ST. PETER CATHOLIC SCHOOL Principal’s Weekly Newsletter

March 2, 2016

Dear St. Peter Families,

My name is Alex Enk and I am a fourth grader in Mrs.

Mahne’s homeroom. My favorite subject in school is Math. Last Fri-

day, February 26th, I became Principal for a day! I had so much fun!

I think all the teachers are very nice and funny, and that is

why I wanted our teachers to lead the rosary! My favorite part of be-

ing Principal was running the R.O.C.K Raffle. Everyone works

really hard to earn rock rewards, and I was able to announce the win-

ners! The prizes looked really good this month! I was even able to

award my homeroom with a pizza party! It was fun to hand out rock

rewards all day long to kids I thought deserved them. At the end of

our day I really enjoyed leading the Stations of the Cross. It was great

because all of the teachers for a day helped out.

It was also fun getting on the intercom and giving the school an-

nouncements. I have only attended St. Peter School now since 2nd

grade. I am glad that I was able to start attending this school. St. Peter

School has been a fun experience. I have made great friends, and the teach-

ers are interesting and make learning exciting. One of my favorite things

about St. Peter School is being able to attend mass once a week.

God Bless,

Alex Enk

Mr. Kraus with Alex Enk, Principal for the Day

and Lizzy Enk, Assistant Principal for the Day.

March 2016 Purity

March 4 (Fri) Stations of the Cross March 7 (Mon) 4th & 5th Grade Dignity Day March 8 (Tues) Grandparents’ Club Meeting, 10:00 am March 10 (Thurs) Reconciliation for 2nd-4th grade, except 3F

Parents in Prayer Meeting School Advisory Board, Media Center, 7:00 pm

March 11 (Fri) Last day of the 3rd Quarter Professional Development, 11:30 am dismissal

Stations of the Cross March 15 (Tues) Grades Due March 18 (Fri) St. Joseph Altar Stations of the Cross March 22 (Tues) 4th Grade Living Stations of the Cross, 8:30 am March 23 (Wed) All School Buddy Mass, 9:30 am Report cards go home

Academic Accolades Suzanne Roth, Dean of Academics

Mrs. Modicut’s class built the largest circuit at St. Peter

School featuring Teacher for the Day, Ms. Morgan Treece!

Key Cottage made a spider web this week...S is for spider!

Dear Parents,

We began our week with our birthday celebration of our wonderful St. Peter Catholic

School on the actual birthday since it is a leap year! St. Peter, Sister Justina, Sister Lioba,

and Sister Lawrence all visited for the day to celebrate 138 years! Thank you for your

commitment and for being a part of our school’s rich history!

I also wanted to share with you some of the professional development conferences that

our teachers have attended in the last few weeks. Last week our pre-k and kindergarten teachers participated in

a conference by Dr. Jean, who is an expert in early childhood teaching and learning. Our teachers learned

songs, finger plays, and other rhymes to make learning letters, numbers, colors, and shapes more fun, interac-

tive, and more engaging!

Our English Language Arts teachers also attended the Plain Talk about Reading, which is an international con-

ference by the Center of Developmental Learning about

various reading strategies. Teachers learned more about

formative assessments, Close reading, how to choose vo-

cabulary to teach, writing from informational text, the

challenges of learning to write and so much more.

I love that our school values continuing education in the

commitment of the teachers in their quest to always learn

more and through the commitment of our parents in fund-

raising to fund professional development.

Blessings,

Suzanne Roth

Dean of Academics

Pictured above is Mr. Kraus with St. Peter and the founding

sisters of St. Peter Catholic School.

Art Night

Thank you to Mrs. Dardenne and the St.

Peter Class of 2016 for a great event!

Faith Happenings Clint Goss, Coordinator of Religious Education

Mrs. Smith's Kindergarten class re-enacts the story of the Prodigal Son.

St. Peter Parish will be offering Reconciliation each of the following days for parishioners and visitors:

Wednesday, March 2 4:30 – 6:00 PM Tuesday, March 8 7:00 – 8:30 PM Wednesday, March 9 4:30 – 6:00 PM Wednesday, March 16 4:30 – 6:00 PM

Members of the St. Peter 6th grade basketball team contributed, organ-

ized and distributed 100 lunch bags to victims of the tornadoes in

Laplace last week through community service with the Ascension of Our

Lord Knights of Columbus this past weekend. Not all of the team was

able to attend but they all sent in donations to make up the lunch bags.

The team was able to ride through the neighborhoods and see the de-

struction first hand. They learned a valuable lesson about supporting

our community and just how blessed we are.

The Name of God Is Mercy As we continue our Lenten practices and examine our consciences to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation during this holy season, we should also meditate on the mercy of God. This week’s Faith Fact pre-sents a catechesis on mercy from Pope Francis, who uses Sacred Scripture to explain how “The Name of God is Mercy.” Click here for more.

Pictured below: Mr. Goss, dressed as St. Peter, leads

the rosary on Founders’ Day.

A little glimpse of St. Peter School during Teacher for the Day...

Student Life

We need your help! Do you know someone who

has lost a wedding ring?

A ring was turned in to the St. Peter

School office last year and we are

still in search of its’ owner. Please

call the school office to identify.

Abbigail Boudin

Janel Boudreaux - Co Captain

Claire Cordes - Lieutenant

Maggie Fallen

Haley Gassen - Lieutenant

Sydney Grembowicz

Lindsey Harrison

Ariel Herring

Aliya Hinman

Ava Hoffeld - Captain

Carter Johnson

Helaina LaCoste

Saylor Lucas

Ava Lund

Caroline Mayronne

Elise McHugh

Lilly Meredith

Abbey Nastasi

Madeline Nolan

Breah Scanlan

Ava Schwing - Co Captain

Elle Urrata

Emily Vaccaro

Emily VanDalen

Olivia Warden

Julia Wyble

Congratulations to the St. Peter Soccer Team on a great season

2016-2017

St. Peter Cheerleaders

St. Peter Spirit Night at

Zoë's Kitchen

Wednesday, March 16th

St Peter will receive 15% of food sales

all day.

Zoë's is also displaying

30 pieces of

St. Peter student

artwork and selling

them for $20 each.

100% goes back to St.

Peter School!

Mrs. Raimer and Mrs. Jessee dressed

as St. Peter students for Teacher for

the Day!

Teacher

for the

Day

Advancement Activities Karen Van Zandt, Advancement Director

April 22, 23 & 24, 2016

PARTY AT THE PAVILION

Do you have a few free hours on Wednesday mornings

between 9 and 12? If so please email Karen Van Zandt

at kvanzandt@stpetercov.org and come help make fair

decorations. We will be under the Key Cottage Oaks on

Wednesdays until the decorations are done!

SEVEN WEEKS AWAY...

Event sponsorship deadline for inclusion on the event

t-shirts is next Friday, March 11th.

We are in critical need of a family to

lead our Cake Walk booth at the Party

at the Pavilion. This is a great booth for

2 families to share. The homeroom of

the students whose parents chair this

booth will be assigned to work the shift.

Duties of those in charge of this important booth in-

clude gathering and storing of cakes in the cafeteria

the week of the fair and providing appropriate music

for the game. Our Cake Walk earns a lot for our

school. Please email Jennifer Leboeuf if you can help

SPS! jenniferleboeuf@att.net THANK YOU!!!

The Annual St. Peter School talent show takes place

on Sunday, April 24th on the main stage at Party at

the Pavilion. Our line-up starts at 3:00 pm and prizes

are awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. Applica-

tions and rules for participation in the talent show

are available in the school office.

JOIN THE FUN!

Friday Night - April 22

Bottom’s Up

Saturday Night -April 23

Live Auction & The Chee Weez

Games

Exciting Rides For All Ages

Fantastic Fair Food!

We Need You! The St. Peter Catholic School Parents’ Club is presently accepting nominations for the club offi-

cers for the 2016.2017 school year! Elections will be held at our April meeting for Vice-

President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary and Corresponding Secretary. The only requirements

are a love for St. Peter Catholic School and being a registered member of the Club. The respon-

sibilities of each position and nomination forms will be posted online under the PARENTS tab

on the school website. Please prayerfully consider service to our school!

Grand $5,000 St. Peter $3,000

Pavilion $500

Gordon and Breaux Marketing Communications, Inc.

Paretti Family of Dealerships

Harry and June Warner

Ja-Roy Pest Control

Pixie & Pirate Destinations—Debra Dwight

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE $2,500 and up

The Catholic Foundation

SISTER JUSTINA $1,500 to $2,499

Anonymous

SISTER LAWRENCE $500 to $1,499

State Farm Agencies . Mrs. Camille Bruce

SISTER LIOBA up to $499

Loretta Roth in Memory of Clare Delery . The Nuebel Family . The Schenck Family .

Chevron . Region’s Bank . Capital One Bank . Heidi Bowers Photography

St. Mary $1,000

I.T.S. Fire Alarm Security, LLC

Grady J. Flattmann

Attorneys at Law, LLC

Roadrunner $300