Third Quarter Report cards are available for Parent viewing today, Friday, March 9 on Fast Direct.
Preschool – grade 8 Registration is in full swing for the 2018-2019 school year! Register online through the website or by paper copy. Be a part of a great school watch your children grow with solid Catholic education! Please call the school office with any questions. We are here to help you!
IOWA Test of Basic Skills will finish up this week for grades 3, 5, 7 & 8. Please make sure your child has a good night’s rest, a healthy breakfast and two #2 pencils with good erasers. Results should be received shortly after Easter and will be shared with parents.
The Knights of Columbus is hosting their Pancake Breakfast right here in our Fellowship Hall on Sunday, March 18 to benefit our own Tuition Assistance Program. The KCs still need 2-3 adults to help serve and 4-6 students to bus tables for this event from 9 am – 12:30 pm. Call the school office if you can give an hour or two to help the KCs help us! Let’s help the KCs who are generously helping us!
Glo-Bingo is Friday, April 13, 2018 in the Gym. Plan on attending this crazy, fun evening! Each fundraiser helps to keep our tuition costs from increasing. Bring your friends! Join us on Friday, the 13th!
The Faculty and Staff are excited to invite you and your family to our Family Reading Night and Book Fair on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 from 6:30 – 8 pm. Help is needed to staff the Book Fair so all of you shoppers out there – we need your expertise! Contact Mrs. Bodinet if you can share an hour or two to set up and man the Book Fair that evening or on Monday during the school day.
Golf Outing 2018 is scheduled for Friday, May 11! See the flier and letter coming your way! FORE!!!
Congratulations to our Students of the Month, Junior Olympians, Athletes in Bowling and Volleyball for your amazing fortitude and accomplishments! We are all so proud of you! Thank you for representing our school so well and for giving your all!!
Thank you to all of our coaches and parent-cheerleaders who pitch in to make these sports seasons so successful for our students. Special thanks to Mrs. Jill Walker who has demonstrated to all of us what love and leadership is all about! Thank you for everything you do for us!
Congratulations to our Cafeteria and Maintenance Staff for earning 100% on the Madison County Health Department check-up!
New in the NEWs:
Ss. Peter & Paul School Council has been working to restructure their focus this year incorporating the MAT initiatives and other ideas brought out in the recent January meeting. One major shift is to re-create a Parents & Friends group inviting ALL of our Parents (& Friends) to build a stronger school community through social, spiritual and fundraising activities. The School Council (formerly School Board) will continue to focus on Policy, Faith Formation, Academics and Communication. More information to come next week about Parents & Friends and School Council. Plan to be a part of history in the making!!!
There is a movement in the works to Walk Out Wednesday, March 14 in protest of school violence. That will lose valuable class time. Prayer and kindness may be the turning point for someone sitting next to you. I am sharing the thoughts of one St. Mary’s School ( Edwardsville) Junior High teacher:
This (the walk-out) is not the answer. Walking away from our problems never solves anything. The problems are not about guns, the problem is about how people treat one another. The problem is how people cope with their own hardships. The students should be walking right back in and sitting with that “one kid,” the one who is always alone, the one who is picked on daily, the one who wears yesterday’s clothes, the one who looks differently than I do, the one who no one even notices, the one with their head down, etc. We all know who I am talking about, that one is the one who we need to help, and then we also need to go back in and talk to the bully. There are always reasons a person bullies others, get them help. Our society needs some interpersonal training. I’m not saying students shouldn’t have a voice, more power to them, but their voice is heard from greater distances if they actually did something with their voice, act and help others. Violence is avoidable. Befriend someone new and quit acting like the all mighty, you are not a judge.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY YOUR WORDS AND ACTIONS TO OTHERS! BE THAT DIFFERENCE!
REMINDERS:
• Field Trips are coming soon! All chaperones, coaches, volunteers must complete the Protecting God’s Children program to participate. This program will be presented here at Ss. Peter and Paul on Tuesday, March 13 at 6:30 pm and on Saturday, March 17 at 8:30 am in Morris Hall. You only need to attend this program one time.
• Warm-Up Winter! SSPP Youth Group is asking each family to donate a blanket to be distributed in our community. Blankets can be throws, baby, any bed size – even gently used but clean ones are welcomed. Bring your blankets to school by Friday, March 9.
• Apply for the Illinois Tax Credit Scholarship & give yourself tuition assistance.
1. Go: Empowerillinois.com to complete a brief online form to time stamp your application for the first-come, first-served scholarships.
2. Apply: After reserving your place in line, families will be emailed a unique link and use their reservation code to complete the application. Applications will be sent on a rolling basis, over the course of a few weeks. After receiving the application email, families will have 7 days to complete the application and submit all required documents.
Blessings,
Peg Bodinet
Principal