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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! This Friday is a Peralta Pride day! Be sure to wear your Peralta gear. To make sure you are properly outfitted, Peralta t-shirt czar Paul Kagiwada will have a sales table set up Friday morning from 8:15 to 8:45. Sweatshirt weather is here and Peralta shirts make great gifts for the holidays! Why spend your Saturday holiday shopping when you could be digging in the dirt at Peralta with your friends? Join us from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. Saturday for the last GWD of 2010! On the to-do list: Trimming, winter clean-up and the area formerly known as “the grassy mound.” Bring a . . . → Read More: Garden Work Day 12/4: More Fun than the Mall 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. 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 Ralph Cantor, a 3rd-grade parent and Alameda County drug educator and counselor, will give a special presentation before the June 5 PPTG meeting on how to talk with kids about drugs. The presentation will run from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. (30 minutes earlier than the regular PPTG meeting start time) and will be . . . → Read More: Practical Tips for Talking with Kids About Drugs: June 2 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 Huge shouts out to Heather Grillmeyer and Nicole Aruda for their above-and-beyond organizing of the yard sale last Saturday! The sale required a huge amount of logistical planning before, during, and after. They pulled it off, bringing in a record $5,000 for Peralta programs. So let them know how much you appreciate their efforts . . . → Read More: Yard Sale Outdoes Itself Check out this recent article in the New York Times on the national public health movement to move recess before lunch. Research shows that when kids play first, they tend to eat better and return to class more focused than when they rush in from the playground. Peralta made the switch this year –ahead . . . → Read More: Peralta Helps Set the Trend: Play First, Then Eat |
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