Get Ready for Good Green Fun at Spring Festival

Spring is here and Peralta in Bloom is just around the corner! Don’t forget to invite your friends to the festival on Saturday, May 14 from noon to 4 p.m. It’s guaranteed that they’ll have a blast.

This year’s expanded celebration includes many new wonderful games and events, as well as old favorites like . . . → Read More: Get Ready for Good Green Fun at Spring Festival

Check out Peralta Talent May 7 at “Imagination for the Imagined Nation”

A few weeks ago, Peralta hosted tryouts for the 11th Annual All Oakland Youth Talent Showcase.

The results are in and four acts made it into the show! Three students will perform solo—singing, playing the flute, and performing tongue twisters—and Ana Thomas’ class will show a remake of their fabulous Trash Elimination Video.

It . . . → Read More: Check out Peralta Talent May 7 at “Imagination for the Imagined Nation”

Pride and Community on Friday, May 6

We have a lot to be proud of this month! By coming together during tough times, we have really shown what it means to be a community. Let your pride show this Friday by wearing your Peralta shirts.

Shirts will be on sale on the playground.

If you can linger for a few minutes, . . . → Read More: Pride and Community on Friday, May 6

Adam’s March for Peace

On Thursday afternoon, Peralta’s 300 students demonstrated their love for Adam Williams and showed messages of peace and caring to the community as they marched up Alcatraz to College Avenue and back to school. They chanted “Adam, Adam, Adam!” and “We want peace!,” waving signs they had made during the day. They were . . . → Read More: Adam’s March for Peace

A Thousand Thanks to the LRPG/Claremont Yard Sale Crew!

Need a bike?

It’s just like the Once-ler told the Lorax: “You never can tell what some people will buy.”

And thank goodness for that! There may not have been Thneeds, but there were plenty of other useful and not-so-useful items selling like hot potatoes at the 10th Annual Lower Rockridge Parents . . . → Read More: A Thousand Thanks to the LRPG/Claremont Yard Sale Crew!

2011 LRPG Yard Sale: Keep up the Spring Cleaning!

The donations for this year’s LRPG Community Yard Sale have been rolling in!

The sale is scheduled for Saturday, April 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Peralta playground (on Alcratraz Ave., 1/2 block east of Telegraph). Thanks to all of you who have donated to our community effort to support Peralta . . . → Read More: 2011 LRPG Yard Sale: Keep up the Spring Cleaning!

Mark Your Calendars for Peralta in Bloom, May 14

The famous Peralta Cakewalk

Peralta’s SPRING FESTIVAL,  also known as ”Peralta in Bloom” is coming up on Saturday, May 14, from noon to 4 p.m.

Peralta in Bloom is a time to come together to celebrate our wonderful gardens at Peralta Elementary–and to celebrate the wonderful growth of our students in the course of . . . → Read More: Mark Your Calendars for Peralta in Bloom, May 14

Peralta in Bloom Meeting, March 17

Join us this Thursday at an open meeting for Peralta parents interested in helping coordinate and contribute ideas to this year’s spring festival. Peralta in Bloom is scheduled for Saturday, May 14, and will celebrate spring, re-use and recycling. Contribute your ideas and expertise!

Thursday, March 17th

7:00pm – 8:30pm

email dabrownstein AT gmail . . . → Read More: Peralta in Bloom Meeting, March 17

Get Up and Dance

At noon on Friday, March 18, the whole school will be shakin’ it!

Peralta kids will be part of the global art event Dance Anywhere.  The idea is to take five minutes out of the day to move our bodies in a a fun and festive way. At exactly noon, a song with an . . . → Read More: Get Up and Dance

Brewing Community: New Location, Same Java

This Friday, we’ll hold Brewing Community for all parents in the Kindergarten Courtyard! We’ll be featuring that great, organic, warm Urban Blend coffee for a suggested donation of $1/cup.

Come join us for bagels, coffee, and some special pastries from local bakers!

Etienne will be taking donations of a good bottle of wine, for . . . → Read More: Brewing Community: New Location, Same Java