IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER!
Sunday, Jan 20 Basketball & Volleyball Pictures (see below for more info)
Monday, Jan 21 NO SCHOOL. Martin Luther King Day
Tuesday, Jan 22 Chess Club 2:30-3:15 p.m.,
Parents & Friends Meeting 6:30 p.m. Fellowship Hall
Thursday, Jan 24 Speech Tryouts 2:30-3:15 p.m. (6-8 grades)
Sunday, Jan 27 Catholic Schools Week (Event details were sent home last week)
School Council sponsors pizza party & open house after 10:30 Mass
Friday, Feb 1 GLO BINGO (more information below)
Saturday, Feb 2 Madison County Music Festival, Collinsville Middle School
Math Counts Competition
Wednesday, Feb 6 KC Free Throw Championship (info below)
Friday, Feb 8 Student of the Month after 8:15 a.m. Mass
Wednesday, Feb 13 Parents & Friends Meeting 6:30 p.m. Fellowship Hall
Monday, Feb 18 NO SCHOOL. President’s Day
Thursday, Feb 21 LifeTouch Spring Pictures (NO RETAKES), Book Club 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb 23 School Choir sings at 4:30 p.m. Mass
Sunday, Feb 24 7th & 8th Grade Confirmation Retreat,
8 a.m. Mass, then until 3 p.m. at Morris Hall
Tuesday, Feb 26 Chess Club 2:30-3:15 p.m.
Basketball/Volleyball Pictures, Sunday, January 20th, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Yearbook pictures for all basketball and volleyball teams will be on Sunday, January 20th. Specific times are listed below and on the Athletic Director’s Planner page on Fast Direct.
For all basketball teams, please make sure your player has clothes to change into as you will return your uniforms that day.
Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your scheduled time and check in with your coach.
11:45 a.m. ALL 5TH – 8TH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL IN UNIFORM, 12:00 p.m. 5 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL,
12:05 p.m. 6 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, 12:10 p.m. 7 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, 12:15 p.m. 8 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL,
12:20 p.m. 5/6 GIRLS BASKETBALL, 12:25 p.m. 7/8 GIRLS BASKETBALL,
12:30 p.m. 3/4 GIRLS BASKETBALL, 12:35 p.m. 3/4 BOYS BASKETBALL,
12:40 p.m. 5 BOYS VOLLEYBALL, 12:45 p.m. 6/7 BOYS VOLLEYBALL,
12:50 p.m. 8 BOYS VOLLEYBALL, 12:55 p.m. 5 BOYS BASKETBALL, 1:00 p.m. 6 BOYS BASKETBALL,
1:05 p.m. 7 BOYS BASKETBALL, 1:10 p.m. 8 BOYS BASKETBALL, 1:15 p.m. 3/4 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL,
1:20 p.m. 3/4 BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Yearbooks **DUE DATE FRIDAY, JAN 25**
Don’t forget to order your yearbook! Order forms were sent home, but more are available in the school office. You may order on line at ybpay.lifetouch.com (our id code is 1451719).
Please have your orders turned in to the office or submitted online by Jan. 25.
2GLO BINGO!
If you have the winter blues, we have the perfect remedy…Glo BINGO!!!! Mark your calendars for Friday, February 1st if you haven’t already. This event is a perfect opportunity to get together with friends or make new ones!! Get a table together with other class parents and have fun! Reservations can be made at sspeter-paulschool.org/glo-bingo/
Of course, we cannot pull off a successful event without a little help from you. We are currently looking for donations of gift cards, event tickets such as Blues/Fox Theatre, and silent auction baskets. We will be filling a wheelbarrow of booze this year, please send in donations of unopened bottles of booze and mixers to the office with a responsible adult.
Donation forms, including the popular Glo-Bingo bracelet and dress down pass, will be sent home in this week’s Friday Folder. Donations may be dropped off at the school office or we can make arrangements to pick them up.
Thank you, in advance, for your support of this fundraiser! It is sure to be a FUN event, so we hope to see you there!
Empower IL Application 2019-2020:
The application process for the 2019-2020 school year opened on January 15, 2019. Empower IL is a statewide scholarship program that started in 2017 to help families with the cost of tuition for grades K-12. For the 2018-2019 school year, this scholarship program helped 10 of our SSPP families with awards totaling $47,730! We encourage everyone to apply for this wonderful opportunity for our students and their families.
Accelerated Reader (AR/IXL Store)
The AR/IXL store needs your help! Now that Christmas is over, does your family have any gifts that you would want to donate to the AR/IXL store? New or gently used stuffed animals (large or small). New Nerf balls, games, small items (key chains, purses, party favors). Please send in your items marked AR Store as soon as possible and the office will then contact the AR committee. Your help is much appreciated!
Free Throw Championship
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Council #1712. Open to Boys and Girls ages 9 – 14. Wednesday, Feb 6 at Ss. Peter & Paul Gym. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Contest begins at 7 p.m. For more information, please contact Paul Proffitt at 618-616-1249.
Hornet sweatshirts!!
We have sweatshirts for sale in Youth Medium, Adult Small, Adult Medium. There are a few sample sizes in the school office. Youth Large & Youth Extra Large Sweatshirts have been ordered and will be available soon. Sweatshirts are $20. SEND ORDERS TO THE OFFICE WITH PAYMENT & SIZES MARKED “SWEATSHIRTS”. CASH OR CHECK PAYABLE TO “SSPP ATHLETICS”. GO HORNETS!
Inserts in today’s Friday Folders: Church Bulletin, Band Schedule, Glo Bingo Opportunities, Brewery Tour