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In celebration of Diwali this week, two of our Kin

In celebration of Diwali this week, two of our Kindergarten families joined the classroom to share some of their traditions surrounding this joyous holiday. Students enjoyed book readings, ate delicious Indian sweets called gulab jamuns, and received henna hand designs!

The SPS Cross Country team ended the season strong

The SPS Cross Country team ended the season strong at yesterday's GFS Invitational, where they faced more than a dozen other schools in a rigorous course at the Belmont Plateau. All season, our athletes have exhibited good sportsmanship, encouraged their peers, and pushed themselves to be the best runners they can be. We are so proud of all their hard work!
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A big thank you to our volunteer coach and current parent, Nace Mullen, for his dedication to the team this season. His years of experience as a marathon runner and triathlon competitor helped students train and prepare for their meets, while also sparking new interest in the sport of long-distance running for some students.

One of the best ways to celebrate the seasons is t

One of the best ways to celebrate the seasons is through art! Some students in the lower grades have been learning about important figures in art history and applying some new and creative techniques to their fall foliage projects in Ms. Seonia's art class.🍁

Fourth Grade students examined the work of artist Georgia O’Keeffe and then went outside to collect interesting leaves to learn how to preserve them. Next, students chose their favorite preliminary sketch, enlarged it, and traced their drawings with glue lines. Once dry, students colored their creations with chalk pastels, noticing tints and shades within their leaves, finally coloring the background of the leaf in its complementary color.

Second Grade students looked at paintings by artists Christina Meeusen, Georgia O’Keefe, Dan Bacich, and Vincent Van Gogh. Using their observation skills, students collected leaves outside, noticing interesting shapes, sizes, and colors. After making observations about their leaves, students traced the outline and sketched the veins and details they noticed. Students also learned and practiced watercolor techniques: gradient, wet on wet, resist, and salt as well as the expressive use of color through contrast. Students then painted their leaves, choosing their favorite watercolor techniques along with either a warm or cool color scheme with a background containing the opposite scheme.

HARVEST FESTIVAL 2022 // There was no shortage of

HARVEST FESTIVAL 2022 // There was no shortage of fun during Saturday's festivities, which included tons of delicious food and baked goods, games, relay races, crafts and even a firetruck!

Thank you to our amazing and dedicated parent volunteers for going above and beyond to make this beloved community event a success 😊🍁🎃🎟🍪🍬🧁🌮🧡🍂☀️🚒💦😆

On Friday afternoon, families and friends joined u

On Friday afternoon, families and friends joined us on Wiggins Field to witness one of St. Peter's School's most celebrated school traditions, Calling of the Colors!

During the ceremony, First Graders and other new students in Grades 2 - 8 received their SPS color, garnet or grey. Afterward, each grade participated in a tug-of-war challenge garnet vs. grey! Our mascot the Cardinal even made an appearance 😃

GO GARNET! GO GREY!

Spirit Week was a success! Students sported team j

Spirit Week was a success! Students sported team jerseys, relaxed in pajamas and represented their grade by color, showing extraordinary school spirit all week long.

We were honored to welcome Los Bomberos de la Call

We were honored to welcome Los Bomberos de la Calle @losbomberosdelacalle to our School this morning to perform traditional and contemporary styles of Bomba & Plena music from Puerto Rico. They had everyone up and dancing, while helping to educate our students on the significance of this music and artistic expression within Puerto Rican culture. Thank you Los Bomberos de la Calle!

These Preschoolers were having a blast pretending

These Preschoolers were having a blast pretending the colorful scarves were falling leaves as they danced to songs about fall in Ms. Sacher’s Creativity Class 🎶🍁🎶🍂😆

Last Friday morning, our buddy groups (a mix of st

Last Friday morning, our buddy groups (a mix of students from different grade levels) met again during Community Time to work on some fun projects together. Kindergarten and Upper Grade students made musical instrument crafts, including castanets and maracas, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. First, Fourth, and Upper Grade students talked about Kindness, and wrote down ways you can show kindness to others on strips of paper, with the goal of making a paper link chain of kindness. Our students look forward to Community Time each week and we are excited to see as the buddy friendships blossom as well as what other projects they co-create together this year!

Seventy and Sunny on this Fall Friday ☀️

Seventy and Sunny on this Fall Friday ☀️

The first Declamation of the year! Students from t

The first Declamation of the year! Students from the Lower Grades demonstrated courage and poise as they declaimed poems, prose and literary excerpts. And the First Grade made their Declamation debut with the SPS Chant:

A-B-C-D-E
SPS is the place to be

F-G-H-I-J
We do our best every day

K-L-M-N-O
Reading, writing, watch us grow

P-Q-R-S-T
We are a great community

U-V-W-X-Y
It's our goal to try, try, try

We finish with the letter Z.
SPS is cool. Don't you agree?

Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade students visited

Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade students visited the Mütter Museum @muttermuseum last week to view one of America's finest medical history collections to gain an appreciation for the history of diagnosis and treatment of disease. The Seventh Graders also went on a Yellow Fever Walking Tour last week, taking them through sites in Old City and Society Hill of significance to the 1793 epidemic.

Under the umbrella of our City Curriculum, these field trips help to illuminate and complement classroom work and deepen the understanding of thematic studies for all the Upper Grades, including the Eighth Grade's study of the transport of disease during the Columbian exchange; the Seventh Grade's study of the Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia; and the Sixth Grade's Project Based Learning unit on museum exhibits focusing on ancient technologies and advancements in medicine.

One of the School's philanthropic priorities, as indicated by the SPS Fund, is our City Curriculum, which gives students the opportunity to engage in relevant and ongoing ways with the expansive and unique resources, institutions, organizations and entities in our surrounding city!

Last week, Ms. Soriano and the Eighth Grade helped

Last week, Ms. Soriano and the Eighth Grade helped Library Volunteer Mrs. Seltzer to de-acquisition the old paper cards that are no longer used, from the drawers. This was no easy task!

Now the Eighth Graders are planning on incorporating the cards into an art project with Ms. Seonia, so stay tuned….

Our Fourth Grade scientists were in the lab again

Our Fourth Grade scientists were in the lab again making observations and inferences- this time with unknown liquids. Students demonstrated the appropriate way to use their sense of smell, by wafting. Vinegar was quickly identified by its pungent and distinct smell, while others required the use of other skills to determine what the substances were.

September 15 marked the beginning of Hispanic Heri

September 15 marked the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month and classrooms at every grade level are engaging in different activities and lessons to honor and learn more about Hispanic histories, peoples, and cultures.

Last week, our Fifth Graders presented an introduction of the month-long celebration to students in the Lower Grades, sharing a special art project they'd been working on, the papel picado. A traditional craft in Mexico, the picado is made of colorful tissue paper that is cut up much like a paper snowflake to celebrate holidays and festive occasions. Afterwards, Second Grade joined in on the fun and created their very own papel picados!

We are so happy to have Yoga back again this year

We are so happy to have Yoga back again this year for our Preschool and Prekindergarten students! Led by instructor Amy Swanson of @pranallamayoga, our littlest learners enjoy mindful moments and strengthening stretches in the Blum Library, exploring yoga poses that focus on breath, balance and being present in their bodies!

Take a look at what we read this summer! St. Peter

Take a look at what we read this summer! St. Peter's School faculty members chose one of five books to read over break, then met in groups to discuss how their findings could be applied to the classroom and their teaching methods.
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Project Based Teaching by Suzie Boss with John Larmer
Curious by Ian Leslie
Hacking School Discipline by Nathan Maynard and Brad Weinstein
Why Play Works by Jill Vialet
Teach Like Finland by Timothy D. Walker

Our Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Graders reached new

Our Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Graders reached new heights at Treetop Quest on Wednesday. Students balanced, climbed, and swung from tree to tree in this aerial adventure park all while taking in the natural beauty around them. 🌿

This activity engaged students physically as well as mentally, strengthening bonds with fellow peers and teachers, as they cheered each other on throughout the park's course.

BUDDIES ARE BACK! We are very excited to be able t

BUDDIES ARE BACK! We are very excited to be able to return to this wonderful program (which had been on hiatus for two years) that connects students from different grade levels, in meaningful and consistent ways. From Tuesday lunches to Friday morning Community Time, the bigs and the littles alike benefit from this special time together.

The SPS online apparel store is open through Monda

The SPS online apparel store is open through Monday, September 19.

Fleece vests and a dri-fit shirt have been added, and items will be shipped directly to you in early October.

Tap link in bio to start shopping!

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