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By Staff on June 4, 2011
By Kristan Huntley The temperatures are rising, and school is out for the summer. So, before everyone journeys out on summer vacations, let’s have a picnic and playtime! The CYCA General Meeting for June will be a fun, laid back picnic at the playground of Peabody Elementary. It will be from 6–7:30pm on June 14, [...]
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By Emily on June 4, 2011
By Ginger Spickler The students of Peabody Elementary have traveled the world this year, all from the comfort of their hundred-year-old classrooms, thanks to the school’s international studies focus. And in May each year the kids and their teachers put on an International Festival to share all they’ve learned with their parents and community. On [...]
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By Emily on May 11, 2011
By Ginger Spickler On Friday, May 13, the students and staff at Peabody Elementary will host the school’s annual International Studies Festival. Students in each grade level study a different country throughout the school year: kindergarten – United States; first grade – Kenya; second grade – France; third grade – Mexico; fourth grade – Russia; [...]
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By Emily on May 11, 2011
As our community celebrates Peabody’s 100th anniversary here at the end of the 2010-2011 school year, three moms of Peabody students reflect on the school’s past, present, and future. Peabody Past By Lisa Lumb Peabody Elementary has been an anchor for the neighborhood since 1910 when the current building at 2086 Young was constructed. Parts [...]
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By Emily on April 2, 2011
By Ginger Spickler The 4th Annual Cooper-Young/Peabody Elementary Chili Cook-Off was another resounding success. Over $1,500 was raised for campus beautification efforts which will be enjoyed by both the school and the neighborhood. Approximately 150 people, including Congressman Steve Cohen, enjoyed the culinary efforts of the two dozen chili-cooking teams in the Peabody Cafeteria on [...]
Posted in Community News, Education, Events, Food | Tagged Community News, events, food, fundraiser, kids, midtown, Peabody Elementary |
By Emily on April 2, 2011
By Sarah Bogdewiecz You’ve probably seen me in your neighborhood knocking on doors, passing out flyers, asking you to complete surveys or to sit down for a cup of coffee to talk about school. Over the past eight months I’ve been speaking to residents about their thoughts on public education options for their children, in [...]
Posted in Community News, Education | Tagged Education, family, kids, neighbors, Peabody Elementary, Safety, volunteering |
By on March 4, 2011
By Ginger Spickler If you’ve been reading my columns about Peabody Elementary since last summer, you’ve probably gotten the message that we (the parents, teachers, and administrators of Peabody) really want this school to be a true neighborhood school. So, first of all, I want to publicly thank all of the neighborhood families who came [...]
Posted in Community News, Education, Events | Tagged arts, Community News, Education, events, Festival, Peabody Elementary |
By on January 29, 2011
By Ginger Spickler As you may recall from the December LampLighter, Neighborhood Church issued a challenge to the community to help us raise $5,000 – the entire cost of drilling a well for a village in the Upper Amazon of Peru where the Candoshi people live. We knew that the Cooper-Young for Clean Water project [...]
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By on December 7, 2010
By Ginger Spickler Chances are if you have a child approaching the age of five, you have more than once been gripped with panic at the thought of where you will drop him off for his first day of kindergarten. Or perhaps your little tot is still just mastering the art of feeding herself, but [...]
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By on December 7, 2010
By Ginger Spickler Peabody Elementary would like to cordially invite the Cooper-Young community to an evening of song and dance to celebrate the holidays on Monday, December 13, at 6pm in the school cafeteria. The concert is free and open to the public. Performers include the Peabody Senior Choir, the Peabody Junior Choir, and the [...]
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