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Preparing Pre-K through 12th grade students in the Gallatin Valley to live purposeful, godly lives
News
August At-a-Glance
Here’s the official calendar for August at Petra (details will be included in The Griffin Gazette):
August
7: August Board meeting (3:45 p.m.)
13: JV/Varsity Volleyball Begins (3:45-5:30 p.m.)
18: Campus Work Morning (9 a.m.-12 noon)
20: JV Soccer Begins (3:45-5:30 p.m.)
25: Varsity Volleyball Tournament in Great Falls
27: 5th-8th Volleyball Begins (3:45-5:30 p.m.) (note change from Monday, August 20)
27-30: Staff Orientation (8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.)
29: Back to School/Parent Orientation (7-9 p.m.)
30: Elementary Meet-the-Teacher; Secondary Locker Decoration (1-3 p.m.)
31: Staff Work Day
And for those looking ahead to September:
September
3: The Gathering (7th-12th grades, 5-7 p.m.)
4: First Day of School/Opening Ceremonies (8:30 a.m.)
11: September Board meeting (3:45 p.m.; moved from Tuesday, September 4)
Seeking Art Instructor
Petra Academy is seeking a qualified Art instructor for our upcoming 2018-19 school year. This part-time position (2-3 hours in the afternoons, five days a week) involves teaching students 1st-6th grades once a week, 7th-8th three times a week, and a 9th-12th elective twice a week. Pay is $12,000 for the year. Apply today, or call 582-8165 for more information.
Helpful Links for 2018-19
Some helpful links for the 2018-19 school year:
– Application for 2018-19 Enrollment
– Banquet of Books Summer Book List
– Official 2018-19 School Supply Lists
– Official 2018-19 Calendar
– Official 2018-19 Secondary Class Schedule
– Fall Season Athletic Calendars
Thanks to several different volunteers across the summer, we have a good (and organized) collection of used uniform clothing available at school, so stop in and do some shopping. For new uniform items, visit our pages at Lands’ End, Tommy Hilfiger, or French Toast.
Enrollment
Interested in enrolling at Petra? Space is still available in most grades for our upcoming 23rd year. Visit our Admissions section and learn more today!
Class Seats Enrolled
| PreK (M,W,F) | 8 | 8 |
| PreK (M-F)* | 8 | 4 |
| Kinder | 16 | 9 |
| Kinder | 16 | 9 |
| 1st 1st | 18 18 | 13 13 |
| 2nd | 18 | 13 |
| 3rd | 18 | 14 |
| 4th | 18 | 18 (full) |
| 5th | 18 | 9 |
| 6th | 18 | 9 |
| 7th | 16 | 13 |
| 8th | 16 | 7 |
| 9th | 16 | 8 |
| 10th | 16 | 12 |
| 11th | 16 | 10 |
| 12th | 16 | 11 |
| Total | 180 |
(*Our M-F Pre-K class can accept students on T/Th for a 2-day/week program as well as on M/W/F for a 3-day/week program. Maximum enrollment in this class on any day is 8 students). Contact Admissions Director Mark Christofferson for details.
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
I want to believe it’s happening – for real, this time. None of this “get your hopes up, only to be crushed by another 6-8 inches of snow” stuff. Spring. I want spring. And I want spring to stick around. “April is the cruelest month,” wrote T.S. Eliot, “breeding lilacs out of the dead land, […]
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 […]