ST. PETER TRI-PARISH SCHOOL A Collaborative of St. Benedict, St. Peter & St. Timothy Parishes 120 Mayfair Road Warwick, RI 02888 (401) 781-9242 stpeterschoolri.com March 31, 2016 Dear Parents, There is no fooling there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, April 1 st! The entire faculty will be at the Crowne Plaza for a Diocesan Professional Day. I hope that you all enjoyed a blessed and relaxing Easter. Remember to continue your Lenten promises throughout the coming year. It gets easier each new day. FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT APRIL 13, 2016 6:00 to 7:30 PM This extraordinary night is designed to entertain our students in Preschool through Grade Three. Children will be divided into three groups and three local authors will read their story to the children and get them started on writing and illustrating their own books. To insure that we have a successful evening, please fill out the form that was sent home earlier this week and return to school. Feel free to bring along a friend, neighbor or relative who might also be interested in an evening like this. At 7:00 PM you will have the opportunity to purchase a signed copy of the author s books. Please enter through the main lobby doors. Hopefully, this will be a very successful event where children will leave with a love for literacy! LITTLE MERMAID, JR.--This enjoyable musical will entertain all our students, their parents, family and friends. Please support the students, teachers and parent volunteers who have worked so hard this year getting this production ready for their audience. Bishop Hendricken High School is allowing us to use their beautiful theater for our two
performances. You have a choice of two times to attend: Friday, April 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM and Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 2:00 PM. An order form is included in this week s Friday Folder and e-folder. SCIENCE OLYMPIAD: We are very grateful to Mr. Jonathan Alvarez (dad to Maggie in K) for getting our Middle School students even more excited about science. The St. Peter Science Olympiad Team, dubbed the Saint Peter Super Scientists has been formed! The team is currently studying for their 5 events at RI College on April 9 th. Their coach, Mr. Alvarez, has ordered custom t-shirts for the team to wear to the Olympiad. He is absolutely ecstatic to have a competitive team going to this year s Olympiad! The team: Alex Ferolito Team Captain Bottle Rocket Gavin Drew Detective Crime Busters (Crime Scene Forensics) Athena Howlett Team Captain Reach for the Stars (Astronomy), Assistant Disease Detectives (Epidemiology) Ben Fontaine Master Builder Bridge Building Calei Harris Team Captain Disease Detectives (Epidemiology), Assistant Reach for the Stars (Astronomy) Daniel Franchetti Master Builder Bridge Building Spencer Fidgeon Detective Crime Busters (Crime Scene Forensics) HONOR ROLL: The 2016 Second Trimester Honor Roll is as follows: Grade Six First Honors Siena Algeo Daniel Franchetti Aidan Moreira Emily Patenaude Max Turner Second Honors John Ayers Aidan Comer Gavin Drew Benjamin Fontaine Calei Harris Andrew Kaczmarzyk Joseph Raulino Olivia Tracy Grade Seven First Honors Andrew Cavanagh Samantha Galasso Cailee Lavoie Phoebe White Second Honors Christopher Lemieux Rebecca Lewis Phoebe Phalen Gianna Rose Emily Trainor Third Honors Kyla D Eletto
Grade Eight First Honors Marissa Birmingham Haeleigh DeFeo Theresa Der Manouelian Sophia Hopkins Sara Langevin Kiley Lemieux Sophia Piperata Second Honors Sydni Bigelli Aidan Clendening Nicholas Ombajin Alyssa Richard Ashley Smith STANDARDIZED TESTING: Standardized Testing begins next week for grades 3-8. It is imperative that students come to school (and on time) during the testing period. Only for reasons of grave illness should they be absent. A letter has been sent home to the students in Grades 3-8 outlining what parents responsibilities are during this testing period. A RAFFLE A DAY IN MAY CALENDARS: Returns are beginning to come in on the Calendars. All Calendar stubs and payments are due on or before April 25 th. SCIENCE FAIR INFORMATION: The State Science Fair competition takes place this Saturday at the CCRI Warwick campus. Science Fair open viewing will take place on Sunday, April 3 rd from noon to 3:00 PM. At that time, the public is invited to come and see all the wonderful projects created by students from many R I schools. Take a few minutes and check out Best in Fair and get some ideas for future science fair projects!! DAMHSA: Mrs. Colleen Kenyon, of Damhsa Irish Dance Studio, is offering beginning Irish Step Dance lessons after school. Please consult the flyer enclosed in this week s Friday Folder and e-folder for dates and cost. MEET THE DOCTORS: Meet and speak with some of the leading minds in Autism treatment and research on Saturday, April 2, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Sheraton Airport Hotel, 1850 Post Road, Warwick. Please consult the flyer in your Friday Folder/e-folder for more information. MORNING DROP-OFF AND AFTERNOON PICK-UP: Once again, I must remind our families that students are to be dropped off and picked up in the church parking lot only not on Mayfair Street. For safety reasons and courtesy to our neighbors we must enforce this policy. If necessary, we will ask the Warwick Police to patrol Mayfair Road during dropoff and pick-up times and take whatever steps are necessary to insure the safety of our students. EXTENDED DAY REMINDER: Morning Extended Day does not begin until 7:30 AM. Children will not be allowed in the building before that time. Our teachers are not on duty until 7:30 AM. Thank you for your cooperation.
SEASONS OF NEW ENGLAND: You know it is spring when Seasons of New England opens with beautiful lilies, tulips daffodils and hydrangeas. Enclosed in last week s Friday Folder and e-folder was a coupon for 10% off with a purchase of $50.00. Seasons of New England is located at 479 Warwick Avenue. CLASS BASKETS: Another sign of spring is our annual Pasta Dinner and Class Basket Raffle. Once again, we ask for donations for our themed class baskets that will be raffled off on April 9 th at the Pasta Dinner. Each class has a particular theme. Please consult the flyer enclosed in this week s Friday Folder and also available in the e-folder. Please bring your donated items for the baskets to school before April 7 th. Once again, we thank you for your generosity. PASTA DINNER: Our annual Pasta Dinner takes place on Saturday, April 9 th in St. Peter lower church from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. If you purchased a 25 Week Club ticket (and it is completely paid up) your dinner is free and you are eligible for the Grand Prize Drawings. Also, beautiful baskets provided by our school families will be available for raffle that evening. Good luck! FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT: Please save the date for our very first Family Science Night May 4th from 6:00-7:30 PM. Mrs. Unger will need some help to make this night successful. If you are interested in helping, please email Mrs. Unger at mrsungerscience@gmail.com SUMMER SOLUTIONS: Please remember to order your Summer Solution books by May 10 th. Shipping will be free and you will be entered in a drawing for one of three ipad minis. ST. PETER SCHOOL WEBSITE: There have been some changes and updates made to the website. I am told that you have to refresh the website page in order for you to see the changes. VOLLEYBALL: The next Panthers Volleyball games will take place on Sunday, April 3 rd at 2:00 PM against OLMC at OLMC; Monday, April 4 th at 7:00 PM against St. Augustine at St. Augustine; and Thursday, April 7 th at 6:00 PM against Hendricken/Bayview at Hendricken. Good luck, Panthers! SUMMER UNIFORM: Please note the summer uniform does not begin until MAY 1 st. Thank you for your cooperation. 25 WEEK CLUB WINNERS: The winners of last week s drawing were: Frances Wong $50.00 Bill Perry $50.00 Tara Comer $25.00 Madeline Colon $25.00 IMPORTANT DATES: APRIL 1 NO SCHOOL DIOCESAN PROFESSIONAL DAY APRIL 2 SCIENCE FAIR COMPETITION AT CCRI
APRIL 3 SCIENCE FAIR PUBLIC VIEWING 12:00-3:00 PM at CCRI -WARWICK FAMILY COOKING WORKSHOP WITH JWU CULINARY APRIL 4 DRESS DOWN--$5.00 PER FAMILY STANDARDIZED TESTING BEGINS GRADES 3-8 APRIL 5 ROBOTICS 3:00-4:30 PM APRIL 6-- HISTORIC WALK PRACTICE 3:00 TO 4:30 PM APRIL 8 BUSTER THE BUS AAA SAFETY PRESENTATION GRADES PRE-GR. 2 APRIL 9 HISTORY DAY COMPETITION AT PROVIDENCE COLLEGE PASTA DINNER ST. PETER LOWER CHURCH SAVE THE DATE: APRIL 13 FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT 6:00-7:30 PM APRIL 15 & 16 THE LITTLE MERMAID, JR. AT BISHOP HENDRICKEN HIGH SCHOOL THEATER MAY 4 FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT ST. PETER ON-LINE STORE: The link is looktoelitestores.com/saint_peters_school/ They have many great St. Peter Tri-Parish School products from which to choose. TUITION: Tuition is on April 1 st. This would be the tenth installment. All bills have been sent out. If you did not receive yours, please let the office know. Also, please be aware that your tuition payments must be up-to-date in order for us to process your re-registration for next school year. 2016-2017 TUITION CONTRACTS: 2016-2017 Tuition Contracts were sent home on February 25 th in your Friday Folders. We require a contract for each child registered for next school year. If you have not re-registered your child/children, you will not receive a contract until the re-registration form is completed and returned to the office with your check for $25.00 per student. The signed contracts were due to the office by March 14 th along with your check for the one-time $35.00 processing fee PER FAMILY if you elect to pay by 10 or 12 monthly payments. Several families have not yet returned their Contracts. Please send them in next week. Contracts are part of your registration and re-registration process. If you have any questions, please call Mrs. Rossi. ST. PETER SCHOOL WEBSITE: Please visit our website often (stpeterschoolri.com). Many of our forms are available to download and the weekly newsletter is also available. Those who chose the e-newsletter will receive this letter as well as our weekly newsletter in their email. Please continue to send in: BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS EMPTY INK CARTRIDGES
STOP & SHOP A+ REWARDS don t forget to link your rewards card to St. Peter School ID code 07435 MIGHTY NEST.COM FUNDRAISER St. Peter School receives 15% of any purchases made. NEWSLETTERS AND MANY OF OUR FORMS CAN BE FOUND ON THE ST. PETER SCHOOL WEBSITE stpeterschoolri.com When we make the effort to return to Jesus and recover the original freshness of the gospel, we find new ways of being creative. Though God asks everything of us, he also offers everything to us. ~~Pope Francis God bless, Joan Sickinger Principal JS:ber