitment Form!

Please deliver or drop-off your gifts to the Parish Office by Wednesday, December 7. 

Sunday, Nov. 20, is the Feast of Christ the King and is the Global Celebration of Young People as promulgated by Pope Francis. We will be having our first Celebration of Young People at Our Lady of Lourdes in Columbia. The day will include:

• FELLOWSHIP: Food Trucks to enjoy as you arrive to the parish. (please bring money for this portion only)
• REFLECTION: Hear from Brian Greenfield, a dynamic speaker who was MC at NCYC 2021 and on the stage at numerous Steubenville Conferences.
• PRAYER: Bishop McKnight will lead us in concluding with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, adoration and a benediction.

El domingo, 20 de noviembre, es la Fiesta de Cristo Rey y es la Celebración Internacional de la Juventud, según lo promulgado por el Papa Francisco. Tendremos nuestra primera Celebración Diocesana de Jóvenes en la parroquia Nuestra Señora de Lourdes en Columbia. Clic aquí para saber más.  

El día incluirá:

CONVIVENCIA: Puestos de comida para disfrutar de distintos platillos. (Favor de traer dinero si desea consumir comida)

REFLEXIÓN: Escucha a Brian Greenfield, un orador dinámico que fue el maestro de ceremonia en NCYC el 2021 y presentó en numerosas conferencias de Steubenville.

ORACIÓN: El Obispo McKnight nos guiará para concluir con la Exposición del Santísimo Sacramento, adoración y bendición.

Scrip News:

Raise Days are going on today and tomorrow. Be sure to check your app for all the special bonuses being offered for this short time.

Raise Right is now offering smaller denominations of popular gift cards. Stock up now for Christmas gifts or stocking stuffers!

I am doing some Fall cleaning of scrip cards. If anyone can use the following cards, let me know.  I have these in stock and would love to find someone who can use them. Some the local stores have closed, others are extra stock, and I would love to use up what I have:

Red Robin

Jack in the Box

Lands End

Dunkin Donuts

Lowe’s $1000 card

Bob Evans

Outback Steakhouse

Long John Silvers

If you are needing to get gifts for your teachers this year for birthdays or Christmas, I have generic scrip certificates available at any time.   

Other Fundraising news:

Fall Frozen Foods and Cookie Dough orders will be delivered on December 7th. They will be sent home with your child. If you have a large order and would like to pick the order up, let me know and we can make arrangements. This is the last fundraiser for 2022. We will start again in January with Ready Popped and Worlds Finest Chocolate bars.  

We are still looking for a classroom aide from 8:00-4:30PM, and two preschool afterschool care aides from 3:00-5:30PM. Must be 18 and willing to be CPR certified, and have a love for children. 

All interested persons should complete the application on the Jefferson City Diocesan website and contact the Principal, Mrs. Gayle Trachsel at Gtrachsel@stpeterjc.org. Positions Available: Classroom Aide, Preschool afterschool aides. 

An ACTIVE Parishioner:

• Is registered in the parish
• Regularly participates in Mass and the Sacraments
• Sacrificially tithing to the parish
• Is involved in parish activities and ministries as noted on the annual Parish Stewardship Commitment of Time, Talent and Treasure form

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