SPS Family Newsletter

Picture of the week: a display in our 3rd grade classroom that highlights our 5 school virtues, which spell out our school mascot. The virtues are: Humility, Accountability, Wisdom, Kindness, and Service. You will learn more about student recognition for these virtues at Back-to-School Night!

Welcome to Saint Peter School's 2026-2027 school year! We're so excited to get started!

This is going to be a very big year for Saint Peter School. Along with the usual "news" like new students and new faculty members, we also have new furniture, new initiatives, new works of the Holy Spirit, and new ways to be involved with the school. In addition, we have two very major ongoing events on this year's calendar: the 125th "Quasquicentennial" Anniversary Celebration, and our NEASC Decennial Accreditation. Each of these is a considerable undertaking for our school, and we sincerely hope that you will want to be involved!

You will learn more about both of these at Back-to-School Night, and we're excited about both! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to ekristiansen@saint-peter-school.org for more information.

I'm so excited to be joining Saint Peter School for my 5th year as the Head of School; we've already accomplished so much together, and I can't wait to keep the momentum going!

Welcome, all of you, to the 2026-2027 school year. Let's get started!

God Bless,

Dr. Evan Kristiansen

• Keep in mind that Tuesday is a HALF DAY for students in grade 1-8
• K1 and K2 do not have school on Tuesday
• Wednesday is a FULL DAY for Grades 1-8 and a HALF DAY for K1 and K2
• Thursday is the first FULL DAY for all students, we will have Mass on Thursday 9/10

Please check the parent handbook for HALF DAY dismissal times

THANK YOU to those of you who have sent in health forms in the past week. Our Nurses have been cataloguing them and will reach out to families in the first week to ensure that all of our information is up to date.

All families: please remember that you must forward your child's health information to the nurse's office before the start of school. I have been monitoring the nurse@saint-peter-school.org email and have seen them begin to roll in, but please ensure that you send this information to our school nurses ASAP. Until we receive this form, including up-to-date vaccination records, our nurses are not able to treat your child in the event of an illness.

Our school Nurses will be in touch with you in the first week of school if we have not received the form.

One request: if you have previously (before June 31st) sent this form to the school by email, please re-send it. Our mail forwarding was not working properly at the time, so it's possible that your email was lost. This has since been fixed, but please consider re-sending.

Mr. Scott Belmonte - Facilities Manager

We'll talk more about this at Back to School Night, but please strongly consider attending our 125th Anniversary Celebration on September 27th, 2026 at the 11am mass. Click the button below to RSVP. The event includes a free lunch! Come celebrate SPS with us!

Mrs. Gaudette is also working to recruit members for our choir for the celebration! Please read below for more details. All are welcome!

Come join the St. Peter Choir for our 125th Year Celebration Mass on September 27, 2026!

Did you sing in the choir at St. Peter School? Do you sing in a choir or group now? Would you like to sing at this special 125th Year Celebration Mass? All are welcome!!

We will gather to practice in the convent music room at 10:30 AM, then sing at the 11:30 AM Mass.

September 8, 2026, First Half Day of School - Gr 1-8: Intermittent Dismissal Times

September 9, 2026, K1&K2 First Half Day of School - Dismissal 11:30 am

September 9, 2026, Gr 1-8 Full Day

September 10, 2026, K1& K2 Full Day

Ordinary Dismissal Times:

K1/K2: 2:15pm

Grades 1/2: 2:25pm

Grades 3/4: 2:35pm

Grades 5-8: 2:45pm

Intermittent/Early Dismissal Times

K1/K2 at 11:30 am

Grades 1-4 at 11:45 am

Grades 5-8 at Noon