Posts Tagged ‘Peralta Elementary School’
Elementary students walk, roll to school
Wednesday marked International Walk and Roll to School day. Alameda County’s Safe Routes to School program coordinator Nora Cody said the event was being celebrated by 99 schools county-wide. Peralta Elementary was one of 22 Oakland schools participating.
Read MoreHundreds turn out for Throw Down for the Town day of service
Hundreds of Oakland residents woke up Saturday morning to put on a surgical mask, lace up their boots and get their hands dirty during the second annual “Throw Down for the Town,” a service festival that gave Oakland residents 34 options to transform their neighborhoods.
Read MoreOakland parents on school closures: Where do we go?
Three weeks after the OUSD board voted 5-2 to close five elementary schools—Lakeview, Lazear, Marshall, Maxwell Park and Santa Fe—and relocate or merge several other schools, parents and staff affected by the closures are working to figure out what they will do. Their array of “options,” which will be handled by “transition coordinators,” includes no guarantees.
Read MoreParents at Peralta trying to keep art program alive
Parents at the Peralta Elementary School in North Oakland are raising money to keep a $100,000 art program, run by two artists-in residence, alive after the program lost half its funding for next school year.
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