...that 7th grade students are studying the structural components of buildings, and supported a five foot tall, 170 lb (75 kg) stack of books on top of columns built from less than one ounce (20 grams) of index cards.

   Upcoming Coffees:

• Grade 1
• Grade 2

Volunteer Needed! We are looking for a parent volunteer for the vision and hearing re-screening on March 10.  Please contact Kathy Lesnik @ 630-718-2151 or lesniksspp@yahoo.com.

Attn: 7th Grade Parents - On Monday, March 15th at 1:00 p.m., we will be holding an informational meeting for all 7th grade parents in the Ministry Center, Room L217-218 regarding the annual 7th Grade Flower Sale. 

FIESTA DEL SOL  Saturday Evening, March 13, 2010 at Bobak's Signature Room at Seven Bridges

AUCTION BOOK IN YOUNGEST CHILD'S BACKPACK ON MONDAY/ON-LINE NOW: Can't wait until Monday, auction guests may preview the book on-line by clicking here. Inside this book, you will find all you need to know about the Auction and the terrific items up for bid. We encourage you to mark it up with items you hope to win. Please bring it with you on Saturday.  This is the only copy of the book that you will receive.  Non-school families attending the Auction will receive their book that night. 

Please take some time to read the ads placed by the generous businesses and remember to support them in the weeks and months ahead.  Their support, like yours, helps our children to continue growing up blessed by a Catholic school education.

CHANNEL 2 MARY KAY KLEIST TO EMCEE FIESTA DEL SOL: 
CBS 2 Meteorologist and SSPP mom, Mary Kay Kleist will be this year's Auction emcee. Kleist joined CBS 2 in 2002 and served as the weekend weather forecaster for 8 years before being selected as as the meteorologist for CBS 2’s 5-7 AM sports and business talk show, "Monsters & Money in the Morning" in 2010. While at the station, she has won four local Emmy Awards for her work on CBS 2's broadcasts of the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon. She also provides the morning forecasts for CBS-owned WUSN Radio’s The Lisa Dent and Ramblin’ Ray Morning Show. Prior to Channel 2, she worked for stations in Detroit, Tampa and Savannah, GA. 

SERVICE HOURS FOR 7TH/8TH GRADERS: Art Petrarca is looking for 7th and 8th graders to help load the Auction items into vans for delivery. Service hours awarded.  If interested, your child should report to the Ministry Center at 7:45 am. March 13th.

HOT AUCTION ITEMS 
Here's this week's Auction "tapas" or sampling of Auction items:

LADIES TENNIS MIXER @ CRESS CREEK COUNTRY CLUB: Sign up at the Auction to join 32 women and enjoy a morning of fabulous tennis drills and games at Cress Creek Country Club on Wednesday, May 19 from 9:30-11:30 a.m.. Includes light breakfast. Cost is $50. Great way to mingle with SSPP moms and get some exercise. 

BRECKENRIDGE CONDO: This fabulous Colorado 3-level town home features 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms and can accommodate up to 11 people.  It is yours for one week (7 nights) from May 1 - Nov. 1, 2010.  Includes a grill, a hot tub, and an in-unit washer/dryer.  Enjoy this great town and tons of outdoor activities.

BEARS TAILGATE: An entertainment motor coach takes you plus 9 guests in style to Soldier Field to enjoy a Bears' tailgate complete with Subs from Jersey Mikes. Includes 10 tickets for a mutually agreed upon date and excludes the first home game, as well as the Packers' game.

TWILIGHT MEMORABILIA: Many items, including a poster signed by star, Rob Pattinson

SPORTS REMATCHES : 
1. SUPER BOWL HELMET CLASH: Relive Super Bowl XLIV with a Colts Helmet signed by Peyton Manning or Saints Helmet signed by Drew Brees.  Or, get them both!
2. GOLD MEDAL JERSEY FACE-OFF: Whose Blackhawk signed jersey will get the highest bid: Canadian Gold Medal winner, Jonathon Toews or USA Silver Medal winner, Patrick Kane? Either will look great in your home. 

CASH RAFFLE SPRINT TO THE FINISH: While all the gold medals have been awarded in Canada, the honor of having the SSPP gym named for your family for the 2010/2011 school year is still up for grabs. The leaderboard shows 16 tickets. Don't be eliminated from the race, sell those tickets.  Even if 16 is out of reach, if you could please sell another one or two, SSPP will benefit from your efforts!   Contact Lisa Carter (630)717-0605 or Trista Bordignon (630)637-9632 for more tickets. 

 

The preview for the Fine Arts Festival performances will be Thursday, March 11th from 2:15 until 4:30 in 217-218 of the Ministry Center.  Please come prepared to perform your musical piece.  If you have any questions, please contact Shelly Jaros at 416-4353 or Linda Griffith at 548-2043.

Blessings    – A great big thank you to everyone who purchased Blessings this past week!  It was our largest order since Christmas and your business is very much appreciated.  There was almost $1,100 in earnings with over $500 going towards SSPP tuition. 

There are a lot of good reasons to use Blessings , but listen to this story.  One family has spent just under $2,000 with Blessings , but earned over $170 in credits back.  That’s nearly a 9% return.  And of course you can always use Blessings dollars anytime, same as cash.  UsingBlessings s in conjunction with store coupons or sales is even more rewarding and a great way to do some power shopping. 

If you have questions about Blessings , or are in need of Blessings gift cards, a cash and carry booth is setup and available at the Friday Fish Fry.  Remember if you’re looking for a Lenten resolution this is a really good one.

***REMEMBER to place your order by 10AM Monday’s. Please click here for more Blessings information and the newest order form.

Spotlight – Hobby Fair Thank you 
H&S has chosen to highlight the Hobby Fair Service Committee this week.  Bernadette Payne has provided this service to our students for several years.  She starts about 5 weeks prior to the event by posting information in the Thursday envelope and dropping off the sign-up sheets to the classes in grades 4-8.  Bernadette then organizes the students participating and orders prizes and certificates.  Please plan on visiting the Hobby Fair on Friday, March 12th between 8am and 1:30pm in Zuker Hall and thank Mrs. Payne for her time and efforts while viewing the student’s hobbies.  If you are interested in helping, please contact Bernadette.

Please visit the Home & School Association page for this week's news by clicking here!

HOW CAN YOU BE INVOLVED?  The Home and School Association is only as strong as its volunteers.  Throughout the year, we have tried recognized all of those who helped on various Service and Fundraising Committees.  Your time, efforts and talents are all greatly appreciated.  As we start planning for next year, the Home and School Association is currently seeking volunteers to help in the following capacities.  If you would be willing to donate as little as an hour a month, please contact one of us.  Thank you for your consideration and we hope that you can find some time to volunteer with the Home and School Association.  –Shelly Jaros and Missy Katsafanas

• Shadow for Campbell’s/Box Tops – Spend a few hours learning the ropes from Cindy Rafferty so you will be able to Chair the committee the following year.
• Uniform Delivery – Place a monthly reminder in the E-envelope and then deliver the uniforms to the classrooms on the first Wednesday of each month.
• Uniform Exchange – Coordinate the summer uniform exchange.
• Blessings - Serve as co-chair along with Kathy McGuire.  This is a Fundraising committee.
• Shadow for Hobby Fair – Shadow Bernadette Payne in coordinating this event which takes place on a Friday in March so that you can take over the following year.
• Shadow for Fun Fair – Shadow George and Teri Nawara so that you can Chair this Fundraising Committee the following year. 
• Family Fundraisers – Work with local restaurants to schedule monthly family dinner outings.
• Art Awareness – Two volunteers needed (one for Kindergarten and one for 1st grade) - Plan presentations about an artist then do a related project on a monthly basis.  Binders of examples are provided!
• Emergency Calling Tree – Work with the office in September to update the family list for emergency calling on a computer program.
• Shadow for Greeter’s Desk – Shadow Terese Surges in planning the monthly calendar to cover the greeter’s desk then take over the following year.

Hoops Mania tickets, which promise to make your NCAA March Madness experience this year more thrilling than ever, are on sale at our Fish Fry each Friday night.  

Tickets are $20 each and may also be purchased from any Development Board member. All proceeds are added to our Tuition Assistance Endowment to assist needy families through this economic downturn. 
 

 

Ss. Peter & Paul School Spring Musical - Guys and Dolls, Jr. & There's No Business Like Show Business.  The program for our spring musical will be going into print in a few few weeks!  It’s time to purchase those HAPPY ADS to congratulate your star perfomer(s).   Tell your children how proud you are!  Create your own ad, or let us do it for you!  Graphics can be added if you like!  

You can also purchase a BUSINESS AD to appear in the program.  Take advantage to promote your business, as there will be 1,000 programs printed!  It will be read by many!  

For the second year in a row, THERE WILL BE NO INCREASE IN PRICING.  Money from the ads goes solely toward the print production of the book.  It compliments all the hard work and effort everyone has put forth to make this a successful production.

The deadline to submit your form is FRIDAY MARCH 19TH.   Because the program will be sent out to the printer, no late exceptions can be made.  Ads will not be submitted if they have not been paid for.  Please see the attached links for further info.

Thank you for supporting our spring musical!
 
 

The next PCA workshop will be held on March 10th in Zuker from 7 PM to 9 PM.
• Program Requirements
• Parent Letter
• PCA Flyer

 



  Ss. Peter & Paul School Athletic Association Seeking New Members - The Ss. Peter & Paul School Athletic Association is currently seeking interested school parents to serve on the Association.

The Ss. Peter & Paul Athletic Association is an association of approximately 20 parents of Ss. Peter & Paul school students who coordinate, administer and raise funds for the athletic program. Each association member serves a three-year term beginning on June 1 of each year, and is limited to two consecutive terms. There is a need for new members each year. as members’ terms expire and other members’ youngest children graduate and move on to high school The Association encourages all parents interested in promoting Catholic values in youth sports, and willing to devote time to the program, to apply for membership by completing a candidate application and submit it to our Athletic Director Mike Chiarito by March 31, 2010.. 

Any parent with questions or wishing to further discuss serving on the Association may call Paul Cozzi, Athletic Association Vice President, at 630-364-2489.



Enrollment begins now for the next session of Young Rembrandts Program!  We would love to see your young artists join us for a whole new session of fun drawing projects!  Click here for the enrollment form and for more details.  The Spring Session will begin on Wednesday, April 7th after Spring Break and will run until May 26th.  YR offers a two payment option (half and half), but you must either mail/fax the enrollment form or call YR directly at (630) 493-4263.  Please contact Julie Relihan at relihan@comcast.net for any questions.
 



Donors needed March 27th for Ss. Peter and Paul Blood Drive! Sign up today!


 

Math Playground - "Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!!"  More wonderful resources can be found in our Online Student Center.

 
West Suburban Educational Associates - Phonics and Study Skills Summer Workshops

Attn: 3rd Grade: AG Education Expo at the DuPage Country Fairgrounds Field Trip Form

 

  Fish Fry Friday - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - A letter from Mr. Glowaty

 
Fish Fry is here!  Click here for dates and menu information!

• Volunteer Instructions
• Worker List

• Safety Town 
• Program Information
• Teen Volunteer Opportunities

You are invited to attend a church tour with Fr. Milota! 

Tuition assistance letter from Fr. Milota.

 
Ss. Peter & Paul School Spring Musical - Guys and Dolls, Jr. - Parents of K-5: Please click here link below for rehearsal and cast information.

Check out the new Spiritwear item!  Now available SSPP Headbands!

  As we continually explore alternatives for fundraising in support of our mission, we are delighted to announce that we’ve joined Tix4Cause.com.  Tix4Cause is a ticket exchange website founded on an innovative yet simple concept—ticketholders sell their unwanted tickets, and can donate 100% of the proceeds to benefit Ss. Peter & Paul School.   Click here for more information.

SSPP Vocations News-Volunteers Needed - Our parish is renew its “Traveling Vocations Cross” program in conjunction with the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord.  What is the Traveling Vocations Cross (TVC)?  It is a small wooden cross which passes from week to week to parishioners from our parish.  The simple task is to take the TVC and for a one week period, you and your family commit to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.  In bringing the TVC to your home, you begin an awareness, dialogue and spiritual prayer to the critical subject of vocations. 
HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE? Schedule your week conveniently by visiting www.dontstopbelieving.org/ssppvocationscross and entering your name and the week of choice and the Mass at which you commit to receive the TVC.  Please call Ed Graham (630)717-7853 or Bill Reid (630)742-0050 or email them at ssppvocationscross@gmail.com. 

Attn: 1st-4th Graders - Intramural Basketball

• Information and Signup
• Intramural Basketball Camp

Schedule

 

 

To view the November 4th memorandum issued by the DuPage County Health Department, click here. The DuPage County Health Department has made available the following phone numbers for any questions or concerns you may have regarding H1N1 operations. 

To reach Incident Command please call: 630.221.7200
To reach our 24/hour Emergency on Duty Response Officer please call:
630.221.7777
For any Communications issues please call 630.221.7720

If you have any questions, please contact the DuPage County Health Department at 630.682.7400

• 2009-2010 Master Calendar Snapshot
• Eucharistic Minister Schedule
• Xerox Schedules
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• Greeter Schedules
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• School Liturgy Schedule
• Fall Concessions Worker Schedule