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Return to the Lord.
...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:
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
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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.
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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.
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Uniform Exchange – Coordinate
the summer uniform exchange.
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Blessings - Serve as co-chair
along with Kathy McGuire. This is a Fundraising committee.
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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.
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Shadow for Fun Fair – Shadow
George and Teri Nawara so that you can Chair this Fundraising Committee
the following year.
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Family Fundraisers – Work with
local restaurants to schedule monthly family dinner outings.
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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!
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Emergency Calling Tree – Work
with the office in September to update the family list for emergency calling
on a computer program.
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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.
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!
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!


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
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
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Attendance Line Procedures -
The County Health Department would like parents to inform us if and when
their child has an influenza like illness "defined as fever (100 degrees
or greater) and a cough and/or sore throat in the absence of a known cause
other than influenza" or any other reason for being absent. Please provide
symptom details when calling your children in sick.
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Special
Milk Program
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Thursday e-envelope submission
procedures: All submissions to the Thursday envelope must be approved
by Mr. Glowaty and should be received by 3:00 pm on the Tuesday before
your item is to appear. Kindly e-mail your request to Mr. Glowaty at fglowaty@yahoo.com
with “Thursday Envelope” as the subject of your message with a copy to
Mrs. Fitzgerald at sspptechie@yahoo.com.
The preferred format for submissions is .pdf. It would also be helpful
if you use Trebuchet size 12 font. (Short messages can be sent within the
body of the email.) Please provide a heading so we know how you would like
your message listed. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Photos – Please submit any
photos you have to our website at the following page: http://sspeterandpaulschool.yourmembership.com/?page=photos
Click
on the Public Uploader.
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FYI Program
Incompatibility Issues - The school uses Office 2007 for application
software (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher). If your child saves
a project to the usb drive and you find that you are unable to open that
version, you can download the Compatibility pack by clicking here.
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Another alternative
is a free download from OpenOffice.org.
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For those of you whose students
are bringing Microsoft Office 2007 files home that cannot be opened by
your Office version, click
here
for a file converter.
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USB Virus Protection
- Disable the USB Autorun feature using the following steps.
Click the Start button, then
Run and enter "gpedit.msc" without the quotes
Go to Computer Configuration
-> Administrative Templates -> System
Scroll down to "Turn off Autoplay"
and double click on it
Click on the "Enabled" radio
button, then for "Turn off Autoplay on" select "All drives".
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Illinois
Attorney General Internet Safety Information for Parents
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The
Essentials of Staying Safe on MySpace/FaceBook
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Remember to use Yahoo
Goodsearch when searching for information on the Internet. Be sure
to choose Ss. Peter ? Paul as the charity of your choice.
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