St. Peter Weekly News!

Principal's Message:

Dear St. Peter Family,

October is here! We have come so far since August 17th, our very first day! So much learning and growing in such a short time. The teachers and I are very pleased with how the first quarter has gone. Thank you for all the support you give at home!

As we head into October, we will focus on praying the Rosary, as October is the month of the Holy Rosary. Additionally there are many exciting and important events coming up, so please check our newsletter each week so you don't miss anything!

Wishing all our families a beautiful fall weekend. Get out, enjoy, and we will see you nest week!

St. Peter, friend of Jesus, PRAY FOR US!

Mrs. Kadel

Attention Parents!

As we head into October, we respectfully ask our parents to drop students off at the door and allow the children to walk themselves to their classrooms. If you need to speak with your child's teacher, please email them first and they will schedule a time where they can talk and give you their full attention. Thank you for your cooperation!

We are looking for volunteers in the Library during the school day as well as volunteers for the upcoming book fair. Please email Mrs. Kellie Jobe if you are interested.

The Scholastic Book Fair will be here Oct. 11-14. Sign up to volunteer, or shop the virtual fair here: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/stpeterschool

St. Peter's 1st Annual Pumpkin Glow!

Saturday, Oct. 9th

The PTO will be joining in the festivities of the Pumpkin Glow. There will be music playing while the pumpkins are being lit/judged, along with glow stuff for the kids to dance and have fun with and hot dogs and refreshments! Once the pumpkin judging is finished, you are welcome to join your friends and family on the soccer field for a movie (Hocus Pocus) to begin around 7pm. We will have an inflatable movie screen and popcorn. If you haven’t already returned the form, please do so by Monday so we know to plan on your family.

Upcoming Christmas Bazaar

Volunteers Needed November 13^th and 14^th!

The annual Christmas Bazaar will be here before we know it and we are in need of volunteers to help out. ALL funds raised by the bazaar are donated directly to our school! If you would like to help with this enjoyable event, please contact Linda Stocker or Lori Stemmer at stpeterchristmasbazaar@gmail.com.

St. Peter Athletics

2021-2022

More Info & Reg. Dates

BASKETBALL Sign-ups!!!!

Help Needed!

Important Links:

Faith Moment

Saint Francis

October 4th is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan Order. Find out about this special saint by clicking here!

Blessing of the Animals

In honor of St. Francis, this Sunday, October 4th, St. Peter Families are welcome to bring their pets to the parking lot for a special blessing at 1:00 PM!

SOCKtober is Here!

Throughout the month of October, the students of St. Peter School will be collecting new socks to donate to the St. Vincent DePaul Shelter. Socks are the most requested item by shelters that help people in need. SOCKtober has become a tradition at St. Peter School, started a few years ago by alumnus, Taren Prinz. Taren, now a sophomore at Chaminade Julienne High School came back this morning to kick off our campaign! All sizes and colors of brand new socks are acceptable. Students can bring socks in starting Monday. We will have some fun activities and prizes during the month. We are so proud that Taren started this project, and we are honored to continue it for him. This is another great example of the spirit of St. Peter at work in our students and school! Way to go Taren...we are proud of you!

Reading Partners

On Tuesday, our eighth graders gave of their time to read with our third graders. Our third grade teachers and students spend much of their day working on reading skills so they develop into strong, independent readers. Thank you to our eighth graders for helping and teaching.

Looking Ahead:

Sunday, Oct. 3

Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast after 9:00 Mass
Blessing of Animals 1:00

Monday, Oct. 4

Picture Re-take Day

Wednesday, Oct. 6

NJHS Induction

Saturday, Oct. 9

The Great Pumpkin Glow and Family Movie Night after 4:30 Mass

Monday, Oct. 10

Scholastic Book Fair begins and continues through Thursday

Wednesday, Oct. 13

Educational Apparel uniform sale in the Family Life Center, 3-6PM
Family Night at the Book Fair, 6:00PM
2nd Grade Reading Night, 6:00

Spirit Wear Orders

We were missing a few items - so we are doing an order first thing next week. If you missed ordering and want something - please get us your order form by Monday, Oct. 4, no later than 10 am!!

Spirit Wear Order Form

STEM Grant Awarded!

Congratulations to Mrs. Garra Myers, junior high science teacher, who was awarded a grant to receive thirty microbits for our school! Microbits are the latest technology in STEM, robotics, coding, and circuitry. Thank you Mrs. Myers and well done!

Fire Prevention Week,

October 3rd-9th

Meet firefighter Ed and his dogs Kasey,

Kali and Karamel who visited

our primary students to teach fire safety!

SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM (before/after school care)

We have a very STEAM-insured group this year! Lots of engineers and designers. Our school-age children are a creative bunch! We are looking forward to starting fields trips!

"Our first Non-School Day was a success! We made pumpkins, apple turnovers watched a movie, and enjoyed outdoor activities"

ECC Happenings

Look out for our Popcorn Fundraiser Link starting October 4th! We are trying to collect $2000 to purchase a new refrigerator so we are able to store more fresh fruit and vegetables for our children's snacks!

We are excited to have Father Kyle join us on October 4th to celebrate St.Francis and bless the animals! Please bring a stuffed animal!

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