SPS Newsletter

Picture of the week: grade 5 at View Boston

• Field Day permission slips went home. Please complete and return to school no later than Tuesday.
• 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. Please reach out to your teacher if you wish to participate, we can always use parent volunteers! Come for part of the day or the whole day! You will see more information in teacher newsletters and/or given directly to volunteers.
• For volunteers joining us for the walking portion of the day, please arrive to the school the morning of. We usually leave around 8:15am and return by 2:00pm (depart 1:45pm). We will all be following the same route this year, along Sherman Street.
• On field day students will be given a t-shirt to be worn.
• Keep an eye out for emails or a backpack drop from your child's teacher(s) asking for volunteers. The ask might be to assist during the day with games, sign up for snacks, bring fruit, or drop off water.
• Because we book the park by permit, unfortunately there will be no rain date. Cloudy and misty, we will go! Light rain, we will still go! Heavy rain, we will cancel.
• June 2 Move Up Day. K2-Grade 7 teachers will have a chance to introduce themselves, and give a brief update about the upcoming years curriculum. Students will leave with a folder that will include summer reading, supply lists and a summer work packet .
• Grade 8 Graduation Mass is at 5:00 pm on Friday, June 6 in the church.
• June 9, K1 Performance in the Parish Hall, this is the last day of school for K1
• June 10, K2 Graduation Ceremony in the Parish Hall, this is the last day of school for K2
• June 10, End of the Year BBQ a free family event. Back parking lot 5:30-7:00 pm.
• June 12, A half day of school for Grades 1-7. Lunch will not be served.
• Grades 1-4 dismiss at 11:45 am
• Grades 5-7 dismiss at Noon
• June 13th, Teacher last day of school! And the official beginning of summer vacation!

It is that time of year when Lost N Found overflows. Parents are asked to drop in any time and check out the box or ask your child(ren) to go through it and take what belongs to them. All school apparel left behind after school is dimissed for the summer will get washed and donated to the uniform closet. All other clothing will be donated to Good Will.

The Parent Association is beginning to think about next school year. Please e-mail st.peters.cambridge.ma@gmail.com if you are interested in being a room parent for the 2025-2026 school year.

Congratulations to the following STARS Scholarship recipients, who were awarded full merit scholarships to sing in Cambridge Children’s Chorus/Boston City Singers:

Gracie (Grade 2)

Yohanna (Grade 4)

Izzy (Grade 6)

Finnian (Grade 6)

Sandro (Grade 6)

Leah (Grade 7)

Emilie (Grade 7)

Eva (Grade 7)

Nominated for: All of the work he does to help us organize MAP testing and Field Day (next week!)

We will share next year's calendar on the website in the coming week!

Dates:

• 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 - changed due to Parish events, this is the new and correct date!
• September 17 Parent Night - changed due to Parish events, this is the new and correct date!

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.