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EVER WONDER ABOUT HEAVEN?

The Orchard Church is offering performances of Heaven, How I Got Here – A night with the thief on the cross.

March 15, 16, 17 6:00 & 8:30 PM

$20.00 1330 N. Douglas Arlington Heights

Actor Stephen Baldwin will be performing in all the shows. Don’t miss a wonderful opportunity to be blessed during this Lenten season. For reservations and more information go to www.theorchardefc.org/heaven.

FYI: The Middle School students will be attending a matinee performance on March 15th at 1pm. We will be walking to The Orchard for the show! .

ST. PETER LUTHERAN SCHOOL VARIETY SHOW IS COMING! Sponsored by St. Peter Student Council

3rd - 8th Graders...do you have a talent or skill that you would like to share?

This is your time! Friday, May 13th at 1:30 PM Do you play an instrument...... piano, harp, etc? Participate in gymnastics? Participate in dance? Participate in theatre? Juggle? Do magic tricks?

You can perform by yourself or yo might want to get a few friends together to create a skit or performance of some kind. There will be try-outs to gain a spot to share your talent on April 25 - 27.

So start practicing and deciding what you can do! It will be a lot of fun for all!

Community Threads - Update from Elizabeth this weekend! Don't miss the exciting news - Elizabeth Maring, Executive Director of Community Threads will be speaking at St. Peter this weekend. She has all kinds of exciting information and stories to share with us about the stores growth, sales, grants, ministry, vision and more. Hope to see you there!

Community Threads is in need of donations! So as you begin Spring cleaning please bag and box your donations and drop them off at Community Threads. Be sure to complete a donation form to get St. Peter the credit. On the form, please note how many bags or boxes or items you are donation to be able to get as much credit as possible. Thanks to all for your support.

Organizational skills group Our organizational skills group for middle schoolers will begin meeting for third quarter on Mondays during eighth period. To sign up for this group, please fill out a consent form at the front office or return the form that was emailed to you by your child's teacher. For more information about this group, please contact Lexi Schmidt at [email protected] DAILY HERALD READER’S CHOICE NOMINATIONS

Cast your vote for St. Peter Lutheran School – Arlington Heights as the Best Private School! We would love to celebrate this award again with all of our students, parents, staff & community! Vote online at www.dailyherald.com/vote-readers-choice. Be sure to put Arlington Heights since there is more than one St. Peter!

Thanks in advance for your affirmation!

Registration for 2016-2017 School Year Registration for the 2016-2017 school year has begun! New students interested in enrolling can apply online through the school website at www.stpetermyschool.com. Current families received an email with a link to use for completing the reenrollment process. Be sure to take advantage of the early bird special and register by March 15 to receive the $100 registration rate. After March 15, the cost to register is $175. If you refer a family who enrolls in grades K-8 and lists you as their referral, you will receive a $500 credit on your tuition. Spread the word about our award winning school and help yourself too! Contact Melissa Nelson, Director of Admissions, at [email protected] or 224-387-3819 for more information.

Helpful Tax Information

As you complete your 2015 taxes, please be sure to utilize the Education Tax Credit. For 25% of your tuition in excess of $250.00 up to a total credit of $500.00 per family is available. If you are paying more than $2,250.00 in tuition, then you qualify for the full 50% dollar tax credit.

Employment Opportunity at St. Peter Lutheran School Instructional Technology Coordinator: full time position beginning in August 2016; emphasis on teacher training and integration; curriculum planning; coordination of material; program design and implementation; some middle school level teaching; and A/V and tech set ups. Preferred: strong technology skills; skilled in Apple and PC; prior experience in instructional technology; active in church. Please send a resume to Bruce Rudi at [email protected].

Summer Days Camp is Hiring! Our amazing Summer Days camp program is looking for energetic, creative, caring, Christian leaders and assistants. Leaders must be over 18 years of age and have at least six hours of college credit in education or psychology. Assistants must be high school graduates. If interested, plese contact Jill Schutz, Director of Children's Ministry, at [email protected] and complete the application for employment form found on our website at FullLifeinChrist.org/jobs.

St. Peter Skate Night: Save the date . . March 13th from 5:00-7:00 PM for an all school skate night at Orbit Skating! PTL is sponsoring this fun roller skating party for all our students and their families. March Menu

This section is for 8th grade families and will have information about transition to high school!

Please note the transition sessions being offered for your child at St Peter:

Best Dressed

Bruno Ibrahim- Betts Thano Douvikas Jessica Bergman Tori Nickens

Praise Blazer

Olivia Harmon

Up next week... * Captain Team 3 Allison Drake Carson Milligan * Josh Brown Luke Ramirez Ryan Brown For 4/4/16, students should be completing Habit 6. Read up on "synergy" to prepare for our next morning advisory lesson!

Grade Checks: https://www.plusportals.com/StPeterLutheran Please be checking student progress on the Portal. Access to the site is above or by clicking HERE!

The end of the quarter is around the corner, so make sure things are good with grades!

Mrs. Keller [email protected]

8th grade tech class: We are finishing and presenting our PowerPoints.

7th grade tech class: Initial research on their countries should be completed, and work will be beginning on the 7th grade PowerPoint project.

6th grade tech class: We are well underway on our Word Processing project, “A Unique Alphabet Book”

Mrs. Gilles [email protected]

Attention: March is Youth Art Month!!! Keep your eyes opened for some fun art work appearing around the school. Art Students: your art assignment this week is to choose an image and using 3 steps, transition it into a totally different image. Read your art homework assignment sheet carefully for details!!

PHOTOGRAPHER NEEDED Nancy Gilles needs someone to take pictures of student art work for our online art gallery, Artsonia. Photography may be done at school or at home. Please contact Nancy Gilles if you can serve our school in this way at [email protected].

Mrs. Wieting and Mr. Gorecki [email protected] [email protected]

Middle School Choir We are beginning to work on our Spring Concert music! The process is going well, and I love seeing how the students are attacking the music and learning it quickly. It is a blessing to hear their voices continuing to grow and develop!

Middle School Music Ed We continued our GarageBand unit this week. The students are working on the A, B, and C sections of their rondo. They have wonderful ideas, and I cannot wait to see how their songs turn out!

[email protected] www.onlinespanishclassroom.weebly.com

¡Hola!

Spanish 1: This week we watched our music videos and began working on our new "dictionary" with essential words to know in Spanish. We will continue working on this next week. Spanish 2: This week we "started from scratch". We began defining some of the words in our new "dictionary" of words that are essential to know in Spanish. We will continue this next week.

Spanish 3: We met today and read a story called "El día horrible de Juan Pablo". We read the entire thing in Spanish and translated it as we went. We were able to understand it! Great job! Incase you need any resources, here is a link to our classroom website! www.onlinespanishclassroom.weebly.org

¡Hasta luego! Athletics St. Peter Weekly Athletic Schedule

Upcoming St. Peter Athletic Schedule Congratulations to our Varsity Basketball Teams on their outstanding performances at LSA State! The Girls team lost a tough first game, BUT went on to win three straight to capture the Consolation Championship. Sarah Skaggs and Megan Morris were selected to the 15 member All-Tournament Team. The Boys won their first two games before losing to eventual champion, Rockford Lutheran. The boys lost their final game to Our Savior, Springfield to finish 4th. Luke Picchiotti was selected to the All- Tournament Team. LBAA National Basketball Tournament - Both of our teams were selected to the 32 team Lutheran National Basketball Tournament in Valparaiso, IN next weekend, March 18-20. This is a tremendous accomplishment as a St. Peter boys team has not qualified since 2006 and the Girls since 2011. Congratulations to both teams on their tremendous seasons and the opportunity to compete at Nationals!

St. Peter Track & Field Season Track & Field is just around the corner. Coach Corinne Ginder and her staff will lead our program again this year and look to build on the success of the 2015 season. Practices are NOW tentatively scheduled to start the week AFTER Spring Break. This year, we will be opening up participation to 5th graders similar to our Cross Country Jr. Running Club. More details to come in the near future. Sign-ups were conducted in PE class and information will be sent out shortly via e-mail.

Summer Athletic Camps Be sure to mark your calendars and save the dates of the St. Peter Athletic Camps. We are offering a variety of opportunities to a wide range of grade levels under the leadership of our outstanding coaching staff! 2016 Dates & Times Boys & Girls Jr. Saints Basketball Camp Grades 1-2 June 6-10 3:15 - 4:45 pm Boys & Girls Varsity Saints Basketball Camp Grades 7- 8 June 6-10 5:00 - 6:30 pm Boys & Girls Jr. Saints Basketball Camp Grades 3-4 June 13-17 3:15 - 4:45 pm Boys & Girls JV Saints Basketball Camp Grades 5- 6 June 13-17 5:00 - 6:30 pm Boys & Girls High School BB “Preview” Camp Grades 7-9 June 13-17 7:00 - 8:30 pm Boys & Girls Jr. Saints Volleyball Camp Grades 5-6 June 20-24 3:00 - 4:15 pm Boys & Girls Varsity Saints Volleyball Camp Grades 7-8 June 20-24 4:30 – 6:00 pm St. Peter Athletic Running Club(SPARC) Grades 4-8 & Parents Tuesdays & Thursdays / June 21 - Aug. 11 (7:00 - 8:00 pm)

Mr Bickel and Miss Kloess

[email protected] [email protected]

For your reference, all of our Health assignments for the 3rd quarter will be listed at the bottom of the PE/Health Homework Google Doc. We have been participating in Tchouckball in PE class. This is an interesting team game that requires skill and anticipation WITHOUT PLAYING DEFENSE. Students were assigned their Nutrition Facts Label 3rd Quarter Health project in class this week. They are due and will be presented in class Wednesday, March 16th.

Miss Mielke [email protected]

English – Grade Six Text – Our formal study of verbs is rapidly coming to a close. We will next encounter nouns and pronouns.

Vocabulary – Due to the special activities on next week’s schedule, vocabulary unit A13 will be due after spring break.

Composition – Wanted18: Pictures of the handsome and the beautiful to complete our memoirs.

We are currently reviving several in-process pieces; we are also engaging in some creative word and concept building to hone our composition skills. A creative narrative incorporating the complete writing process is on the horizon.

English – Grade Seven Text – Our concentration is on the cusp of moving from adjectives and adverbs into prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

Vocabulary – Vocabulary unit B13 will command our attention the week following spring break.

Composition – We are turning our efforts to a piece of persuasive writing that will incorporate the best of our composition skills. English – Grade Eight Text – Our parts of speech plate is overflowing! Pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs, as well as prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections are all part of our universe.

Vocabulary – We will focus our eyes and minds on vocabulary unit C14 after spring break.

Composition – While we have begun working in earnest on our personal brochures, we are thrilled that the research paper final draft is due Wednesday, March 16. We anticipate enjoying spring break with the research paper as part of our collective memory.

Mrs. Picchiotti [email protected] 6 th Grade Literature: Nonfiction During this week before Spring Break we finish our nonfiction unit with a test on the articles we have read and terms related to nonfiction reading. A study guide will have been given out and the test will be Thursday, March 17th. AR is due on 3/18. After Spring Break we will begin a new AR book, and so it would be a good idea to find one and get a good start over Spring Break. Please check arbookfind.com to verify the level and points. The 6th graders need to read at Book Level 4.8 and higher, with a point value of 5 points or more. 7 th Grade Literature: The Magician’s Nephew This week we finish the book, and will have the test on Wednesday, March 16th. A study guide will have been given out, including quotes to identify. After Spring Break we will begin a new AR book, and so it would be a good idea to find one and get a good start over Spring Break. Please check arbookfind.com to verify the level and points. The 7th graders need to read at Book Level 5.0 and higher, with a point value of 5 points or more.

8 th Grade Literature: Romeo and Juliet We finish the play early this week, with a quiz on Act 5 on Wednesday, 3/16. We will continue with some thematic review and there will be a final project assigned after Spring Break to wrap up the unit.

Miss Schmidt: [email protected] 6th Grade Religion The sixth graders did a fantastic job on their Kings, Queens, and Prophets unit. began our "Mythbusters" mini-series and took a look at the period of 400 years between the Old and New Testament. Memory for next week is #134.

Mr. Piel [email protected]

7 th Grade Religion We had a lesson this week on Moses’ and the Israelites disobedience to God and its correlation to the Fourth Commandment. We also spent time working on our chapel for next week. will be no memory work for next week due to time being spent on our chapel and also preparing for the Seder Meal with Mr. Rudi.

Mrs. Urlaub: [email protected]

8th Grade Religion We are continuing to study the Lord’s prayer. We are currently on the 3 petition. Students are choosing their verse for confirmation, which is due on the 31st.

Mr. Heick [email protected]

Here is the scoop for the upcoming week:

 6th grade – period 1 - We will continue working in chapter 12. In chapter 12 we will be working on measurements in the customary system and the metric system. We will also be converting measurements from system to system and within each system.

6th grade – period 2 - We will continue working through chapter 11 next week. In chapter 11 we will be starting a geometry unit. Mainly looking at using algebra to solve the area of complex figures. We will be reviewing surface area and volume also.

 7th grade - We will continue working in chapter 9. In chapter 9 we will studying geometry. Specifically we will be working on histograms, circle graphs, and measures of central tendencies.

 8th grade - We will continue working in chapter 8. We will be studying exponents and exponential functions. Next week we will mainly be looking at exponent operations. Multiplying and dividing exponents. I hope everyone has a great week,

Steven Heick

Mrs. Smith [email protected]

7th Grade

We will finish up the quarter with a test on Monday over Chapter 6. It will be open note, but students should be reviewing and practicing problems to assure that they know process. Anything that is in their notebook is fair game to use on the test!

8th Grade

We will have a test over Chapter 12 on Wednesday. It will be open note so that should take some of the equation memorization concerns. They also have been working on their projects in class which will be due before they leave for break.

ACCESS MRS. SMITH'S HOMEWORK PAGE HERE !

Mrs. Urlaub [email protected]

In 6th grade we are learning about Feudalism and the manor system as well as the growing power of the Catholic Church in Europe.

In 7th grade we are learning about Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, we will be working on our mapping skills and learning about current events in the area. Students will be finishing up their Russia passport.

In 8th grade we are learning about westward expansion, the Transcontinental Rail Road (for which we will be making a 3D map), and the plight of Native Americans. The presidential comparison poster is due on the 16th. Students will be presenting them in class.

Mr. Piel [email protected]

Science in the News… Did you know…that private space travel company Blue Origin expects to launch its first people into space in 2017? Blue Origin has launched and safely landed a ship twice. company founder is Jeff Bezos who also founded Amazon.com.

6th Grade After studying the major climate regions of the world and the main characteristics of each, we have looked at factors that affect climate and weather throughout the world. Included in this unit is the study of global warming, looking at it from both a scientific and Christian perspective. For this unit we will not be taking a written test but reviewing the unit through open note activities in class.

7th Grade After learning about the various causes of genetic traits and disorders, the next topic of our unit on modern genetics will be genetic engineering and DNA fingerprinting as we look at how technology has led to new treatments for a number of diseases and genetic disorders. Congratulations to our eleven 7th Graders for their fine showing in the Regional Science Fair held Saturday, March 5 at Niles North High School in Skokie—Jessica Bergman, Ryan Brown, Gia Douvikas, Allison Drake, Sara Frycek, Griffin Ginder, Grace Hiller, Carson Milligan, Tori Nickens, Kayleigh Rodgers, and Josh Ryg. Five of our students are moving on to the state competition being held May 14 at Millikin University in Decatur. These students are Carson Milligan, Ryan Brown, Grace Hiller, Tori Nickens, and Kayleigh Rodgers. Seven of our students received the highest award of gold and four received silver awards. In addition, two of our students won Best in Category for their projects: Carson Milligen for his Earth Science project and Gia Douvikas for her BioChemistry project. Congratulations also to Carson and Grace who were nominated to compete in the BroadCom Masters Program, a national science competition for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Great job seventh graders- we are proud of you for your accomplishments!

8th Grade After having learned the structure of chemical equations and how to balance them, we have now begun working on balancing chemical equations. The next part of this unit will then be focusing on the different types and classification of chemical equations. Engineers from Northrop Grumman Corporation in Rolling Meadows visited the eighth grade science classes this week as a part of a Discover Engineering program. This program is designed to introduce students to what engineering is all about along with presenting information about the different fields of engineering. An activity was included that helped students to discover more about engineering. Eighth graders Cade Milligan and Mark Graham and seventh grader Josh Brown represented our school on March 2 in a science competition called You Be the Chemist Challenge. of an academic science competition that involved thirty-one middle school students from eleven schools in the Arlington Heights, Hoffman Estates, and Schaumburg area. St. Peter was the only non-public school that participated. Congratulations to our students who made it to the fourth and fifth of seven rounds in the competition. We are proud of Josh, Cade, and Mark’s great representation of our school!

A reminder: You can monitor the energy output of our solar panels through an online connection at the following website: enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/pv/public_systems/2McX428596/grid/days

Middle School Madness Homework Link (click link above)