Inaugural Day of Service

Inaugural Day of Service 

​On the fourth Friday of Lent, Saint Peter’s School participated in a school-wide Day of Service. All students donated items to support the day. In the morning, students in Grades 2 to 5 assembled sandwiches for Martha’s Table, while students in Grades 6 to 8 assembled care packages for the Montgomery County Family Justice Center. Grades PK to 1 created cards to go with the care packages. The school donated more than 200 sandwiches to Martha's Table and 60 care packages to Montgomery County Family Justice Center. 
 
Students began the day in the Parish Hall listening to special guest speakers. Mrs. Linda Ruszkowski from The Academy of the Holy Cross spoke about the many ways in which she has served communities and the importance of serving others. She discussed how when we all work together on something, we can be much more powerful than when we work alone. Next, Father Emanuel Magro discussed the works of mercy we are called to complete.  
 
In the afternoon, students prayed a Living Rosary together. Grades 2 through 8 concluded the day attended Stations of the Cross. Sixth grade homeroom teacher and middle school department chair, Ms. Gallagher, coordinated the Day of Service for Saint Peter’s School. She said the goal of the day “was to aid in forming our students' Catholic Identities and to deepen their understandings of how and why we should participate in works of service as Catholics.”