FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE

September 2, 2010

            

 

Dear Parents,

 

   As you look over our school goals for the 2010-11 year, you will note a desire on our part to offer a service to our students at no charge to our parents.  I am referring to a new program we are calling SCHOLARS and is designed to help students in grades 3-8 who struggle to do their homework successfully and in a reasonable amount of time.

 

   A complete explanation of the program follows.  While there are still some aspects to work out, we intend to begin the program during the week of September 13. 

 Wednesday, September 8 - Primary Orientations.

• Kindergarten and Grade 2 Information
• Grades 1 and 3 information
  

2011 March for Life Trip to Washington D.C. with Bishop Sartain - Please click here for more details.

The SSPP Book Fair is Coming September 20-24th - Volunteers Needed!  Please call the Library at 630-718-2140 if you can help out.

 

• Protecting God's Children Session Dates - Parish

• Diocesan-wide Session Dates

  Can't use your tickets?  Use them to support Ss. Peter and Paul School!  Tix4Cause.com  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 our school.   Click here for more information.

2009-10 Home & School Association – Service Committees

- Innisbrook starts tomorrow.  Instant prizes available! Click here for complete details. 
 

The 2011 Auction Committee is pleased to announce our theme:  Casino Royale ... A Place to Bond.  The Auction will be held at Bobak's Signature Room on February 12, 2011.  Please join us for a fun filled night of bidding, dining, and gambling.  We will again offer a Theme Raffle, a Cash Raffle, a Silent Raffle, and the Live Auction.
 
The Manpower Cochair position remains open.  This position offers a great way to experience the inner workings of the Auction.  It also fulfills your total fundraising obligation for the school year.  If you are interested, or would like more information, please contact Bridget Hatch, bridgethatch@hotmail.com, or Liz Kuhn, lizkuhn@comcast.net.

Did you have a great summer?  Perhaps your family went somewhere exciting and fast paced like Washington DC or New York? Possibly somewhere slow and sleepy like a week of fishing in Northern Manitoba?  Or maybe you stayed right here in God’s country.  Not only are we blessed to have such a wonderful school and church community, but we can make them even better by participating in the Blessings program.  It’s new!  It’s improved! It makes you money!  And it helps others too… 

You can now get a Naperville Gift card in $500 denominations.  Put a couple in your wallet and enjoy God’s Country.

Ordering Blessings – Register at “shopwithscrip.com” with the school code of 8F18354B4L86. Orders can be placed through this website at any time. The weekly deadline is Monday at 7:00 am. After you place an order, please print a copy of the order confirmation. The amount on this receipt is the amount your check should be written for. Payment can be made with PrestoPay or a check written out to Blessings. Send your order form and check or  receipt back to your child’s classroom on Monday morning.  Please use the red bag. Orders will be forwarded to the Blessings office for further processing. On Thursday we will return your red bag with your gift cards inside. Please use this bag for the full year. If you don’t have an order for the week, keep your bag for when you do.

Checkout the Blessings page for more information about ordering and the program in general.

 

• Attn: 8th Grade Students: Order your 2011 Graduating Signature T-shirts.  Only 8th graders will be wearing them to honor the last year at SSPP!!!!  Orders due by Sept. 24th
  

• Attn: All Students - Show your school pride!!!  Order your school "Spirit" t-shirts.  Wear them to Fun Fair, football games and Founder's Day!!!!  Be proud you are a SSPP student!
  

Also, order your SSPP flannel pants and sweatshirts to wear around town before the cool weather comes.  Show your Trojan pride with Spirit Wear clothing.

All orders are due by Friday, Sept. 24!!!

SSPP Family Fundraiser Night - Buffalo Wild Wings - September 15th - Click here for more information!

Attn. 5-8th Grade: Basketball Evaluations -

• Boys basketball evaluations will be held at SSPP on Sep 10.  
• 5:30 - 7:00  6th and 8th grade boys
• 7:30 - 9:00  5th and 7th grade boys

• Girls basketball evaluations will be held at SSPP on Sep 17.    
• 5:30 - 7:00  5th and 7th grade girls
• 7:30 - 9:00  6th and 8th grade girls

The Athletic Association has purchased new basketball uniforms for the boys this season. Therefore the Association will be selling the old boys basketball uniforms at the boys’ basketball evaluations for ten ($10.00) dollars each. Proceeds will go to the Athletic Association to help fund our athletic programs.

SSPP and Chess Scholars present an Afterschool Chess Club for Grades K-3 - Develop your child's intellect through Chess.  An experienced Chess Scholar coach will provide a fun interactive learning approach for both beginner and experienced chess players.  Chess Scholars is providing a free chess set for each first-time participant.  There will also be a chess competition with prizes and a pizza party at the end of the session.

When:  8 classes on Tuesdays 2:20 - 3:20 p.m.

    October 5 - November 23, 2010

Where: Ministry Center Rooms U217/U218

Cost: $85

We currently have 20 students signed up for this session!  If interested, please click the Afterschool Chess Club sign-up form which will need to be completed and mailed to Chess Scholars with payment by Friday, September 17, 2010.  Any questions, please email Carolyn Buckley at carolyn.m.buckley@gmail.com.

 

Attn: Second Grade Girls: Please contact please contact one of the following leaders if interested in joining Brownies:

Debbie Johnson at mattdebjohnson@comcast.net or 630-983-7428
Tammie Svvestka at Svestka5@yahoo.com or 630-848-1066
Toni Taylor at ttaylor@wideopenwest.com or 630-848-0134

WELCOME BACK ARTISTS!  Come have fun learning about art and discovering the power of drawing with friends!  Don't miss the Fall Session of the Young Rembrandts Drawing Program, which will run from 9/15 thru 12/15.  Classes will be on Wednesdays after school until 3:30pm in the Art Room.  A volunteer will greet the children in the Elementary Building and escort them to the Jr. High Building each week.  If you have any questions, please contact Julie Relihan at relihan@comcast.net or call Laura Baldwin at YR (630) 493-4263 to register for class.  Click HERE for more details and the enrollment form.

Ss. Peter & Paul Blood Drive - September 25th - Click here for more information.

http://smallstep.gov/kids/flash/index.html - 

More wonderful resources can be found in our Online Student Center.

IBA Travel Tryouts - Click here for more information.

  Outdoor Luminary Mass

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE

August 26, 2010

       Often during the summer, when devoting time to updating the Parent-Student Handbook, I occasionally wonder just how many people bother to read this document.  Despite efforts to underscore the importance of this tome (as it contains all of our school policies and procedures) it often appears that many people simply put it in the drawer with the intent of reading it at a later time. 

      Much to my delight, I found out yesterday that our children do indeed read this manual.    Following our half-day, many Jr. High teachers informed me of many questions regarding the omission in the handbook of any statements regarding late homework or make-up.  Upon investigation, the teachers and I found their observations to be accurate.

    The omission can best be attributed to the fact that both of those policies were slated for review.    Our examination of the consequences for late homework, for example, led to one of the goals that will be shared with you on Orientation Night.  How that information was inadvertently left out of the Parent-Student Handbook remains a mystery.  Nonetheless, the following policies for turning in late assignments and for make-up are listed here and should be considered to be part of the handbook.

Late Homework

    In order to receive full credit, work must be handed in on the day it is due.  Homework is considered late if not given to the assigning teacher before the beginning of the next period class that day.  Thus, a student who left an assignment in an outside locker during a third period Math class, for example, may retrieve it at the end of that class and turn it in before the beginning of the next class period (Reading for example) without any penalty.  Afterwards, it is considered late.    After Labor Day, such omissions will also result in the issuance of a Homework/Study Habit form so the parents can be apprised of the situation.

   Regarding late homework:  Ten percent of the total value of the missing assignment can be deducted for each day it is late.  However, teachers will contact parents on the first day the homework is missing to apprise them of this policy and to better ensure the likelihood of the assignment being completed by the next day.  Such communication may be in the form of a Homework/Study Habit form (Academics), phone call, or email.  The intent of this outreach is that no student would ever lose more than the aforementioned ten per cent.  Should such intervention not produce the desired result, we will have our counselor intervene on her next work day.   If the problem continues to persist, the student will also be required to attend the After School Study Club to receive needed assistance.

    Late Homework & Weekly Progress Report

         Missing assignments will be listed as a “O” on the Thursday online progress report.  This will obviously greatly impact the grade and be a further motivation to ensure such tardiness does not become a habit.  If assignments are missing due to an absence, two asterisks (**) will be entered on the report. 

     Make-up & Jewelry

         The popularity of the ‘silly bandz’ last year led us to review our policy on such fads.  Bandz were considered a form of accessory and thus placed under the banner of our uniform code.   Because these bracelets can be a distraction, (some medical professionals even consider wearing multiple bandz to be a potential health risk) we are not going to allow students to wear more than one.  Experience also dictates that additional bandz should not be brought to school to trade at lunchtime, for example, as they would likely get lost and cause ill feelings.

       As for jewelry, our policy that dangling earrings, bracelets, and necklaces are not permitted.   Make-up, which includes nail polish, remains forbidden for all students.

 

 Ss. Peter & Paul School beginning this school year is offering Spanish classes after school for grades K-3rd grade.  The classes will be on Tuesday afternoon immediately after school starting Tuesday, Sept. 14th. through Feb. 22nd.  The beginning class is for K-1 & 2nd grade, and the Intermediate class is 2nd & 3rd grades (not exclusive).  The children need to bring a snack from home as there will be time for a snack.  Also, the children will be escorted from their classrooms to the assigned room in the elementary building (library or music room;TBD).  Registration forms are being sent home with each child this week.  These forms need to be mailed back to the address on the bottom of the registration form.  Please call Chantal Dejean with any questions regarding the classes at (630) 579-0464.  Also, we are still in need of volunteer help.  Volunteers would help escort the children from their classrooms to the library/music room, and would stay for the duration of the class as a room monitor.  Please call Julia Wrobel at (708) 702-9928 if you are interested.

WANTED - SICK ROOM VOLUNTEERS: ONE HOUR / ONCE A MONTH - SSPP’s Sick Room is in need of Mom and Dad Volunteers from 11:30-12:30pm during our children's lunch and playground hour.   The sick room volunteer aids children in need of Band-Aids and/or ice to minor scrapes and bruises. ABSOLUTELY no medical background is required.

** One hour, once a month is the time we are asking. Please respond by email to Susan Fuller - JoeFuller@aol.com or Patty Vandevender - pattyvan@sbcglobal.net

  Attn: Jr. High Parents - Service Hour Opportunity - Would you like to strengthen your children’s discipline & responsibility skills? Learn basic business management?...While at the same time fulfilling service hour requirements?

 

The Ss. Peter & Paul Athletic Association is looking for responsible 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students to help staff the concessions stand during home volleyball and basketball games, and we need your help & support in doing so.

 

Please review the form and if your child is interested, please complete the form and return to me at your earliest possible convenience.

 

Thank you! Bruce Guay  bguay@comcast.net fax: 708-202-2545

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