🍴Join us on January 16 for the first Warrior Way Café of 2025! Enjoy Sweet and Sour Chicken, Miso Soup, and a homemade fortune cookie for dessert! 🍴
Reserve your spot by noon on January 15 at warriorwaycafe@psd150.org. Only $8 per person—don’t miss it!

✨Congratulations to Michelle Wolfe of Charter Oak Primary and Michaura Pittman of Manual High School for being named to WTVP's 40 Leaders Under Forty! Your leadership and impact at Peoria Public Schools is truly inspiring! ✨

Let's kick off a new year of learning and fun. Get ready to make new memories and achieve great things! 🌟 See you soon! 💼🍎

🎄✨ Wishing all our Peoria Public Schools students, families, and staff a joyful and restful holiday break! 🎄✨
🎉 Winter Break runs from December 23rd to January 7th!
🎁 KCSS will be on break from December 23rd to January 14th!
🗓️ All PPS offices will be closed on December 24th, December 25th, and January 1st!

A big THANK YOU to everyone who supported the Mark Bills Future Teachers Club canned food drive! 🙌 Thanks to the generosity of Mark Bills and PPS offices, the students collected and donated an impressive 608 items to Peoria's Neighborhood House!

Exciting news! 🌟 PNC donated $3,000 to support Valeska Hinton’s Early Childhood Program. This gift will help create a nature-inspired playground and enhance gross motor activities. Thank you, PNC!

Get into the holiday spirit at the 41st Annual Knight Before Christmas Craft Show at Richwoods Highschool! Discover unique handmade gifts, festive décor, and holiday treats perfect for the season. 🎄✨

🍽️Come and enjoy lunch this week at the Warrior Way Café! Our talented culinary students have prepared a delicious menu for dine-in or carry-out. Reservations are required—check out the menu below and email your request to warriorwaycafe@psd150.org. 🍽️

💉The PPS Foundation blood drive was bloody brilliant! Thanks to our generous donors, 14 pints were collected to help save lives. 💉

🍂🦃Happy Thanksgiving! Wishing you a day filled with gratitude, good food, and loved ones! 🍂🦃

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📣❤️ 🏈 Come cheer on the PHS Lions THIS SATURDAY! Let's fill the stands! Together WE ARE PEORIA!!!

🍽️ The first award-winning Warrior Way Cafe of the 2024-25 school year is serving up something delicious this Thursday, November 14! 🍽️
📧 Please send your reservations by Wednesday at noon to warriorwaycafe@psd150.org.

🏆 The 2024 Illinois Teacher of the Year, Dr. Rachel Mahmood, toured Peoria Public Schools, connecting with our inspiring educators and encouraging the exceptional work they are doing!👏✨







🎉 Congrats to WCTC for winning Most Improved Attendance and Most Improved Chronic Absenteeism for October! 👏
2nd Place Attendance: Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary
3rd Place Attendance: Dr. Maude Sanders Primary
2nd Place Absenteeism: Rolling Acres Middle School
3rd Place Absenteeism: Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary
Great job, everyone! 🌟


Congratulations to our December 2024 Grow Your Own graduates—Kennedy Pacey, Victoria Jackson, and Sobia Paul! 🎓👏 They’ve just signed letters of intent to teach at PPS, and we’re excited to see the impact that they’ll make in the classroom and with our students! 🌟


🎉 Congratulations to Principal Thomas at Knoxville Center for Student Success for earning the title of Most Improved Attendance for September!

⏰Time to fall back! Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour for daylight saving time! ⏰ 🍂

⭐Heads up! No school for students on Monday, November 4 (except KCSS), and all schools and offices are closed on Tuesday, November 5. ⭐

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Stay safe and have fun trick-or-treating! 🍬👻 #HalloweenSafety

