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St. Peter’s School students celebrate the Ascension, the elevation of our Lord into heaven, on the fortieth day after Easter. Find out about all the celebrations at St. Peter’s School during the month of May. Click here for the Principal’s Letter May 2013.
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60-Minute Info Sessions For Parents Interested In A+ Academics and Small Classes Where Students Receive The Individual Attention Young Learners Need to Succeed
With: Mrs. Kathy Preston, Principal
SIGN UP FOR A 60-MINUTE INFO SESSION:
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 12NOON OR MONDAY, JUNE 10, 5:30 P.M.
Sign up: Emily Hero, emilyw5@yahoo.com, 779-0036
YOU WILL FIND OUT: All about Financial Aid; what The National Center for Education, which issues “The Nation’s Report Card” on schools, says about academic achievement and Catholic elementary schools; how St. Peter’s students score high in the national achievement test, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills; why small class size is so important to young students; how Catholic faith & traditions develop excellent, virtuous character; all about St. Peter’s diverse, welcoming environment with 12 different religious backgrounds represented among our students; what SACS Accreditation means and why St. Peter’s has achieved it for over 40 years!
Please attend an information session as soon as possible to find out all you need to know. Please contact Mrs. Emily Hero for further information: 779-0036.
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ST. PETER’S SCHOOL CELEBRATES HOLY WEEK WITH A DAY OF RETREAT
During the day, students re-enacted the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, greeted by crowds crying out, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
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ST. PETER’S SCHOOL PARTICIPATES IN THE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
St. Peter’s Church was founded in 1821 as an outreach to Irish immigrants who had come to Columbia to work on the Columbia Canal. At the time, the canal was built to ferry river traffic around the shoals where the Broad and Saluda Rivers come together to form the Congaree. In those days, the rivers were “the interstates” of our growing nation, roads of water that allowed raw materials and goods to flow down river to ports. We are proud of our Irish roots and we celebrate the growth of that small Irish community into today’s international community, with students coming from around the corner and around the world.
