A Message from the Superintendent

Congratulations to the Peoria Public School Class of 2018 and their families! On Saturday over 700 Peoria Public School students received their high school diplomas. What an exciting and hopeful time in the life of a young person!

Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer Singing

Learning and reading keep going all summer for PPS students with summer school programs and camps in math, reading, coding, film making, choir and more.

Join our Remarkable Team! Teacher, guest teacher, bus driver positions available

Peoria Public Schools is inviting candidates to apply for several open positions, including teachers, guest (sub) teachers, and bus drivers to help us finish out the school year strong!

Jarvis Phipps' memorable spring semester

Jarvis Phipps’ senior year has been amazing. Phipps, an RHS senior and Woodruff Career and Technical Center (WCTC) construction trades student, became a minor celebrity this spring when managers at Pizza Ranch, Jarvis’ part-time employer, pooled their money to buy him a car, saving him a two-and-a-half-mile walk to work. Jarvis had been walking from RHS to Pizza Ranch for over a year. His employer wanted to reward Jarvis’ sense of responsibility and strong work ethic. A customer chipped in to pay for insurance. A Pizza Ranch social media post about the new car led to local and national media attention.

Bring your family to these summertime community events

Celebrate the end of the school year with The End of the School Year Bash, Public Works Week and a memory garden event.

First C.H.I.P.S. class graduates

"Thank you for helping us build more tractors," Caterpillar community relations director Henry Vicary told seven Manual Academy students graduating from the charter class of the Caterpillar Hiring Innovation Program (C.H.I.P.) program in early May.

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PPS students win gold in ACT-SO

Semaj Owens, Manual Academy; Lynette Shaw, Richwoods High School, and Mackenzie Sippel, Peoria High School, won gold medals in the Academic, Cultural, Technological, Scientific (ACT-SO) Olympics, a program of the Peoria branch of the NAACP and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Peoria alumnae chapter. The three students will travel to the National ACT-SO competition in San Antonio, Texas in July.

RHS student journalists earn state and national awards

Richwoods High School student journalists and publications have won statewide and national awards this year for the Shield newspaper and Excalibur yearbook.

TJ teacher uses grants to provide unusual learning experiences

Thomas Jefferson School first grade teacher Jane Bielenberg used grants from Peoria Public Schools Foundation and the Maggie Bertram Foundation for Fine Arts to give her students out-of-the-ordinary experiences during her final teaching year.

Parents: make your physical and dental appointments for next school year

The 2018-2019 begins on Wednesday, August 15. Students must have updated health records the first day of school.

Get ready for 2018-2019 at Registration Hubs, Backpack Peoria

Registration hubs will be open beginning July 24 at Harrison Community Learning Center, Peoria High School, Glen Oak Community Learning Center and Kellar Primary School. Registration assistance also will be available at Backpack Peoria, Saturday, July 28 at the DreamCenter Peoria.