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National Lutheran Schools Week--Upon This
Rock!
Jesus helps us overcome any obstacle...
Winter Retreat Group...we had a blast at Camp
Timber-Lee!
General Announcement
Meals On Wheels - Help Needed
We are looking for a few more adults to drive for our SOS event on Monday, January
30th. If you are interested in taking a group of 3-4 students to deliver a few meals to
shut-ins, please email Lexi at [email protected].
We are can also use a few more food donations. Items we are still looking for are:
-Salad
-Rolls
-Fruit salad
If you are interested in bringing these items in, we need them no later than Monday,
January 30th at 8:00am. Please email Lexi at [email protected] to volunteer
an item. Many thanks!
C4: MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP BEGINS JANUARY 29TH, 2017
Starting January 29th, all 6-8th graders are invited to C4! C4 is a new group of 6-
8th graders being changed by a Christ-centered community exploding with Jesus’
love. We will meet for youth group on Sunday mornings from 10:00-10:45 AM
(during Fusion) in the youth room. Invite all your friends! Check us out on
Facebook and Instagram @C4_StPeter. Email [email protected] to learn
more.
GEOGRAPHY BEE WINNERS
The National Geographic Geography Bee was held with the following grade level
winners:
5th grade: Gus Dammann and Maddie Halter
6th grade: Ethan Watschke and Carl Molund-Kovash
7th grade: Bruno Ibrahim-Betts and Ethan Bertermann
8th grade: Carson Milligan and Allison Drake
Overall winner: Carson Milligan
Congratulations!
SCIENCE FAIR RESULTS
Congratulations to all of our 7th Graders for their hard work and preparation for this
year’s science fair! Your projects were impressive and you did a great job in
presenting your projects at our science fair last Wednesday! Thirteen of our
students qualified to participate in the Regional Science Fair which will be held
March 4 at Niles North High School in Skokie. Thank you to all of our parents,
family members, and faculty for their support and assistance in supporting our
students to bring their projects to a successful conclusion. Your support is greatly
appreciated!
SAVE THE DATE!
The Father Daughter Dance is planned for Friday, February 24th so mark your
calendar. Dress up in your dancing attire and get ready for a fun-filled night of
music and activities. Invitations will be coming home soon. This event is for 1-8
grade girls.
STOMACH FLU
Parents, please be advised that we have had cases of stomach flu occurring in
several grades. It has not been a large amount of students, but certainly enough to
make you aware. These cases may or may not be caused by the Norovirus, as the
stomach flu can be caused by a number of different viruses. Symptoms are all or
some of the following: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, dizziness,
lethargy. If your child displays any of these symptoms, please keep them home.
The stomach flu is highly contagious and can last from 3-5 days. Please keep your
child home until all symptoms have subsided for at least 24 hours. If you have any
questions, please contact your child’s pediatrician. Martina Lang, RN
LOST AND FOUND
The Lost and Found cabinets are over flowing with lots of great items. These
treasures will be on display through February 10 in the Bartz Hall lobby. Please
check this area for extra gloves, hats, shirts, and other missing items. Community
Threads will be the beneficiary of all extra usable items after that date.
ST. PETER’S 2017 WISH LIST NOW AVAILABLE!
There are many things over and above the budget that would help our church and
school further ministry in 2017. We’ve compiled many of these items into a 2017
Wish List, which is available now! To see the list, and contribute as part of your
holiday and year-end giving, please go to http://fulllifeinchrist.org/wishlist. Please
contact Brian Booth with any questions at [email protected] or 224-387-
3826.
ST. PETER JOB OPPORTUNITIES
With the continued growth of our school, St. Peter is looking for additional energetic
teachers and teacher assistants for its substitute teacher and assistant program.
Qualified, interested candidates would have flexibility in days and hours with this
school year program. Teachers would need to hold valid Illinois state teaching
certificates. Teacher assistants would ideally have some college credentials with their
high school diploma. Contact Julie Klopke at 224-387-3867 or
[email protected] for more information.
PART TIME HELP WANTED
Help wanted in the cafeteria. Hours are 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM only on full school days.
No experience needed. If interested, please contact Janice Cartina at 22-387-3840 or
COME FLY WITH ME GALA 2017!
Plans are underway for the next gala which will take place on March 10, 2017. We
are gathering donations for our live and silent auction and need your help! We are
specifically looking for:
-Restaurant and store gift cards (no amount is too small)
-Tickets to concerts, theater performances, and sporting events
-Airline miles
-Vacation homes
-Time shares
Do you frequent a restaurant, salon or store? Do you have a personal connection
with the owner of a business that might be willing to donate to our cause? If so,
please let us know and we will contact them. If you are able to support the gala in
any of the above ways, please contact Mandy Grissom at [email protected],
Katie Mikols at [email protected] or Melissa Nelson at
[email protected]. Thanks you for your help in making our gala a
success!
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.
Best Dressed
Josh Mayo (not pictured), Grace Broski, Emily Luethy and Noah
Zabawski
Praise Blazers
Elly Buerger, Abigail Varvara, Ellise Condon and
Amanda Jones
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].
February Menu
7th Graders Serving in the Circle Drive
Up Next Week...
Team 1
Olivia Harmon
Aidan Watson
Anna Lang
Joshua Mayo
Ethan Bertermann
*PM Doors*
Abigail
Bertermann
*Captain*
Remember to come dressed
and prepared for the COLD
weather times!
8th Graders Serving in Chapel
Tori Nickens Luke Ramirez, Jake Arrowood, Griffin Ginder, Sara Frycek
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 and Aimsweb scores
were sent home with students last
week! Please review those and if you
would like to have a second semester
conference with any of the teachers in
middle school, reach out to them
directly. We have "reserved" the week of
January 30 for you to make appointments
to discuss your student's progress as
needed. Teachers will do their best to
schedule individual conferences during
that week.
Mrs. Murphy [email protected]
6th
grade: Our first Scratch (coding) project was due this
week. Each student’s project link should be posted in
Schoology (25 pts). Students also had to complete a short
discussion post on Schoology (10 pts.). The next Scratch
project is creating a game and is posted on
Schoology. Students can access both their Scratch account
and Schoology account online from home.
7th
grade: Wrapping up keyboarding with a unit test. Will be
working on Powerpoint skills and trying our hand at designing
objects online in 3D too!
8th
grade: Have wrapped up working on their dream
room. New project will be to work on their brochure for the 8th
grade banquet.
Mrs. Gilles
Hi art Families, If you have not seen them, don't miss the
beautiful MS radial design Mandals on the walls outside the
gyms!!! They did a great job!! The students are going to be
working on a project that requires the use of old magazines.
Consider recycling your magazines and bring them to the art
room. Thank you!!
Mrs. Wieting and Mr. Gorecki
Youth Chorale
We had good rehearsals this week. The singers are really starting to
zone in on their pieces and are working so hard. Our first
performance this year will be in chapel on February 22nd
. Hope to see
you there!
General Music
We had a practice day this week so that the students could get ready
for their playing quiz next week. The students worked on Rocky
Mountain High.
The 5th grade band students are working hard in preparing for the
Solo & Ensemble Contest on February 11, 2017. This gives our band
students the opportunity to participate in the Illinois Grade School
Music Association. Students are judged on their Solo performance
and receive appropriate recognition. In past years St. Peter has done
very well when compared to students in similar grades. Go Saints!
St. Peter will host a jazz band clinic on February 16, 2017. Our
students will get the chance again this year to play alongside adult
jazz musicians and teachers who share the love of Jazz music.
Parents and other band students are welcome as well to listen in at
7pm in the band room.
Finally, the Saint’s Shootout will feature the entire St. Peter Band
program playing the Star Spangled Banner as well as various Pep
Band tunes to cheer on our Basketball team and to bolster our school
spirit. Star Spangled Banner is at 7pm. Students will arrive at 6:15pm
in the balcony.
Señorita Llerandi
www.onlinespanishclassroom.weebly.
Spanish 1: This week we watched episode 2 of the series "Mi
Vida Loca". We learned how to order a few things at a
restaurant and even had to pay! Next week we will be learning
how to follow and give directions.
Spanish 2: This week we watched episodes 2 and 3 of the
series "Mi Vida Loca". We learned how to order at a restaurant
and how to pay. We also learned how to ask for the bill, ask
where the train is, and how to give and follow directions around
the city.
Spanish 3: This week we watched episodes 3 and 4 of the
series "Mi Vida Loca". We learned how to give and follow
directions around the city, ask how someone is doing, ask
someone's name, and say where we are from.
Athletics
Saints Shootout This Friday & Saturday!
Super Fan Contest
Come out and support our basketball teams at the Saints
Shootout next Friday, January 27th:
Girls Game – 5:45 pm vs. Cross, Yorkville – MAC & Boys
Game – 7:00 vs. St. Paul, Aurora – MAC
Pre-K & Kindergarten Incentive - The class with the highest
percentage attendance for the St. Peter games on Friday night
will receive a classroom visit and snack from members of the
St. Peter basketball team!
1st
– 4th
Grade Incentive - The class with the highest
percentage attendance for the St. Peter games on Friday night
will have the opportunity to practice with the VARSITY
basketball teams in February!
Students simply need to check in with Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
Klopke at the Saints Super Fan Table outside of the MAC
between 5:00 and 7:30 on Friday night!
Ticket Prices
Friday night/Saturday after 2pm: Adults - $3.00, Children (K-8)
- $2.00, Seniors (+65) - $2.00, Children under the age of 5 are
free
Saturday all day: Adults - $5.00, Children (K-8) - $4.00, Seniors
(+65) - $4.00, Children under the age of 5 are free
Upcoming St. Peter Athletic Schedule
Tuesday, January 31st
Away Basketball @ St. Paul, MP
Varsity Girls – 4:00 / Varsity Boys – 5:00 / JV Boys – 6:00
Away Basketball @ St. Andrews, PR
5/6 Girls – 4:30 / 5th Boys – 5:30
Wednesday, February 1st
Boys Home Basketball vs. DPSAA
5th – 4:30 / 6
th – 5:30 / JV – 6:30
Thursday, February 2nd
Home Basketball vs. St. John, Lombard
Varsity Girls – 4:30 / Varsity Boys – 5:30 / JV Boys – 6:30
Friday – Sunday: Varsity Girls @ Zion, Marengo Tourney –
Times TBD
Mr Bickel and Miss Kloess
All assignments from the 3rd
quarter are listed at the bottom of
the PE/Health google homework document. We will move on to
Handball in PE class and will be focusing our upcoming Health
lessons on personal hygiene and communicable diseases to
start the 3rd
quarter.
Mrs. Picchiotti [email protected]
English – Grade Six We will be working with the Unit 7-9 review exercises in the book this week but there will not be a review test on Friday. There will be a Verb quiz over Chapter 4, Lessons 1, 2
and 4 on Monday, 1/30. English – Grade Seven We will be working with the Unit 7-9 review exercises in the book this week but there will not be a review test on Friday. We will begin work on our next writing unit. There will be a Verb quiz over Chapter 4, Lessons 1, 2 and 4 on Monday, 1/30. English – Grade Eight We will be working with the Unit 7-9 review exercises in the book this week but there will not be a review test on Friday. We will begin work on our next writing unit. There will be a Verb quiz over Chapter 4, Lessons 1, 2 and 4 on Monday, 1/30. Also, the final three brochure entries are due on Monday, January 30th.
6th Grade Literature - Mrs. Picchiotti On Monday, there is an article due to be read (A Day in the Strawberry Field)
and also margin notes to write on the article itself. From this, we will work on
a compare/contrast essay using this article and the short story from our
Literature text, “The Circuit.” AR is due the week of February 13th.
7th Grade Literature - Miss Llerandi
We are continuing with our mystery unit. This week students began their
mystery novels with their literature circles. They completed a reading
schedule, came up with depth of knowledge questions, and had a discussion
on what they had read. Next week we will be continuing our literature circles.
8th Grade Literature- Mrs. Nagle
We will be working on writing a bill proposal in pairs. Then their bill proposal
will go through the legislative process, and finally the class will vote on each
bill to determine which ones will become a law.
Miss Schmidt: [email protected]
6th Grade Religion We had a great time hosting chapel this week. We continued our study of
Old Testament Collapse and Captivity. Please note that Newsweek
projects are due next Friday, February 3rd.
Mr. Piel
7
th Grade Religion
We reviewed the call of Moses and how it related to God’s name and the second commandment. We also viewed the Online Mission Trip to Madagascar videos as part of our National Lutheran Schools Week celebration. Memory work for next week will be Tuesday and Wednesday. Please help your son/daughter with his/her memory by listening to them recite it to you the night before it is due. Assignments are posted on the homework google doc beginning the Wednesday before it is due.
Mrs. Harman: [email protected] 8th Grade Religion We are are starting our unit on the Lord’s Prayer. 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
be starting chapter 7. In chapter
7 students will be studying
ratios, rates, and
proportions. We will also be
looking at conversions between
fractions, decimals, and percent.
6th grade – period 2 -We will
continue working on chapter
7. We will be studying more
about fractions. Mainly
multiplying and dividing
fractions. We will also do the
same with mixed numbers. We
will have a test midweek.
7th grade -We will continue
working on chapter 7. In the
second half of chapter 7
students will study coordinate
graphing. We will be working
on translations including
rotations and reflections.
8th grade - We will be continue
working in chapter 7. In chapter
7 students will be learning how
to solve and graph systems of
linear equations. Using
techniques such as graphing,
combinations, and substitution
to solve. There will be a quiz
towards the end of the week on
the first part of chapter 7.
Mrs. Smith [email protected]
7th Grade Chapter 5 Test is on
Monday! Students will be receiving
project information next week so be
on the lookout for that. We will be
working through Chapter 6 then.
8th Grade Continuing through Chapter 11 and
hoping to have a test by the end of the
week. They have been given some
Algebra 2 challenge work and are
really stepping up and trying to tackle
this information. Project information
will be coming soon!
ACCESS MRS. SMITH'S
HOMEWORK PAGE HERE!
Have a great week
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
8th grade US History -We will continue preparing for the Constitution
test. A practice test is scheduled for Feb. 3rd. The ‘real’ Constitution
test will be the following week on Wednesday, Feb. 8th.
January 30th Rep. Tom Morrison will be a guest speaker for the
7th and 8th graders from 8:15-9:40am.
7th grade Geography -We will continue working through the countries
of South and Central America. I anticipate a quiz on the country of
Brazil on Thursday, Feb. 2nd.
6th grade World History - We will be covering the government of
ancient Rome and comparing it to the US government, followed by the
fall of the republic of Rome. We will have a quiz either Wednesday or
Thursday. For Quiz details look in your child’s Google classroom, click
on the google slides and scroll through the bell ringers.
Mr. Piel [email protected]
Science in the News…
Did you know… A new near-Earth object (NEO), dubbed asteroid
2017 BX, discovered a few days ago on Friday, January 20 will swing by
Earth Tuesday night at 11:54 p.m. ET at a distance of about 162,000
miles (261,000 kilometers) — roughly two-thirds the way to the
moon. This is the second asteroid to pass between Earth and the moon
in the past three weeks. While the size of a large car or bus, it is too
small and too slow-moving to pose any real harm to the Earth.
6th Grade
We are finishing our unit on the solar system and will be testing next
Thursday. We ended this unit learning about comets, asteroids, and
meteors.
7th Grade
We began our unit on Genetics this week by doing an activity on
dominant and recessive characteristics/traits. We will be studying in
this unit the people and major concepts involved in the study of
heredity and the factors that affect the passing of traits from parents to
their offspring.
8th Grade
We tested over our atom and the Periodic Table unit this week and will
be building on what we learned this unit in the next chapter by learning
how to write chemical formulas and equations. In addition to learning
how to balance chemical equations, we will also study the types of
bonds that elements form in compounds. Our first round of D-Day
Demonstrations are scheduled for next week Friday. We will also be
participating in a You Be The Chemist Challenge activity in the next few
days. This will determine the students from our school that will
compete in the You Be The Chemist Challenge competition the
beginning of March. Our school has participated in this challenge for
the past eight years.
Homework Link (click link above)
Middle School Madness