 |
Beginning in Fall 2010, Peralta will offer one after-school program with a range of options for all families. The good news is that the provider, Aspiranet, already runs the PASEP after-school enrichment programs and has a staff familiar with our school. They will also be running the after-care program for summer school. More details . . . → Read More: New After-school Program for 2010-2011 A fun event you won’t want to miss! Teachers will open their classrooms, children will get to show off some of the work they’ve been doing, and the younger kids will sing their hearts out this Thursday at the Spring Open House. The evening is also a chance to meet the teachers in the . . . → Read More: Sing for Spring: All-School Open House and Concert on Thursday May 27 | 6:30 – 8pm Mrs. Myers is getting ready for her busiest shopping day of the year: Friday, May 7. That’s the day she opens her famous book store to Mother’s Day shoppers. This year, she will also encourage shopping for Father’s Day. Fathers usually get left out since their day (June 20) falls after school lets out . . . → Read More: Wrappers Needed – Friday, May 7 Oakland teachers have planned a one-day strike on Thursday, April 29 to protest Oakland Unified’s decision to end negotiations and impose a contract on them. School will be open but classrooms will be staffed by emergency, non-union substitutes. Peralta teachers will be picketing outside the school. The Oakland Education Association will hold a community . . . → Read More: Teachers will Strike on April 29 The California Department of Education announced this week what we already know: Peralta is one of the most “distinguished” schools in the California. Peralta joins three other Oakland public schools—Chabot, Montclair, and Thornhill Elementary—in receiving the award. The Distinguished Schools award comes just after Peralta earned a Title I Academic Achievement Award for . . . → Read More: It’s Official: Peralta is a Distinguished School The California Report, a statewide radio news program produced by public radio station KQED, recently did a story on the nonprofit Girls Rock Camp in Oakland. One of the girls featured was Peralta fifth grader Lilah August, who talked about writing lyrics for her band, the Black-and-White Lollipops, and her dreams of being a . . . → Read More: Peralta 5th Grader Rocks on KQED Last summer, Peralta first-grade teacher Pam Lucker and artist-in-residence Trena Noval spent ten days in an intensive workshop at Harvard University’s Project Zero. Their participation was part of Peralta’s ongoing partnership with the Harvard Graduate School of Education program, which seeks to “understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts.” While there, . . . → Read More: Wild the Tame, Tame the Wild The coins and bills form the Pennies to Help Haiti campaign have been collected and the final count is $673! Peralta students very generously donated their allowance money, scoured their homes for forgotten coins, and encouraged family members to join them in finding spare change for the victims of the Haitian earthquake. For one . . . → Read More: On Hearts for Haiti and Lessons without Borders The Walking School Bus Program for Peralta Elementary is starting. Three parents have signed up to lead routes! Get ready for the Walking School Bus Launch Event on March 22, 2010 at 8:00am. Parents will begin operating their routes on this day. A Walking School Bus is a group of families living in the . . . → Read More: Walking School Bus Program to Launch – Monday, March 22 | 8am In this blog post from the Alameda County education office’s arts alliance, five of Peralta’s finest answer the question: What skills, perspectives, values, and understandings will our students need to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future and how do we educate for success? We are reposting it here in celebration of Art . . . → Read More: Pushing the Boundries by Educating the Whole Child: A Perspective |
|
|
Copyright © 2012 Peralta Parent Teacher Group - All Rights Reserved - Legal Notice |
||