Saint Peter School - PreK-8th Grade Elementary | Established 1927

Introducing our new Pre-K 4 teacher, Mrs. Drake-Keller! This is her 5th year of teaching, and we're glad to have her in the classroom with some of our littlest Saints! We're already working on making choices and sticking with them, learning our letters, following directions, practicing our gross motor skills, and of course, learning how to play with others! #SouthJerseyCatholicSchools

Monday Morning Magic September 15! Great work Abby and Daribel leading the prayers and the Root Beliefs 💯

6th grade & 8th grade all here....but 2nd grade wins the first on time🍩 of the school year! This week in social-emotional learning classes, we'll be reviewing how to name and understand our emotions.

Virtue Awards: Ms. Weed recognizes Teigan for PRUDENCE, by staying on task & always following directions. Mrs. Hall also awarded Shawn for PRUDENCE, after Miss Jamie's glowing praise for him in after-care: always starting his homework right away and setting a good example for others in after care! Miss Campanell gave Wyatt an award for PERSEVERANCE--at the SJ Shootout Cross Country meet this weekend, he improved his time from last year's race by SIX minutes! And Mrs. Tell had to give a shoutout to 8th grade, for each of them getting ALL of their IXLs done in the week they were due!

Saint Circles: Today we learned about the second of the newest Saints to be canonized...St. Pier Giorgio Frassati is known as the Saint of the Beatitudes. Born in Italy in 1902, he dedicated his life to the poor, following the teachings of the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5.

Saint Pier Giorgio trusted God more than the things of this world. One of his favorite sayings was "Verso L'alto" which means "To the heights!" Faith gave him the strength to climb the heights to heaven.

In our circles we talked about one of the ways we can follow Pier Giorgio's example.

- Faith: Share gods love with others; tell people god lives them
- Prayer: Read the Bible; pray the rosary; pray for those in purgatory; pray before a test!
- Service: sharing your snack; helping someone who’s hands are full; helping someone study for a test
- Joy: including others in games: sleeping more so you’re not in a bad mood
- Friendship: talk to people when they are alone; play with new friends at recess
- Love: make a card to make someone feel better; donate things for poor & sick
- Courage: not being afraid to stand up for someone; befriending someone feeling left out
- Kindness: not talking about people behind their backs, give people compliments

And now, Verso L'alto, Saints! We're off to another amazing week!

Introducing some of our new staff members here on our social pages! We have a mostly new Pre-K team this year. Miss Rush joined us at the end of the 2025-2026 school year in Pre-K 3. And we've had a great start to the new school year so far. You'll also see Miss Rush helping out with the SPS Cheer Squad this winter!

We're also so happy to have Mrs. Maureen back in her 6th year as our Pre-K 3 aide!
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First Monday Morning Magic of 2025-2026! We're so excited to be back!

Angelie and Abby did a great job leading the prayers and the Root Beliefs after a whole summer away!

Attendance: 1st, 4th, and 8th grade all here! On time 🍩 drawing starts next week....

Virtues Awards: Miss Marrazzo awarded Daribel for her FAITH for being a good mass buddy. Miss M acknowledged Anointed for CHARITY showing care and concern for one of her classmates in Kindergarten.

Saints Circles: It was an exciting day in the church on Sunday! Blessed Carlo Acutis was canonized as a saint! The first Saint from the Millienial generation. Saint Carlo loved playing soccer and video games, but he always put God first. Made a website of all the Eucharistic miracles from all over the world. He used his gift for technology to spread the good news of Christ. He died at age 15 from leukemia.

In our circles, we took the St. Carlo Challenge: what is one small thing that you can do to grow closer to Jesus?

- Spread the gospel
- Don’t be afraid to talk about Jesus
- Being kind to new students and making sure everyone is included
- Read the Bible before bed
- Pray the rosary every day
- Take a break from my phone and read the Bible
- Be positive online
- Create art for Jesus!

And with that, we're off to our second week of school! Have an amazing day, Saints! 😇

Middle school first day! 5th grade setting up their first lockers, and all ready to learn; 6th grade looking a little nervous (but that was just in the beginning!); 7th grade is ready for a new school year (mostly); 8th grade took care of business early and then had a little time to relax! #SouthJerseyCatholicSchools