Saint Peter Public Schools

North Elementary teachers are so excited to welcome you back next week we caught them dancing in the hallways! Thanks to 3rd grade teacher Bre Landsteiner for putting together this fun video! https://youtu.be/xAgbs2whdqY

School menus now live on our new school website! Click on FOOD SERVICE and choose your school https://www.saintpeterschools.org/o/spps/page/food-service

READ & FEED REMINDER! The Summer Read & Feed program's final day is this Friday (Aug. 12) at North Elementary. Read & Feed staff will be serving pizza and have a special ice cream treat from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to end the summer session. Hope to see you there!

Get your Saints gear in time for back to school! A portion of the proceeds go directly to the Saints Booster Club to benefit Saints athletics. http://bit.ly/STPSaints

Community Education just released their Fall 2022 Brochure! Check out these awesome programs and activities offered right here in Saint Peter! https://5il.co/1f3j5

We're Hiring! POSITION AVAILABLE Beginning 2022-2023 School Year Middle School Social Studies Teacher Grades 7-8 1.0 FTE Candidates should hold a valid Minnesota teaching license Complete the online application at https://www.applitrack.com/stpeterschools/onlineapp/default.aspx Job 952 Application Deadline August 5, 2022

It is right around the corner! Save the date and mark your calendars! The 2022-2023 School year is coming!

Join us for a special guest artist this week at our sPark mobile art studio!

Saint Peter Middle School School Supply List is Here! https://www.saintpeterschools.org/documents/school-supply-lists-2022-2023-school-year/355513

School Supply list for incoming South Elementary Kindergarten and 1st grade students for 2022-23 school year!

Can you believe it's time to start school supply shopping? North Elementary released it's School Supply list for the upcoming 2022-23 school year. See you soon!

SAINTS BUS SERVICE STUDENT REGISTRATION 2022-2023 IF YOU HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THIS FORM FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR, PLEASE DON'T SUBMIT ANOTHER. All Saint Peter Public School students must be registered in order to ride the school bus for the 2022-2023 school year. Accurate and timely information is important each year to establish bus routes. THIS FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ORDER FOR YOUR QUALIFYING STUDENT TO RIDE THE SCHOOL BUS. Qualifying students must live outside of a ONE-mile radius of the school in which they are attending in order to be granted riding privileges. Riding privileges CANNOT be guaranteed for the start of the school year if this form isn't submitted by the end of the day on JULY 29, 2022. Completed forms must be submitted for EACH STUDENT planning to ride the bus to school. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wYX_3mAdzST-F4WUnkXkhffm7xYJXxmoEgZgQYDYOZg/edit For more information on any school transportation-related item please contact Lucas Schaefer at lschaefer@stpeterschools.org or (507) 934-4690.

Just released - August Read & Menu!

New Lunch info! https://5il.co/1eb53

Students may qualify for free school supplies! Friends of Learning is a collaboration between Nicollet County Health and Human Services, St. Peter Lions Club, Friends of the St. Peter Library, and the Salvation Army. We are committed to helping families in St. Peter and rural Nicollet County obtain necessary school supplies. We offer families who might otherwise struggle to purchase school supplies the basic items listed on the school supply list. Students will start the school year off right with the tools needed to help them succeed. The program is limited to Nicollet County residents and children grades Kindergarten through 12th Grade. Click here to register: https://www.cognitoforms.com/NicolletCounty1/friendsoflearning20222023

Check out the July Menu for our Read & Feed program! Food is free to all children ages 0-18. Pick up is located at North Elementary.

Saint Peter High School junior Eleanor Kennedy recently received Smith College (Northhampton, Mass.) Book Award during a presentation with Smith Club of Minnesota representative Sabrina Berent Infante (Class of ‘96). Infante presented Kennedy with a certificate and a copy of the book, Band of Sisters (2021), by Lauren Willig. Smith College's Book Award program recognizes an outstanding junior in our school’s community who exemplifies the academic achievement, leadership qualities and civic engagement that characterize the thousands of women who have graduated from Smith College. The student embodies these qualities and serves as an example of scholarship and community service. Smith College is located in Northampton, Massachusetts. and is one of the largest and most prestigious liberal arts colleges for women in the country, drawing its 2,500 students from 48 states and 72 countries. Its rigorous and varied curriculum is taught by a world-class faculty of teacher-scholars in over 50 fields.

SPHS hosts fashion show! Last night Saint Peter High School students filled Minnesota Square Park with dancing, music, beautiful clothing, and lots of smiles and laughter as we hosted our first-ever Somali Fashion Show! Ramadan, a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community for the Muslim religion, happened to fall at the same time as the SPHS prom. Unfortunately, due to the customs of Ramadan, students were unable to attend. After discussing their disappointment with SPHS English Language Learner teacher, Thomas Bollum, together they came up with a plan. This fashion show was to give students the excitement of getting dressed up and celebrating each other, similar to the Grand March. What a celebration it was!! The participants showed traditional dresses from their culture that are appropriate to wear to weddings, everyday dress for school, and special occasions. Mr. Bollum, the emcee for the evening, welcomed each participant in true fashion show format. There was also traditional dancing, singing and lots of music! Many families and students attended, as well as Saint Peter staff that came to show their support. It was such a success plans are already in the works to do it again next year!

SUMMER READ & FEED! Come to North Elementary every day for delicious meals for free as part of the Summer Read & Feed program! For general information about the 2022 Summer Read & Feed program please go to https://bit.ly/3xNeiuW For the 2022 Summer Read & Feed menu please go to https://bit.ly/3aRGZhn

STATE CHAMPS! St. Peter’s boys track team took home first-place honors in the team competition today at the Minnesota State Class AA Track & Field Meet at St. Michael-Albertville High School! The Saints tallied 44 team points to edge runner-up Spectrum by four points and third-place finisher Jordan by five points. It was the first-ever state team title in boys track for the Saints and the first state team championship for Saints’ athletics since the girls track team took home top honors in 2011. Leading the way to the team title was sophomore Corbin Herron who surprised the field in the 110-meter high hurdles as he earned state champion honors himself with a time of 14.97, just four-one hundreths of a second faster than Cole Schmidt of Delano. Senior Brogan Hanson capped his amazing season with a second-place finish in the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.18 to earn some valuable team points. The 4x200 relay team of Vinny Guappone, Kole Guth, Derek Guth and Hanson earned silver medals as they crossed the finish line in a clocking of 1:29.51, a season best for that speedy foursome. Senior Kole Guth earned a fourth-place medal in the boys’ pole vault competition by clearing a personal-best height of 13’6”, while freshman sensation Luke Banks clinched the team title for the Saints as he matched Guth’s fourth-place finish in the discus with a toss of 152’8”. Not to be outdone, senior Cadence Selzler-Campion capped her outstanding prep career with a personal-best heave of 35’4.25” in the girls shot, good enough for seventh place and a visit to the medal stand in the girls competition. Senior Katie Gurrola placed 12th in the girls’ discus the previous day to cap the Saints’ state competitors. Congrats to the Saints’ boys & girls track & field coaches as well who helped guide this talented group of athletes all season long! They include head coaches Keith Hanson and Jeff Portugue along with boys & girls assistant coaches Bill Stuewe, Marc Bachman, George Schoenborn, Corey Wiebusch, Alex Weis, and Wallace Michels. Special thanks for McKenzie Weis for providing the great photos!