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Principal's Message:
Dear St. Peter Family,
Next week will mark the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday at our weekly school Mass. All are welcome to join us! This Lent we will be focusing on Jesus' life: his actions, his words, and his teachings. Our goal is to teach our students that everything Jesus did was done in love. No matter what Jesus was faced with... good or bad, challenging or easy, happy or sad, Jesus responded in love. That is still such an amazing concept, and maybe more so now than ever before. As we all know from turning on the news or listening to the radio, there is so much chaos and disruption all around. But in the middle of it all, we have our faith, and all we have to do is look to Jesus for hope and a perfect reminder to respond in love first. Father Hale will help us begin Lent with this important message Wednesday afternoon in the Church at 1:30. Please feel free to join us get our minds and hearts ready for the Lenten Season! We hope you and your family enjoy a well-deserved, nice and relaxing four-day weekend! Be safe, stay warm, and we will see you on Tuesday!
St. Peter, Friend of Jesus,
PRAY FOR US!
Mrs. Kadel
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Looking Ahead:
- Wednesday, February 22nd, Ash Wednesday, Mass 9AM
- Week of February 27th, NJHS fundraiser for Crayons to Classrooms
- Wednesday, March 1st, spring flower sale begins!
- Week of March 6th, Scholastic Book Fair
- Wednesday, March 8th, Family Night at the Book Fair, 6-8PM
- Monday , March 19th, NO SCHOOL
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February 21st: Corn dogs or yogurt power pack
with french fries
and a special Mardi Gras Treat
February 22nd: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, mixed veggies and fruit
Friday February 24th:
Cheese pizza with fruit snacks or peanut butter and jelly sandwich, salad and fruit
Click here for February's menu!
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We are recruiting new altar servers! Altar serving is a beautiful opportunity for young people to actively participate in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. More than helping the Priest at the altar, altar servers are brought closer to the mystery of the Eucharist and help the faithful to pray.
New servers must be enrolled in 4th grade through high school, be a practicing Catholic, and have received their First Holy Communion. If you are already an altar server, please register again so that we can have the most updated list of altar servers. Please use the QR Code to register.
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Join the Carroll Patriots as we put the ‘PAT’ in St. Patrick's Day with this Irish Celebration! The whole family is invited to an Irish festival with free admission on Saturday, March 11 from noon - 11 p.m. This event features Leprechaun Land for kids, Irish dancers, and Life Sized Games for teens, live music, games of chance, an Irish dinner (5-8 p.m.), five live bands, Carroll student performances, and gambling for the adults.
Adults 21+ are also invited to the traditional fish fry on March 10 from 6 p.m.- midnight featuring all you can eat baked & fried Icelandic Cod, French Fries, Cole Slaw, and Drink Tickets with all tickets!
Discount presale tickets available online at carrollhs.org/stpatsfest and in the Carroll Main Office for $20!
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Ash Wednesday
Often called the Day of Ashes, Ash Wednesday starts Lent by focusing our hearts on repentance and prayer. This happens during a unique Ash Wednesday service. The ashes of this holiday symbolize two main things: death and repentance. Ashes are equivalent to dust, and human flesh is composed of dust or clay, and when a human corpse decomposes, it returns to dust or ash.
When we come forward to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday, we are saying that we are sorry for our sins and that we want to use the season of Lent to correct our faults, purify our hearts, control our desires and grow in holiness so we will be prepared to celebrate Easter with great joy. With this focus on our own mortality and sinfulness, we can enter into the Lent season solemnly while also looking forward in greater anticipation and joy to the message of Easter and Christ’s ultimate victory over sin and death!
|  | Please be aware that Monday, March 13th through Thursday, April 6th, students in grades one through eight will be taking the Iowa Test of Basic Skills as directed by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. It is imperative that your child be present during their scheduled test-taking times. Testing days and times may vary by each grade, so feel free to reach out to your child's homeroom teacher for a schedule of test days and times. Please do not schedule doctor appointments during these three weeks. Late arrivals and early departures are also not permitted during these three weeks of testing. We certainly understand if an illness keeps a student at home, but please try to avoid any other absence during test times. It is extremely difficult for teachers and aides to find times to catch students up, and it causes stress for students as they are then pulled from other classes, putting them behind in their work. We want the students well-rested and ready to go for successful testing! Thank you for your support with our standardized test dates! | Mr. Herrmann had his third graders working hard to create robots using cubelets. Students worked in small groups to problem solve and create! | |
