Congratulations to the six 6th-8th grade PPS scholars who competed at the 2024 Mardi Gras Speech and Debate competition in Santa Ana, California!
Angel H. at Liberty Leadership was the first to receive a tablet for completing the Superintendent Challenge! Find out how your K-8 student can earn a Superintendent prize at https://www.peoriapublicschools.org/page/superintendents-challenge
🏀On February 6, 2020, the corner of Madison Park Terrace and Proctor Street in Peoria, where Nathan grew up, was named "Howard Nathan Jr. Court!" 🏀
Happy National School Counseling Week! 📢Give your school counselor a shoutout in the comments! 📢
🏈Richwoods graduate Sherrick McManis will be inducted into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame on March 23, 2024!🏈
⭐Franklin Primary 3rd and 4th grade students jumped at the opportunity to join Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Norfleet's Double Dutch Club! ⭐
🔥Peoria High School graduate A.J Guyton was inducted into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame on April 12, 2014! 🔥
🧢During Goodwin's senior year in 1971, he hit an epic home run, capturing the eye of 20 big league scouts! ⚾
🏀Before becoming one of Peoria High's greatest basketball players, Livingston played at Richwoods for two years!🏀
🍽️ The 5th opening of the Warrior Way Cafe was a remarkable success! 🍽️
🏀As a Manual High School senior, Williams was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in 1998! 🏀
✊🏿In February, Peoria Public Schools will be highlighting remarkable black alumni in sports and history, and classes offered on the black experience! ✊🏿
♟️This Saturday, February 3, K-12 students are invited to the Mark Bills Winter Chess Classic! Register here: www.markbillschess.com! ♟
⭐56 Woodruff students started their remarkable futures today at their Intern Send-Off event! ⭐
✊🏿In preparation for Black History Month, Mrs. Ware decorated the door to her classroom at Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Education Center! ✊
🏫🎤PPS's new teachers and their teacher mentors learned some remarkable strategies from the nationally recognized educator Kim Bearden yesterday! 🎤🏫
🚨Opportunity Alert🚨
4th-12th graders can register for Bradley University's DAPCEP Saturday courses to explore AI, robotics, aerodynamics, programming, coding, chemical and engineering, and more!🤖
Register today at https://www.dapcep.org/pathfinders-at-bradley-university/ !
💻Students in the Information Technology/Coding program will work towards becoming a web developer or a computer support specialist! 💻
🍃Woodruff Career and Technical Center's 545 solar panels give Renewable Energy students first-hand experience in clean energy maintenance and production. 🍃
👨🏾🍳The 5th opening of the Warrior Way Cafe is this Thursday, February 1st! Place your order by emailing warriorwaycafe@psd150.org by noon tomorrow!👩🏼🍳
