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Focus on Student Learning
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Local Children's Author Visits Peabody!
Today, the Peabody 4th grade was happy to welcome local children's author Lisa Martin to speak on fiction writing and the creative writing process. Lisa
grew up in New Orleans and has written published the Anton & Cecil the Cat trilogy series. She is also the a former Peabody parent of Cole (2012) and Cabot (2014)
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Welcome back, Lisa!
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The Peabody Bookworm Central Book Fair is all set up for next week and it looks absolutely amazing! We unpacked 66 boxes of books today and put them all on display in the library. We are convinced there is truly something for everyone!
We have board books, picture books, easy and beginning readers, middle readers, chapter books, young adult titles, books about science, archaeology, history, biographies, weather, animals, and sports. There is an entire table devoted to graphic novels! We have activity and workbooks, French books, Spanish books, a basket of bargain books, cool educational games, and more!
Please come out and support the Book Fair next week. Preview days are
Monday and
Tuesday for you to stop in, take a look around, and start thinking about your choices. Sales will run
Wednesday,
Thursday, and
Friday - including during Game Night (
6:30-8:30). We will be in the library each day from
8:00-2:45 to help you and - this is a change -
in the library during Game Night continuing the sale. On sale days we will accept cash, checks made out to Peabody School, and credit cards. Each child will create a Wish List during a Preview Day to share with you. They will return later in the week to make their purchases, or you can accompany them at a different time.
We are also collecting Teacher Wish Lists. We will have a binder of the lists that are submitted to us. In the event you are interested in purchasing a gift book for your child's classroom, we can point you in the right direction and will have book plates to personalize your selections.
We can't wait for you to see how awesome this is!
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Parent Information Center
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- Basketball Uniforms
Please return your washed and clean basketball uniforms to Coach Waki as soon as possible. Thanks!
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GAME NIGHT (03/03)
Game Night is just one week away! We are so excited about gathering our whole school community around fun games, the
Farm Fresh Fixins food truck for dinner and snack options, the final chance to browse and purchase books at the book fair, and the game swap table (bring a game, get a game)!! More details
here.
We are looking for 2 more Game Masters plus one parent to take a shift supervising Twister to ensure that we have a good variety of games for different ages, skills and interests!
Please click here to sign up to be a Game Master either for a game on the list or to bring your family's favorite game! THANK YOU to the many volunteers who have already signed up to host a game! Game Night only happens each year because of you!
GRANDPARENTS AND SPECIAL FRIENDS DAY (3/31)
Peabody is excited to be hosting Grandparents and Special Friends Day on Friday, March 31st from 9AM to 12PM for our Lower School students (K-5). In anticipation of a great turnout, we are looking for volunteers to assist in the successful execution of the day! The schedule for the day is being finalized, but if you know you have interest in helping, please send an email to Peabody’s Director of Development, Vaughan Clark at vaughan.clark@peabodyschool.org.
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Fall Athletics - Basketball News
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What an amazing basketball season! Both the boys and girls basketball program this year were monumental for many reasons.
Peabody revived the girls basketball program this year after a long hiatus and they had an amazing season. I have coached basketball for many years and the one thing I have always shared with every team is that it is always about the process, never the outcome. This season with the ladies was a true embodiment of that statement. We had a team full of young ladies with very little experience. However, what they lacked in experience they made up for with enthusiasm, hard work and a ton of competitiveness. The joy of seeing our ladies compete and want to get better each game was very exciting to watch.
I certainly hope that each of our young ladies enjoyed their experiences this year and will continue to participate in the game of basketball.
Thank you Coach Ana for your dedication and commitment to our girls. I am well aware of the fact that without you we would not have had a team this year.
As for our young men, we had an equally outstanding season. This year was our first undefeated season since 2007-2008! The guys demonstrated a level of teamwork and unselfishness that was to be admired at any level of basketball, but especially at this age. This team was full of veterans and newcomers to the game of basketball, but with each game they played, the men showcased their growing knowledge of the game as well as their sportsmanship.
We had more than our fair share of close outcomes, but the team always encouraged each other, never got down on themselves and always played their hearts out. To hear their words of encouragement with each other both on and off the court is what team sports is all about.
I look forward to coaching most of these guys next year and watching some as they continue their basketball careers at the high school level.
Thank you for your continued support of the athletic program. It has been a real pleasure coaching basketball this year.
Go Panthers!
Coach Waki
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Thank you to everyone (donor roll) who has already made a gift!
We are aiming for 100% participation from our families.
For more information about the Annual Fund, please contact Vaughan Clark at vaughan.clark@peabodyschool.org.
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Peabody Parent Forum (PPF)
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UPCOMING PPF EVENTS
03/08 8:15 AM – PPF Meeting (Rescheduled from 03/01, please update your calendars.)
02/27-03/03 – Book Fair
03/03 6:30-8:00 PM– Game Night!
03/23 5PM-8 PM – Spirit Night at Zoe’s Kitchen
04/11 6:30 PM – PPF Meeting (evening meeting)
05/26 8:15 AM– PPF Meeting
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Scenes from around Peabody...
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