Monday Morning Magic October 20! All grades ALL HERE except 6th....BUT no on time 🍩because Mrs. O'Callaghan needs 10 classes to be on time before she will draw a winner!
In SEL (Social Emotional Learning), we'll be practicing our calm strategies. Bubble breathing, Jazz hands, counting! Stay calm when something makes you upset, and you can respond more rationally!
Mrs. O'Callaghan thanked all the students and teachers who helped out at the Spaghetti Dinner! Mrs. Roseboro and Mr. Roseboro, Miss Campanell, Mrs. Tell and Mr. Tell....as well as a number of our 8th grade students and alumni who were there to help set up, serve, and clean up after! Also a big thank you to Mr. O'Callaghan and Mrs. Ann Moretti for making over 500 meatballs! (And of course a big thanks to our parent helpers too -- Mr. & Mrs. Handlon, Mr. Wermuth, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Kane, Mrs. Denz, Mr. Roseboro, and John Leibrand!)
Miss Campanell recognized the Cross Country team members who competed in the Fort Mercer 5K this weekend. St. Peter took home the 1st place team award for the second year in a row! And congrats to Jordan, Meghan
Virtue awards: Mrs. Roseboro awards Cameron for Justice for making sure everyone got the schoolwork they needed! Miss Campanell also honored 6th graders Layla and Natalie for for CHARITY cleaning up after 5th grade had left a bit of a mess at the end of the day 👀Miss Campanell also honored Phoebe for her CHARITY during the Cross-Country 5K this weekend -- a parent overheard her cheering on every runner she passed, or who passed her--regardless of what team or if she knew them! Miss Marrazzo recognized Jordan for his FORTITUDE during Mass on Friday for doing a great job with his kindergarten buddy…you know what you did 😄
Gospel today - The things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?'
Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself
but is not rich in what matters to God.
What matters to God? How can we be rich in the eyes of God?
- Praising Hod and being thankful
- Forgiving others
- Help others—and looking for opportunities for help
- Respecting others
- Comfort the sick
- Praying to God & reading the Bible
- Sharing what we have with others
- Encouraging and being supportive of others
- Praying the rosary
And with that we're off to another great week at SPS! Let's make it a great one, Saints!
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Pre-K does a lesson in "cooking," tasting, and trying new foods every week! This week was Muddy Buddies! We all waited very patiently for our turns to stir. Great job working together to make a delicious snack! #SouthJerseyCatholicSchools #PreSchoolCurriculum bbgh
Join us for the first St. Peter School Grandparents' Club! Our first meeting will be Thursday, October 13 after school. We'll have a fun fall day painting pumpkins, telling pumpkin stories, and even making s'mores!
For security, registration info has been sent home with parents. Registration closes Friday, October 10 at noon. We hope you can join us! Any questions contact Ms. Hollinger in the school office.
Delay in Transmission - Final Monday Morning Magic in September 2025 (as recovered from Ms. Hollinger's drafts folder 👀)
💯 attendance today from Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, and 8th! Might be a Monday Morning Magic record! 🥳 But the On-Time 🍩 go to Kindergarten!
Virtue Awards: Miss Knipp awarded 7th graders Lilly and Yelena for their FORTITUDE in coming to a new school. And Mrs. Rotondi honored Gavin for PRUDENCE for remembering that Friday was recycling day!
From Dr. Fairfax, in SEL this week: My feelings can change! If we remember that they don’t last forever, they become easier to manage!
No Saints Circles today, due to our annual evacuation drill! But Mrs. O'Callaghan reminded us it was St. Michael's feast day. St. Michael does battle with the devil...who shows up as the little voice in our heads that tell us we aren’t worthy, that we aren't good enough. We say St. Michael’s prayer to ask him to help us keep the devil away so we can grow closer to Christ!
Then we had our annual evacuation drill...buddy up and walk to visit our friends at Merchantville Elementary! And another great week it was 😇
Reporting from a foggy Monday Morning Magic on October 6! Great job Daribel and Abby leading the prayers and Root Beliefs!
Mrs. O'Callaghan started off by recognizing our new altar servers, who were installed in service at the St. Peter Parish 40 Hours Mass on Friday night. Thank you Aaliyah, William, Phoebe, Alvin, Leobardo, Alex & Luke for your service!
Roll call: Kindergarten and First Grade all here….and Kindergarten wins On-Time 🍩again! Then a shoutout to our two 🎂 girls!
From Dr. Fairfax, this week in Social-Emotional Learning - Understanding and growing. We'll be talking about making good choices, continuing to practice kindness, and growing in our empathy towards others.
Virtue Awards for the week: Miss M honored Julia for her FAITH for following along in church during the Liturgy of the Hours on Friday as we began the 40 Hours on Friday morning. Mrs. Roseboro gave Ethan an award for CHARITY for cheering on a teammate at the Cross Country meet on Saturday! Mrs. Rotondi acknowledged Juan for PRUDENCE for coming up with a rhyme to remember the 7 oceans of the world! And Miss Knipp recognized Grace for her FORTITUDE - she missed a week of school and kept up with all of her schoolwork, including missed tests and quizzes!
Saints Circles: The Parable of the Good Samaritan. Mrs. O'Callaghan reminds us that Jesus told the story of a man who was attacked on the road, and was close to death. A man from a different culture came by, and helped him, even though the two cultures were at odds. In our small groups, we discussed how we can put others first, and also how we can accept help from others.
How can we put others first?
- If there is one snack left and two people want it, you can give it to them
- Stand up for someone who is being bullied
- Listen when teachers are talking, instead of talking to your friends
- Giving important items to the needy -- food and clothing
- Letting someone borrow supplies
How can we accept help from others?
- Let someone help you with your homework, even if you feel embarrassed
- Let people cheer you up if you are sad
- Saying thank you!
- Working on a team even if you think you can do it alone
- Listening to other people
And with that we're off to another great week! Let's go Saints!
Welcome back Saints to another Monday Morning Magic Assembly!
Attendance: 2nd grade & 4th grade all here✔️ ….but 2nd grade wins on time🍩 again!
From Dr. Fairfax: This week in SEL: Self-Awareness and our "emotional vocabulary."
Virtue Awards: Mrs. Roseboro awards Bao for his CHARITY - at the end of every day, he helps his neighbor attach her lunch bag to her backpack! Mrs. Rotondi recognizes Camilla for her CHARITY, and being kind and supportive to a Kindergartener in her Circle last week. ❤️ Mrs. Tell acknowledges Victor for his PRUDENCE, for moving his seat away from some more distracting classmates so he can focus and do his work. And our first student nomination of the year: Luke honors Robert for CHARITY for helping someone after they fell on the playground at recess.
Saints Circles: What are we thankful for, AND what are we looking forward to this school year? Here's what our students came up with!
We are thankful for:
- Family
- Nature
- Being able to walk
- Having God in my life
- My education
- Free will
- The talents that God has given us
- The friends we have made at St. Peter
We are looking forward to:
- Class field trips
- Christmas concert
- Getting better grades
- Making new friends
- Earning our Sacraments of First Reconciliation, First Communion and Confirmation
- Dress down days
- Trunk or Treat
- Matilda, Jr. and Frozen, Jr!
- Graduation
- Last day of school 👀
And with that we're dancing off to another great week, Saints!
Introducing our new Pre-K 4 teacher, Mrs. Drake-Keller! This is her 5th year of teaching, and we're glad to have her in the classroom with some of our littlest Saints! We're already working on making choices and sticking with them, learning our letters, following directions, practicing our gross motor skills, and of course, learning how to play with others! #SouthJerseyCatholicSchools
Monday Morning Magic September 15! Great work Abby and Daribel leading the prayers and the Root Beliefs 💯
6th grade & 8th grade all here....but 2nd grade wins the first on time🍩 of the school year! This week in social-emotional learning classes, we'll be reviewing how to name and understand our emotions.
Virtue Awards: Ms. Weed recognizes Teigan for PRUDENCE, by staying on task & always following directions. Mrs. Hall also awarded Shawn for PRUDENCE, after Miss Jamie's glowing praise for him in after-care: always starting his homework right away and setting a good example for others in after care! Miss Campanell gave Wyatt an award for PERSEVERANCE--at the SJ Shootout Cross Country meet this weekend, he improved his time from last year's race by SIX minutes! And Mrs. Tell had to give a shoutout to 8th grade, for each of them getting ALL of their IXLs done in the week they were due!
Saint Circles: Today we learned about the second of the newest Saints to be canonized...St. Pier Giorgio Frassati is known as the Saint of the Beatitudes. Born in Italy in 1902, he dedicated his life to the poor, following the teachings of the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5.
Saint Pier Giorgio trusted God more than the things of this world. One of his favorite sayings was "Verso L'alto" which means "To the heights!" Faith gave him the strength to climb the heights to heaven.
In our circles we talked about one of the ways we can follow Pier Giorgio's example.
- Faith: Share gods love with others; tell people god lives them
- Prayer: Read the Bible; pray the rosary; pray for those in purgatory; pray before a test!
- Service: sharing your snack; helping someone who’s hands are full; helping someone study for a test
- Joy: including others in games: sleeping more so you’re not in a bad mood
- Friendship: talk to people when they are alone; play with new friends at recess
- Love: make a card to make someone feel better; donate things for poor & sick
- Courage: not being afraid to stand up for someone; befriending someone feeling left out
- Kindness: not talking about people behind their backs, give people compliments
And now, Verso L'alto, Saints! We're off to another amazing week!
