Congratulations to St. Peter Varsity Girls' Basketball Team for winning against Our Lady of Hope last Wednesday! Great game girls! #SouthJerseyCatholicSchools
Monday Morning Magic January 15 - Happy Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
2nd grade wins on-time award ⏰ Mrs. Lammers nominated Teigan and Eddie for their FAITH and great behavior on Fridays during Mass. And Mrs. DiBease awarded Jaeliana for PRUDENCE for her incredible improvement in math this quarter!
Angel thanked Paul and Victor for their CHARITY, and with helping him clean out his locker. And Mrs. O’Callaghan awarded Kailee and Roman for their FAITH and leadership of the choir on Friday when Mrs. Pearson was out.
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, and learning about the work he did to end segregation for People of Color in the mid-twentieth century. Today we honored his legacy with a school-wide service project, packing bags with toiletry items and snacks for Project HOME in Philadelphia. Even Pre-K joined us for this special event! Thanks to our middle schoolers who helped our Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First graders with this project.
"We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord." - January 3, 1968
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pIUOdrWl-ts
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First Monday Morning Magic of 2024! Happy New Year Saints! Lots of New Year birthdays!
Miss Knipp acknowledges Savien for charity, for always helping out when her classmates need it. Ben awarded Mrs. O'Callaghan for her kindness.
Aaliyah gave Mrs. Pearson an award for her hard work on the school concert. Alana recognized Cali for all her help with 3rd grade at the end of the day. And Mrs. O’Callaghan awarded Jason for fortitude for helping his Kindergarten buddy keep it together during Mass last Friday 😂
Saints Circles: What’s your favorite thing about Winter? Snow, and snow days! And the Superbowl (even if the Eagles don't make it...) and, of course, hot chocolate!
Celebrating the Epiphany this weekend: the Three Wise Men followed the star because they knew the baby Jesus, the Savior of the World, was there. Once you decide to follow Jesus, you can’t stay where you are. And you can’t go back the way you came! How can we show that we are followers of Jesus?
- Participating in Mass with our family and our community
- Being kind to others
- Helping people
- Praying and thanking Jesus before you go to bed
- Studying the Bible
- Praying with your friends
And with a group high five we’re setting off for an amazing 2024!
Last Monday Morning Magic of 2023!
6th grade wins the on-time award
The Wacky Sweater winner from the Christmas Bazaar was designed by third-grader Aubree. She made Mrs. O'Callaghan a real-life version to wear today! Check our Facebook Reels for the big reveal!
Big birthday week--including Mrs. Marisi!
Saints Circles: The Third Week of Advent is called Gaudete Sunday. We celebrate the JOY God brings to us.
In this Sunday's Gospel, John the Baptist helped bring others to Christ. We can also be the people to bring others to Christ and experience His joy. What are some ways we can do that?
- Bring others to church
- Be welcoming IN church
- Learn Scriptures
- Go to Mass on Sunday
- Remember to thank God before meals, and including others
- Follow God and be a good example of Christ’s teaching
- Giving to people
- Praying with people
- Read the parables and stories of Jesus and share his life with others
Father Tim attended his first Monday Morning Magic and spoke about how proud he was of all of us! And with his Christmas blessing, we are off on a joy-filled week!
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Great day for some basketball🏀 Clinic and Intramurals⛹🏼♀️⛹🏻⛹🏾♂️⛹🏾♀️Go Saints💚💛💜
Reporting from Monday Morning Magic, December 11, 2023!
Virtue Awardees: 8th grade boys stepped up to nominate each other--for CHARITY and PRUDENCE!
Saints Circles:Talking about what we’re excited about for Christmas and Christmas break! Catching up on rest, seeing family from far away, traveling--and Christmas Cookies!
2nd week of Advent: We look to Jesus to bring true peace. We can look everywhere but we’ll only find it in Jesus. How can we bring peace to our school?
- Study Jesus’ teachings
- Being positive
- Don’t start gossip, stay away from drama
- Showing good sportsmanship
- Being peaceful within ourselves
- Random acts of kindness
- Walking away when people are being mean
- Praying for peace in the world
And then we PEACE out to start another great week at SPS!
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1st & 2nd Grade enjoying the snow❄️💚💛💜
Today was - Bring your Teddy Bear to school in Prek4! We exercised with our bear, ate Teddy grahams, and even went to the Little Saints Library and looked at books with our bear. Such a great day!
Santa found the cutest Red Nosed Reindeers to help him this year ❤️
SPS is hosting all the principals in the Diocese the library today....so 6th grade gets to take over the Little Saints Library for their library time! #SouthJerseyCatholicSchools
1st Grade having fun with shapes🔵🔺🔶
All about the letter E in PreK-3 today! Elephant masks and Elmo! So much fun.
2nd grade could not resist going outside to enjoy our first snowfall!❄️
It's #GivingTuesday, and we're grateful for your support of our school! Here's a fun video from the archives...
https://youtube.com/shorts/OV09HSn1-Uo
Donate to St. Peter School at https://SPSAnnualFund24.givesmart.com
OR text SPSAnnualFund24 to 76278!
Reporting from Monday Morning Magic November 27, 202, post-Thanksgiving weekend edition!
It's always a little easier to come back after a long weekend in the gym with all our friends instead of getting straight to work. Congrats to 5th grade for winning the on-time award--donuts are in your future!
Virtue Awards: Mrs. Marisi recognized several students for their perseverance with the design engineering process with the Balloons over Broadway Thanksgiving Parade STEM Project. Engineering is not easy and sometimes we have to keep trying to make something work ⚙️
For student nominations, Peyton nominated Mrs. Pearson for demonstrating the virtue of faith as she leads the choir. And Violet recognizes all the 2nd grade girls for their faith. 🎶
Kicking off Saints Circles with some Thanksgiving chat: What was your favorite Thanksgiving food?
- Stuffing 🍞
- Turkey 🍗
- Brisket 🥩
- Rolls 🫓
- Sweet Potatoes 🍠
- Blueberry Pie and Pumpkin Pie...and maybe just all the pie 🥧
Root Belief of the Day: Knowledge is a Superpower. Why do we believe that? What can knowledge do for us?
- Knowledge can help you do hard things 💪🏽
- Learn about Jesus and the Bible 🧔🏽♀️
- Use your knowledge to get a good job 👩🏽🎓
- Learn how to invent things AND fix things! 🔧
- Knowledge helps us use our brains 🧠 🤯
How do we get knowledge?
- Reading 📖
- Practicing & gaining experience 👩🏽💻
- Learning from our mistakes ❌✔️
- Studying 🏫
- Tutoring with Mrs. Hall (and Mrs. Tell!) 👩🏽🏫
And we're kicking off this festive week with some holiday cheer! Secret Santa and Bazaar information is coming home this week!
#SouthJerseyCatholicSchools
PreK-3 celebrated Thanksgiving today with yummy food, turkey crafts and even pin the hat on the turkey game! We are thankful for our volunteers who helped us today and for all our families and friends.
Monday Morning Magic November 20, 2023 - It was a great one!
Mrs. O recognizes the choir for their great work at the 8:30 Mass on Sunday. Lots of parishioners had great things to say about their beautiful songs! 🎶And we’re proud of our 2nd graders who attended that mass, and who are preparing to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation 🙏🏽 Lots of Thanksgiving Birthdays this week, too 🦃🎂
Big surprise for our Root Beliefs! Instead of reciting and repeating our Root Beliefs, Mrs. Pearson turned it into a song, and third grade sang it for us! 🪕
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihG9fl2chAg&feature=youtu.be
Virtue Awards: Mrs. Hall and 4th grade nominated the whole 1st grade for their excellent behavior and engagement during their partner reading time last week.📖
And Mrs. Newman recognizes Alyssa for always being kind and helpful to her fellow students. 🥰
We also inducted our Student Council Officers this morning! Congratulations President Kaylynn, Vice President Roman, Treasurer Mary Cate and Secretary Gregorio. We trust you with the leadership of our school! ✨
And we're giving thanks for a short week!
1st and 4th Grade reading buddies📖💚💛💜
Monday Morning Magic for November 13! It's a short week; have you scheduled your conferences for Thursday or Friday?
We have so many students nominating each other that Mrs. O set up a place outside the main office for your virtue nominations! Let's keep the positive encouragement coming <3
- Sophia V. received 3 awards, two of them from fellow students! Jude nominated her for CHARITY, for always holding the door for ALL the midde schoolers at recess time
- And Alvin awarded Miss Manfredonia for CHARITY, for always giving him a little extra help 💯
Saints Circles: Today is World Kindness Day. WE BELIEVE that kindness is contagious. We all wrote down one act of kindness we are going to do today!
- Hold the door for someone (inspired by Sophia!) 🚪
- Bring in food for our food drive
- Share a toy at recess ⚽️
- Share a snack at lunch
- Help the teacher clean up
- Say good morning 🌈
- Say hello to everyone in the hallway
- Sit with someone who feel sad
- Compliment someone
Prek4 spent our Fun Friday in our new fabulous Library! We partnered up with our new 3rd grade friends. They read a story to us.
