Laura Johanson: Office Coordinator
Mo Lalach: Secretary
Kevin Leschyshyn: Vice Principal
Ken McIntosh: Principal
NEWSLETTER
#9
January 11, 2017
PHONE: (306) 659-7440
FAX:
(306) 659-2137
A copy of the Newsletter can be found at:
Website: http://www.gscs.sk.ca/pet
REFLECTION:
This past Sunday was the celebration of the Epiphany of the Lord. Sometimes it’s easy to put our trust in God. Like when life is
golden, relationships are carefree the money meets the bills with change to spare, and we sleep soundlessly every night. “God is
Good!” we affirm. Then come the challenging times when health frays, money dries up, tempers grow short, and we toss and turn
till dawn. God is –what, exactly? And where? Has the lord’s face ceased to shine on us?
Epiphany is the celebration of God’s manifestation in the world. Epiphany means we see God. By definition, God always sees us and
is mindful of us. But what can we do when our view of God grows faint and darkness seems to take over? The biblical response is to
move toward the light! In faith, in hope and in love, we re-discover God’s self revealing presence. “Upon you the Lord shines, and
over you appears his glory” Is:60:2. Where are the most reliable places you find God present in your day to day life?
KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION
January is Kindergarten registration month for the
2017-2018 school year. If your child will be 5 years of
age by January 31st, 2018, they will be eligible for
English or French Immersion Kindergarten next fall. Our school
offers half-time Kindergarten in both English and French. This
would include Monday and Wednesday full days or Tuesday and
Thursday full days with each group alternating Fridays. We will
be having our English Open House on Monday, January 23rd
and Tuesday, January 24th from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. At our
Open House you will have an opportunity to register your child,
view programs that are used in Kindergarten, visit the
kindergarten classroom and have a tour of our school. If you
are unable to attend one of the Open Houses, drop by the school
at your convenience to register your child.
We will be having our Kindergarten French Immersion
Information Night on Monday, January 30th at 7:00 p.m.
Parents are asked to bring a copy of their child’s birth
certificate, hospitalization card and if your child has been
baptised in the Catholic Church, please bring a copy of the
certificate. We look forward to meeting you and your child. If
have any questions or would like to register your child prior to
the Open House, please call the school at 659-7440 or come by
the school for a visit.
IMPORTANT DATES
Wednesday, Jan. 11th
►Newsletter
Thursday, Jan. 12th
►Story and Snack 8:30 a.m. – Library
►Gr. 6T visit Saskatoon Light and Power – a.m.
►Last day to order Pizza Hut School lunch
►Gr. 3 Bake Sale
►Pizza Hut School Lunch
►Story and Snack 8:30 a.m. – Library
►Gospel Virtue: Faith Liturgy K-Gr.4 at 9:15 a.m. and Gr.5-8 at 10:00 a.m. (CHANGED FROM
Friday, Jan. 13th
Thursday, Jan. 19th
Friday, Jan. 20th
JAN. 10TH)
Monday, Jan. 23rd
Tuesday, Jan.24th
►Kindergarten Open House (English) 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Library
►Math-A-Thon Pledge Forms go home
►E.D. Feehan High School visit Grade 8 students at 9:15a.m.
►Catholic School Community Council Meeting (CSCC) 6:30 p.m. Staff Room. Everyone is
Welcome!
►Kindergarten Open House (English) 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Library
Wednesday, Jan. 25th
►Newsletter
Thursday, Jan. 26th
Friday, Jan. 27th
►Spirit Day – Twin Day
►Story and Snack 8:30 a.m. – Library
►Gr. 8’s visit St. Peter the Apostle for Mass a.m.
►Fr. Iheanyi visits Gr. 6’s,7’s and 8R
►Gr. 3’s visit WDM – a.m.
►Professional Learning Day – No School for Students
Monday, Jan. 30th
►St. Peter Kindergarten French Immersion Information Night – 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 31st
►St. Lorenzo Ruiz Kindergarten Information Night – 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 1st
Friday, Feb. 3rd
►Gr. 8’s visit Cosmo Civic Centre p.m.
►E.D. Feehan High School Gr. 8 Parent Information Meeting at 5:30 p.m. (supper provided)
►Math-A-Thon Pledge Forms due
►Story and Snack 8:30 a.m. – Library
►Gr. 2 Bake Sale
Wednesday, Feb. 8th
►Gr.8 Immunizations – a.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9th
► Gr. 8 Informational tour at Bethlehem High School p.m.
► Bethlehem High School Gr. 8 Parent Information Meeting starting at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, Feb 2nd
ST. PETER SCHOOL ACTIVITY
DAY – SKI/SNOWBOARD TRIP OR
BOWLING AND SWIMMING
Attachment: French Immersion Parent Information
On Friday, March 17th, as a part of our physical education program, the students in grades 5 to 8 will have an opportunity to take part in an Activity Day. Students will
be able to choose to go downhill skiing/snowboarding or bowling and swimming. Each student will receive an Activity Day information package on Tuesday, January
31st. Please note that the forms will be due back on Wednesday, February 15th.
THE FRIENDSHIP INN AND C.W.L
During Advent, we were collecting tea and coffee for the Friendship Inn and clothing for the C.W.L. A Big thank you to all students, parents and staff for your generosity
for a worthy cause.
STAFFING UPDATE
We wish Mrs. Balon and her husband all the best in the delivery of their new addition to their family. We welcome Ms. Scharf, who will be teaching Band full time while
covering Mrs. Balon’s maternity leave. We say goodbye to Mr. Knihnitski and wish him all the best at his new school. I would like to thank Mr. Knihnitski for his efforts in
looking after our school! We welcome Mr. Mendoza who will be our new head caretaker. We look forward to working with you!
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
We have begun indoor track for students in Gr. 4-8. Also, Jr. Basketball for Gr. 7’s and Sr. Basketball for Gr. 8’s will be begin either this week or next week. We are
always in need of parents helping transport our students to their events. If you are able to help us, we would ask you to request an “Application for Automobile Driver
Authorization” form and complete it and return it to the coach. This form only needs to be filled out once a year and is kept on file. Thank you in advance for supporting
our extra-curricular programs!
FRENCH IMMERSION
If your child is starting Kindergarten next year or if they are presently in an English Kindergarten class this year, they would be eligible to participate in the French
immersion program. We have attached further information to the newsletter e-mail regarding the French Immersion program in Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools.
PRE-REGISTRATION FORMS
In the past, we have sent our pre-registration forms home in May to plan for the next school year. Due to the opening of St. Lorenzo Ruiz school, part of the planning
process for next year will be determining the school population for our school and the new school. In the next couple of weeks, we will be sending pre-registration forms
home for each family to complete. By completing the forms in a timely fashion will help us determine the resources required in our school and in St. Lorenzo Ruiz school.
Also, if your children are planning on going to St. Lorenzo Ruiz school, please read the insert below regarding student registration and the playground association
ST. LORENZO RUIZ CATHOLIC SCHOOL UPDATES
A reminder that student registrations are now being accepted. Families can get all the registration information on our school website
https://www.gscs.ca/studentsandfamilies/schools/lor. Although registrations are accepted all year, we hope to have the vast majority of registrations complete by the end
of January, 2017. Having accurate registration numbers helps with staffing and resource allocation.
Mark your calendars, on January 31st, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m. we will be holding the St. Lorenzo Kindergarten Information Night at St. Peter School. Parents can expect to
meet the Kindergarten teacher and receive information about kindergarten programing at St. Lorenzo. The school principal will also be able to answer questions from
parents with children from grades 1-8 who also want to attend and register.
ST. LORENZO PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION
Dear future St. Lorenzo families,
A small group of parents have met on 2 occasions to learn about and discuss the process needed to make sure we have a playground structure at our new St. Lorenzo
School. Although the process is moving forward, having a playground requires the commitment of members of our future community in order to make it possible. At this
point we are needing to have an executive named in order to create our Playground association and move plans forward. The positions and a summary of their roles that
need to be filled are as follows:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Chair – the Chair shall call all meetings, lead the committee as well as the meetings.
Vice-Chair – The Vice Chair shall take on any responsibilities delegated by the Chair and take up the Chair’s roles in their absence.
Secretary – The Secretary shall take and maintain all minutes of the meetings and maintain accurate and up to date records.
Treasurer – The Treasurer shall keep proper accounting records in compliance with bylaws of the association, be responsible for the
deposit of money and recording the disbursement of the funds of the Association and render to the Executive Committee whenever
required.
v. Members at Large - Member at Large shall participate in regular Association meetings and support the work of the Association
On January 18th from 7pm to 8:30 pm at St. Peter School, there will be a meeting to create the playground association and establish the executive. After this is
completed, playground plans will move forward. Please take 10 seconds to click on the link below and let us know your intention in regards to the St. Lorenzo
Playground.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=zlYtmOf2NEOhxF1neceJpicMpiMvepGmNezxre9DdVUM0dQTFBHNDEzUjZERUFNUFc0REpUNlVDMS4u
Any questions can be sent to [email protected] We thank you in advance for your anticipated support!
SCHOOL LUNCHES - HEALTHY HUNGER
Our next school lunch is on Thursday, January 19th from Pizza Hut. The last day to order a Pizza Hut lunch is Friday, Jan13th. You can also order your child’s lunch
from Subway on February 16th and Jerry’s on May 12th all at the same time. If you do not have access to a credit card or a debit card, you will still need to register
your child online and have your child pick up a paper form from your child’s classroom teacher to order their school lunch. Students who are not registered in
advance will not have their orders processed. If you have any questions please call or email Candice @ (306) 668-4870 or [email protected]. Please go to
www.healthyhunger.ca to register your children, make their selections for the lunch and pay online.
FIRST BUS – WEATHER
Bus service will be cancelled when the temperature with wind chill at 7:00 a.m. is -45° C or colder. If your child’s bus does not show up at their stop, please
remind your children to return home. For information on any cancellations or delays with First Bus, you can call their hotline at 306-343-3300 or go to their
website https://saskatoon.firststudentinc.com and click on Delays and Cancellations. For your information: Red Bus is route 786, Light Blue Bus is route 783,
Pink Bus is route 784 and the Black Bus is route 785. If you need further information, please call First Student Bus at 306-343-2125
GIFT OF READING
We are collecting books for children from less fortunate families in Saskatoon. Support the Gift of Reading program by dropping off books (in good condition) that your
family no longer uses by Wednesday, Feb. 1st. There will be a drop off box for your books in the pit. Thank you in advance for you your generosity.
WWJD FOR DECEMBER
Congratulations to all our students who were recognized for their good deeds for the month of December. The following students were drawn for our pizza lunch.
KMW-Kerpan: Luke L.
KTT-Kerpan: Raine H.
Gr. 1L: Nikolai A.
Gr. 1K: Connor R.
Gr. 1R: Nathan B.
Gr. 2S/P: Samuel M.
Gr. 2D: Avery R.
Gr. 2M: Harlo B.
Gr. 3B:
Gr. 3H:
Gr. 3D:
Gr. 4U:
Gr. 4G:
Marc D.
Jacob H.
Matthew M.
Ahona D.
Aiden R.
Gr. 4D: Chris N.
Gr. 5B: Shyla O.
Gr. 5J: Joyeuse M.
Gr. 6N: Jackson T.
Gr. 6O: Jade t.
Gr. 6T: Tyson Y.
Gr. 7W: Maylyn N.
Gr. 7J: Phu D.
Gr. 8K: Cameron F.
Gr. 8R: Antara D.
Gr. 8H: Mariah O.
A special thank you to Pizza Hut for providing the pizza and covering the cost of the lunch!
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY COUNCIL NEWS (CSCC)
We hope you had a joyous Christmas season! It’s back to “work” for us now that the new year is here. We have a couple of events coming up: Family Movie Night will
be in February and BINGO in April. We will need volunteers for both events. More details to follow at the next meeting on Monday, January 23, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.
Childcare is provided. All parents and guardians are welcome.
FRIENDS OF ST. PETER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
Our next fundraiser is the Math-a-thon and pledges will be collected starting later this month with the test to follow in February. Prizes will be awarded to top students!
The next meeting will be after the CSCC meeting on January 23, 2017.
HELP PROTECT LOCALLY ELECTED BOARDS OF EDUCATION (UPDATE)
The Government of Saskatchewan is conducting a governance review for kindergarten to Grade 12 education—part of the “transformational change” to education we
have been hearing about since June’s provincial budget. Deputy Premier and Minister of Education Don Morgan has stated that amalgamating school divisions and
eliminating elected boards of education, and replacing them with government appointed boards, are possibilities. A recently released report is available at
http://bit.ly/PerrinsReport
Locally elected boards are accountable to the electorate and help hold the provincial government to account. They are important advocates for ensuring excellence in
education. Who better to serve the needs of students—which are unique to each division, and even each school within divisions—than those elected by our community to
represent our community?
Greater Saskatoon Catholic School’s Board of Education asks for your support. Here are some possible ways that you can express your support for education and stand
up for locally elected boards of education:
The provincial government welcomes feedback until January 23, 2017. You can fill out an online form at http://bit.ly/K-12ReviewFeedback or email
[email protected]
Join the “Add your voice! Education belongs to the community” online and social media campaign.
Information, a short video and tools are available at http://saskschoolboards.ca/education-belongs-to-community/
Contact your local Member of Legislative Assembly. A list can be found at http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/mlas/
COLD TEMPERATURES
We continue to notice that some students are not dressed for the cold temperatures. Please remind your children before they leave for school to wear
their winter jackets, toque, mitts, ski pants and boots so they are comfortable on the playground during the recess breaks. Indoor recesses will occur if
the temperature/wind chill exceeds -25° C.
SCHEDULE AND EXPECTATIONS FOR SLEDDING
Now that the snow has arrived, students can bring their sleds to school to slide on the hill during recess. We have reviewed the expectations of using the hill with all our
students today. Please remind your child(ren) of the following expectations:
1) Students can only use carpets or soft sided sliders. No wood, metal, or hard plastic sliders are allowed.
2) Slide down the hill feet first
3) Maximum of two people per carpet or slider. Students should not make trains or put multiple sliders together.
4) Students slide down the middle of the hill and return to the top, walking up along either side of the hill or up the designated walk way up the middle of the hill.
There will be pylons set up as a guide.
5) Any student not following the expectations will lose their privileges from using the hill.
Below is the schedule for sledding on the hill:
Left Side of the Hill
AM Recess
Gr. 1-2
Lunch
Gr. 1-2
PM Recess
Gr. 1-2
Right Side of the Hill
Gr. 3-4
Gr. 5-8
Gr. 3-4
SCHOOL ARRIVAL REMINDER
Students are welcome to go to their classrooms at 8:30 a.m. each morning. If your child has to arrive at school earlier than this time they are welcome to attend the
Before & After School Program (244-7820). We ask that students do not arrive at school prior to this time so adequate supervision is available. Supervision on the
playground begins at 8:40 a.m. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
PARKING REMINDER
We remind parents not to park in the staff parking lot as well as to pay attention to our signs in front of the school. Our school buses have a designated
location directly in front of our school. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
PARISH NEWS
ST. PETER THE APOSTLE PARISH
1121 Northumberland Ave., Saskatoon, SK S7L 3Z8
Parish Office: 8 Moore Place
Phone: 306-382-5503
Fax: 306-384-3333
Email: [email protected]
Pastor: Rev. Fr. Iheanyi Enwerem, O.P. – phone 306-651-0609
Weekend Mass times: Saturday at 5 p.m. & Sunday at 11 a.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturday at 4 p.m. or by appointment
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION CLASSES (AGES 7 & UP) AT ST. PETER THE APOSTLE PARISH
We are now taking names for the Sacramental Prep program.
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE: OUR REGISTRATION NIGHT AND FIRST CLASS FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN will
begin at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 12th at Bishop Klein Gym. Please pre-register by calling St. Peter the Apostle’s parish office (306-382-5503).
Please bring a copy of your child’s baptismal certificate and payment for the program ($60.00 - cheque or cash).
Building Healthy Families - (at John Lake School)
Being a parent is a tough job. We get lots of information on how many things impact our children in their healthy growth and development but
we don’t usually get a toolkit complete with resources to help us raise healthy, competent, happy, successful children / youth. Join us to explore
a variety of parenting topics such as brain development, influences on our child’s developing personality, skill building, discipline and nurturing,
and many more.
January 18, Feb 1 &15, March 1 & 15 l 9:30am – 11:30am
No Fee ----- Drop in – No childcare available
THE FOLLOWING IS HELD AT THE SASKATOON COMMUNITY SERVICE VILLAGE:
Taming the Worry Dragon (For Parents and Children) Children explore their feelings of fear, anxiety, and worry in a supportive environment,
while learning skills and strategies to cope. Concurrent parent group. There is a concurrent parent group.
Fee $160.00
ages 7—10 | Wed | 6:00pm—7:00pm I Feb 1 – Mar 29 no group Feb 22
ages 11—13 l Wed | 7:30pm—8:30pm I Feb 1 – Mar 29 no group Feb 22
Bridging the Gap (For Parents of Out-Of-Control Teens) is an ongoing support group for parents whose adolescent is having severe behavior
and/or relationship problems
January 5 – March 30 I Thursdays I 7:00 pm – 9:00pm
Pre-registration is required.
No Fee