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News
Town Hall This Thursday
As we wind up the school year and prepare for summer, the Petra Board of Directors invites all Petra parents to an informational gathering this Thursday, May 24, from 7-8:45 p.m. The Board would like to respond to feedback gathered from the parent survey earlier in the year, as well as dedicate time for general questions and answers pertaining to next year from interested parents. (Note: As the weather is supposed to be nice, parents are welcome to bring children to play outside on the playground.)
Field Day & Finals
We have just two weeks of school to go! Thanks for being aware of these dates and times:
– Thursday, May 24: Town Hall (7-8:45 p.m.)
– Friday, May 25: Field Day (8:45 a.m.-12 p.m.)/Lunch (12 p.m.)*
– Monday, May 28: No School (Memorial Day)
– Tuesday-Thursday, May 29- 31: Secondary Semester Exams
– Wednesday, May 30: Kindergarten/6th Grade Graduation (8:35 a.m.)
– Friday, June 1: Final Assembly (10 a.m.)^/Graduation (7 p.m.)
*Families are invited to pack a lunch and enjoy the playground from 12-1 p.m. on Friday, May 25, after Field Day. All students should be picked up by 1 p.m.
^Families are invited to attend the Final Assembly on Friday, June 1, from 10 a.m.-noon on Friday, June 1. All students should be picked up by 12 noon.
Griffins Sweep Tourney
Congratulations to our Ultimate Frisbee teams for taking four of four wins this past weekend in the season’s final tournament in Polson.
Order Yearbooks by May 24
As the end of the school year is quickly approaching, it is time to order your yearbooks! Our team is hard at work putting together a yearbook capturing not only our many achievements from this year, but also the love and community that exists at Petra. Order forms are available at the front desk, and each hardback yearbook is $25 each. Yearbooks will arrive over summer and an email announcement will be sent for pick up.
Enrollment
Classes are filling as currently-enrolled and new families submit their registration applications and deposits. Interested in enrolling at Petra? Contact Admissions Director Mark Christofferson right away!
Class Seats Enrolled
| PreK (M,W,F) | 8 | 8^ |
| PreK (M-F) | 8 | 3 |
| Kinder | 9 | 9* |
| Kinder | 9 | 9^ |
| 1st 1st | 18 18 | 12 12 |
| 2nd | 18 | 15 |
| 3rd | 18 | 14 |
| 4th | 18 | 16 |
| 5th | 18 | 9 |
| 6th | 18 | 8 |
| 7th | 16 | 12 |
| 8th | 16 | 7 |
| 9th | 16 | 8 |
| 10th | 16 | 11 |
| 11th | 16 | 9 |
| 12th | 16 | 11 |
| Total | 173 |
(Note: Numbers represent only students whose families have completed an online application and paid a $400 deposit. ^Class full. *Need 4 more students to add aide and then will cap at 16.)
Media
ARTICLES
How Humanities Make Numbers Work
I spend my days with young people who are thoughtful, engaged, and funny. And, because I teach 12th grade students at a classical Christian school, my students also possess extraordinarily well-trained minds. They are the product of a different educational system than I was, and I never cease to be impressed with them, as individuals […]
A Poem a Day
A poem a day keeps the doctor away! All triteness aside, it may well be true that this variation on the old adage instructs well concerning our need for daily literary consumption of poetic language. Our 3rd grade class currently engages in this practice, immersed in a unit featuring Knock at a Star, an anthology […]
The Cruelty of April
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Knowing a Tree by Its Fruit
When I was a young Captain stationed at RAF Lakenheath in England in 2003, I remember having a conversation with my squadron commander about our lack of work-life balance. “Why do we have to go out and waste so much time and fuel practicing Basic Fighter Maneuvers (close-in dogfighting) when everyone is already working 60-80 […]