Saint Peter Public Schools

PRESCHOOL OPENINGS AVAILABLE FOR 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR! The Saint Peter Early Childhood Center has the following preschool openings for this fall: * YOUNG EXPLORERS CLASS - open for children who are 3 years old, but not yet 4 by September 1, 2025, and who are toilet trained. Class Options: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday mornings from 8:15-10:45. OR Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8:15-10:45. * DISCOVERY DAYS CLASS - for children who are 4 years old, but not yet 5 by September 1, 2025 and who are toilet trained. Class Options: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings from 8:00-10:45. OR Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 8:00-10:45 OR Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 11:45-2:15 NO Registration Fee Sliding fee scale and scholarships are available. Transportation is available within the city of St. Peter and Kasota To register, please visit www.stpeterschools.org. Select Preschool Registration Please email Ytive Prafke at yprafke@stpeterschools.org with questions. We hope to see you in PRESCHOOL!

SPHS SAINTS OF THE WEEK — Congrats to SPHS students Sarah Coe (12th grade), Brock Knife (11th), Renata Garcia Landa (10th) & Jocelyn Gutierrez (9th) for being named the most recent Saint Peter High School Saints of the Week!

SPHS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY'S FOOD DRIVE UPDATE - The SPHS National Honor Society chapter hosted its annual Food Drive this past week and collected 277 pounds of food for the St. Peter Area Food Shelf! NHS members who helped with the collection of food included: front row (l to r) Amar Daidzic, Samuel Szybnski, Aisha Burale, Emma Volk Kleschult; back row, Charlie Buesgens, Sarah Coe, Malcolm McHugh, Brooklyn Johnson, Sada Harmes, and SPHS NHS advisor Mrs. Sirianni.

SPORTS SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR TODAY - With rain expected later today (Thursday), the Saints’ Activities Office has announced the following schedule changes, with more updates possibly happening later in the day. Those changes for now include: * Boys tennis home match vs. Worthington - starting time moved up to 2 p.m. * Girls & Boys Track at Waseca - starting time moved up to 4 p.m. * Baseball home game vs. Waseca (home) - starting time moved up to 4 p.m. * Softball at Waseca - starting time moved up to 4:30 p.m. * Middle School softball games at Le Sueur moved to May 5th * Middle School baseball home games vs. Le Sueur-Henderson moved to May 2nd More changes may be made based on changing weather conditions, and updates will be shared on our social media feeds if/when they become available. Otherwise, please consult the Saints Activities schedule for more info at https://www.thebigsouthconference.org/public/genie/742/school/11/

SPHS SAINTS OF THE WEEK — Congrats to SPHS students Kaiser Hagen (12th grade), Gabe Zayas (11th), Alex Mueller (10th) & Calvin Kuhlman (9th) for being named the most recent Saint Peter High School Saints of the Week!

SOUTH STUDENT IS KEYC'S WEATHER KID! Landon Fries, a kindergarten student in Mrs. Hartfiel's class at South Elementary, recently had the honor of being the Weather Kid for KEYC_TV. To view Landon's weather forecast, please click on the following link --> https://www.keyc.com/2025/04/11/weather-kid-future-astronaut-gives-out-this-world-weekend-forecast/

SPHS STUDENTS DEPART FOR SPANISH LANGUAGE CAMP - A group of Saint Peter High School students in grades 9-12 from Vero Castillo-Clark’s Spanish classes departed mid-morning on Thursday for the Bemidji area to participate in Concordia Language Village’s Spanish Language Immersion Camp over the weekend. Castillo-Clark and Christian Juantos, one of Saint Peter Public Schools' cultural liaisons, are the chaperones for the group. The camp is part of Concordia Language Villages’ language immersion programs for school groups. World Language teachers organize trips during the academic year for these three- and four-day programs. Village Field Trips are programs designed for school groups to experience language and culture immersion outside of the classroom. Here is a photo of the group right before they left on Thursday morning!

APRIL HIGHLIGHTS IS NOW AVAILABLE! The newest issue of Highlights, our monthly district-wide newsletter, can be accessed by clicking on the following link --> https://5il.co/3cze7

SPHS SAINTS OF THE WEEK — Congrats to SPHS students Adan Marchan-Ellefson(12th grade), Alex Dlouhy (11th), Farah Muse (10th) & Chloe Marien (9th) for being named the most recent Saint Peter High School Saints of the Week!

Today (Friday, April 4) has been designated as School Library Media Specialists Day and Saint Peter Public Schools would like to express our appreciation for our amazing staff who work in each of the media centers/libraries in our respective schools. School Library Media Specialists are trained professionals who serve alongside school district administrators, teachers, and technology personnel to meet the unique learning needs of each student. A huge shoutout to SPPS Media Specialist Karen Snay and her staff for all they do for our students and staff each school day!

NORTH STUDENT COUNCIL DONATES PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT - Members of the North Elementary Student Council recently donated some new playground equipment to the school. The student council raised the funds for the purchase of the new equipment. "Each year, the North Elementary student council votes on and fundraises for a project that enhances the school and provides opportunities for their peers," Alyssa Weller, North Student Council advisor, said. This year, they decided to purchase two tetherball sets for the playground, providing students in grades 2-4 with a new recreational activity. The tetherball sets will be installed between spring and summer this year!"

ALL NIGHT GRAD PARTY TICKETS ON SALE NOW! - Tickets for the SPHS All Night Graduation Party are on sale now! See the accompanying flyer for more details or see the following link --> https://www.facebook.com/share/1BMVaV8W9F/?mibextid=wwXIfr

SPHS SAINTS OF THE WEEK — Congrats to SPHS students Karli Miller(12th grade), Hannah Graupmann (11th), Arianna Duffee Namchek (10th) & Ivy McHugh (9th) for being named the most recent Saint Peter High School Saints of the Week!

COMMUNITY ED SUMMER BROCHURE! Registration for Saint Peter Community Education’s 2025 summer activities begins on Tuesday, April 1! Click on the following link to see the new summer 2025 brochure → https://5il.co/3buzg

SOUTH KINDERGARTENERS RECEIVE GIFT OF KINDNESS - Students in Mrs. Wenner's kindergarten class at South Elementary had a special gift delivered to them earlier today (Friday)! Haley Moore, the mother of Flynn Hanson from Mrs. Wenner's class had each student design a hat last fall, and she then knitted each child a hat to match their design. Those students are shown here proudly wearing their new lids earlier today!

NORTH ELEMENTARY ASSEMBLY HIGHLIGHTS - North Elementary students and staff marked the start of the third quarter for 2024-25 with a kick-off assembly at the end of the school day on Friday. Principal Darin Dohery kicked things off by talking about upcoming important dates, while Mr. Lewis led one group of students who presented staff shoutouts for the month while another group talked to their schoolmates about acts of cooperation with which they participated. At the end of the assembly there were awards given out for the Top 5 Contest to the top staff (Mr. Noble) and student (Evan Rothenberger) point getter. That was followed up by the big reveal about the Secret Dress Up Day staff held on Friday in which Mr. Doherty correctly guessed they were wearing either garb from their old high schools or clothing with their alma mater’s school colors. Here are some photo highlights!

SAINTS OVERTIME NEEDS YOU! Saints Overtime is looking for summer helpers (ages 16+) for this summer (May to August) season! Please take a look at the attached flyer for more details!

SPHS SAINTS OF THE WEEK — Congrats to SPHS students Lynnea Schwecke (12th grade), Gandhi Jimenez Menjivar (11th), Samuel Barnick (10th) & Adalie Figueroa (9th) for being named the most recent Saint Peter High School Saints of the Week!

NORTH ELEMENTARY'S SAINTS CENTER - The newest episode of North Elementary's Saints Center video is now live and can be viewed at the following link --> https://youtu.be/_qhvjFzazWc?feature=shared

Today (Friday, March 21) is observed as World Down Syndrome Day and to commemorate that occasion North Elementary students were fortunate to have 2020 SPHS alum Mason Doherty visit with each class during assigned times this morning at the school's media center. Mason, who has Down Syndrome, is the youngest son of North Elementary Principal Darin Doherty. Mason spoke to the students about his educational journey at Saint Peter Public Schools and Bethel University as well as an update on what he is up to these days . His big sister Aliza was also on hand to help out, and she read the children's book, "We'll Paint the Octopus Red" (written by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, illustrated by Pam DeVito) to the students in attendance. Here are some photo highlights from the Mason's visit with North students!