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, . . . → Read More: Mindfulness Workshop for Grown-ups]]> Thursday, May 17th  6:30-8:00 PM
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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.

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 . . . → Read More: The 2012 Raffle Quilt: First Look!]]> Why do these 3rd graders look so happy?

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.

Please consider volunteering for this wonderful COMMUNITY event! Here’s a short list how:

We’ve planned arts . . . → Read More: Peralta In Bloom is Saturday May 12, 2012]]> 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!