Welcome back to all of our students and families! We are so excited to start this new school year with you! Before the first day of school there are a few important updates you should know.  The first day of school is Wednesday, August 17th. School starts at 7:45 AM. Please mark St. Peter Catholic School Open House on your calendar; Monday, August 15th from 4:00-6:00 PM. You and your family are invited to bring your school supplies, meet the teachers and discover what your child will be learning this year. Below you will find important information regarding school information.

2. Students in grades 1-8 should use Drop-off line. Pre-K and K students may be walked to front entrance doors. We recommend working toward dropping K off as the year progresses.

1. To reduce line congestion, typically only parents with Pre-K or K students should park and cross students. (Must be walked to crosswalk.) Students with cumbersome items or special circumstances may also use the parking area and be walked across.

1. All cars entering the lot, parking & pick-up, need to have a St. Peter hang tag with the student last name. 

School lunch is paid through your FACTS Parent Portal. School lunch charges are as follows: Lunch is 2.75 per student. A la carte charges: extra main entree $2.00, extra side $1.50 and milk is $.50. You will get an email from St. Peter/FACTS when your lunch balance needs funds, then you will need to go in and add funds to your account.  The free & reduced lunch application is attached in the section below. Please fill out the form if you think you may qualify. We receive federal money toward professional development for teachers, and title services for our students based on the number of children that qualify for free and reduced meals. Preschool lunch is included in the cost of preschool student tuition. If you have any questions regarding lunch billing you may email Kbezler@stpeterjc.org.

It is essential that St. Peter be notified of all student absences. If your child will be absent/needs to leave early, a note, email, or phone call should be made to the school office (573-636-8922). Parents can email attendance@stpeterjc.org with absences and homework requests. The office will notify the teachers as necessary. It is most helpful to notify the office before 8:30 AM before official attendance is complete. If you are planning a vacation and your child will miss 3 or more days of school be sure to fill out a Vacation Request Form from the office. This is to be completed 2 weeks prior so that teachers can make assignments available for the absence.

If your child requires medicine to be given at school you must fill out a permission to administer form with dosage information. Medicine forms are sent home at Open House and should only be returned if/when your student needs medicine that the parent provides either over the counter or prescription medicine. The school does not provide medicine. Contact our school nurses with any questions or concerns aberendzen@stpeterjc.org or egarnett@stpeterjc.org.  

All parents in K-8th grade must have VIRTUS and complete the background check for their children to attend St. Peter Catholic School. As always, please stay up to date with your VIRTUS training. This is required for all parents/guardians that have students K-8 in schools in our Diocese. Some things do expire and/or need to be updated so it is good to log into your account regularly.  Preschool parents are highly encouraged to have VIRTUS so they can attend school events and volunteer throughout the school year. To complete VIRTUS go to virtusonline.org HERE.

The school wide text system is available for parents to sign up to receive school news, and can be found on the school webpage, or the link attached. It is also posted at the bottom of the newsletter. Important updates, such as weather related cancellations and upcoming events are often communicated through text message Sign Up For Text Alerts Here. (mobile-text-alerts.com)  

The school website has a lot of important information and is updated regularly. It contains many links, the school calendar, lunch menu, the student handbook, as well as staff phone extensions and emails and much more. St. Peter Catholic School Webpage

Uniform shirts can be ordered through THIS doc. More details in uniform section below. School approved water bottles can be ordered HERE. Water bottles will be sent home with students after the order is received by the school office. Only clear water bottles are allowed at school. Water bottles and uniforms will be invoiced through your FACTS Parent Portal account.

Home and School will give a free Spirit Wear shirt to each student at Open House on August 15th. If you would like additional Spirit Wear, you can order it HERE. The online store will be open until August 21st. Uniform approved fleece 1/4 zip pullovers, jumpers, and skorts can be purchased through our link (HERE) with Lands End. More information below. If you have any questions or need assistance with your order, please contact Carrie Hayes at chayes@stpeterjc.org. 

We continue to use the FACTS Student Information System, which you used to enroll or re-enroll your student(s). You can use the same login information at www.FACTSMGT.com to get into your FACTS Parent Portal and check your child’s grades, apply funds to their lunch account, etc. Our district code is SPS-MO. School fees are billed through FACTS Parent Portal and you will pay through FACTS financial. You will receive a notification for when your fees will be taken out per the plan you signed up for. The FACTS system will send you an email when your fees will be taken out. If you need to schedule a different date you may go in and change your date. You will go to your financial tab to see the details of your payment plan, balance and payments. You may also print from there any receipt you might need; ex. Preschool payments. 

Wagner will do online ordering only again this year. Fall pictures will be taken for the yearbook on September 15, 2022. This is uniform dress only. If your child is absent or unable to take pictures that day, picture retakes will be November 3, 2022. We will also have a spring picture day on March 24, 2023. This is a dress up or dress down day. See the school handbook for guidelines in the dress code section located on the school webpage.  

A new Scrip order form, the Scrip and fundraising explanation letter to all families, and the electronic Scrip sign up form (if you are not already signed up) are all attached HERE as well as on our webpage. All Scrip orders need to be placed by 10:30 AM. on Mondays to be guaranteed for that week. If you have a paper order, please use the blue pouches (if you have them) to send them to school. Your family receives 50% of the percentage of the product you buy. 

Job Opportunities 

St. Peter School is still looking to fill a couple of positions (listed in section below) including substitute teachers. If you are interested or know someone that would be a great fit, please encourage them to apply on the Diocsean website and email Gayle Trachsel, Principal gtrachsel@stpeterjc.org. We are also still looking for volunteers for the Cafeteria, School Advisory Council, and Home and School. If interested in running for school advisory Council, contact Mrs. Trachsel or Jessie Pitts. All names for the school advisory Council must be approved by Father Secrist, or Father Roberto and be active members at St. Peter Church or St Andrew Church.  

Art Supplies for 2022-2023: Ms. Thurman is aware that there are supply chain issues regarding certain art supplies. Please feel free to acquire whatever brand of supply works best for your student, but please try to keep the requested dimensions for sketchbooks . Sketchbook brands like Ucreate, Pen + Gear, Carson, and Art Street can be found online via Amazon, if not locally at Walmart. Please reach out if you need further assistance kthurman@stpeterjc.org. Looking forward to all the wonderful Art we will be making this coming year!

HERE is the link to the school supply list for the 2022-2023 school year.

An ACTIVE Parishioner:

Please follow the link below, download the form and email it to stewardship@saintpeterjc.org. You may also pick up a form from the back of church July 30/31 and August 6/7 or in the Parish Office and return it in the collection basket at Mass or to the office no later than August 21. Our new system will be live sometime next month, and we want you to be able to participate in your chosen ministries…your parish needs your service. Thank you!

If you are wanting your student to attend After School Care next year and you did not click YES when you registered, or are unsure, or need to unregister please send an email to the Director, Betsy Bartow @ bbartow@stpeterjc.org no later than August 1st. Thank you and have a great Summer! 

School uniform shirts can be ordered through THIS google doc. The order form only allows you to select one item size at a time, but you can order multiples of that item on the same form. You will need to submit multiple forms if you order multiple sizes and/or styles. Orders will be sent home as soon as they are available. You can order at any time, but no order is guaranteed if it is past an order deadline. Order deadlines are: July 21, 2022, October 3, 2022, January 9, 2023, March 6, 2023. The link will be attached to our school website soon. 

School approved water bottles can be ordered HERE. Water bottles will be sent home with students after purchase. Only clear water bottles are allowed at school.

Spirit Wear is allowed to be worn on Fridays as well as random awarded days throughout the school year. Home and School will give a free Spirit Wear shirt to each student at Open House on August 15th. If you would like additional Spirit Wear, you can order it HERE. The online store will be open until August 21st.

Uniform approved fleece 1/4 zip pullovers, jumpers, and skorts can be purchased through our link (HERE) with Lands End.

If you have any questions or need assistance with your order, please contact Carrie Hayes at chayes@stpeterjc.org. 

Be sure to welcome our newest PreSchool teacher, Jaycine Bax when you see her! Here is a little bit about her:

I am beyond excited to get to know you and your child throughout the school year. It will be a year full of fun, learning, and adventures. I can't wait to get this year started, but first wanted to tell you all a little about myself.

I was born and raised in St. Elizabeth with my grandparents and graduated from high school in 2011. Soon after, I continued my education by going to Lincoln University to pursue a degree in teaching. I am the second oldest of 4, one older sister and two younger brothers. I have two small dogs named Josie and Coco. I love mu family more than anything and my favorite part of it all is being an Aunt to several nieces and nephews. I recently bought a house in St. Elizabeth and have been remodeling it like crazy.

This will be my first year at St. Peter, but prior I worked for the Jefferson City School District enrolling new students for 1 year and St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Preschool for 5 years. Preschool is my absolute passion!!

I look forward to a great year!

A successful candidate is a practicing Catholic in good standing who can minister to students regardless of subject area or a teacher who, consistent with the Mission of St Peter School, promotes and teaches the Catholic faith as reasonably determined by the principal. Applicants should hold the appropriate Missouri teaching certification or its equivalent. All interested persons should complete the application on the Jefferson City Diocesan website and contact the Principal, Mrs. Gayle Trachsel at Gtrachsel@stpeterjc.org.  

The St. Peter Home & School Committee hosts several exciting events throughout the year, and we need your help to make this the best year yet! If you are interested in making some fun memories with a great group of people, volunteer as a Room Parent or to help with other events like Donuts with Dad, Mornings with Mom, or Summer Blast Off. Please let us know you’re interested by emailing Leah Norment at LeahNorment@gmail.com or Mary Barrioz at sivadbecca@hotmail.com.

We need help from our parish family to make this a great time for all. Please visit our volunteer sign up link, HERE to volunteer some of your time that evening. Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt; please add your shirt size in the comments field.

Please keep in mind that all adult volunteers (graduated high school) who work with children will need to be VIRTUS certified (trained and background checked). If you are an event volunteer (helping at this event only), you only need to sign up with the VIRTUS office to have a background check run. No one will see the results of this check; it is only for safe environment purposes. The link to get this done is HERE. Please be sure this is done before the event.

Beginning this school year, Mrs. Bell will replace Mr. Veit in the St. Peter Athletic Director position. All communication regarding athletics will come from, and can be directed to her at kbell@stpeterjc.org, or 573-636-8933 Ext. 233. Please be patient as she assumes this new role and all of the duties it entails.

Attached are the links to register for athletic activities (except Little Olympics) and to be a coach or assistant coach for the 2022-2023 academic school year. The links

will also be found on the individual sports pages on the St. Peter website under the Athletics tab.

To register for athletics, click HERE

To sign up to COACH, click HERE

We are in need of 5-7 new members to the St. Peter Athletic Committee. The Committee is a sub-committee of the School Advisory Board and meets monthly. The AC is responsible for supervision as well of athletic events hosted by St. Peter. If you have questions or would like to know more about the responsibilities of a AC member, please contact Mr. Veit @ mveit@stpeterjc.org. If you are interested in being a member please contact Mr. Veit or Mrs. Bell (kbell@stpeterjc.org).