Service Learning
Together we Serve.
Love and compassion for others lies at the heart of all we do at St. Peter the Apostle. Each year, the entire school community participates in many service projects and experiences. Service learning is an important aspect of everyday life which encourages students to fully live the Gospel call to love everyone. Service learning includes meaningful and age appropriate service projects, student planning and implementation of activities, partnerships with local organizations to address community needs, and deep reflection and prayer about our relationships with society.
Our school community serves in the following ways:
Sister School in Rwanda: Plans are in place to assist the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur School in Rwanda as our "Sister School". The loose change drive will run from March 1 through March 31, 2010. The school is in the Kiruhura District which is located in the western region of Uganda. The schools' main goal is to raise enough money to have 4 Rwandan Sisters come to America to learn. If enough money is raised, these 4 Sisters would love to include a stop to Savannah, in March, and come to our school to talk to us about the Rwandan School. How wonderful would that be!!! Want to learn a little more about the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, Sr. Roberta's community and the precious work they are doing? Please visit: www.ssmn.us
Advent Angels 2009 Project: St. Peter's collected over $1000 during the 2009 project. With the donations we were able to help a family of 4 enjoy Christmas blessings, give a generous donation to the Holy Childhood Association and purchase 6 grocery gift cards to leave in the parish office for needy families.
Thank you so much to the children, parents, faculty and friends of St. Peter the Apostle School who so generously shared Christmas Joy with those in need this holiday.
Canned Food Drive November 2009 : The Student Council and National Junior Honor Society sponsored Food Drive was a huge success! The final can count was 1,350 cans!!! The lower wing class winner was Sister Susan's first grade class with 132 cans and the upper wing class winner was Mrs. Wiederhold's sixth grade with 193.
Holidays for Heroes 2009: The 8th Grade participated in the "Holidays for Heroes" program sponsored by Pitney-Bowes and the Red Cross. The students made cards which were sent to Red Cross Chapters nationwide for distribution to American military personnel, their families, and veterans around the world. They also sent Christmas cards to specific members of the military with ties to our St. Peter's family.
Jump Rope for Heart: Each February, St. Peter the Apostle participates in this American Heart Association fundraising event whereby students jump rope, learn about heart health and raise money for the AHA.
Recycling at SPA: The National Junior Honor Society sponsors water bottle and classroom paper recycling projects. Newspaper & paper recycling as well as inkjet cartridge recycling are also done on campus.
Red Ribbon Week: The National Junior Honor Society helps SPA celebrate National Red Ribbon Week, a drug prevention campaign, each year during the last week of October.
Relay for Life: St. Peter the Apostle won a bronze level award for the 2009 Relay for Life, South Atlantic Division. St. Peter's raised over $3560.00 and had the largest number of participants for the Savannah area.
S.O.C.C.K.S Day in February (Serving Our Community Catholic Kids Style):
Schoolwide Community Service Projects during Catholic Schools Week 2009. Each grade has chosen the following organizations to learn about and serve:
Pre-K - West Broad Street YMCA
Kindergarten - St. Mary's Home
1st Grade - St. Mary's Community Center
2nd Grade - The Humane Society
3rd Grade - St. Joseph Hospital
4th Grade - Salvation Army/Homeless
5th Grade - Ronald McDonald House
6th Grade - The Interfaith Hospitality Network
7th Grade - Soldier's Troop
8th Grade - Sister School in Rwanda
