Every week, Peralta’s students enjoy a range of enrichment programs. Many of these are supported by parent fundraising, supplemented by public and private grants raised by parents and staff. Peralta has also developed several partnerships with Bay Area arts institutions, including the de Young Museum and the San Francisco Opera, which sends visiting artists to help students create their own operas.

Art

Peralta’s grant-funded arts program is woven throughout the curriculum and is at the heart and soul of our school. It includes three main elements: weekly art instuction, after-school classes like mural art, and integrated schoolwide efforts like the Peralta Stewardship Project. We are lucky to have two grant-funded artists-in-residence, whose teaching goes far beyond paper, scissors and glue (though they use plenty of that, too!).  More on Peralta’s integrated arts programs coming soon.

Music

Upper grade students can participate in OUSD’s instrumental music program, receiving weekly instruction in an instrument of their choice. In addition, The Peralta Parent

Teacher Group supports two professional musicians who work with students in each classroom weekly.

For the past several years, QB Williams has taught percussion to upper-grade students, while Bonnie Lockhart has taught singing to students in kindergarten through 3rd grade.

Sports

For a decade, Peralta has contracted with Playworks (formerly Sports4Kids), that provides physical fitness and leadership training to all students. Coach Antoine Collins works full-time at Peralta, teaching sports and games for all grades in a fun, supportive environment. He also supervises “junior coaches” at recess, coordinates school teams, and runs an after-school program.

Mental Health Counseling

The PPTG supports a program that provides doctoral student interns to provide one-on-one therapy to address anger management, social skills development, conflict resolution and grief/mourning support.

Spanish Instruction

For the past several years, the Peralta Parent Teacher Group has supported a Spanish teacher who visits each classroom weekly. Students look forward to these fun, intereactive lessons in espanol.