1/24 Newsletter

St. Petronille Catholic School

A Note from Mr. Schmidt

Dear St. Petronille Families,

We are ready for Catholic Schools Week! What an awesome opportunity to celebrate the legacy of learning and formation that happens at our Catholic schools, and particularly at St. Petronille!

As a reminder, to show off our pride in our school, we are inviting all students to attend any weekend mass at St. Petronille wearing their school uniform to receive an out-of-uniform day on Monday, February 3. We will use the honor system for the out-of-uniform day. The 11:30 AM mass on Sunday will be special because it will feature our school students as well as kick-off our Open House for prospective families for next year. Please encourage anyone you know who is interested in applying for new admission next year to attend the Open House after the 11:30 mass on Sunday! We could use some more signups to help with weekend masses, so please see the Sign Up Genius below!

As far as admissions are concerned, we already have a large number of submitted applications for new students in our Pre-K and Kindergarten programs for next year. Please keep in mind that our open application window lasts until February 7 and any new student applications from our current families must be submitted by then to ensure priority admission! We also need current families who have not done so to complete their FACTS Enrollment Packet for the 25-26 school year. It is important we know our numbers so that we can effectively manage our admissions process. If you have questions or concerns about enrollment for 25-26, please inform Mrs. Wardynski or me promptly.

If you are unfamiliar with all of the events happening on campus next week for Catholic Schools Week, please see the letter below prepared by our 8th grade classes. Please keep in mind our awesome Culver's Night on Wednesday next week from 5-8 PM as well as the Pancake Breakfast on Friday morning at 7:30 AM in the PLC!

Also, now is the time to begin considering applying for tuition assistance for the 25-26 school year. In last week's letter, I described our tuition assistance option and will leave the Tuition Assistance application link below this letter for several weeks to ensure all families seeking assistance have access and opportunity. Please let me know if you have any questions about tuition assistance for your family!

There's a ton going on and it will be a wonderful week to celebrate our Catholic school! I cannot wait to see everyone at Trivia Night tomorrow night and our masses this weekend!

God bless,

Eric Schmidt

Principal

Catholic Schools Week Events and Plans

Apply for Tuition Assistance for the 2025-26 School Year

Catholic Schools Week Mass Sign-Ups

Open Applications for New Students through February 7!

Apply Now for New Student Admission for 25-26

Lights, Camera, Auction on March 8!

Catholic Schools Week Mass and Open House on 1/26!

Potluck Dinners after Sunday Mass!

The Book Fair is Back on February 3!

In the Know with PO - November and December!

Hello everyone! We held our January meeting on 1/7 and we’d like to share what the parents/committees have been working on:

What’s been going on?

Christmas Collection for our staff and faculty was very successful! Thank you to all the families who contributed!! We used GiftCrowd and distributed 53 gifts to our full and part time employees
Coordinated and Collected gifts for Adopt-a-Family - 439 people signed up to adopt a family (130 families, 413 people total, collected 121 gift cards, 37 infant toys)
Sponsored a restaurant night at Portillo’s Night and raised $1K on 12/6
Finalized Enrichment Club options, flier coming, will run 2/4 - 3/18
Hosted Veteran’s Day with almost 20 vets/spouses
Hosted open house, 23 prospective families attended
Hosted Donut Sunday after the 9:30 mass
Hosted a Christmas Breakfast for our teachers
Raised ~ $1480 for school from Earn back with Raise Right and families received $22,000 in tuition reimbursements as well.

What’s next?

1/12 and 2/9 - Donut Sundays
1/25: Trivia night
1/26 Open House
1/31 Deadline for Spring sport signup - track and co-ed volleyball
2/1: Dad’s Poker Tournament for (Father’s Club).
2/20: International Night. Contact Myra Kayser to promote a country.
2/23: 3pm, $22/ tix Chicago Wolves Hockey Game. Cheer on the Wolves with your fellow Chargers
2/27 Fine Arts Presentation for students. The theme is “One book, One Child.” We will feature the local graphic artist and illustrator, Ross Felten, from the series Ava the Monster Slayer by Lisa Maggio
3/15 Fine Arts Program - Dueling pianos
3 Potlucks in spring, 2/2, 3/2, 4/27 6p - 8p, open to all families, all grades. Sign-ups coming soon
4/24 Jr High Social

Please save the date for our next PO meeting on 2/4 @ 7pm and reach out to any of us on the board to learn more.2024-2025_PO Chairs & Shadows .xlsx

All are welcome!

Backpack Mail

Photos of the Week

Our Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. prayer service is always a highlight of our school year. Huge thanks t our 5th graders for all of their effort in putting together another memorable service. We in particular loved hearing all of your thoughtful and heartfelt "I Have a Dream" speeches!

Our Spelling Bee was once again a rousing success! We had some super-talented spellers on stage this Wednesday and they got some words right that would have knocked the Principal out of the competition! Special congratulations to our 24-25 winner, Elliot, E-L-L-I-O-T, Elliot!