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Applications for new winter/spring P.E.A.C.E. after-school classes are now available in Portable A, or for download here. Please return your application to the P.E.A.C.E. box in the front office by Friday, Jan. 14. New class lists will be posted on Monday, Jan. 31. Current classes will continue until Friday, Feb. 4, and new classes . . . → Read More: P.E.A.C.E. for the New Year Make an extra big effort on Wednesday, December 8, to walk, ride, roll or take public transportation to school. If you drive consider parking a few blocks from school and walking the rest the rest of the way with them—you’ll avoid the traffic around Peralta and get a few minutes of fresh air before . . . → Read More: Walk/Roll to School on Wednesday, December 8 The D-U Dance Party Dear Peralta Community, I don’t know about you, but I can’t stop humming those words from the 5th graders’ performance of the Mosaic Project song or visualizing those kids with their fists in the air singing in Spanish about working for peace. Los ninos are ‘el futuro’. Those . . . → Read More: “I” is for individuality and “C” is for Community, When we come together in the places we live….Oh oh oh oh. Did you know that in one generation, the number of kids walking and bicycling to school has dropped from 71% to 18%? And that cars are responsible for 50% of the Bay Area’s greenhouse gas emissions? Leave your car at home and walk, ride, roll or take public transportation to school for International Walk . . . → Read More: Peralta Kids Will Walk and Roll: Wednesday, Oct. 6 Series opens with talk on Children & Interracial Friendships Thursday, Sept 30 at 7 p.m. in the Hillcrest School Auditorium Hillcrest School has planned a series of lectures, discussions and film screenings based on the ideas raised in Nurture Shock, the thought-provoking 2009 book by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman that examines recent—and sometimes . . . → Read More: Peralta Families Invited to NutureShock Lecture Series Peralta’s new sliding-scale after-school program P.E.A.C.E. (Peralta’s Enriching and Creative Environment) is off to a busy start. Nearly 200 children—about 2/3rds of the school—have enrolled in the program. This is an unprecedented level of enrollment for Peralta after-school programs, and the staff is working hard to serve them all. If you are enrolled in . . . → Read More: Questions about P.E.A.C.E.? Don’t miss the chance to see Peralta’s talented students strut their stuff! The talent show is from 6-7 p.m. on Friday, June 11. Students will sing, dance, play their instruments, and much more. Join us in the Multi-purpose Room! For information on PEACE, Peralta’s new sliding-scale after-school program, visit the after-school page. Once again, Peralta students have worked with Artist-in-Residence Ellen Oppenheimer to create a stunning, one-of-a-kind quilt. Perhaps someone in your extended family, or one of your friends and colleagues, will be the lucky winner of this year’s raffle! The drawing will be June, 17 at the Peralta graduation. Peralta kids were involved in making . . . → Read More: The Quilt Raffle is Here! 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 |
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