Peralta is one of just two schools in Oakland Unified to win a state Title I Academic Achievement Award for excellence in overall academic achievement, as well as high performance among socio-economically disadvantaged students. The 2009-2010 awards were announced Feb. 11.
Title I is a federal funding program for schools with a significant percentage of lower [...]

Last day of school: Dec. 18
No school: Dec. 21-Jan. 1
School resumes: Jan. 4
Enjoy your vacation and we’ll see you next year!

Ocean Week came to a raucous end Monday afternoon when the entire school paraded around the playground, showing off their habitat hats and shouting out the names of the zones each class studied. From kindergartners yelling “Ponds!”  and sporting dragonflies and lilypads to 5th graders looking rather dignified in their tall green Kelp Forest hats, [...]