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Student Impact Summit
We will be having an NJHS
meeting on Tuesday after
spring break to discuss our
tutoring service initiative. We
will meet in Mrs. Nagle's
room from 2:30-
3:15pm. Students should be
planning to commit to either
Tuesday's or Thursday's and
working with our primary
students during the 2:30-3:20
time frame. We will try to run
follow up meetings during
lunch time so that students
are able to work that into
other commitments. We are
looking forward to making
NJHS more than just an
award, but a movement here
at St Peter!
The Scoop on Homemade Slime
The use and making of homemade slime or putty has become increasingly popular in
the past several years and has become a craze here at St. Peter as well. One of the
ingredients often used in homemade and store-bought slime is Borax. Borax, or
sodium borate, is a chemical that can be toxic if not safely diluted, especially if it gets
into the eyes or lungs. While it may be toxic if ingested, pediatricians say that using
small amounts of the substance for making slime shouldn’t cause any harmful
effects. Caution however, should be taken to limit the amount of dust raised when
using Borax. Also, be careful to avoid splashing the Borax mixture around in the
kitchen or other areas when the slime is being made. A final suggestion would be to
wash your hands regularly after using the slime, especially before eating. This helps
to limit the possible dangers of the Borax and bacteria and germ exposure that may
occur from the slime coming into contact with numerous hands and surfaces.
MAP TESTING
Students in K-8 will be taking the MAPS assessment for the second time in the two
weeks following Spring Break. Your child’s homeroom teacher will know the
specific days. Results will be shared after all assessments are completed.
AMERICAN HERITAGE GIRLS PLANT & FLOWER SALE
Its spring and the American Heritage Girls are having their annual plant and flower
sale. A list of available items and order forms are included in the Friday Flyer. Our
ten inch hanging baskets make a wonderful Mother's Day Gift and our flats are
lush and full! We continue to use the same, high-quality supplier. Order forms are
due to any AHG Troop Member or the school office by Friday, April 28th and the
delivery day is Wednesday, May 10th. Thank you for supporting our young women
and their scouting program.
AUTISM AWARENESS APRIL 7TH
Information about autism will be shared with students during this week with an
Awareness Day on Friday, April 7th. Wear blue that day to support awareness.
ST. BALDRICK'S UPDATE
Thank you so much for all of your generous support during our St. Baldrick's event.
We had 18 participants who shaved their heads and donated hair to stand in solidarity
with children fighting cancer. Thanks to your generous donations we were able to
reach our goal this year, raising $5,162.85 to help fund childhood cancer research. A
special shout out to our top fundraiser, Miles Smith, who donated his hair and raised
$1,715, our fifth graders who collectively raised over $2,000, and our first through
eighth graders who donated $838.85 in coins. We are grateful for your support
REGISTRATION FOR 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR
Registration for the 2017-2018 school year has begun! New students interested in
enrolling can apply online through the school website at www.stpetermyschool.com
Current families received an email with a link to use for completing the
reenrollment process. Be sure to take advantage of the early bird special and
register by March 15 to receive the $100 registration rate. After March 15, the cost
to register is $175. If you refer a family who enrolls in grades K-8 and lists you as
their referral, you will receive a $500 credit on your tuition. Spread the word about
our award winning school and help yourself too!
PAY ENROLLMENT FEES
Many parents have re-enrolled and paid their enrollment fee at the same time.
If you have re-enrolled and not paid, we still need your enrollment fee to complete
the process. If you need to pay after re-enrolling, please do one of the following:
1) Go back to the re-enrollment link that was sent to you and click on the payment
link. This will allow you to use a credit card if desired
Or
2) Go to the school web page at www.stpetermyschool.com and click on the “on-line
payment” link on the home page which will allow you to pay online
Or
3) Send a check to the school office with the correct enrollment fee noting who it is
for
FINANCIAL AID 2017-18
Applications for financial aid for next year are being accepted. The school is using
the FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment Company to provide the financial analysis. To
apply, visit online.factsmgt.com/aid. See attached flyer for more information.
Scholarships for the next school year will be awarded using the following
guidelines:
1) St. Peter members will have first award consideration
2) Applications for families enrolling children in Grades 1-8 will have priority
3) First deadline for scholarship consideration is April 7th
4) Second deadline for scholarship consideration is May 26th
5) Scholarships will be awarded from a set amount designated for the upcoming
school year; therefore applying eary assures there is money available
6) Application with FACTS must be completed along with our St. Peter Support
form
Poured Out Missions Weekend – June 2-4 – Register by April 23
Current 5-7th graders are invited to a missions weekend at Immanuel in Belvidere,
Illinois. There will be service projects, food, inspiring speakers, YMCA fun, and
team building for only $40. Fill out a registration packet for this event by April 23. If
you are interested in attending or chaperoning this trip, please let DCE Kristin
know at [email protected].
Fall Confirmation Retreat at Camp Arcadia
Who: Current 6th-7
th Graders (next year’s Confirmation students)
When: September 29th – October 1
st
Where: Arcadia, Michigan
What will we do: Eat, play, learn, and worship together
Cost: $126 ($50 deposit due April 9)
How to register: DCE Kristin has registration packets; register by April 9th to
guarantee your spot!
*If you desire to chaperone this trip, please let DCE Kristin know!
Registration for First Communion Class, available to 5th-8th
graders, is now open.
The class will be held on Saturday, April 8th.
Visit http://fulllifeinchrist.org/firstcommunion/ to learn more and
register!
Community Threads & Allstate, Doing Good!
Allstate Employees… If you're participating in the Helping Hands program this
year, please sign-up for Community Threads! We have several projects planned
and would love your help. Hundreds of hours have been served at Community
Threads by Allstate employees - Way to go Allstate!
APRIL 16TH
Join us for breakfast in the cafeteria 6:30-11:00 AM on Easter morning for
pancakes, eggs, sausage, and more! Buy a ticket early for $6 or spend $7 at the
door. All profits go towards the High School Youth Ministry.
USE THE GIFT CARD PROGRAM!
Remember to use the gift card program to order cards for your use as well as gifts for
family and friends. Simply order online @ www.mannaorders.net. If you need your
password please connect with Angie Blaesner in the Finance Office at
[email protected] Credit from the cards offsets your tuition.
Congratulations to
Jessica Bergman
on receiving the
Illinois Principals
Association Student
Recognition Award
on March 17, 2017.
Jessica and her parents
were honored at a
breakfast hosted by IPA
at the Metropolis
Ballroom in Arlington
Heights.
Jessica was one of only
27 students being
recognized in the North
Cook County region.
Jessica is pictured with members of IPA and the Illinois Teacher of the
Year, Mr. Ricardo Castro.
Best Dressed
Noah Zabawski, Josh Mayo, Jordan East and Luciana Gutierrez
Praise Blazers
Mr. Bickel and Bruno Ibrahim-Betts for being the best sheep in the
herd!
STUDENT LUNCH ACCOUNT
To make payments or put money into your child’s lunch account, please go to
www.mymealtime.com. Should you have any questions, please contact Janice Cartina,
our Cafeteria Manager, at [email protected].
April Menu
7th Graders Serving in the Circle Drive
Up Next Week...
Team 1
Olivia Harmon
*PM Doors*
Aidan Watson
*Captain*
Anna Lang
Joshua Mayo
Ethan Bertermann
Abigail
Bertermann
8th Graders Serving in Chapel
Griffin Ginder Logan Cudia, Josh Ryg, Allison Drake, Kayleigh
Rodgers
Grade Checks:
https://www.plusportals.com/StPeterLutheran
Please be checking student progress on
the Portal. Access to the site is above or
by clicking HERE!
Report cards went home today! If your
child was not present to receive such,
you may stop by the main office between
the hours of 9am and 2:30pm next week
to get them. Otherwise, students can
pick them up after break.
Mrs. Murphy [email protected]
All 6th
and 7th
grade tech students have a Schoology
account in which projects and assignments are
posted. Schoology is an online learning management
system similar to Google classroom but more powerfull
and with greater capabilities. It is also the main learning
management system used in surrounding district high
schools. Student Schoology accounts were set up using
their secure school Google accounts and can be accessed
from any computer – both school and home.
All 6th
and 7th
grade students are currently completing
projects and assignments using 100% online tools which
can also be accessed from any computer.
6th
grade: Students should be finishing up the 6 assigned
Tynker lessons (online) plus the Tynker game. These lessons
should be completed upon return of spring break. Completion
of the Tynker lessons and game will be their first grade of the
new (4th!) quarter. If students have completed Tynker, they can
move on to the next coding activity using an MIT program
called Alice. This program is one of the few we will be using
that are not online and, therefore, can only be accessed at
schoo,l as their progress is saved on our local server.
7th
grade: We have finished designing our 3D land tiles and
moved on to creating virtual reality space in an online program
called CoSpaces. With written parent permission, students
may download the CoSpaces app on their phone and students
may bring their phone to tech class only, on the day of class,
to test out their designed space. Written permission (on any
paper) must be given to me first. We have also tinkered with the
3D printers in our lab and students have enjoyed creating and
printing 3D objects.
8th
grade: 8th grade tech has started a new project, a
Washington D.C. brochure that they will be working on in
class. It is tentatively due on May 12.
Mrs. Gilles
Hi Art Friends, Happy Spring Break!! Enjoy the begins of Spring
with flowers beginning to emerge and trees budding! Don't
forget to check the Artsonia site for your students Parody
portrait that is posted on the Gallery there. Please feel free to
email me with questions about your student if their art is not
posted. We are still in need of newspaper on an ongoing basis.
Also we need kitchen empty liquid dish soap containers for
upcoming projects. Don't forget the possibility of visiting the Art
Institute over Spring Break. It is one of the top Art Museums in
the country!
Mrs. Wieting and Mr. Gorecki
Youth Chorale
We are in the midst of digging into our spring concert music. The kids
are doing a great job!
General Music
This week, we discussed how to go about playing a ukulele pop piece
with chords. We then had practice time on our individual pieces.
Señorita Llerandi
www.onlinespanishclassroom.weebly.
Spanish 1: This week we learned about South American and
Spanish markets. We practiced buying and selling things in
Spanish. When we get back from break we will be exploring
some museums in Spain.
Spanish 2: We only met once this week. Since most of the
students were out due to nationals, we watched "Finding Dory"
in Spanish with subtitles. After break we will return to "Mi Vida
Loca".
Spanish 3: We learned how to book a hotel room in Spanish.
We also watched Finding Dory in Spanish with subtitles. After
break we will be working on describing rooms, conjugating
verbs, and talking about family.
Athletics The Boys Varsity Basketball team compiled a 30-8 record
this season and won the St. Raymond and Grace Classic
tournaments. They also finished 2nd
at the CLA Tournament
and the Saints Shootout. It has been an impressive season to
this point, but it is NOT over! Our team has been invited to
participate in the 32 team Lutheran National Basketball
Tournament in Valparaiso, IN March 23-26. This is the second
year in row our Boys Varsity team has been selected to this
tournament. Congratulations to Coach Matt Huonder, Coach
Steve Ginder, our players, and families on this tremendous
accomplishment! You can follow the tournament at
www.lbaa.org and live stream games. Our boys opened the
tournament with an 8 am game on Friday, March 24th!
Track & Field practice starts Monday, April 3rd
! All schedules
and information were shared at the parent meeting and e-
mailed out to track families. Looking forward to a great season!
Basketball Hoop Project – Thanks to a generous donor and
the support of our Booster Club, we will be updating the
basketball hoops in the MAC. The sides hoops will be height
adjustable and will be ready for our lower grade basketball
camps this summer!
Summer Athletic Camp Save the Dates – Check out these
new options! Registration will be made available after
spring break!
June 13 – 16 – Speed & Agility Camp – (9:00 – 10:00 am) –
Coach Weidner (Certified Athletic Trainer)
June 12 – 16 – Basketball Shooting Camp (10:00 – 11:00 am) –
Coach Bickel
August 14 – 18 – Cheer Camp (3:00 – 5:00 pm) – Coach
Masterson
June 5 – 9
Grades 1-2 Basketball / 3:15 – 4:45
Grades 7-8 Basketball / 5:00 – 6:30
June 12-16
Grades 3-4 Basketball / 3:15 – 4:45
Grades 5-6 Basketball / 5:00 – 6:30
June 19-23
Grades 5-6 Volleyball / 3:00 – 4:30
Grades 7-8 Volleyball / 4:45 – 6:15
SPARC
Every Tuesday and Thursday / 7:00 – 8:00 pm / June 20 –
August 10
Mr Bickel and Miss Kloess
Students have been learning the fundamentals and strategies
of badminton over the last week. Now students are applying
offensive/defensive strategies and concepts during game play
as well as beginning a tournament. We are finishing up
nutrition where students are learning how to individualize their
nutrition based on their physical activity and lifestyle demands.
Students have in class homework, but nothing due the week
after spring break. In addition, we are beginning a unit on
substance abuse focusing on preventative strategies and
common misinterpretations/myths about adolescent alcohol and
tobacco use.
Mrs. Picchiotti [email protected]
English – Grade Six
We are not doing the Unit 10-12 review next week. Instead, we will
continue with Greek and Latin roots this week, with the goal of
learning 100 by the end of the year.
In our writing unit, we will practice text editing skills.
English – Grade Seven
We are not doing the Unit 10-12 review next week. Instead, we will
continue with Greek and Latin roots this week, with the goal of
learning 100 by the end of the year. We will also begin writing a short story.
English – Grade Eight
We are not doing the Unit 10-12 review. Instead, we will continue with
Greek and Latin roots this week, with the goal of learning 100 by the
end of the year.
Students will receive their brochures back this week and will turn
corrected copies of these in the next week.
For our next writing unit, we will practice writing different types of
academic responses to nonfiction articles.
6th Grade Literature - Mrs. Picchiotti
Everyone should be reading their AR books, which are due to be finished
and tested by April 24th.
The week after Spring Break we will be reading a few narrative poems in
class and writing one of our own using a fairy tale, fable, myth or legend for
the content.
7th Grade Literature - Miss Llerandi
We continued reading Greek myths this week. We took notes on each myth,
made note cards about main characters, and compared the ideas to modern
day stories. We also watched Hercules. After break, we will be finishing up
our mythology binders and learning more about the hero's journey.
8th Grade Literature- Mrs. Nagle
8th grade Literature will be studying dramatic and humorous interpretations
. Monday the students need to bring in their selection for their next speech in
one of these two categories.
Miss Schmidt: [email protected]
6th Grade Religion We completed our collapse and capitivity unit just in time for spring
break. Test scores will be posted by next Thursday. Happy relaxing!
Mr. Piel
th Grade Religion
We will be studying the Israelites moving into the promised land and will be
looking at some familiar stories of Joshua and the battles of Jericho as well as
others. We will begin memory again after spring break.
Mrs. Harman: [email protected] 8th Grade Religion We are finishing our unit on the Sacraments and beginning to prepare for the upcoming unit test. Students will continue to use their prayer journals, study for the memory quiz, work in their workbooks, and do reinforcement activities.
Mr. Heick [email protected]
6th grade – period 1 - We will
continue working in chapter
9. Students will be learning
about probability. Studying
topics such as permutations,
combination and compound
probability.
6th grade – period 2 -We will
continue working in chapter
10. In chapter 10 we will be
working on ratios, proportions,
and percent.
Mrs. Smith [email protected]
7th Grade We will finish Chapter 7 when we return
from spring break. We spent a lot of time
solving real world problems involving
systems of equations
and inequalities. Students should always
be solving for that ever-important
coordinate, which is the point where both
lines intersect. We will talk about times
when there is not a point of intersection
and what that means about the system.
8th Grade Students will be working on correcting
their mistakes on the cumulative
7th grade - We will start working
in the Algebra book. We will start
in chapter 1, working on
exponents, order of operations
and solving formulas.
8th grade - We will continue
working in chapter 9. Students
will be learning how to solve
quadratic equations and
functions. We will start off
working on problems with
radicals.
exam. Most of them remembered about
75% of the book which is pretty
good! Still need to work on that
retention since Algebra 2 is just more
extension of the Algebra work they have
learned already! We will start into
geometry applications when we return
from spring break!
ACCESS MRS. SMITH'S
HOMEWORK PAGE HERE!
Mrs. Nagle
To access the Google classroom:
Go to your child’s st.peter’s gmail account, such as first initial, last name,
and the year they graduate
@stpetermyschool.com ([email protected])
Type in their password
In the search type in googleclassroom, then click on the
result: https://classroom.google.com/h
Then just click on the class icon
6th grade World History class will be moving into chapter 12 and studying
early civilization of the Americas. We will begin with South America and
the Incas.
7th grade Geography students will finish up putting their presentations
together and each pair will share their project with the class.
8th grade History class will be studying the US Civil War.
Mr. Piel [email protected]
Science in the News…
Did you know…that smartphones may be changing the way we
think. Laboratory studies hint that technology, and its constant
interruptions, may change our thinking strategies. Our devices have
become “memory partners,” allowing us to dump information there and
forget about it — an off-loading that comes with benefits and drawbacks.
Navigational strategies may be shifting in the GPS era, a change that might
be reflected in how the brain maps its place in the world. Constant
interactions with technology may even raise anxiety in certain settings.
Specifically speaking…
6th Grade
We finished a lab on temperature and the angles of sunlight and have
begun our unit on major weather events—thunderstorms, flash floods,
tornados, and hurricanes—how they form, are detected, and how they are
rated. As we move into spring this is a very timely topic! We will end the
unit with a lesson on weather forecasting.
7th Grade
We finished our unit on modern genetics with a test over this unit on
Thursday. When we return from spring break, we will be doing a lab on
extracting DNA from our cells. We will then spend a few days on the topic
of evolution as we examine this theory from a Christian perspective,
helping students form sound, scientific responses to it from a Christian
viewpoint.
8th Grade
We have finished our unit on chemical equations and chemical
reactions with a test over this unit on Thursday. We will then start our next
unit on solutions, acids and bases and their importance in our everyday
lives after spring break.
Website for solar panel monitoring:
enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/pv/public_systems/2McX428596/grid/days
Middle School Madness
Homework Link (click link above)
