SS. PETER & PAUL SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

SS. PETER & PAUL SCHOOL NEWSLETTER December 2017 Issue From the Principal: Dear Parents and Guardians, The holy season of Advent begins on December 3. The days of Advent help us to prepare for Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus. We are reminded of God s faithfulness and of how deeply committed He is to us. Advent is a time filled with God s grace when we are invited to reflect deeply on His love for us and on His presence to us. May we find many opportunities during the next four weeks to grow in our relationship with God. During these weeks many things like candles, lights, trees, decorations, cards, gifts remind us of the secular aspects of Christmas. We are challenged to center our lives and hearts on Jesus, the reason for our celebrations. A committee of our teachers will meet at the end of November and plan ways for us to celebrate the season of Advent at Ss. Peter and Paul School. Advent wreathes are visible in our classrooms and in the school reminding us of the four weeks of Advent. The students will remember some of the key figures who prepared for the coming of Jesus by placing the symbols on the Jesse Tree. Our daily prayer in the mornings will center on people like Abraham, Isaiah, Jonah, David, Solomon, Jacob, Elizabeth, John the Baptist, Joseph, and Mary. The National Junior Honor Society is collecting small toiletries to for the Perry Housing Project. We thank the students in this society, as well as their advisor Mrs. Jurkowski, for their involvement in this service project. The students are encouraged to do good deeds during Advent. Faculty and students will be attending the 9:00a.m. Mass on December 8, as we celebrate the Holyday of Obligation, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Mary is such an important role model for us as we grow in faith and love. The X-STREAM Games and Expo is taking place on Sunday, December 3, at St. Joseph Collegiate Institute 12:00-3:30p.m. We will have students in the Science Scrimmage, in the Video Gaming Venue, the Roller Coaster Gallery Walk, and in the Kitchen Chemistry Cook-Off. We invite all of our families to attend this STREAM event. Thank you to all the parents who help in our school in so many ways the homeroom parents, the family who counts Campbell labels and box tops with the students that help, the parents who volunteer as lunch monitors, the parents who help with various activities for the students, the parents who are the Parents Guild officers. Thank you to our coaches! Thank you to the parents who attend the meetings of the Parents Guild. If you have not attended, please consider attending future meetings. Thank you to the parents who attended the Student of the Month Breakfast in October, the Induction Ceremony for the National Junior Honor Society, and who helped to chaperone the Middle School Dance. Thank you to the parents who helped the teachers in the classrooms on Halloween. There was a great response to the service project for the Veterans Treats for Troops. Thank you for your generosity. We are also very grateful for the work and advice of our School Board. We were asked to decorate the Winter Castle which is dedicated the night of the Hamburg Holidays event Christmas in the Village. This event takes place the first Friday of December, immediately following the Lighting of the Star at 7:00p.m. The location for this event is in the village of Hamburg Municipal Lot, across from the Hamburg Palace Theater on Buffalo Street. Our art teacher, Miss Gauthier, has been working with a group of students on this artwork. It is a wonderful way to showcase our students art work and also a wonderful way for us at SSPP to partner with the village. I remind everyone that Parent Teacher Conferences take place on December 11. Parents were able to sign up at the Meet the Teacher gathering in September. If you still need to schedule a conference, please contact your child s homeroom teacher. It is important that parents are aware of their child s work as seen on the Parent Portal. Many teachers e-mail parents about the work that needs to be handed in for specific subjects. Please refer to the December calendar for the many events taking place in the school: Mass celebrations, Penance Service, Student of the Month Breakfast, Christmas concert, Santa Secret Shop, and more. The faculty, staff and I extend to you and your family wishes for a peaceful Advent, a blessed and joy-filled Christmas, and a New Year 2018 filled with many graces. We continue to pray for peace. Let it be known to all who enter here that JESUS CHRIST is the reason for this school, the unseen but ever-present teacher in all its classes, the model of its faculty, and the inspiration for its students. AT SS. PETER AND PAUL, A CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SCHOOL, WE continue spiritual growth and understanding of our faith nurture students in an atmosphere of kindness, love, and understanding instill respect for ourselves and others, for we are all children of God educate to the highest standards of learning develop the potential that lies within each student foster communication skills, creativity, and independence

Parents Guild Co President Message Mary Rogers & Leslie Brooks We are off to a great start this year. We have had many successful fundraisers to date and are working hard on many more. SCRIP gift cards make great gifts, get your orders in by 12/11 and have them in time for the holidays! You may bring them in during Parent Teacher Conferences. The Chipotle dine around fundraiser was a great success, thank you to all who attended. For the month of December, we are dinning in with Schwanz. Stay tuned for more information. Coffee sale and Delta Sonic orders are due after the Thanksgiving break so please remember to turn those in. Don't forget Paint Nite with Buffalo Collective 11/30. Santa s secret shop will be held December 7th. Please consider volunteering or baking for this event. Thank you for all you do for the school and our children. We all wish you a Merry Christmas and blessed time off. From Fr. Cole Webster Saint Peter and Paul School Community, Last month we pondered over the first part of our Scriptural theme, what it is to hear the voice of Jesus. The next part of this beautiful text is that Jesus knows us, his sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them December is a wonderful reminder to us that Jesus desires to intimately know us, so much so, that the God of the universe humbled himself to become a human being and live among us! How awesome is that?! Advent is a time of spiritual preparation as we look both behind and ahead. We remember that 2,000 years ago the Creator of the world was born among us. Let us not forget that we still await the coming of our Savior who will return. We often see decorations this time of year depicting joy, peace, and hope. Certainly the birth of God among us is a joyful celebration which brought a peace that only God can give. Our source of hope is knowing that the gates of heaven have been unlocked and that our Lord will return to bring to fulfillment what he began. My prayer is that we take this time of Advent and Christmas to recall what Christ s birth really means for us. How are we different people because of the Incarnation? As parents, faculty, staff, and clergy, may we dedicate ourselves to taking concrete steps to ensure that this gift of faith is passed on to our families and students. Faith and the promise of eternal life is the most important gift you will EVER give. The world is a complicated place, I pray our children will feel in their hearts that solace can always be found in Christ who knows us well and who never leaves our side. A Merry Christmas to all! Fr. Cole P.S. See you and your family at Mass!

Fire hazards report complete Notice is hereby given that the annual inspection for the year 2016-2017 of the SS. Peter and Paul School building for fire hazards has been completed and the report is available at he school for inspection by all interested persons. Christmas Concert Mrs. Odden, Music Tis the season for our school Christmas concert! The concert will be on Wednesday, December 6th at 7:00 pm in the church. All students in grades Pre-K through 8th grade will be performing. This one hour concert is a wonderful way to start the Christmas season! All students need to be in their places by 6:45 pm. But please note: the doors to the church will not open until 6:30. January Newsletter Deadline Sarah Seweryniak, Advancement The deadline for submissions for the January newsletter is Monday, Dec. 18th. Please send your submissions to sseweryniak@sspphamburg.org. Did you know...share a fun fact about SSPP SS. Peter & Paul School is actually two buildings.the first half of the building, which is closest to Main Street was built in 1921. Fr. Baker Nelson did a dedication for the building. In the early 1950s our school added the half that houses the cafeteria. This was constructed to help accommodate a growing student population. 8th Grade Ring Mass Luncheon

WANT TO EARN A JEANS DAY? Fill out the following form below for any families you may know of that are interested in our school. Once you turn it in, your child(ren) will receive a jeans day pass. Jeans day passes may not be used on Mass days or dress up days. SS. Peter & Paul Parent Referral Form Advancement As we continue to move forward with our marketing plan, we invite you to work with us in this effort. Many of our present students were attracted to us because someone recommended us to them. As you think of friends, neighbors, relatives, and other families with whom you may associate, we invite you to write any prospective family s name, address, phone number and any pertinent information about them on this form (like names and ages of children, place of business, etc.). We will send the family a letter with information about our school. If you permit, we would like to mention your name in the letter as the referring party. If that is not possible, then please indicate that below. Please feel free to duplicate this form if you think of more families. Feel free to send this information to sseweryniak@sspphamburg.org. Your Name: Prospective Parent s Names: Address: City: State: Zip: Children and Grades: Pertinent Information: You may use my name in the referral letter Yes No

7th Grade Service Project Blankets for cancer patients Look what we got! Look at all the STREAM items we were able to get from our profits from last year's Scholastic Book Fair! This year we hope to be able to purchase add on coding kits for Mrs. Knavel and more Maker Space items to the bins of K'Nex and the 3D Pens! Thanks for always supporting our Scholastic Book Fair!

Catholic Adventure Club Mrs. Weiss Making Thanksgiving placements for the Courtyard patients

DECEMBER 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Christmas Bazaar Set Up 2 Christmas Bazaar 3 Christmas Bazaar X-STREAM Games & Expo 4 5 6 Christmas Concert 7 p.m. 7 Santa s Workshop PreK4 8 Report Cards Go Home 9 10 11 No School for Students 11 a.m. Parent Teacher Confer- 12 9 a.m. Student of the Month Breakfast 13 Christmas concert Snow Date 14 15 16 17 18 Advent Penance Service 19 20 21 11:20 a.m. Early Dismissal 22 Christmas Recess 23 24 Christmas 25 Recess 26 27 28 29 30 SS. PETER AND PAUL SCHOOL 31 1 2 3 School Resumes for Full day Principal: Sr. Marilyn Ann Dudek, E-Mail: principal@sspphamburg.org Assistant Principal: Mrs. Diane Liptak, E-Mail: assistantprincipal@sspphamburg.org School Office Number: 716-649-7030

St. Peter and Paul School A La Carte Bubbly Cheeseburger w/ pickles French Fries Baked Beans Teacher Conference Day No School Jingle Grilled Cheese Sandwich Pizza Soup Roasted Broccoli Taco Tuesday Taco in Bag Taco meat / Cheese Lettuce / Salsa Rice Sweet Corn Taco Tuesday Macho Nachos Taco meat / Cheese Lettuce / Salsa Mexican Rice n Beans Sweet Corn Chicken Quesedillas Lettuce / Tomato Cheese / Salsa Southwest Rice Salad BBQ Roasted Chicken WG Dinner Roll Mac-n-Cheese Sweet Peas Deli Turkey Wrap w/ lettuce & cheese Beef Barley Soup Waffle cut Sweet Potato Fries Holiday Cut-out Cookie December Birthday Bash! Stuffed Crust Pizza Rainbow Veggie Boat Surprise Birthday Treat! See You Next Year! Krusteaz Mini Chocolate Chip Pancakes Breakfast Sausage Vanilla Yogurt Cup w/ Sliced Apples Baby Carrots French Toast Sticks Breakfast Sausage Crispy taters Chef s Choice Veggie Early Dismissal No Lunch Service Today Pizza Crunchers Minestrone Soup Rainbow Veggie Boat w/ dip Big Daddy Pizza Rainbow Veggie Boat w/ dip Pizza Munchable Garden Salad w/ Cucumber Moons, Grape Tomatoes & Banzo Beans 100% Juice Slushie Christmas Recess Begins! See you next Year!! Ice Cream $.75 / $1 Chips $.75 / $1 Other Snacks $.25 - $1 Fresh Baked Cookie $.25 / $.50 Fresh Fruit $.60 Fruit Cup $.50 Slushie/Juice Bar $.50 ½ pt Milk $.50 Water $.50 / $1 Mini Rice Krispie $.35/$.25* *Only A Quarter More with school lunch* All snacks meet USDA Smart Snack Guidelines Lunch Cost: $3.25 Alternate Choices for Daily Entrees: Pizza SunButter & Jelly Sandwich Yogurt Fun Lunch Ham / Turkey Sandwich/Sub Bologna / Tuna Sandwich Julienne Salad **Offered Daily With Every Lunch** - Asst. Fat Free & Low Fat Milk - Fresh Fruit & Fruit Cups - Romaine & Baby Spinach Salad (except when salad is on main menu) Harvest of the Month: Great Grains! Our Beef Barley soup on Dec 13 will feature locally sourced beef from nearby Palmer Ranch!

National Junior Honor Society Needs your help! The National Junior Honor Society is collecting small toiletries to stuff Christmas Stockings for girls and boys in the Perry Housing Project. They have requested 100 stockings to be filled. This is a BIG project and we appreciate any help you can give us. Donations of the following items are requested: Travel size toothbrush, tooth paste, mouthwash, floss Travel size shampoo and conditioner Travel size hand cream/lotions Travel size body wash Deodorant Hair brushes/combs Please assist is with our mission and send in donations to Mrs. Jurkowski (Room 208). Donations will be accepted from Monday, November 6 Wednesday, December 6, 2017. Thank you in advance for your generosity! May God Bless you always, National Junior Honor Society Members and Advisors

SS. Peter & Paul Presents The FOURTH & FINAL ornament in our Stained Glass Window Series: Rose Window Cost: $25 - includes tax Where to purchase: Ornaments are available for purchase in the Rectory from 9-4 p.m., Monday- Friday., at Expressions Floral & Gift Shoppe at 59 Main Street in Hamburg OR after select Masses. Rose Window ornaments ONLY will be sold at the following Masses: Saturday, Dec. 9th after 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10th after 7:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12:15 p.m. & 5 p.m. Limited Quantities Available for Purchase from previous Ornaments in our Series Call the Rectory for availability 649-2765.