May 26, 2017 Newsletter

Focus on Student Learning

Fetal Pig Dissections

Dissections are an essential part of understanding how individual organ systems are integrated within an organism. This year the 8 th grade students worked in pairs to dissect fetal pigs. Pigs are excellent organisms for students to study due to the fact that their organ systems are extremely similar to humans. Each student researched a surgery of their choice prior to dissections and over the course 1.5 hours the students harvested all the major organs and conducted their first surgeries.

Parent Information Center

Panther News
Watch this week's edition of our Panther Flash news! To access, you'll need both the link and the password.
Link: http://peabodyschool.smugmug.com/201617/Videos
Password: pantherflash
Lost & Found

As we approach the last 2 weeks of school, please note that our Lost & Found racks are overflowing! Please stop by the Front Lobby (outside the music room) to review our extensive clothing selection and take your students' personal items home. Can't find that missing item? The Middle School lobby also hosts a Lost & Found table. All unclaimed items will be donated to charity. Thank you!

Before School Care
Peabody will be offering Before School Care from 7:30-8:00AM next school year. The cost will be $5.00 a day. There is a new optional form on the parent portal titled "Before School Program Registration" if you are interested in registering your child. Please note, there will only be one registration fee charged if you register for both before and after school care. We will release details of the program this summer.

Survey Thank and Stats

Thank you to the nearly 200 parents who completed our Annual Parent Survey and our new Diversity/Inclusivity Survey for 2016-17. A few statistics for you:

Lower School Parents comprised 65% of responses
Middle School Parents comprised 28% of responses
Parents with students in both MS and LS comprised 7% of responses
94% of parents strongly agree/agree that they are satisfied with their family's experience at Peabody this academic year.
97% of parents strongly agree/agree that Peabody is a supportive and inviting place for all students to learn.

Thank you for your kind remarks, and thanks also for highlighting areas on which we can continue to improve! We are continuing to process your feedback and will be giving your recommendations the utmost consideration as we begin planning for the 2017-18 academic year.

Alumni Update

Congratulations to the Peabody Class of 2013, who have made their plans for college and beyond next year! Our incredibly diverse alumni will be attending the College Conservatory of Music (for ballet) at the University of Cincinnati, Williams College, Harvard University, the University of Virginia (3 of them; one as a Rodman Scholar), taking gap years, and joining the Air Force. We are extremely proud of their accomplishments and can't wait to see what they do next!

This week in Middle School...

Dorkpod

6th grade students have been traveling to the Tinkersmith workshop at the IX Art Park during Technology class to build Peabody School's very own Dorkpod, an open source personal electric vehicle. Students have used the CNC to cut out the Dorkpod parts and are gearing up to start painting next week. It will be assembled on June 8th , just in time for the end of the school year!

MS Teachers Gift

For those middle school parents who wish to contribute to a group teacher gift for our middle school teachers, please drop off donations in the envelope in the Front Office by Friday, June 2. Collection for Specials Teachers will end June 5. Please reference your email for details. Thank you!

Athletics Banquet Thank You

Thanks to our Athletic Director Waki Wynn, our coaches, and all our athletes and parents who attended last night's Winter/Spring Athletics Awards Banquet. We had a great time! If your athlete was unable to attend, please make sure s/he stops by Coach Waki's office to pick up their certificates and pins for these last two sports seasons. See you back on the fields/courts in the Fall! :)

Best of C-Ville Finalist

Thanks to our wonderful Peabody community for nominating us! We have just been informed that Peabody School is a finalist in this year's Best of C-VILLE in two categories:

Best Private School

Best Preschool

We hope you will vote for us again when the official voting begins on Monday, 5/31 and runs through Friday, 6/23 at: www.c-ville.com/vote/

Thank you for your support of Peabody School!

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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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