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National Blue Ribbon School, 2011/2012 We’re a small, diverse, arts demonstration school within the Oakland Unified School District. We work to create a welcoming environment where every child develops the confidence to succeed. More… Thursday, May 17th 6:30-8:00 PM Peralta Students have been participating in mindfulness instruction this year during Second Step lessons, and their response to the lessons has been overwhelmingly positive. Please Join Peralta Second Step Instructor, Susan Killebrew, for a discussion of how practicing Mindfulness can help children be happier, manage strong emotions, and maintain more positive social interactions. The evening will include an overview of several of the mindfulness practices that Peralta students have learned this year. Please note that dinner is not provided at this event. At Oakland elementary school, environmental science meets artOAKLAND — At Peralta Elementary School, the line between art and science is as fuzzy as the native bees children are studying this year.
In Ana Thomas’s fourth-grade classroom this week, students would eventually split into teams to sketch their species of choice for an educational pop-up book — the mason bee, the sweat bee, the digger bee and yes, even the head-bonker bee. Families of students presently in grades 3-5 will have some experience with the testing protocol as well as some idea about the content of the CST from reviewing the Released Questions. Since second graders have not taken the test before, parents may find it useful to explore the samples available on the State website. It is very important that children arrive ON TIME and we ask that any medical appointments get scheduled in the afternoon. Students arriving late will not be permitted to enter the classrooms. During testing, we will ask everyone to bring in a box of crackers or some low salt, low sugar munchies for the classrooms. Thanks for your support. Of course we remind the children how great they are and we want them to do their best, as always. All classes learn test taking strategies and we have little reminders to keep all of us engaged. We come up with phrases such as “stay on it” while we acknowledge the resilience needed to handle these standardized assessments. The draft testing schedule is: Tuesday, 5/1 from 9:00-10:30 AM Wednesday, 5/2 from 9:00-10:30 AM Thursday, 5/3 from 9:00-10:30 AM Tuesday, 5/8 from 9:00-10:30 AM Wednesday, 5/9 from 9:00-10:30 AM Thursday, 5/10 from 9:00-10:30 AM
Because they helped create this stunning quilt! Artist-in-residence Ellen Oppenheimer and dozens of Peralta students have put many hours into this unique work of art, which will be raffled off at the Peralta in Bloom Festival on May 12. Quilts are a Peralta tradition, and the raffle is our oldest fundraiser, now in its 15th year. Peralta quilts have been displayed around the world, including at the American embassey in Moscow, and featured in an exhibit at the San Francisco Airport. Now it’s time for you to start selling tickets! Together, we can raise thousands of dollars for Peralta’s art and enrichment programs. Check your child’s backpack for a green information sheet and 30 raffle tickets for your family to sell. Olders students may be able to sell tickets themselves—younger students will need a little help. At $1 each or 6 tickets for $5, they are easy to sell to friends, neighbors, family and co-workers. If you need more tickets, please see Sonia in the library. Tickets and stubs are due back to the library by Friday, May 11. The drawing will be May 12 at Peralta in Bloom. If you aren’t able to sell your tickets, please return them to the library so someone else can sell them. We have some kids who are champion ticket sellers, and like to sell hundreds of tickets. Questions? Contact Laura Counts at laura DOT counts AT gmail DOT com. Lower Rockridge Parents Group’s 11th ANNUAL COMMUNITY YARD SALE, a benefit for Peralta Elementary & Claremont Middle Schools, will be held Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 9am-1pm on the Peralta Playground. Please consider volunteering for this wonderful COMMUNITY event! Here’s a short list how:
Email Heather Grillmeyer at grillmeyer AT sbcglobal DOT net to sign up for this event! Peralta Elementary’s 10th annual SpringFest, known as Peralta in Bloom, is just over a month away! Save the date Saturday, May 12 for a fun-filled day for the whole family, featuring live music, a fresh barbecue, baked goods and cakes, a smoothie station, and fresh vegetable rolls from 12-4 pm! We’ve planned arts and crafts activities, from jewelry-making to sun-prints, as well as silkscreening, and carnival favorites like a bouncy house, climbing wall, cotton candy, and free face-painting! A DJ will be spinning tunes for a mean cake walk that is a traditional center-piece of SpringFest — this is a REALLY BIG fair! So bring your friends, neighbors, co-workers, and of course aunts, uncles, and grandfolk to this great community event! Peralta in Bloom welcomes the entire community. The theme of this year’s SpringFest, Cultivating the Local, means that we’ll be featuring locally sourced foods as well as cool local activities from jam-making to pickling, as well as seedling plantings and many garden games! In addition to the Live Auction on March 3rd, there’s an online auction and it’s going on NOW through February 27 (closes at 9PM). Over 300 items (that you’ll find only online, not at the live auction) available—from Disneyland and Legoland passes, gift certificates to hip restaurants such as Luka’s Taproom and Sea Salt, to massage and salon visits—we’ve got it ALL and you can bid on it in your pj’s: CLICK HERE. The online auction is open to EVERYBODY – neighbors, prospective families, grandma, pen pals, you name it! Click the 2012 Auction image to the left to
The annual Peralta auction is coming March 3. Read all about it! The auction is a fun adults-only party and a means to generate funds for school programs that support our kids. Each Peralta family has something unique to donate – hosting a small or large party, handmade jewelry, a gift certificate for a homemade treat, an educational outing for kids, just to name a few. WE NEED YOU! Click on the auction image to the left to make a donation by February 11th, then put the party on your calendar! Peralta’s Enriching And Creative Environment (P.E.A.C.E.) after-school spring enrichment class options were sent home with students late last week. To enroll, return the enrollment form to the P.E.A.C.E. office by Friday, January 13th! |
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