Second graders at St. Peter’s Elementary School and third graders from Ontario Stingel Elementary School have been pen pals all year long, writing letters to each other and communicating about their school, their classes, their hobbies and other things. They met each other in person for the first time last Friday at Marshall Park and...Read More

If you had some shopping to do, we hope you made your way to the Third Grade Store this past week at St. Peter’s Elementary School. As part of their Social Studies unit on Economics and the study of supply and demand, profit and loss, and to work on their skills for totaling a sale,...Read More

The St. Peter’s Elementary Annual Arts Festival was held on Wednesday, May 1, and was a celebration of visual arts, design, and music.  The “museum” on all four floors of the elementary building showcased talented vocalists, musicians, and artists.  This year’s theme, “Color My World”, included pieces with primary colors, a portrait gallery, monochromatic colors,...Read More

Kindergarten and Kindergarten-Enrichment teachers, Mrs. Nicole Carrier and Mrs. Suzie Kurtzman, and their students hosted the fathers, uncles and grandfathers for the annual “Father’s Day” celebration.  They enjoyed snacks, built a birdhouse, and watched a video presentation of “Why I Love My Dad”. (Photos provided by Kathy Morris)Read More

St. Peter’s Montessori/Elementary School in Mansfield, Ohio has an opening for a Montessori preschool/kindergarten teacher, working with students aged 3-5 in a Montessori setting with an enrollment of 85 students (potential for position of program director if experience and abilities qualify candidate for the directorship). Appropriate certification and a minimum of three years of teaching...Read More

Mrs. Kennedy’s Spanish students had a special visitor in April–Julia de Sanjur.  She is from Panama and is visiting her family in the US.  Her son, Carlos Sanjur and his family live here in the Mansfield area and their two sons attend St. Peters School.  Julia Sanjur spoke in Spanish about her country and her...Read More

On Monday, third graders had a very special visitor–SPHS alum Matt Failor ’00–Iditarod competitor in both 2012 and 2013.  Matt talked with the students about the race, answered questions, shared stories of the experience, and invited students to try on some of the necessary clothing.  Then, on Tuesday, students attended the St.Peter’s Iditarod Race Against...Read More

For many years now, the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library has sponsored a poetry contest. Three winners from each of two age categories (grades 1 – 3 and grades 4 – 5) are selected.  Each of the winning poems is displayed at the Main Library in the Children’s Department. Congratulations to fifth grader Grace Maurer (right)...Read More

  Fifth and sixth graders worked on a reclaimed book project with Ashland University Professor, Cynthia Petry, during an after-school art enrichment class in late February. (Photographs provided by Mrs. Jennifer Pennell.)Read More

Snow? Ice? Cold? Not at St. Peter’s Elementary!   Spring has sprung with this beautiful bulletin board created by elementary librarian Mrs. Lisa Salyers!  Read More