SPS Newsletter

Picture of the Week: On Mondays, Chef Doug and Sous Chef Jeremy are teaching

students in K1-Grade 5 the "fun" of cooking.

• April 16, Progress Reports for grades 1-7 will go home with your child(ren) via backpack express.
• No school on the following dates (Happy Easter!):
• April 17 - Holy Thursday
• April 18 - Good Friday
• Aril 21 - April 25 - Spring Vacation
• April 30 Deadlne for Cambridge Public Library Poetry Contest
• May 5-9 Teacher Appreciation Week
• May 12-16 MAP TESTING
• May 23 Field Day at Danehy Park. Volunteers must have a Cori and Virtus on file. Speak with Mrs. Flynn in the office if you have any questions.
• May 30 School Wide Opera

This event is organized by Lizzie Christensen's (PA Co-Chair) church, it's a great opportunity to swap gently used clothes or shop for necessities!

We are on hiatus because of the short week, we will return after break!

• Grades 1-8 first day of school will be a half day Tuesday, September 2
• K1/K2 half day on September 3
• Grades 1-8 will have a full day on September 3
• Afterschool will begin on September 4
• September 10 Back to School BBQ
• September 17 Parent Night - subject to change due to Parish events, more info to follow

Founded in 1901, St. Peter School turns 125 in 2026! We are forming a committee to assist with the planning of the St. Peter School Quasquicentennial Celebration. SPS parents, alumni, parents of alumni, current and former faculty and staff, parishioners and friends—all are welcome! If you are interested, please email Kathleen O’Connell at SPS125@saint-peter-school.org

Much more to follow!

Dear SPS families,

We are all set to offer all the SPS Summer programs and are ready to enjoy the best summer ever!

If you are looking for fun, educational, and entertaining programs for your children you will have them here at Saint Peter School. You know who we are and your children will be in a safe environment at SPS with their friends during the summer months. This is a program for everyone!

Around the World Summer Program (All grades)

Every week from June 16th to August 22nd - 10 weeks

Each week, we will "travel" to a different place in the world, discover their culture, create their art, make their science projects, learn their language, and have fun in the sun! This program includes one hour of water play every day. We may receive the visit of Chef Doug and do a cooking class!

We maintained the same prices as last year! All Summer Programs at SPS pricing is as follows:

Week-long Program session – 5 days/9:00 am to 3:00 pm: $525/week.

Week-long Program session for week 3 (no program on July 4th)– 4 days/9:00 am to 3:00 pm: $420/week.
Extended day before program – 8:00 am to 9:00 am: $10/day.
Extended day after program – 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm: $20/day.

Lunch is not included.

Special sibling discount of 10% (First sibling full price/second sibling with discount).

Multiple-week discount of 10% (Students attending more than one week - First-week full price/second week and consecutive weeks will have a discount if they do not have already the sibling discount).

Discounts can not be combined. Only one discount will apply per student.

There is a minimum of eight students per week to run the program. Families will be billed on FACTS/RenWeb Incidental Billing. Registration is due two weeks before the program starts.

Do you have a friend or neighbor who would like to attend even though they go to a different school? This summer we are inviting friends and neighbors of our students to come to our Summer Program! We would love to show them our school and they will be able to get to know us and have fun with us at SPS! Please give them my email, pcarazo@saint-peter-school.org, to enroll.

If you have any questions please contact me at pcarazo@saint-peter-school.org.
Thank you for helping us to enjoy a fantastic summer with your children!

Please be advised the EOY BBQ has been moved from 6/11 to 6/10/25.

Are you interested in Volunteering or Chaperoning? You will need to complete a CORI form (every year) and Complete VIRTUS training (once). CORI forms are available in the main office! Drop by to fill out a form and bring your license or passport to be scanned. Please keep in mind you need a CORI form and VIRTUS training to volunteer in any capacity, including chaperoning a field trip or volunteering in the classroom. If you have completed the VIRTUS Training in the past and have forwarded your completion certificate to Mrs. Flynn you are all set! If not, you must complete a training before you can volunteer. Register for ANY training (including, but not limited to training(s) held at SPS) at https://virtusonline.org and forward us your completion certificate.

Quick note from Dr. Kristiansen:

As many of you know from earlier emails this year, I've long been interested in the impact of Technology on Culture, and particularly with it's impact on young people. There have been several books that address these topics in the past few years, you may be familiar with titles like "The Coddling of the American Mind", "The Anxious Generation", "Never Enough", "iGen", and "Stolen Focus" to name a few. Well, in case you're interested, Ezra Klein recently interviewed Jonathan Haidt about this topic on his excellent opinion podcast. It's a sobering hour of listening, but I highly recommend it!