Dear Parents,
I hope you had a blessed Easter with your family! We are now in the liturgical season of Easter, but what does living the spirit of the Easter season mean? Here are three suggestions from, “Be Fearless, Be Joyful, Be Renewed: Living the Spirit of Easter” (www.loyolapress.com).
Live With Joy. The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus teach us that suffering is transformed through faith in the Risen Christ. With this faith, we are able to hold on to an enduring sense of joy even in the midst of the sadness we experience from the loss of a loved one, a failure to achieve an important goal, or a setback during recovery from an illness.
Live Without Fear. The Resurrection teaches us that God can overcome anything, even death. When the Risen Christ appears to the women at the tomb and later to his disciples, his first words are “Do not be afraid!” (Mt 28:5). These words speak to our hearts, helping us cope with fear. Our faith allows us to trust that God can overcome our most serious problems.
Live With New Eyes. Just as the return of spring makes us feel like the whole world is new, the Resurrection of Jesus makes “all things new” (Rev. 21:5). The Easter spirit is a spirit of renewal that enables us to show up at work with a positive attitude, to renew relationships that have been taken for granted, and to express appreciation and affection to those closest to us. It means to see the world through new eyes—God´s eyes!
We can celebrate our faith by feeding our Easter spirit—embracing joy, living without fear, and seeing the world again—as if for the first time.
--Mrs. Sandra Jimenez
REPORT CARDS
Report cards were sent home with your child on Tuesday, March 27. If you have not signed and returned this report card yet, please do so right away.
SPRING PICTURES
If your child took LifeTouch Spring pictures, please return payment of the pictures that you wish to keep, and return any photos that you do not purchase.
ST. PETER’S STEAM FAIR
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics! Come and see the Middle School STEAM Fair Exhibits next Tuesday, April 17 from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM. We’re all excited to see what our middle school students have been preparing. Special thanks to the STEAM Fair coordinators and advisors—Mr. Suarez, Ms. Land, Mr. Hargarten, Ms. Ruiz, and Ms. Myranda.
RE-REGISTRATION FOR 2018-2019
If you have not done so already, please return the bright orange re-registration form to school. The form and new tuition rates are also available on the school website, www.stpeterssf.org. In order to reserve your child’s space for the next school year, the registration fee of $450 per student is now due.
IMPORTANT SURVEY
Below is a link to a brief school survey about the Catholic Identity of our school. This link was also e-mailed to families via SchoolSpeak. Your input will assist us in identifying strengths and areas for growth. Completing this survey will take about 10 minutes. Thank you in advance for your participation in this very important survey!
Live Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D286WCF
ONLINE TRAINING FOR SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS
In order to be a volunteer at school events (such as a field trip chaperone or a sports team coach), adults must complete the online training on www.virtusonline.org.
*If you have already completed the online training by Shield the Vulnerable, your volunteer clearance is still good for 3 years from date of completion of that online course.
Follow these directions to complete the VIRTUS online training:
· Go to www.virtusonline.org
· Click on “First-time Registrant”
· Click on “Begin the registration process”
· Select San Francisco (Archdiocese)
· Create a User ID and Password for yourself
· Fill out the requested personal information
· Select St. Peter Elementary (San Francisco) **DO NOT SELECT St. Peter Parish**
· Provide your digital signatures for downloading and reading the documents: “Standards of Conduct for Those Working with Children and Young People” and “Policies and Procedures Regarding Child Abuse”
· Select the online course “Protecting God’s Children for Adults” (Online Training)
· Once you’ve completed the course, go to your Toolbox and click on “Training Report” to verify the completion of your course.
Upon completion of the online course, please email sjimenez@sanpedro.org or print out the “Training Report” page and submit it to the school office. You will receive 3 parent hours.
IN THE CLASSROOM
KINDER - Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful spring break. This week in Kindergarten, we will review our letter sounds, sight words and numbers. Also, we will learn how the short “a” vowel changes to make a long “a” vowel sound by adding the "e." We will explore words with short and long “a” sounds. Parents, this is a hard concept that requires a lot of practice at home. I want to encourage you to help your child with blending sounds to make words. In Math, we will continue to talk about measurements and review our math facts.
1A - This week in first grade we are reading and learning about inventors and inventions. In math we are focusing on telling time. In religion we are discussing ways to spread the good news of Jesus. In science we are continuing our study of the wind, and in social studies we are discussing buying, trading, and saving money.
2A - Second graders will be determining the author's purpose by reading “Pedal Power” and “My Light.” We may just eat some fractions again this week in math! We are going to learn about Lady Diana. We will be working with soils in science. We continue to prepare for First Communion. April 18 is rehearsal at 5:45 p.m. in St. Peter's Church. April 21 is First Communion at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter's Church (students meet at 9:30 a.m. in lower parish hall).
3A – Welcome back to school after our Easter break. I hope that all had a restful and blessed Easter. 3A is back to work on all of our academic subjects for the fourth and final quarter of the school year. In Language, we are identifying the various parts of speech including pronouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives. We will also revisit all types of nouns including possessive nouns. We continue to be challenged with our multiplication and division facts but as usual WE WILL NOT GIVE UP OR GIVE IN.
4A – I hope that 4A families had a blessed and restful Easter break. This week 4A will learn the Beatitudes from Matthew, understand compare and contrast, and write a fraction in lowest terms.
5A - 5th graders will continue working with fractions in math. Students will pick one character from A Wrinkle in Time to analyze for the remainder of our novel study. Finally, we'll continue discussing solutions in science this week and end with a special ice cream making activity on Friday.
6A Religion – 6th graders will be reading the Gospel stories of Jesus' resurrection. Language Arts – Students will be taking a closer look at text structures and the features good readers look for to identify them. We'll continue this analysis as we begin our next novel unit Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Social Studies Students will continue comparing the different types of government in Ancient Greece and what those governments look like today. Science – Students will review what we've learned so far about different methods of energy transfer and start relating those concepts to weather patterns.
7A/7B Language Arts - Students have begun their introduction to their final novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. They are continuing to explore the role of stereotypes and what it means to be different, while also researching the 1960's Era in which this novel is set in. Social Studies – Students will be learning about the migration from Asia to the Americas by the early Americans. Science - Students have now wrapped up their study of heredity and are now preparing for their genetic disorder presentation project.
8A Religion – 8th graders will be reading the Gospel stories of Jesus' resurrection and the Liturgical season of Easter. Language Arts - Students are beginning their preparation of their final Zoot Suit assignment, 1940's Dress-Up Presentation and Swing Dance Performance. They have begun their research and dance lessons this week. They will also be introduced to their next play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Social Studies – Students are reviewing the Texas revolution and Mexican American War. Science - Students have now wrapped up their introduction to the laws of motion through the egg drop project and will continue to dive deeper into physics through their mousetrap car project.
REMINDERS
Apr. 17 8:15 AM School Mass
Apr. 17 STEAM FAIR, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Apr. 18 First Communion Rehearsal and Parent Meeting, 5:45 PM in St. Peter’s Church
