The Peoria High School Black History Program was a remarkable success! With performances by the PHS dance team and drumline, speeches by Dr. Kherat and Dr. Chris Reynolds, and a giveaway of computers and a $500 scholarship by the Shaun and Reggie Livingston Foundation!
Here are some exciting ways PPS has been celebrating Black History Month in our schools!
📚PPS will start adding aspects of Black History 365 into the K-4th grade curriculum in the 2024-2025 school year! 📚
🚌Happy Bus Driver Appreciation Day! 🚌📣Give your favorite transportation staff member a shoutout in the comments!📣
📣 WCTC is having an Open House on Thursday, February 29! Instructors will be on-site to answer questions that you may have about the programs being offered! 📣
✊🏿 Last year, Peoria Public Schools was selected as one of only 4% of school districts in the U.S. to offer AP African American Studies in all three high schools!✊🏿
👩🏿🦱 Woodruff's Natural Hair Braiding program requires 300 hands-on internship hours for completion! 👩🏿🦱
Bob Robinson is a 1989 Richwoods High School graduate!
🍴The 6th Warrior Way Café was a remarkable success! The meal was delicious!🍴
🎤Pryor started doing stand-up comedy during talent shows in middle school!🎤
👮🏾 Happy National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day!📣 Give your school's resource officer a shoutout in the comments!
Congratulations to the 11 Woodruff Career and Technical Center students who completed their CNA certification last December! All students have been offered jobs in various facilities in the Peoria area!
✊🏿Manual graduate Mark Clark joined Martin Luther King Jr. on his March on Washington on August 28, 1963!✊🏿
Students at Valeska Hinton ECEC are celebrating Black History Month by spotlighting some remarkable Black American figures with hallway art!
👨🏾🍳The 6th opening of the Warrior Way Cafe is this Thursday, February 15th! Place your order by emailing warriorwaycafe@psd150.org by noon tomorrow!👩🏼🍳
💄Annie Malone founded Poro College in St. Louis, a cosmetology school for black women! 💄
January 10th was the Chinese Lunar New Year and Jamieson School celebrated this past Friday!
Congratulations to the 5th-8th graders who competed in math competitions at Bradley and ICC this past weekend! Here are some pictures of the Reservoir Gifted Academy team!
⭐️Mayor Ali's first elected position was freshman class president at Manual! ⭐
The 2024 PFT/D150 Chess Championship is on Feb 17, 2024, and hosted by Lincoln K-8! This is the last tournament of the year, and PPS enrollment is required. This event is sponsored by the Greater Peoria Chess Foundation, and renewed memberships will be given to all participants! To register, visit https://www.pftd150chess.com
