IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER!
Sunday, Jan 27 Catholic Schools Week (See below)
School Council sponsors pizza party for 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.
Catholic Schools Week
Monday: Uniform dress but students may wear crazy socks.
Tuesday: Students may wear a “Blues” shirt or a blue shirt with uniform pants.
Wednesday: Pre-School – Grade 3 may wear PJ’s and slippers. Grades 4 – 8 may wear sweat pants and a sweat shirt, and slippers. Students must wear regular shoes in the morning and they must wear their shoes for lunch and P.E. class and dismissal. They may bring a pillow and a blanket.
Thursday: Students need to wear a different colored shirt with jeans.
Pre-School – the green SSPP shirt Fourth Grade – pink
Kindergarten – yellow Fifth Grade – black
First Grade – blue Sixth Grade – orange
Second Grade – purple Seventh Grade – white
Third Grade – red Eighth Grade – green
Friday: Fancy Day – Students should dress up in their best.
GLO 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.
Reservation and 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.
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.
Inserts in today’s Friday Folders: Glo Bingo Reservations, Glo Bingo Opportunities/Dress Down, Lunch Menu, Church Bulletin, Altar Server Schedule, Band Schedule, District Band Solo and Ensemble Contest, Boy Scout Info (grade 4 boys only)