Peabody Family Speaker Series-Mental & Digital Health
We are excited for our first speaker series presenter, Katie Hurley, LCSW. Katie is a child and adolescent psychotherapist, parenting educator, public speaker, and writer. She is the founder of “Girls Can!” empowerment groups for girls between ages 5-11. Hurley is the author of the award-winning No More Mean Girls: The Secret to Raising Strong, Confident, and Compassionate Girls, The Depression Workbook for Teens: Tools to Improve Your Mood, Build Self-Esteem, and Stay Motivated, and The Happy Kid Handbook: How to Raise Joyful Children in a Stressful World. Katie covers mental health, child and adolescent development, and parenting for The Washington Post, PBS Parents, Psychology Today, Everyday Health, PsyCom, and US News and World Report, among other places.
We hope that you can join us virtually on October 26th starting at 6:30!
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Coming Soon: The new Peabody Partners Program
Keep your eyes peeled in the coming weeks for an announcement and details about the start of our new Peabody Partners program. An initiative to add breadth and depth to our collective learning experience, the Partners program will offer our Peabody families an opportunity every Saturday from 4:00-6:00 pm for interested Peabody families to gather, learn, support, and celebrate efforts to make the Charlottesville-Albemarle community better, healthier, more inclusive, and more equitable. We will share more details about each specific event as each Saturday approaches, but throughout the year we plan to follow the same thematic schedule every month:
- The first Saturday of every month will be devoted to environmental stewardship, getting outside to connect to, enjoy, and protect our area’s magnificent natural resources.
- The second Saturday of every month we’ll be thinking globally while acting locally by working together with refugee and immigrant families in Charlottesville
- The third Saturday of every month we’ll be supporting food access for all, working with local organizations that support food equity, access, and justice.
- And the fourth Saturday of every month we’ll enjoy music together, building community and connection through music.
Every week’s family-friendly activity will incorporate at least two out of the three key COVID mitigation practices (masking, distance, and/or outdoors), and will include time for learning, time for doing, and time for celebrating and connecting. We are deeply grateful to Beth Baluarte, Lucy Bassett-Taurel, Lauren Baum, Julie Bird, Emily Harpster, and Emmie Wright for their efforts to help make these activities a possibility for our school community. If you have any questions or would like to get involved in the planning, please email Eric Anderson, our Community Connections Coordinator, at [email protected].
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Back to School Night
We are happy to share the Back to School Night website. As mentioned this past Wednesday, we encourage you to view the videos that pertain to your student. After viewing, please reach out to your child's teacher with any questions or clarifications. The site will be active until October 15th.
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Family Social Nights!
Although for reasons relating to public health and logistics our Back-to-School Nights will be remote this year, Peabody is very happy to announce a new series of different opportunities for our families to come to visit the school in the coming weeks for more intimate and casual evening(s) of food, friendship, a school tour, and other activities.
Families from adjacent pairs of Peabody classes are invited to join us from 6:00-7:30 to eat, mingle, tour, and play. We will have food for all, opportunities for parents to tour classrooms, and outdoor activities for families to enjoy together. More details will come in a separate email closer to the date(s) your family could attend, but for now, we hope you will save the following dates:
- 5th & 6th-grade families: October 21
- 7th & 8th-grade families: October 28
Families with children in multiple grades may attend any or all of the scheduled evenings for the applicable grade levels. This is a child-friendly event!
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Unity Day!
Mark your calendars! We are excited to announce a special day coming up next month. On Wednesday, October 20th, we will be celebrating UNITY DAY as a part of National Bullying Prevention Month. Unity Day is a day devoted to kindness, inclusion, and acceptance of all people, and is an opportunity for schools across the country to visibly show their commitment to being communities of upstanders and allies. At Peabody, all community members will be encouraged to make their pledge of unity by WEARING ORANGE on October 20th.
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School Pictures
Thank you for a wonderful week of school portraits! Make-up pictures will be taken on Wednesday, October 13th. All of the sibling portrait session spots are currently filled, but if you would like a sibling photo, please reach out to [email protected].
Stay tuned for updates on when and how to view and order your school portraits.
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Cross Country Team
We are happy to announce that we had 12 members from the Peabody School Cross Country team place in the Top 25 runners for their division! Even more incredible, every single runner who competed on October 2nd set either their first or a new Personal Record (PR). This is incredible and is a testament to the willpower and determination of these athletes! Congrats!
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Upcoming Events!
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Parent Information Center
- October Break is 10/11 and 10/12, NO SCHOOL.
- Please remember to hang your car dismissal placard before arriving at school. We appreciate it!
- Admissions Open House is October 20th.
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