SPS Newsletter

Picture of the Week: 8th Grade Student Ola interacts with Jim, a resident from Neville Place. 8th grade is participating in a "Living Histories" service project to hear the stories of the residents and write short biographies for them.

• Catholic Schools Week (school is in session) January 26th-January 31st.
• Celebrate your Parish Sunday: Everyone is invited to the 9am mass in-uniform and join us in the parish hall for hospitality afterward! Any student that attends the 9am mass in uniform will receive a tag day next week. If you cannot attend on Sunday consider celebrating the mass with us on Thursday morning at 8am.
• Celebrate the Community Monday: The Harlem Wizards visit to SPS originally scheduled for January 27, has been postponed, more information coming soon!
  
• Tuesday: Students voted on a special lunch choice of homemade chicken nuggets or veggie sticks and french fries. (For those with egg allergies, keep in mind egg will be in the batter.) Original menu items will not be served.
• Celebrate the Nation Wednesday: Open house is from 8:30 am-11:00 am. Invite your friends or family who are interested in hearing more about SPS. Wendy Burns could always use some parent volunteers to help with tours! This is also Career day, you should expect to hear from your homeroom teacher about coming to speak to the students about your career!
  
• Celebrate Vocations Thursday: We will be having our second annual drive for the Harvard Square Churches Meals Program during Catholic Schools Week. After Mass on Thursday, January 30, the entire school will form a bucket line to Christ Church's soup kitchen, which is at the bottom of Concord Ave. outside of Harvard Square.
• Harvard Square Churches Meals Program Requests:

• backpacks

• men’s t-shirts: M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL

• men’s boxers: M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL

• men’s coats: (winter and spring): M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL

• books and National Geographics

• jeans: sizes 30-30 through 52-36 (and anything in-between)

• men’s dress shirts: sizes M through 3X

• sweat shirts: XL-XXXXL

• white socks

• Celebrate Faculty, Staff, and Volunteers Friday: The PA has some plans for this day, so please reach out to the PA.

• International Night Friday, January 31st 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
• Come celebrate and enjoy a potluck dinner and learn about the amazing international cultures represented at SPS!
• Sign up to host a table (alone or with others) with food and decorations for your country OR sign up to drop off a dish at the potluck table! Click here to Sign-Up!
• Food portions are small bites for tasting as folks walk around learning about all the cultures represented at SPS. Decorate your table in any way you like to show off your country, some examples: country flag, posters with maps and key details, media, photos, cultural games and crafts. Interactive tables are very popular and we will be putting together a scavenger hunt for the kids.
• We will provide you with a table and stickers to hand out to the children for their passports.
• New this year! We’ll be putting together a play list of international songs to listen to as we enjoy the evening. Please recommend some fun family appropriate tunes for us to play from your country! Click here to Sign-Up!
• Fill a bag of used uniforms for $25 cash or check.

This winter, dive into a world of snowy excitement at our February Vacation Program! Packed with laughter, friendship, and thrilling activities, it is the perfect way for kids to make the most of the chilly season! We will be learning about the Wind! Students use their understanding of weather to engineer windmills that can cause the energy of the wind to perform work.

The program will run from Tuesday, February 18th to Friday, February 21st. You can join all week or on individual days! Each day we will have an art and craft, a science experiment, or a STEM project. We will also have a daily "special activity" (each day we will surprise our students with either cooking, yoga, a movie, or a talent show!). We will provide a morning snack at 9 am and an afternoon snack at 3:30 pm. Students MUST bring their own lunch. The regular day is offered from 9 am to 3 pm for $110/day ($399 if you register for all 4 days). We are also offering an early drop-off option from 8 am (for an additional $10/day) and a late pick-up option until 5:30 pm (for an additional $20/day). We are also happy to offer a special sibling discount of 10% (the first sibling will be full price and a discount will be applied to subsequent siblings). A minimum of six students each day is required to be able to run the program.

Sign up form

Please fill out one form per family. Any questions please ask Mrs. Carazo at pcarazo@saint-peter-school.org.

• February Charlie Card payments are due.
• No School on Friday, February 14, 2025, Teacher Professional Development Day.
• February Break no school, Monday, February 17-Friday, February 21, 2025.
• Are you interested in a February Vacation Program? See Saint Peter School's February Vacation Program below.

Added:

Friday, March 28, 2025 No School-Gift from the Bishops visit.

Updated:

March 5, 2025 Terms 2 Ends

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.