✊🏾The NAACP is hosting a Freedom Day Parade celebrating Juneteenth on June 15th at 11 am! ✊🏾
🌞The Summer Learning Session at Glen Oak looks like fun! Students are practicing their math skills and practicing speech and debate! 🌞
🚀 Ready to jumpstart your IT career? 🚀
Peoria high school students can now enroll in FREE technology classes with ISACA! Applications close June 6th so sign-up today and gain the skills you need for the IT workforce!
🌈Happy Pride Month from PPS! 🌈
🏋🏾Planet Fitness offers free memberships for teens aged 14-19 all summer! 🏋🏾
Head Custodian at Hines, Brandt Brooks said, "[I want] to help the kids and teachers have a clean building. I went to Hines as a kid so I enjoy coming here every day."
⭐Meet PPS's 2024 D2 Program graduates! Since 2018, 40 students have earned their high school diploma and an associate's degree! ⭐
Alum Lisa Hainline said, "I wanted to teach in the district that I graduated from and I chose to have both of my children go to PPS as well."
⭐Happy Memorial Day! Schools and offices are closed! ⭐
⭐We are celebrating Woodruff alum this week! ⭐
"My time at Woodruff had an enormous impact on my personal, social and academic development that shaped me into the teacher that I have become. The teachers at Woodruff made an indelible impression on me and it was that impression that brought me back to PPS to teach." - Kendrya Thomas
🚗 Woodruff Career and Technical Center Auto-body students pose with the car that they fixed up this semester! 🚗
🎒 Kellar Primary 2nd grader Adelaide T-K signed a Letter of Intent to become a teacher! Mr. Rohwedder will check in on her in 2034! 🎒
Alum Jamie Jackson said that she wants to, "Make a positive difference in my work environment, provide safe transportation for students who rely on our department, and provide quality trainings for employees in transportation."
🌞PPS is offering free summer breakfast and lunch for children 18 and under! Kids must be present and eat on-site. Service times may change. 🌞
"As a PPS student, I knew I wanted to work in the same district in which I learned. I feel the students in this district are some of the most deserving kiddo's and they need someone who loves and cares for them." - Linda Keys
Liberty Leadership grades 5-7 enjoyed a picnic and a walk to Donovan Park!
"I've never thought of applying anywhere else!" - Cynthia Rochold. She currently works at Lincoln K-8!
"One of the reason I chose to return to PPS was because I wanted to be an example that it does not matter where you come from or how rough the road you had to take, if you work hard and put in the time and effort that it can pay off. " -Jakeesha Hawkins
This week we are celebrating Peoria High School alumni!
Deborah Lahood, Class of 1981, says, "It feels like home... Having the opportunity to work with so many amazing leaders and to be a part of such an important part of this community is such an honor. Side note: I graduated the same year PHS celebrated its quasquicentennial (125 years). My grandmother and mother went to Manual, and I have yearbooks from 1928-1932!"
🎓Here are some important graduation details! Looking forward to celebrating the Class of 2024 tomorrow! 🎓
